(Chronicles of the Chengdu Universiade) Implementation Office for Universiade Benefiting the People Chengdu National Fitness Continuously Warms up Competition | Basketball | Universiade
Chengdu, July 9th (Xinhua) - "Nine years ago, when we first entered the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, we played basketball together. I didn't expect everyone to be together because of basketball so many years after graduation." On the afternoon of July 9th, after the BSK Basketball League Chengdu Station, Chengdu basketball enthusiast Li Zheran laughed and said that during the preparation process for the Chengdu Universiade, Chengdu has turned many idle spaces in the city into sports parks. He has made an appointment with his brothers to go to the basketball court under the overpass next week to compete.
From June to August this year, Chengdu focused on "Love Chengdu and Welcome the Universiade", planning and holding national fitness brand activities such as outdoor sports week, family sports season, starry sky sports meet, community sports festival carnival, etc. in accordance with the principle of "having themes every month, competitions every week, and activities every day". According to the plan, Chengdu will hold more than 4600 national fitness activities in 2023, achieving free opening services for more than 4.6 million people at all levels of public sports venues, and further implementing the benefits of venues and sports for the people.
Chengdu citizens in Chengdu Phoenix Mountain Sports Park for the favorite team to cheer. Tu Xin Photograph
Li Zheran introduced that when he first graduated from university, he often organized friends to play basketball games, but good basketball courts usually require advance reservations. In addition, most of the games at that time were mainly aimed at professional players, and games aimed at ordinary basketball enthusiasts were usually "hard to come by". "Nowadays, there are basketball games almost every week in Chengdu, and our team has received several game invitations in July."
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It is understood that in recent years, Chengdu has taken the preparation for the Universiade as an opportunity to build and improve the "15 minute fitness circle". This year, Chengdu will continue to utilize parks and green spaces, urban surplus space, and "golden corners and silver edges" to create 50 new sports consumption scenes, 100 community sports corners, and 200 new fitness spaces on the Tianfu Greenway. In addition, according to the Action Plan for Co construction, Sharing and Benefiting the People of the Chengdu Universiade, venues that meet the opening conditions will continue to be open to the public without low fees.
Chengdu basketball enthusiast Li Zhelan plays basketball with friends. Figure provided by interviewees
"I clearly feel that more and more people around me are engaging in various sports, such as frisbee, waist flag rugby, and outdoor hiking, which are no longer niche." This is the seventh year that Chengdu fitness coach Rena has entered the fitness field. In Rena's view, as the nationwide fitness craze in Chengdu continues to heat up, more and more middle-aged and elderly people are also starting to enter the gym. Recently, she has received many consultations from elderly people on how to conduct strength training.
In order to meet the scientific fitness needs of citizens, Chengdu has issued the Implementation Plan for National Physical Fitness Monitoring and Scientific Fitness Guidance of "Love Chengdu, Welcome the Universiade", and carried out selection activities for "Love Chengdu, Welcome the Universiade - Most Active Community" and "Love Chengdu, Welcome the Universiade - Strongest Fitness Expert". Since the beginning of this year, the Chengdu Sports Bureau has also organized social sports instructors to conduct over 300 scientific fitness guidance services in communities, promoting the transformation from "everyone loves fitness" to "everyone knows fitness".
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In the bi-directional journey between Chengdu and the Universiade, sports have been integrated into the daily life of Chengdu, with passionate cheers for beloved teams at Fenghuangshan Sports Park, close-up viewing of Olympic champions in commercial districts such as Chunxi Road and Taikouli, and cycling to Longquan Mountain to watch the sunrise.
Sports change cities, sports make life better. The relevant person in charge of the Chengdu Sports Bureau stated that Chengdu will continue to do a good job in benefiting the people with the Universiade venues, events, and activities. We also invite the general public to actively participate in sports and fitness, feel the charm of sports, and make "welcoming the Universiade and moving" the park city under the snow mountains and the happy and beautiful scenery in Chengdu amidst the fireworks.
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