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Chao News Client Reporter Li Wenyao Gao Huasheng Intern Wang Linqi / Wen Lin Yunlong / photo
Bidding farewell to Typhoon No. 3 "Gemei" this year, Hangzhou has once again become a summer stove with high temperatures. Under the bright sun, the activities of crossing the Qiantang River, which Hangzhou citizens had been looking forward to for a year, were finally staged today as scheduled.
Photo by reporter Lin Yunlong
On July 28, the "Agricultural Bank Cup" 2024 Crossing the Qiantang River and the Qiantang River Open Water Challenge kicked off on the river between the Olympic Sports Center Wharf in Binjiang District, Hangzhou and the "City Balcony" in Qianjiang New Town, Shangcheng District. More than 3,000 swimmers rushed to jump into the water from the south bank of the Qiantang River, all the way to the north, feel the temperature of the Mother River with actions, and cherish this unique summer water play trip in Hangzhou.
3,000 people swam the Qiantang River together
The first place is a handsome post-05 generation
Early in the morning, the warm-up program on the south bank of the Qiantang River kicked off this year's crossing. The performances of water trapeze and other projects are amazing, and many onlookers have taken out their mobile phones.
This year's Qiantang River crossing event set up a mass crossing group and an elite challenge group, and the elite challenge group is divided into adult men's group, young men's group, adult women's group, and young women's group according to age. In the public category, there are no restrictions on gender or age, according to statistics, the oldest of all participants this year is 82 years old, and the youngest is only 6 years old.
Photo by reporter Lin Yunlong
Photo by reporter Lin Yunlong
Photo by reporter Lin Yunlong
Different from previous years, after the end of this year's crossing, the swimmers of the Volkswagen group can scan the QR code on the electronic tag to check their finish results and the official completion certificate, and can receive a crossing commemorative plaque after reaching the finish line. "This year's medals are particularly beautiful, with the beautiful scenery of the Olympic sports on the bank of the Qiantang River and the silhouette of the crossing activity, which is worth the trip." At the finish line, the Chao News reporter saw many swimmers picking up medals and taking photos with the Qiantang River.
Photo by reporter Gao Huasheng
Only half an hour after the start of the race, the first place in the elite group reached the finish line, and it was Sheng Zhehan, a 19-year-old freshman from Hangzhou.
Young, handsome, and a prospective college student. Sheng Zhehan told everyone that he just graduated from Hangzhou High School this year and has been admitted to Shanghai Jiaotong University majoring in sports. It is understood that Sheng Zhehan began to practice swimming at the age of 6 at the Daguan Swimming and Fitness Center, and it has been 13 years. Although he did not join the professional swimming team, his swimming professional ability should not be underestimated, he mainly practiced medley, and he had won the title of national athlete when he was in the third year of junior high school in Xingzhi Middle School.
"I didn't think about winning first place, but I'm still very happy." Sheng Zhehan said that this was his first time participating in the Qiantang River crossing, and the feeling of swimming in open water and swimming pool was still very different. The waves were a bit big in the middle of the swim, and the overall feeling was not bad, and this crossing was a good experience for him.
It is worth mentioning that Peng Qinglin, who became popular on the whole network a year ago for jumping into the Qiantang River to save people, also successfully crossed the Qiantang River as a contestant. He said that although the wave was a bit big today, he still "handled" it easily.
The tide news crosses the warriors group and assembles again
A lot of people are so excited that they don't get a good night's sleep
Since 2019, since the Qianjiang Evening News established the Qiantang River Crossing Warrior Group, except for the cancellation of the crossing activity in 2021 due to the epidemic, Chao News · Qianjiang Evening News have organized groups to participate in the Qiantang River crossing activities in the name of "Tide Maker" "Hour Swimmer" in 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023 respectively. Last year, due to the weather, the Qiantang River crossing activity was temporarily canceled, and the "Chao News Crossing Warrior Group", which has been formed and all members have passed the test, retains the crossing qualification until this year.
