These ace players deserve special attention! ,The core of exciting events is the stars,Olympic Qualification Series·Shanghai
The Olympic Qualification Series·Shanghai will be held in Shanghai from May 16 to 19. Global masters in the four events of freestyle BMX, skateboarding, rock climbing and break dancing will compete for qualifications for the 2024 Paris Olympics. This is a new festival event created by the International Olympic Committee, and it is also the first time that Shanghai has hosted an Olympic qualifying series. By then, the Huangpu Riverside City Park will become a passionate party integrating sports, art, music and cultural experiences, and the audience will spend a grand festival of urban sports here.
The Olympic Qualification Series·Shanghai will be held in Shanghai from May 16th to 19th.
In the 1920s, there was a popular saying among Chinese people: "Watch the theater to watch Mei Lanfang, and watch football to watch Li Huitang." As time goes by, celebrities and star players are still the focus of attention and traffic in the entertainment and sports fields, and they are even the "spokesmen" and "promoters" of their respective sports. According to data previously announced by the organizing committee, 464 athletes will participate in the Olympic Qualification Series held in Shanghai, China. Which star athletes are worthy of focus?
BMX Freestyle: Logan Martin, Charlotte Worthington
Australian athlete Logan Martin and British star Charlotte Worthington are undoubtedly the two star athletes in the Olympic Qualification Series Shanghai Freestyle BMX event. After all, they are the men's and women's athletes in this event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics respectively. Gold medal winner. In Shanghai, if nothing else goes wrong, Martin can securely get a ticket to the Paris Olympics, but their ultimate goal must be to defend the title in Paris.
Photo, Tokyo, August 2, 2021
On August 1, Australian player Martin competed in the men's BMX freestyle final.
Four-time XGames champion, two-time World Cup champion, and champion of various other extreme events... The name Logan Martin is definitely a great figure in the extreme sports circle. Many people gained a new understanding of cycling by watching him race. At the Tokyo Olympics, Logan Martin also became the first Olympic champion in the freestyle BMX event in history. For Martin, who is 30 years old, Paris will basically be his last Olympics. He looks forward to defending his title and bringing his Olympic journey to a perfect end.
High difficulty and explosive power are Logan Martin’s technical style. Accelerate, throw the person and the car high into the air, and then follow up with a series of dazzling moves. Whether the car is flipping, the person is flipping, or the person and the car are flipping together, Martin seems to be able to do it all at his fingertips. "I have always been very ambitious." With the Paris Olympics approaching, Martin still has a strong dominance in this project. "I have put in a lot of effort to improve my skills, because I don't want all the things I have. By luck."
In March, Charlotte showed off her freestyle BMX skills in Yuyuan.
In March this year, on the Shanghai Bund viewing platform, a foreign blonde beauty riding a scooter performed several difficult moves in succession, which attracted many onlookers to cheer. Looking at the shooting with professional photography equipment, many passers-by asked each other - "Who is she?" Her name is Charlotte Worthington, and she came here specifically to promote the upcoming Olympic qualification series - 2021 At the Tokyo Olympics last summer, freestyle BMX became an official Olympic event for the first time, and she won this highly valuable gold medal.
At that time, this 25-year-old ordinary girl from Manchester, England realized her dream. This is the charm of the Olympic Games. And she also wants to bring the charm of this dream to Shanghai and China. Even with her ups and downs after the Tokyo Olympics, Charlotte Worthington is still regarded as one of the most talented athletes in the women's freestyle BMX event. On May 13, Charlotte landed in Shanghai with the British delegation. This girl who is extremely cool on the court talked about the upcoming Olympic qualifying competition and was full of expectations.
Rock Climbing: Alberto Lopez, Moe Nonaka
At the Tokyo Olympics, 19-year-old Spanish teenager Alberto Lopez won the men's gold medal, which was also the first rock climbing gold medal in Olympic history. In the women's competition, the host country's Moe Nonaka won the silver medal, second only to perhaps one of the greatest rock climbers of all time - Slovenian Yanja Gamblett.
Winning the first rock climbing gold medal in Olympic history made Alberto Lopez famous and was regarded by the outside world as the "most anticipated rock climbing rookie" in the world. When he recalled winning the Tokyo Olympics, he still found it so unbelievable that he didn't even think about celebrating at the end of the game because he wasn't sure whether the final result on the scoreboard was correct.
After the Tokyo Olympics, Lopez wants to use his own strength to promote the development of rock climbing in Spain, including establishing a better training environment, venue equipment, and even opening a rock climbing school for children. He believes that he now not only represents an individual, but also represents the country of Spain and the sport of rock climbing.
As a new Olympic cycle begins, Lopez's goals become clearer. Unlike in Toulouse that year, Lopez is about to compete in the Olympic qualifying competition in Shanghai. All Lopez wants is to make the final sprint for the Olympics. "The challenge I face now is the Paris Olympics. I want to win another medal there."
On November 11, 2023, the champion Chinese player Zhang Yuetong, the runner-up Japanese player Moe Nonaka and the third runner-up Japanese player Futaba Ito were at the award ceremony. hair
In the Japanese rock climbing world, there is such a female athlete who was born in Tokyo. Her name is Nonaka Moe. For her, the Tokyo Olympics not only made her a household name in Japan, but also showed the world the amazing performance of Generation Z on the rock wall. Born in 1997, she defeated her compatriot Keiyo Noguchi, the former "first sister" of Japanese rock climbing, and won a silver medal in her Olympic debut, second only to the greatest rock climber of all time - Slovenian star Yania Gan. Brett.
