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During the long historical changes, rowing has a long history with the city of Shanghai. It entered China from Shanghai and flourished in Shanghai.
In 1852, the first rowing meeting in the history of China was held on the Huangpu River. In 1863, the "Shanghai Rowing Association" was established; In 1956, Shanghai selected more than 30 athletes from all over the city to train in the rowing club, which was the first batch of rowers in Shanghai and the earliest pioneer of rowing in New China.
At the just-concluded Tokyo Olympic Games, China won the gold medal in the women’s quadruple sculls event, including two Shanghai athletes …
Now, on the Suzhou River, the mother river of Shanghai, rowing and the city will usher in a cross-century "date".
From October 23rd to 24th this year, 2021 Haitai Real Estate Shanghai Rowing Open will be held in Suzhou River (Changshou Road and Bridge to Waibaidu Bridge, involving Huangpu, Hongkou and Jing ‘an).This is a self-owned brand event that highlights the city’s connotation and characteristics in accordance with the development plan of "One River, One River" and focusing on building Shanghai into an international sports event capital.
Race course.
There will be a 4.2-kilometer chase and a 500-meter city sprint in this competition. According to the competition regulations, each team must participate in both the 4.2-kilometer chase and the 500-meter city sprint.
The 4.2km chase race is scheduled to be held on the afternoon of October 23rd, with a race channel. Each team will set off every minute in the order of drawing lots.
The 500-meter city sprint is scheduled to be held on October 24, with two competition channels, and each team will participate in the lottery order.
In terms of competition groups, there are three events: men’s eight-person single oar with helmsman, women’s eight-person single oar with helmsman and mixed eight-person single oar with helmsman, which are divided into professional group, university group and club group.
China’s outstanding rowers who won gold and silver at the Tokyo Olympic Games, rowing teams from well-known universities in China, and some rowing clubs will participate in the competition. It is estimated that there will be about 650 people from 50 teams.
Among them, the professional group is the rowing teams of various provinces and cities, and the contestants must be registered with the Chinese Rowing Association. The college group is a domestic college team, and the participants must be students in colleges and universities, and they must register with the school certificate.
All domestic rowing clubs and non-governmental rowing organizations can sign up for club group competitions, and professional athletes from all provinces and cities registered in China Rowing Association are not allowed to participate within 5 years after retirement.
According to the registration rules, professional groups and college groups register by directional invitation, while club groups register for the public, and the registration fee is 4,000 yuan/boat.
Boats and paddles for college and club groups are provided by the organizers, and a boat use deposit of 8,000 yuan/boat is required. Teams interested in participating in the competition can register in official website (www.headofsh.com) before October 11th.
Each team consists of 9 official athletes, 1 coach, 1 team leader and 2 substitute athletes. The age of participants is limited to 18-70 years old. All participants must be in good health and have the swimming self-help ability of more than 200 meters.
Looking around the world, every famous sports city has traditional sports events that conform to the characteristics of the city, including rowing, such as the "Henry Cup" royal rowing competition on the Thames in England, and the Charles River rowing competition in Boston, USA.
As the birthplace of rowing in China, holding high-quality rowing events on the Mother River in Shanghai will fully demonstrate the perfect combination of rowing with nature and the city, and for Shanghai, which already has many top international events, it will also make up for the blank of water events.
It can be predicted that with the success of the Shanghai Rowing Open, "getting on the boat" will complement the "getting on the horse" that leads the urban road running culture and become a new "business card" for urban sports.
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