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Early in the morning, the Chao News reporter met the eager swimmers at the starting point. "I didn't sleep well yesterday and didn't fall asleep until three o'clock", "I woke up at seven o'clock when I woke up at half past seven because I woke up at half past seven...... Men and women, young and old, were all excited and unable to sleep on the eve of the crossing.
11-year-old Niu Tianhao participated in the crossing for the first time, and his parents and younger brother came to the scene to cheer him on.
Tianhao's mother told reporters that she and Tianhao's father are not accustomed to water, so they sent their two children to the swimming pool early. Since the middle class of kindergarten, Niu Tianhao has been selected by the Daguan swimming fitness team and has been swimming for four years. Prior to this, Niu Tianhao had participated in triathlon events held in Qiandao Lake and Shanghai, and had experience in swimming in open water, so crossing the Qiantang River was "no problem" for him: "Although swimming in open water is a little more intense, it is also a test and exercise for children. ”
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This year's Crossing Warriors also welcomed a foreign friend for the first time, she is Anyang from Russia. Living in Hangzhou for 12 years, Anyang speaks fluent Chinese, and although he is no stranger to the Qiantang River, Anyang has never experienced the happiness of a Hangzhou swimmer.
Anyang, who successfully completed the race, gave a very high evaluation of the crossing of the Qiantang River, although she had encountered stagnation in the middle waters, but the whole process gave her good memories, "The first time I went ashore to climb the tidal flats in my life was dedicated to the Qiantang River." ”
Going ashore is like crossing the sea with eight immortals
Some people are blessed by misfortune and catch turtles in the river
The event was guided by the Zhejiang Swimming Association, hosted by the Hangzhou Sports Bureau, and undertaken by the Hangzhou Water Lifesaving Association. As a strategic partner of Hangzhou Sports Bureau, Agricultural Bank of China Hangzhou Branch once again injected financial elements into sports events to provide all-round support for the competition.
The person in charge of the Hangzhou Sports Bureau said that the crossing of the Qiantang River aims to vividly tell the story of Hangzhou and the legend of Zhejiang through the participation and sharing of the whole people, and show the spiritual outlook of Hangzhou citizens who stand bravely at the head of the tide.
Affected by the typhoon last year, the crossing was temporarily canceled, but the belated crossing of the Qiantang River, although it made the citizens of Hangzhou full of expectations, it was not so easy to really swim.
Zheng Likai, 32 years old this year, is a "veteran" who has participated in 7 consecutive activities across the Qiantang River, and when it comes to the biggest feeling this time, he feels that he is more tired, "Because there are more people, the waves are a bit big, and the rain and tide a few days ago, the number of people in the river who are resting with the 'followers' has increased." ”
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The continuous tidal flats reminded Zheng Likai of crossing the Qiantang River in 2019, and the last distance needed to wade ashore with mud. The Chao News reporter also saw at the scene that in the face of the biggest obstacle to the tidal flat, some of us used our hands and feet together, and some simply lay down on the spot, but most of them put on slippers with foresight and moved towards the shore.
"Wow, your trip across the Qiantang River is worth the money...... "At the end of the north bank of the Qiantang River, the 43-year-old Master Ni's popularity is no worse than that of the handsome guy in the first place, thanks to the "unexpected joy" in his hands - a soft-shelled turtle covered in mud and sand but not "social fear" at all.
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Master Ni told the Chao News reporter that he has been crossing the Qiantang River for many years, but this year is the first time he has "lost his way": "Originally, I went ashore here, but the resistance in the river was a bit big, and I drifted to the bottom, three or four hundred meters away from here." ”
Although he was lost, Master Ni saw the soft-shelled turtle in the mud and sand at a glance when he went ashore, and this regret became a surprise, and he took the little guy through the tidal flats to the end.
From learning the nature of water at the age of five or six to participating in the crossing of the Qiantang River every year, Master Ni said that crossing has become a habit, not only to exercise courage, but also to look forward to having a special experience in each crossing, "I am going to find a bag of soft-shelled turtle to wash and take back, steam and eat." ”
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