In addition to her outstanding rock climbing skills, Nonaka Moe also always appears on the field with bright hair color, flamboyant eye makeup, Spongebob's magnesium powder bag and a wanton smile... all of which make her unforgettable .
The rising rising star of Generation Z climbing is eager to achieve further breakthroughs at the Paris Olympics, and the next highlight on her schedule is the Olympic Qualifying Series in Shanghai. "Train hard every day for the first Olympic gold medal in history." This is what she wrote on her personal website before the Tokyo Olympics. From Tokyo to Paris, her goal has not changed.
Skateboarding is a sport regardless of gender and age. Boys look for strength, girls look for style. To put it in layman's terms, girls work hard. In just 45 seconds, the best female skateboarders can complete 15 moves on a single line.
Among today's skateboarders, teenagers under the age of fifteen or sixteen are at a very high level because their bodies are lighter. Female players tend to have more styles, especially Asian girls who are more likely to achieve results. Through the Olympic points competition, the top 44 athletes in men's and women's bowl pool and street style will be able to participate in the two Olympic qualifying tournaments in Shanghai and Budapest, thereby obtaining tickets for the Paris Olympics.
The men's and women's street style skateboarding champions at the Tokyo Olympics are host players Yuuto Horimi and Momiji Nishiya respectively. Yuto Horimi, who won the skateboarding street style championship at the Tokyo Olympics with an absolute advantage of 37.18 points, said after arriving in Shanghai: "I have a lot of competitions now, and I hope to use all my strength this time when I come to Shanghai. I will give my best performance as much as possible, show my skills and great tricks, and finally get a good result.”
Skateboarding entered China in the late 1980s and has been widely loved by young people. The Chinese skateboarding team has sent out its strongest lineup. The skaters who won the skateboarding gold and silver medals for the Chinese team at the Hangzhou Asian Games will all appear. They are Cui Chenxi, the women's street style gold medal, Li Yujuan, the women's bowl pool silver medal, Zhang Jie, the men's street style and the men's bowl pool. Chi Chen Ye.
Photo, Tokyo, December 17, 2023
Skateboarding - Streetstyle World Championships: Women's Finals
On December 17, Chinese player Cui Chenxi competed. She ranked eighth with 138.43 points.
On the same day, the finals of the 2023 Street Skateboarding World Championship were held at Ariake Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.
Chinese women's street style players are highly competitive in the world. The highest ranking is Cui Chenxi, followed by Zeng Wenhui, Zhang Yan, Zhu Yuanling and Lan Junyi. There is also a female bowl player Zheng Haohao who is only 12 years old. At the age of 9, she became the youngest skateboarder in the Shaanxi National Games. The performance of this young force of the Chinese women's team in Shanghai is worth looking forward to.
Breakdancing emerged from the street hip-hop culture in New York in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the 1990s, international breakdancing competitions were held around the world for the first time, which meant that the popularity of breakdancing spread from the hip-hop community to the general public.
Photo, Hangzhou, July 2, 2023
Breakdancing - 2023 Asian Championships Results
On July 2, South Korean player Kim Hong-yeol competed and won the third place in the men's group. Photo by reporter Jiang Han
The International Olympic Committee Executive Committee held a meeting on December 7, 2020, and agreed to add breakdancing, skateboarding, rock climbing and surfing to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Among them, break dancing became an official Olympic event for the first time. The line-up is star-studded as the Olympic qualifying competition brings together the world's top dancers. In addition to the players from the Chinese team, break dancers from Japan, South Korea, Brazil and other countries are also eyeing tickets for the Olympics. By then, the battle staged on the banks of the Huangpu River will definitely be full of dancing.
The 39-year-old South Korean player Kim Hong-yeol participated in the Asian Breakdancing Championships held in Hangzhou last July and won third place among men. Having participated in many world competitions, he feels that the Hangzhou Asian Games venue has a more competitive feel, while the competitions he participated in in the past focused on the exchange of break dance culture. Since he did not win the championship at the Asian Games, he will work hard in Shanghai to qualify for the break dance event of the Paris Olympics.
Currently, in addition to Liu Qingyi, the women's breakdancing champion of the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Chinese breakdancing team has received a direct ticket to the Paris Olympics, Shang Xiaoyu, Qi Xiangyu, Zeng Yingying, Zheng Ziyan, Zhang Xinjie and other players will participate in the qualifying competition for this Olympics. The top seven men's and women's players in terms of total points in Shanghai and Budapest, Hungary, will receive Olympic berths.
Shang Xiaoyu, representative of the contestants and captain of the Chinese national breakdancing team.
Among them, Shang Xiaoyu and Zhang Xinjie of the men’s team are from Shanghai. As the captain of the Chinese breakdancing team, Shang Xiaoyu has led the Chinese breakdancing team to the world's attention step by step from the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Argentina to the quarterfinals of the Olympic points competition. Zhang Xinjie is a young player who has grown rapidly in recent years and is a rising star. It is worth mentioning that when the Chinese team went to Japan to compete a while ago, the Japanese team specially formed a media team to take close-up shots of every move of the Chinese athletes, which shows that they attach great importance to the Chinese team.
Shang Xiaoyu said that the training camp in Tianjin in April is a crucial part of preparing for the Paris Olympics qualifying competition. In particular, the qualifying competition has many rounds and requires high physical fitness. Through this training camp, he will improve his physical fitness and technology. Be fully prepared in , psychological and other aspects. He said, "The first stop of the qualifying round is in Shanghai. We have to look good at home and show the style of Chinese break dancers. Our goal is to get tickets for the Olympics."
