The following is what I copied from the roller skating website. I can’t find the original URL for the moment. Hehe, you can check it out for yourself. It’s very detailed. It’s the first time roller skating has entered the Asian Games. National athletes are exempted from taking exams when going to college.
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Roller skating entered the Asian Games for the first time and national-level athletes are exempted from taking exams to go to college
From the official website of China Roller Skating Report:
In 2010, roller skating will enter the Asian Games for the first time, adding a new dimension to the already popular roller skating movement in Guangzhou. Every weekend, there are many people wearing roller skates in the square. Chen Gaowen, deputy secretary-general of the Guangzhou Ice Skating Association, said that the number of members of the Guangzhou Ice Skating Association has increased by 20% every year. Currently, there are tens of thousands of participants in the Guangzhou Ice Skating Association. Even the elderly are challenging this fashionable sport. An elderly roller skating team with hundreds of people is being formed. An elderly person in Guangzhou even climbed the Great Wall wearing roller skates. Starting this year, children with special talents in roller skating can be sent to a higher-level school as students with sports talents and recommended students, and students who have won the first-level and second-level national roller skating athletes can enter the school without taking the exam. Parents are more willing to spend a lot of money to let their children learn roller skating, and tens of thousands of primary and secondary school students participate in roller skating training. College roller skating has grown from only four or five roller skating associations in the city's colleges and universities four or five years ago to now 90% of colleges and universities have roller skating associations. A number of college students have also entered the ranks of national-level roller skating referees, developing from just fun to professional.
Guangzhou’s roller skating is currently at the forefront of the country. There is a saying in the roller skating circle that “adults look to Shanghai, teenagers look to Guangdong.” As for figure skating, there is also a saying that “Guangdong figure skating looks to Guangzhou.” Zhou Yingjie, technical operation manager of roller skating of the organizing committee, said that currently the national roller skating events are basically dominated by Guangdong. In the annual national figure roller skating competition, 90% of Guangdong players are from Guangdong. He estimates that Guangdong roller skating players will have an increasingly important role in the country in the future. The higher.
The number of people in the Roller Skating Association increases by 20% every year
Chen Gaowen, deputy secretary-general of the Guangzhou Ice Skating Association, said that the number of people in the Guangzhou Ice Skating Association is growing by 20% every year. According to reports, there are 13 roller skating clubs under the Guangzhou Ice Skating Association alone, with a total number of tens of thousands, and countless more private players.
Li, Section Chief of the Social Sports Center Section of the Provincial Sports Bureau, introduced that roller skating is divided into four major events, namely figure skating, speed skating, roller skating and freestyle roller skating. This year’s Asian Games only selects Including figure skating and speed skating. In 2008, there was not even a standard venue with a circumference of 200 meters in Guangdong Province. However, as roller skating entered the Asian Games in the past two years, the sports department has paid more attention to this sport. Four standard speed skating competition venues have been established in the province. Among them, there are two in Foshan and one in Shenzhen. As the host of this Asian Games, a standard venue for roller skating competition is also being built in Guangzhou University Town. In recent years, the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau has allocated special funds of RMB 50,000 to RMB 60,000 to support roller skating. Chen Gaowen also added that with the increasing number of participants, the number of roller skating competitions held by the sports department has gradually increased. From 3 years ago to the present, the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau will hold the Guangdong Old-style Roller Skating Competition every year, and the Guangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau will also hold There are flat roller skating competitions in Guangzhou, as well as activities held by countless private roller skating clubs, large and small.
The number of clubs has doubled in four years.
When I go to large open-air venues such as Heroes’ Square on weekends, I always see three or four roller skating training classes offered by private roller skating clubs. National figure roller skating coach Deng Yongquan said that roller skating has gained a lot of popularity since entering the Asian Games. Currently, there are hundreds of roller skating clubs in the city. Four or five years ago, there were only about 20 or 30 in the city. At present, the best clubs in Guangzhou are Xiaogangwan Primary School, Guangzhou Children's Figure Roller Skating Club, Panyu Shiqiao Speed ??Roller Skating Club and several larger clubs.
It is understood that the tuition fees of various roller skating clubs in Guangzhou are not expensive at present. Generally, the tuition fee is less than 30 yuan per class hour, which only costs two to three hundred yuan a month. High-end roller skates imported from abroad cost tens of thousands of yuan, but they are also available for a few hundred yuan.
Youzi Professional Roller Skating Equipment, which has been open for four years, has three branches, specializing in selling roller skates, protective gear and other roller skating related equipment. Owner Zheng Chengjie said: "With the promotion of the Asian Games, our business is better than last year. 30% to 40%, monthly turnover is about 100,000 yuan.
