This article is reproduced from: Xinjiang Daily
Make friends with each other through experience and friendship through competition
International sports training camp events gather in Xinjiang, China
□Pomegranate Cloud/Xinjiang Daily reporter Wang Jingjing
This past November, nearly 400 young judo athletes from China and Kyrgyzstan participated in the Central Asian Judo Training Camp in Changji City, and 243 track and field athletes from 5 countries gathered in Urumqi to compete in the first Central Asian National Indoor Track and Field Invitational Championships… …
Make friends through experience in international training camps, and bond with each other through competitions in cross-border invitational tournaments. Since the beginning of this year, the Autonomous Region Sports Bureau has hosted international brand events and international training camps in boxing, wrestling, judo, track and field, ice and snow and other sports, comprehensively deepening exchanges and cooperation in technology, talent, culture, industry, events and other aspects. Make friends with each other through experience, and integrate with each other through competition. Through sports competitions, tell the story of China’s Xinjiang well and show an open and confident Xinjiang to the world.
Grow up with your opponents in the international training camp
“We are rivals on the field, mentors and apprentices in the training camp, and good brothers in life.” said Sonhar Selik, an athlete from the Wrestling Judo Sports Management Center of the Autonomous Region Sports Bureau. He and Kyrgyzstan judoka Msha Shabudan Beyev met in May this year, when a total of 33 people from the Kyrgyzstan wrestling and judo teams came to Xinjiang, China to participate in an international training camp. During the training break, I learned that both of them had participated in the same Asian Championships, and the conversation started.
“He is hard-working and passionate in the game, and he is worth learning from.” Songhar said that Msha Shabudanbeev asked him in detail about his daily training schedule and was very interested in the scientific training system for Xinjiang athletes. . Before the end of the training camp, Sonhar took Msha Shabudanbeev to visit the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar. “Before leaving, he gave me a hat with the words ‘Kyrgyzstan National Judo Team’ written on it as a gift. . I am going to Japan to compete in a competition, and he will also go there. I look forward to meeting him again in the arena.”
Since January this year, in wrestling and judo events alone, the Autonomous Region Sports Bureau has organized or participated in 8 international training camps, inviting a total of 107 athletes from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to participate. “Wrestling is Kyrgyzstan’s traditional advantageous event. The international training camp allows athletes and coaches to have ample opportunities to discuss wrestling techniques, tactics and training methods.” Jiang Jinlian, deputy director of the Wrestling Judo Sports Management Center of the Autonomous Region Sports Bureau, said that every training Friendly matches will be held during the camp to test the training results and jointly improve the competitive level.
International invitational competition inspires training enthusiasm
From November 11th to 12th, the first Central Asian Nations Indoor Track and Field Invitational Tournament was held in Urumqi. Nurmaimaiti Turak, coach of the discus throw event of the first team of the sports training team of the Autonomous Region Sports Bureau, found that after participating in the competition, the team members became more proactive in training.
In this competition, 40 athletes from four countries including Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and 203 athletes from seven participating Chinese teams competed fiercely in the track and field field. Exchanges and discussions with coaches from the five countries were also organized.
At the symposium, Nurmaimaiti got acquainted with Tajikistan’s coach Khairati, who once led Tajikistan’s hammer thrower Dilshod Zarov to win the 2016 Olympic men’s hammer throw championship. “Their training venues and equipment are not as good as ours, but they can achieve good results because of their love for sports and unremitting hard training. I tell these things to our athletes, and they are also in this competition. Seeing the gap between athletes from other countries, I was shocked,” Nurmaimaiti said.
The international invitational tournament held in Xinjiang not only benefits Xinjiang athletes, but also allows athletes outside Xinjiang to gain experience in international competitions at home.
At the 2024 “Sports Lottery Cup” China Xinjiang International Boxing Invitational Tournament, athletes from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Mongolia and other countries competed with athletes from China’s Inner Mongolia, Guangdong, Henan, and Xinjiang boxing teams. The chief referee of the competition, Haratibek Zhumangulav from Kazakhstan, praised: “This is a high-level exchange competition in Asia.”
Although Zhu Jianhao of the Guangdong team of China failed to reach the semifinals in the adult men’s 63.5kg category, he attaches great importance to the accumulation of competition experience. “This invitational tournament followed the rules of professional competitions. The competition atmosphere was enthusiastic and everyone was in very good condition.” He said that he was very grateful to Xinjiang for providing such a good platform to train and compete with outstanding athletes from so many countries. He hoped that this This event can be held continuously, making it a brand event that promotes the improvement of boxing levels in various countries and promotes exchanges and exchanges.
Event “traffic” variant brigade integration “increment”
In October, at the 2024 “One Belt, One Road” International Youth Boxing Exchange Conference co-organized by Horgos City and Urumqi City, Yerbosen Yerjiang, a student from Guomen Junior High School in Horgos City, looked at the fierce movements of the athletes on the boxing ring. With his punches and neat dodges, he couldn’t help but cheer in his seat. “I particularly like boxing, and I am also going to join the boxing team, be a boxer, and bring glory to the country!” he said.
This exchange conference also held a three-day competition in Horgos City. About 3,000 spectators came to watch the competition every day, including many boxing enthusiasts from abroad. “The event has gathered popularity and driven income from accommodation, catering and other related industries.” Ma Huanhuan, Party Secretary and Director of the Horgos City Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau, said that the “Belt and Road” International Youth Boxing Exchange Conference has been held for two It will continue to be held next year and next year, striving to make this event a brand so that more people can go to a city because of an event.
“International competitions are not only a place for competition, but also a stage to showcase the sports achievements and cultural charm of various countries.” Zhang Jun, a lecturer at the School of Sports and Health of Yili Normal University, said that to build transnational sports competitions into brands, attention must be paid to ensuring the fairness of the competitions nature, and build a more open communication environment. By sharing training resources, exchanging management experience, and jointly researching sports technology, all countries can work together to improve the level of sports development, turn the huge flow of events into economic increments, and lay a solid foundation for the integrated development of “sports + tourism” Firm foundation.
Published in: Beijing
