About 8,500 athletes from all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions and industry sports associations will participate in more than 20 major events in 12 days from August 28th to September 8th.
What events are included in this sports meeting? According to reports, there are 33 major events and 4 17 minor events in this National Games, with a total of about10,200 athletes. Among them, synchronized swimming, tennis, judo, track and field marathon and other events have ended, and other events will be held after the opening ceremony. There are also some Chinese overseas Chinese athletes and individual athletes participating in the National Games. In addition, there is no gold medal and medal list in this National Games; Some projects break the boundaries of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and allow "inter-provincial combination" to participate.
The National Games has set up mass events, including 19 major events and 126 minor events. * * * About 8,000 mass athletes participated in the competition, most of which ended before the opening ceremony.
The opening ceremony of the National Games will be held in Shuidi, Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium.
Why is it held in Tianjin? Tianjin is one of the cradles of modern sports in China, and the National Games is a large-scale comprehensive sports meeting with the largest scale, the highest level and the widest social influence undertaken by Tianjin so far.
The theme of this National Games is "The National Games will benefit the people and make China healthy". There are 47 competition venues in Tianjin. On the basis of using 1 1 existing venues, 15 venues were upgraded, and 2 1 venues were built, of which 10 was distributed in universities. According to reports, after the National Games, all venues will be open to the public in due course.