The degree of love of Baoding people for sports can be seen from this. Since ancient times, Baoding people have had the habit of fitness. The solid foundation of mass sports activities has given birth to Baoding's brilliant sports stars. Yun Enting, Hong Qian, Guo Jingjing and others wrote the names of Baoding people on the World Sports Corridor again and again, which made Baoding enjoy the honor of "cradle of champions". Baoding has been named as "Hometown of Swimming", "National Basketball City", "National Key Table Tennis City", "China High-level Reserve Talents Training Base" and "National High-level Reserve Talents Base" by the state.
Every name on the Champion Wall is a monument of China Sports, which records a precious history of China Sports. The five names Xi Enting, Wang Hao, Qi Baoxiang, Gao Jun and Niu Jianfeng can be written into the new history of table tennis in China, which also witnessed the long-term development of table tennis in Baoding. It has become a common thing that the head coach and main players of Hebei table tennis team are Baoding nationals. In the most glorious era of swimming in China, Hong Qian was one of the most dazzling golden flowers of the China swimming women's team; Guo Jingjing is the soul of China diving team. Wang is known as an insurmountable miracle of world military sports; Shooting world champions Vicky, Pang Wei and Guo Jingjing are also strong contenders for this Olympic Games. Since 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, eight athletes from Baoding, including Hong Qian and Guo Jingjing, have won three gold medals, seven silver medals and 1 bronze medals at the Olympic Games. Eight athletes, including Guo Jingjing, Vicky, Shi, Pang Wei (men's shooting), Guo Lei (men's judo), (women's marathon), Southwest Harbin (women's swimming) and Ge Yang (table tennis in Paralympic Games) participated in the Baoding race of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, accounting for about half of the athletes in our province. Wang Liping, the main midfielder of Baoding who won the silver medal of women's football in Atlanta Olympic Games from 65438 to 0996, will become the assistant coach of women's football in China and participate in the Olympic Games again. A group of sports stars have emerged in a project. Baoding track and field has always been strong. During the Republic of China, outstanding athletes such as Sun, Zhai Chengxiu, Li and Li emerged. After liberation, track and field sports in Baoding have developed rapidly in many aspects, such as events, quantity and achievements. Yin Yunying of Baoding won the first place in the women's ordinary group of shot put, javelin and discus in the first sports meeting of Hebei Province. Zhang Liansheng broke the national long jump record five times with 1956 and won the championship twice. From 1955 to 1956, he participated in international competitions for six consecutive times and won the championship for four times. Baoding track and field athletes are among the best in previous provincial games. Today, hurdler Shi and marathon champion have become the new image spokesmen of Baoding track and field. Baoding swimming has always been in the leading position in the province in terms of events, teams, quality and achievements. Besides Qian Infrared, there are many world or Asian champions, such as Shan Yong, Deng, Wang Hao and Wei Xing. Baoding table tennis has made great achievements in provincial, national and world competitions over the years. Baoding table tennis, talented and fruitful, enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad.
Baoding 65438-0986 is listed as one of the top ten table tennis training bases in China, and it has been named as "National Table Tennis Key City" for many times. Over the years, Baoding has trained a large number of outstanding table tennis players for the national and provincial teams. Driven by Xi Enting, the champion of men's singles in the 32nd World Championships, and Qi Baoxiang, the champion of women's team in the 36th World Championships, Baoding has also trained and transported world-class outstanding athletes such as Wang Hao, Qi, Jun Gao, Niu Jianfeng and Bai Yang. Baoding judo has developed rapidly on the basis of Chinese wrestling, and has sent a large number of players to provincial and national judo teams. Among them, Shen Jingang, Shan Yanfeng and Zheng won different heavyweight titles in the national judo competition. Baoding Gymnastics Team has also trained world famous athletes such as Fan Hongbin and Ye Fan. Baoding athletes have achieved excellent results in domestic and international competitions. In the 9th and 10th National Games, the total number of gold medals won by athletes in Baoding accounted for 1/2 of the total number of gold medals in Hebei Province. In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, there were 7 athletes in Baoding, accounting for nearly half of the participants in Hebei, and all three medals won by Hebei were won by Baoding athletes. Baoding has established 18 sports training centers for track and field, swimming, shooting, gymnastics, football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, judo, wrestling, weightlifting, taekwondo, martial arts, boxing, cycling and water sports. Baoding Sports School, the first key amateur sports school and the second key amateur sports school were awarded the title of "National High-level Reserve Talents Training Base", while three sports schools in one city were awarded the title of "National High-level Reserve Talents Training Base", which is only one city in China. Sports tradition has created the soul of the city. In many cities, young parents are keen to send their children to various cram schools and training courses, but another scene will appear in Baoding. Parents prefer to let their children learn swimming, table tennis, track and field, tennis, shooting, basketball and other sports. Weekends or holidays. Not everyone wants their children to become world champions in the future, but parents want their children to have healthy bodies and strong perseverance.
This is not only a phenomenon, but also a sports tradition of a city. From this perspective, it is easier for people to understand why Baoding can become a "champion city". Baoding's traditional sports are brilliant several times. Baoding, near Beijing, has been the capital of Hebei (Zhili) for more than 300 years. Baoding has become a famous historical and cultural city in China, and it is inseparable from "one article and one martial art". "Wen" refers to Lianchi Academy, the highest institution of higher learning in northern China in Qing Dynasty. "Wu" refers to Baoding Military Academy, the first military education in modern China. During the period of 2 1 year, * * * trained 1800 generals, which is known as the "cradle of generals". Baoding traditional national sports has a long history, and wrestling, martial arts, iron ball and shuttlecock have profound cultural accumulation. Baoding wrestling has a history of more than 600 years, and it is famous at home and abroad for its exquisite skills and many masters. Chinese wrestling originated in Baoding. Baoding wrestling experience represents the processing and tempering of Wulin Yingjie, and the wrestling method is combined with the posture in boxing to form a style of flexibility, agility and quickness. By the Qing dynasty, Baoding's wrestling was getting more and more refined, and talents came forth in large numbers. In the late Qing Dynasty, wrestling was mature. The famous wrestlers are Kazuo Hirai, Yang, Xu and Bai. During the Republic of China, Baoding wrestlers inherited and developed their predecessors' wrestling skills and trained a group of wrestling masters. Yan, Ma, Chang Dongsheng and won the championship respectively. After the founding of New China, Baoding wrestlers have made brilliant achievements in all kinds of wrestling competitions in China. Baoding has a tradition of kicking shuttlecock since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Up to now, there are more than ten thousand shuttlecock lovers 1 10,000 in Baoding. Every morning, people kicking shuttlecocks, or three or five people, or seven or eight people, can be seen in the streets, parks and communities, kicking each other around, and the movements of feet and bodies are as smooth and natural as dancing. Many folk shuttlecock masters have practiced their unique skills and are often invited to all parts of the country for sports exchanges. The stadium is the cradle of champions. It is located in the People's Stadium on Yuhua West Road in Baoding. It has a gymnasium that can accommodate more than 5,000 people and a track and field that can accommodate more than13,000 people. It mainly undertakes large-scale sports competitions, provides venues for athletes' training and carries out national fitness activities. Groups of Baoding athletes set out from here and went to track and field venues in the province, at home and around the world to win one shining medal after another.
The number of top scholars in Baoding ranks second to none among cities of the same size in China. With a solid mass sports foundation and many advantageous sports events, Baoding's "Champion Wall" will definitely add more new names.