The main force of the athletes who applied for the Universiade at Shanghai University of Physical Education, Zhang Minjie, won the championship. Video thanks to the alma mater training committee | Chengdu | University
The Chengdu World University Games are in full swing, and the Chinese duo Zhang Minjie/Zhang Jiaqi recently won the women's synchronized 10 meter platform diving final with an absolute advantage of 106.68 points ahead of the second place and a total score of 349.08 points. After the competition, as a student of Shanghai Sport University, Zhang Minjie expressed her gratitude to her alma mater through video and wished her alumni athletes continued success.
Upper body students compete for gold and silver
On that day, after the Chinese duo Zhang Minjie/Zhang Jiaqi won, the entire audience sang "Chengdu" in unison and waved their red flags to congratulate the Chinese team along with the accompaniment. Zhang Jiaqi is a Chinese national diver and a student at Beijing Sport University. She won the women's singles 10m platform championship at the 2016 National Diving Championships and the women's doubles 10m platform championship at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Zhang Minjie is an athlete from the Chinese National Diving Team and the Shanghai Diving Team, currently studying at Shanghai Sport University. She teamed up with Zhang Jiaqi in the women's synchronized diving 10 meter platform final at the 13th National Games in 2017 and won the championship with a score of 356.58.
After winning the championship, Zhang Minjie specially recorded a video to express her gratitude to the teachers and students of Shanghai Sport University for their support, and wished the other "senior brothers" who participated in the Chengdu Universiade to continue to work hard and create brilliance.
On July 30th, in the women's arches team gold medal at the Chengdu Universiade, the Chinese women's arches team won the team championship by defeating the South Korean team 5-4 in the playoffs. Among them, students Zhou Danyan and Wang Limin from Shanghai Sport University performed excellently and helped the Chinese team win the championship.
Among the Chinese delegation participating in the Chengdu Universiade, there are a total of 83 teachers and students from 14 units in Shanghai. Among them, there are 61 athletes from 9 universities including Shanghai Sport University, International Business and Economics, Huali University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Lixin University, Fudan University, Tongji University, Shanghai Normal University, etc., covering table tennis, water polo, basketball, swimming, athletics, rowing, shooting, badminton and other events.
It is reported that Shanghai Sport University is the Shanghai university with the highest number of athletes participating in the Chengdu Universiade. Among the 83 Shanghai teachers and students participating in the competition, there were 34 student athletes from Shanghai Sport University, accounting for half of the country, including student athletes with Olympic experience such as Zhang Minjie, Wang Zijie, and Zhang Jin.
Emphasize the academic development of teachers and students
In addition to student athletes participating, teachers and students from Shanghai Sport University also actively participate in the Chengdu FISU World Academic Conference at the invitation of the organizing committee. The FISU World Academic Conference is the highest level educational event of the International University Sports Federation and one of the events in the Universiade series.
The theme of this World Academic Conference is "University Sports: Embracing a Colorful World". More than 530 experts and scholars from 30 countries and regions such as the United States, Australia, and Germany conducted discussions on topics such as "sports, health, technology, and culture", aiming to promote international exchange and cooperation in university sports.
Professor Barbara E. Ainsworth, the international dean of the School of Sports Health of Shanghai Sport University, the former president of the American Sports Medical Association and the National Academy of Sports Sciences, the academician of the CAS Member, the distinguished researcher and honorary director of the Sports and Brain Science Research Center of Shanghai Sport University, and Professor Su Guohui, the dean of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Central Nerve Regeneration Research Institute of South University, were invited to give a thematic report at the conference. Professor Liu Yu, the professor of the School of Sports Health of Shanghai Sport University, the academician of the American Academy of Sports Science, and the president of the Asian Sports Training Science Society, gave a thematic report on "Neuromechanical Enhancement Technology and Its Application in the Beijing Winter Olympics". Multiple students were invited to give oral presentations and actively share their research findings, earning recognition and praise from experts and scholars from around the world.
For a long time, Shanghai Sport University has attached great importance to the academic development of teachers and students, continuously encouraging and strongly supporting them to participate in domestic and international academic exchange activities, focusing on improving their scientific and technological innovation capabilities, actively playing a leading role in scientific research, and promoting the high-quality development of the university.