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Winners in municipal competitions are listed as students with special talents
One of the athletes has been exempted from taking the exam and entered the Guangzhou Sports Institute
Playing roller skating can help advance into higher education, which makes the majority of parents feel refreshed. The Asian Games are approaching, and Guangzhou's roller skating experts are showing off their skills in the competition, and there are more experts speeding along the streets and squares, and even a sixty-year-old man is roller skating on the Great Wall.
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Zhou Yingjie, roller skating technical operations manager of the Asian Games Organizing Committee, said that starting from this year, the Physical, Health and Arts Department of the Provincial and Municipal Education Bureau and the Guangdong Provincial The Department of Education jointly issued a document requiring primary and secondary school students who have won prizes in roller skating championships at or above the municipal level to register and be sent to a higher-level school as students with sports talents and recommended students. Students who have won national first-level and second-level roller skating athletes are
Zhou Yingjie estimates that there are currently tens of thousands of primary and secondary school students participating in roller skating training in the city. “In the 2005 Guangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau and Municipal Education Bureau, there were only 300 participants in the primary and secondary school roller skating championship. There are many people. In the past two years, the number of participants in the same event has been around 500. ”
Deng Yongquan, a national figure roller skating coach, said that now there is a “one-stop” roller skating training from elementary school to university. A considerable number of middle schools in Guangzhou recruit students with special talents in roller skating during the transition from elementary school to junior high school and to high school. The school plans to recruit 4 to 5 students, among which Haizhu District Lantian Middle School, No. 33 Middle School, No. 76 Middle School, Jiangnan Middle School and Liwan District No. 4 Middle School are recruiting students with special skills in roller skating. “It takes no more than 3 to 5 years to train a roller skating athlete. Nowadays, roller skating is beneficial to children’s further education, and parents are more willing to invest in it.
Sui has become a national referee certification base
The professionalism of college roller skating players has been further strengthened. Chen Gaowen, deputy secretary-general of the Skating Association, revealed that referees in roller skating events can be divided into three categories from high to low. There are international-level referees, national first-level referees, and national second-level referees. Now there are two international-level referees in Guangzhou, about 8 national first-level referees, and 20 or 30 national second-level referees. It is worth noting that more than ten Guangzhou college students have appeared in the national second-level referee team.
Chen Gaowen said that since 2005, the Guangzhou Roller Skating Association has held a biennial Guangdong Provincial Roller Skating Referee Professional Study, Seminar and Assessment Promotion Training Course. This year’s training course was held recently and absorbed About 2/3 of the 38 students are college students, and the proportion of college students in the total number is much larger than in the past. Chen Gaowen also introduced that in Guangdong Province, only Guangzhou City holds a referee certification class for roller skating. There are very few provinces in China that can do this. Therefore, this referee certification class has specially come from Guangxi and Xiamen to certify and upgrade. Roller skater or skater referee.
Ninety percent of colleges and universities have roller skating associations
In addition to the athletes who are encouraged by the fact that roller skating has become an upcoming Asian Games event, a group of young people in Guangzhou also clearly feel that roller skating is becoming a part of life. part. Chen Gaowen, deputy secretary-general of the Guangzhou Ice Skating Association, mentioned that roller skating activities in colleges and universities are developing particularly rapidly. "Now, there are almost no colleges and universities in Guangzhou without roller skating associations."
Recently, students from Guangzhou, Dongguan, Zhuhai, About 400 roller skating experts from 30 universities in Zhongshan, Zhaoqing, Foshan, Hong Kong and other surrounding areas gathered at the Wushan Campus of South China University of Technology to try their skills. This was the 2010 Fourth "RB Cup" Roller Skating Challenge hosted by the South China University of Technology Roller Skating Association. . Zhu Xiaoke, instructor of the Chinese Workers' Roller Skating Association, told reporters that the fourth event was larger than the previous three and had the largest number of participants. "Last year, only more than 200 people participated." It was also the event with the most business sponsorship, which shows that businesses are also interested in it. the huge business opportunities therein.
Zhu Xiaoke told reporters, "Five or six years ago, only four or five universities in Guangzhou had roller skating associations. After that, basically five new university roller skating associations were added every year. Now there are 30 university roller skating associations in Guangzhou, including This year, the roller skating associations of Guangdong Agricultural, Industrial and Commercial Vocational and Technical College and Panyu Women’s Vocational and Technical College are newly established. Zhou Yingjie, roller skating technical operations manager of the Asian Organizing Committee, revealed that 90% of the city’s colleges and universities currently have roller skating associations.
