From October 12th to 13th, the first phase of the 2024 China-Russia Youth Table Tennis Friendship Tournament was held in the gymnasium of the National Fitness Center in Heihe City.
A total of 36 athletes from China and Russia participated in the competition, divided into three groups: 13-year-old age group, 14-15 age group, and 16-17 age group.
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia, it is of great and far-reaching significance to hold the Sino-Russian Youth Table Tennis Friendship Match. This is not only a feast of sports competition, but also a vivid portrayal of Sino-Russian friendship. This youth table tennis tournament has built a professional platform for young people from the two countries to learn and show themselves, and injected new vitality into Sino-Russian cooperation and exchanges.
As a language without borders, sport can transcend language and cultural barriers and promote mutual understanding and friendship between people of different countries. Table tennis, as the national sport, has a deep mass base and excellent competitive level in China, and Russia has always had strong strength and unique charm in the field of sports. The young people of the two countries will use sports as a link to share happiness, enhance emotions and make friends, so that the friendship between China and Russia can be passed on from generation to generation.
The 2024 China-Russia Youth Table Tennis Friendship Tournament is an international sports brand event hosted by the Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau, the Ministry of Sports of the Amur Region, and the Heihe Municipal People's Government, and undertaken by the Heilongjiang Provincial Social Sports Guidance and Chess and Card Sports Management Center and the Heihe Municipal Education and Sports Bureau. The event has been successfully held for two sessions, which is an important measure to implement the "2024-2025 Sino-Russian Joint Activity Plan" of Heilongjiang Province and Amur Region, and is also another institutionalized project of non-governmental sports exchanges between the two countries after the crossing of the Heilongjiang River, the Sino-Russian border river ice hockey tournament, and the Sino-Russian automobile challenge.
The second phase of the competition will be held in Blagoveshchensk, Russia, on October 15-16.