Responded after the game! , the Nanjing Public Security Dragon Boat Team said they would “swim back to Nanjing if they don’t win the championship”
According to the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department account "Nanjing Release", the 2024 Changsha Dragon Boat Invitational and Wangcheng District Dragon Boat Cultural Festival will be held at Qianlong Lake Ecological Tourism Resort from June 9th to 10th.
On the eve of the competition, the Nanjing Public Security Dragon Boat Team received widespread attention for saying, "If you don't win the championship, you will swim back to Nanjing."
The video triggered interactions between netizens in Changsha and Nanjing. While netizens cheered for the Nanjing Public Security Dragon Boat Team, they were "looking forward" to how the Nanjing Public Security Bureau would "swim" back to Nanjing.
According to reports, this event has 100-meter, 200-meter and 500-meter events, and has successively conducted group matches, semi-finals, semi-finals and finals, with a total of 12 teams participating. According to the rules of the competition, the first place in the three group stages and the losing team with the best performance will directly enter the semi-finals. The remaining teams will participate in the rematch and the top four will enter the semi-finals.
Regrettably, the Nanjing Public Security Dragon Boat Team failed to enter the 100-meter straight semi-finals, nor the 200-meter straight finals, and had no results due to a foul in the 500-meter straight semi-finals.
Faced with the question of "Will we really swim back to Nanjing" from people watching the game, a young member of the Nanjing representative team smiled and said: "We have retained a certain strength this time. Friendship comes first and competition comes second."
The Nanjing Public Security Dragon Boat Team is the only public security team in this competition. The official account of the Nanjing Public Security Bureau, "Safe Nanjing", also responded: We have seen the "world" and gained "experiences", and we will actively prepare for next year!
It is understood that the Nanjing Public Security Dragon Boat Team, which participated in the dragon boat race, is composed of police officers and auxiliary police officers. It has just completed the replacement of old and new team members. It is not only the only team with a female drummer and four female rowers, but also the only public security team. After the competition, they will return to Nanjing to resume their work.
"Nanjing Release" stated: Brothers from Nanjing Public Security Bureau are back from traveling, we will welcome you in Nanjing!
"Changsha Release" responded, "Upstream and downstream of Changsha and Nanjing, thank the Nanjing Public Security Bureau for visiting here. We will wait for you in Changsha next year."
In addition, some spectators noticed that after the 500-meter event, there was no garbage on the ground in the rest area of the Nanjing Public Security Dragon Boat Team, and the seats were neatly stacked.
After the game, the dugout area was clean. Regarding this wave of air-to-air linkage, some media published an article "Can't win the championship and swim back to Nanjing?" Don’t laugh at the pride of striving for the top”——
The Nanjing Public Security Dragon Boat Team failed to win the championship as expected. Many netizens said that winning or losing is not important. The key is that this wave of "tremendous traffic" made the dragon boat race popular and brought everyone's attention to mass sports and traditional culture. , this is something more worthwhile than winning the championship.