Pioneers in roller skating
Old people climb the Great Wall in roller skates
Chen Gaowen, deputy secretary-general of the Guangzhou Ice Skating Association, said that this year the association is building a new roller skating team for the elderly , there are about 100 team members. “Roller skating is suitable for all ages and is good for the cardiovascular and respiratory systems of the elderly. However, roller skating for the elderly should be mainly for leisure and less strenuous exercise.
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In Luo Chongwei, it is common to see a tall, thin man with curly hair in red and sunglasses flying through the streets and alleys on roller skates. His name is “Brother Hui”. When he takes off his sunglasses, he I know he is a retired person in his sixties. He used to be a physical education teacher. Before he started roller skating in 2004, he had suffered from lumbar disc herniation, stomach pain, and was prone to colds for six years. In 2004, he decided to stick to a sport. In order to keep fit, he lived near Luo Chongwei Bus Terminal and saw many children playing roller skating in the community, so he actually started roller skating with the children.
From then on, Hui Ge was often around the community. He wears roller skates up and down the slopes and hills, and "spins" for at least one kilometer every day. Hui Ge wears roller skates even when he goes out to take the bus. When he encounters a traffic jam, he immediately gets off the car and continues to spin. "It's so good to travel with roller skates." , I will never be stuck in traffic, and it is a low-carbon travel! I once went from Luo Chongwei to Zhongshan 5th Road with my friends. I wore roller skates and my friend took a car. In the end, I reached the finish line fastest! "When he first got on the bus wearing roller skates, Brother Hui was once chased away by the people on the bus, but he insisted on using his own performance to prove that he would not endanger the safety of other passengers, and he gradually became accepted by people, "Now sometimes the bus arrives, When the driver saw me waiting for the bus wearing roller skates, he would actively and enthusiastically say to me: 'Brother Hui, you are welcome to get on the bus! '"
After becoming an expert in roller skating, Brother Hui's chronic illness miraculously healed. "This is my biggest gain from roller skating. I don't have to go to the hospital in the past few years, and I can still take cold showers. ! Brother Hui also emphasized that roller skating is not actually dangerous. The most important thing is people's consciousness. "As long as the technical level is guaranteed and the focus is properly grasped, you will know how to avoid people on the street." I plan to roller skate until I grow old! ”
From 2005 to the present, Brother Hui often wears roller skates to climb the “Hundred-step Ladder” in Baiyun Mountain. He also completed the more than 3,000-step climb in the Ruyuan Grand Canyon in Guangdong in more than two hours on roller skates. Before the 2008 Olympics, Brother Hui realized his dream of climbing the Great Wall on roller skates to cheer for the Olympics. He climbed up the Badaling Mountains on roller skates and walked down the Great Wall step by step. He wore the words "China Must Win" on his head. "The eye-catching "attire" of wearing a red ribbon, wearing a T-shirt with Olympic words, and holding the Olympic five-ring flag attracted tourists to cheer.
In January this year, the Asian Organizing Committee invited Hui Ge to participate in the Zengcheng Hanging Festival At the Asian Games promotion event held in Green Square, he appeared on the stage wearing roller skates as the first guest performer. Hui Ge summed up a life lesson from roller skating: "As long as you have the courage to do anything, you have already won half the battle. ”
National-level athletes can enter university without taking the exam
Deng Yongquan is the only national-level coach in Guangzhou. The children’s roller skating team he led has won the team runner-up in the National Roller Skating Championship for 10 consecutive years. The club has There are more than 80 students, including 20 or 30 who have not yet entered elementary school, and the oldest is about 18 years old. On May 24, he led the team to represent Guangdong in the roller skating competition held in Anhui Province and won the runner-up. , this is the best result for an amateur team. Among the players he led was Huang Wenxin, a senior female player from the City 76 Middle School. She fell during the competition on the evening of May 23 and needed several stitches for her lip to be swollen. " She worked so hard, but she still insisted on playing the next day, took painkillers and played again, and she performed at her original level! "Deng Yongquan talked about his strong team members with pride. Huang Wenxin won the national, provincial and city junior women's roller skating competition in 2004. In 2008, he was transferred to the national roller skating training team and successively won the Asian pairs roller skating championship. The second place in the championship and the eleventh place in the World Pairs Roller Skating Championship. She is now a national athlete and has been admitted to the Guangzhou Institute of Physical Education without examination.