Dongfang.com news on July 21: A few days ago, the 2024 Cross-Strait Taekwondo Open Tournament and the 12th Shanghai Taekwondo Invitational Tournament, jointly sponsored by the Shanghai Taekwondo Association, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Shanghai Huangpu District People's Government, and the Shanghai Huangpu District Sports Bureau, were grandly opened at the Huangpu Gymnasium.
According to reports, the competition attracted a total of 710 athletes from both sides of the Taiwan Strait to participate, the official competition will be held for 3 days, the competition covers individual competition, individual quality, mixed doubles quality, team quality, stunts, taekwondo dance, etc., according to age, kilograms, gender, divided into nearly 100 small items.
Chen Xiaofeng, president of the Shanghai Taekwong Association, said that this is a cross-strait sports event, which is not only a sports competition, but also a bridge of communication and friendship. We hope that our participating athletes will show their common sportsmanship and humanistic feelings through the competition.
After the opening ceremony, the unveiling ceremony of the Shanghai Taekwondo Elite Team was held. Gao Xiaodong, director of the Shanghai Boxing Taekwondo Sports Center and vice president of the Shanghai Taekwondo Association, said that the establishment of the Shanghai Taekwondo Elite Team is the result of resource sharing, co-cultivation and co-cultivation between the Boxing Center, the Taekwondo Association and the Huangpu Sports Bureau, and is an investment in the future of the Shanghai Taekwondo project, and a commitment to the healthy development of the Shanghai Taekwondo project. ”
Shen Yun, Director of the Huangpu District Sports Bureau, said: "Huangpu District continues to maintain its enthusiasm for cultivating youth sports talents, carrying out mass sports activities, and holding high-quality sports events, especially in the healthy development of youth sports and the cultivation of reserve talents in competitive sports. ”
In addition, in order to further promote the integrated development of taekwondo in Shanghai and Taiwan, a friendly signing ceremony of the Taekwondo Association was held at the Shanghai Huangpu Gymnasium on the same day. The Shanghai Taekwondo Association signed contracts with the Taekwondo Committee of the Taipei Sports Federation and the New Taipei City Taekwondo Association.
Chen Li, Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of Huangpu District, spoke at the signing ceremony: "As a sport with both competition and etiquette, Taekwondo conveys the tenacity and teamwork, which I think is the epitome of today's cooperation. The signing of this agreement not only provides a platform for our young athletes from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Shanghai to learn from each other, but also enables them to grow through friendship and cultural exchanges. The signing of this friendly agreement signifies that the taekwondo community of Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Shanghai will be able to further share resources, promote interaction and learning among young people, and is also an important way for us to inherit and carry forward the taekwondo culture. ”