Another community mass sports activity in Chengdu creates Guinness World Records.

Transfer from: People’s Daily Client Sichuan Channel

Wang yongzhan

Just after the 100-day countdown to the 31st Universiade, this upcoming youthful and energetic sports event has already ignited sports enthusiasm all over the city.

On the morning of April 21st, the "Happy Run for the National Universiade" activity and the awarding ceremony of the "Beidou Cup" National Youth Sports Competition (chengdu railway station) and the Guinness World Record Certification Ceremony were held in the Yaodu District Gymnasium.

The "Beidou Cup" National Youth Sports Competition is an important part of a series of fitness activities with the theme of "Run for Teenagers" initiated by the State Sports General Administration, the Ministry of Education, the National Health and Health Commission, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the All-China Women’s Federation. The competition features the innovative combination of Beidou and sports, and brings a new experience of sports by means of digital participation.

As the host city of the 31st Universiade and "the happiest city in China", Chengdu has formed a public sports space layout with Tianfu Greenway as the main trunk, venues and parks as the nodes, and "Jinjiao Yinbian" as the basis, which promotes people’s livelihood and well-being with colorful sports scenes and shows the development concept of "people-centered".

As an important event for Chengdu to welcome the Universiade, this competition takes the whole city as the venue and all residents as participants, fully demonstrating the concept of "green, wisdom, vitality and sharing" for Chengdu Universiade and creating a good social atmosphere for all people to welcome the Universiade. Pidu District took the lead in launching the Guinness Book of World Records activity of "A single event received the most sports declaration". Twenty-three districts (cities) and counties in the city participated in the activity, and many towns, communities and other units contributed to the record-setting work. Universities, primary and secondary schools also actively organized young people to participate in the activity.

On the occasion of the 31st Universiade, the activity further promoted the extensive development of national fitness, constantly improved the enthusiasm of community residents to participate in sports, enriched their amateur cultural life, and formed a strong atmosphere of healthy community sports. In the end, based on the data of 241,675 citizens’ sports declarations, the event successfully won the Guinness World Record certification of "receiving the most sports declarations in a single event in one month".

During the awarding ceremony, the Guinness World Records Certification Officer awarded the Guinness World Records Certification Certificate to the founding unit, and the relevant leaders awarded the winners the "National Universiade Happy Running" activity and the "Big Dipper Cup" National Youth Sports Competition (chengdu railway station) Excellent Organization Award, the Top Ten Players in the City and the Third Runner-up Award, and the District (City) and County Champion Award. After the award ceremony, the participating leaders officially launched the "National Universiade Happy Run" experience activity and the "City-wide Training Neighborhood Fun Tour" community sports festival for Pidu District.