After six years of intense preparations, the 13th National Games torch will be passed to the "water drop" stadium - Tianjin Olympic Sports Center stadium on Sunday (August 27), the Games will thus kick off. In the context of the comprehensive deepening of the reform of sports, this year's Games ushered in a number of reforms, exciting.
From "docking the Olympic Games" to "sports for all"
One of the biggest surprises of this year's Games is that square dancers and other "grassroots" players can also compete on the national stage. "The biggest stage in the country's biggest games is also available for players.
Before the opening of the Games, 19 new mass sports events have been contested. In these projects, both the dragon boat, dragon dance, tai chi, checkers, bridge, fitness qigong, softball and other mass participation in the project, but also by the young people love roller skating, rock climbing, aviation, marine modeling and other fashionable projects, but also a high degree of popularity of table tennis, badminton, the marathon and other Olympic events in the amateur group of events. Farewell to the "Olympic training, Olympic gold" positioning, the Tianjin National Games return to the "development of sports, enhance the people's physical fitness" of the original intention to become a stage for mass sports and fitness.
From "gold medal first" to "fight without regret"
The other highlight of the Games, is the abolition of the Games Olympic gold medal points and the Games medal list. The results of the Games, the ranking of the gold medal list, had once become some local sports departments "performance engineering". Because of the "gold medal first" and the resulting scandals seriously affect the healthy development of competitive sports. The abolition of the medal list, whether it is the provincial, regional and municipal delegations or individual athletes, can put down the psychological baggage, return to the sport itself, let go of the fight.
From "luxury row" to "characteristics of warm"
On the opening ceremony, the Games torch how to light? This has become a popular topic of discussion among the people of the country recently. It is reported that the opening ceremony of the Games will be mainly sports ceremonies, cultural and sports exhibitions as a supplement, a greater extent to reflect the elements of sports.
Tianjin as a historical and cultural city, has a deep cultural heritage, is the birthplace of many forms of art, prosperity and development, the opening and closing ceremonies will also maximize the display of Tianjin's regional cultural characteristics.
The opening ceremony is no longer "burning money", "talk about the platitudes, seeking luxury" mode of organizing the game gradually become history. Through the game to let the people really feel the charm of sports, has become the new style of the Games.