Local athletes play high level, display competence in Tianjin East Asian Games
http://sports.enorth.com.cn/eag-en/index.shtml 2013-10-21 11:09

The 6th East Asian Games has come to close in Tianjin. During the 10 days of wonderful games, Chinese athletes intensely competed with rivals from East Asian countries and regions. The Chinese delegation won gold and silver medals, taking the lead in the medals table. In the meanwhile, as local players, 42 Tianjin athletes played high level and displayed fighting spirit, with which they gave a good account of themselves with outstanding results in front of their home crowds.

The 42 local athletes participated in 15 events including track and field, baseball, judo and volleyball on behalf of the Chinese delegation, and exhibited the charms of Chinese athletes and spirits of Tianjin players in the competition field.

In the Wushu event, Tianjin players Yu Mengmeng, He Xin and Zhao Longlong respectively combined to represent the Chinese team to compete in Taijiquan Taijijian all round and women’s double combat, and won gold medals easily.

In the women double 3 meter springboard final of the diving event, the combination of Wang Xin and Wang Hao from Tianjin kept taking the lead during competition and finally came as champion. In the table tennis men’s double final, famous Tianjin player Hao Shuai played stably before his home crowds and won a gold medal with his team member Yan An. In the widely concerned women’s volleyball competition, Tianjin athletes Chen Xintong and Wang Ning were the major players and helped the Chinese women volleyball team defeated rivals to defend the championship.

In the track and field event, the National Games famous gold medalist Chen Jianxin helped the Chinese team win champion of men’s 4x400 meters. In the gymnastic competition, the young athlete Jiang Tong relied on her outstanding performance to help the Chinese team win champion of women’s group gymnastics.

In the last day competition of the 6th East Asian Games, Tianjin athletes realized a perfect conclusion to the Games by winning three gold medals in the judo competition. In the competition of judo women’s 63-70 kilograms, Tianjin famous player Chen Feiqiang won the championship. In the competition of judo women’s 70-78 kilograms, Tianjin athlete Zhang Jie won a gold medal. In the competition of judo women’s over 78 kilograms, Tianjin woman athlete Qin Qian won a gold medal. They drew a wonderful close to the 6th East Asian Games.

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