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Military games guide what events are there in the military games? Who are the athletes?

Today, the 7th world military games will be grandly opened in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

What events are there in the military games? How is it different from other sports? What familiar faces can we see at this sports meeting? All you want to know about the military games is in this article.

No.1

What is the 'world military games'?

The Military World Games (English: Military World Games) is a comprehensive world's highest level military games, known as the 'military Olympic Games', which has been held every four years since 1995.

In order to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, the first world military games was held in Rome, the capital of Italy, from September 4 to 16, 1995.

At that time, more than 4000 military athletes from 93 countries participated in the competition. This competition was praised as "a peace celebration of special significance in the history of the world army".

In the previous six military games, our military team won the second place and the third place in the total number of gold medals four times.

The military games will be held from October 18 to 27, 2019 for 10 days.

The mascot 'Bingbing' of the 7th world military games is inspired by the Chinese sturgeon, a first-class key protected wildlife in China and a migratory fish species in the Yangtze River Basin.

The slogan of this military games is' military glory world peace '.

No.2

What are the events of the military games?

The world military games is organized by the International Military Sports Council. Compared with the Olympic Games, in addition to conventional events such as track and field and swimming, a number of events with strong military characteristics are also set up, such as military pentathlon, Navy pentathlon, air force pentathlon, orienteering and skydiving.

Military pentathlon

The picture shows the members of the Bayi military pentathlon team in training (Xinhua News Agency).

One of the five specific sports of the world military games is the most difficult and dangerous sports close to the army's individual training, and it is also a platform for reviewing the spirit of an army.

It includes five competitions, including 300 meter (200 meter in some host countries), rifle shooting, 50 meter obstacle swimming, accurate and long throw of grenades, 500 meter obstacle running, men's 8km (women's 4km) cross-country running, etc.

The Chinese military pentathlon team, established in 1980, is a collective awarded the honorary title of "heroic military pentathlon team" by the Central Military Commission. More than 400 people have successively participated in the international military sports field, traveled in more than 20 countries and regions, and won more than 100 world champions. In the field of sports technology, eight celebrity technical classics named after Chinese soldiers have been created.

Air force Pentathlon

The picture shows the members of the pentathlon team of the Bayi air force training in obstacle running (upper) and shooting (lower). (Xinhua News Agency)

The military aviation pentathlon, which was born in France in 1947, is divided into flight competition and sports competition. Among them, the flying competition is low altitude triangular navigation, and the sports competition includes shooting, obstacle swimming, fencing, basketball, obstacle running and orienteering cross-country.

Although the basic training contents of these projects are reflected in the training of flight talents in China, the pentathlon of the air force started late in China. The air force pentathlon team, established on September 9, 2015, was almost established on a zero basis.

At the 13th Brazilian Air Force pentathlon International Invitational Competition in 2017, the Chinese Air Force pentathlon team won 7 gold medals in all 12 events and won the men's and women's all-round Championships. The players said, 'we have the confidence and ability to win glory for our motherland.'

There are 27 major events and 329 minor events in this military games, including 25 events and two performance events of tennis and men's gymnastics. Four events such as badminton, table tennis, men's gymnastics and tennis have entered the world military games for the first time.

No.3

What are the highlights of this military games?

9308 soldiers from 109 countries signed up -- the scale of the competition was the largest in history.

There are 27 major events and 329 minor events in total -- the most competitive events in the past.

Countries generally send a strong team - 67 athletes have won the Olympic Games, world championships and World Cup, 118 of the top eight players in the Rio Olympic Games, 8 of the top ten in the Modern Pentathlon World, and 43 previous champions in five military characteristic events.

Our army has established the largest sports delegation of 553 people in history, 27 participating sports teams and 406 athletes have fully completed various preparations before the competition, and will invest in 24 major competitions and 2 performance events other than golf.

This is the first time that the military games has held all competitions in a city. Wuhan has built and renovated all the competition venues required for 27 competition events, which has never been seen in previous military games.

In this military games, you will see these familiar faces:

Yuan Xinyue, the main player of Chinese women's volleyball team

Not long ago, Yuan Xinyue and his teammates won the 2019 women's Volleyball World Cup. From the August 1st team, she has been involved in the women's volleyball match in the military games.

The picture shows yuan Xinyue (front right) smashing in the game. (Xinhua News Agency)

In the first round of group A of the women's volleyball group match of the military games on October 16, China's Bayi women's volleyball team beat the United States 3:0.

London Olympic champion Li xuerui

The picture shows Li xuerui at the China Badminton Open in September this year (Xinhua News Agency).

At the 2012 London Olympic Games, Li xuerui won the gold medal in women's singles in badminton. As an athlete of the August 1st badminton team, she will participate in badminton women's singles and mixed doubles.

Turning to the competition goal, she said: "my goal is to win the championship. I hope I can win glory for the army and the country with my best performance."

Fan Zhendong, the main player of Chinese table tennis team

The picture shows fan Zhendong at the German open.

Table tennis became an official event for the first time in this military games. It has six sub items: Men's and women's singles, doubles, men's team and mixed doubles.

Fan Zhendong, who has just won the men's singles champion of the ITTF German open, will lead the Bayi table tennis team and hit the goal of 'protecting 5 for 6'. The main opponents are Zheng Rongzhi of South Korea and Jin Songyi of North Korea.

Chinese swimming team Qin Haiyang

The picture shows Qin Haiyang (first from left) in training.

In the first six military games, China's August 1st swimming team recorded gold medals, with the largest number of gold medals reaching 11. Qin Haiyang, an athlete of the Bayi swimming team whose main event is the 200m breaststroke, will not only participate in the three breaststroke competitions, but also impact the 200m and 400 medley.

Ye Jin, coach of the Bayi swimming team, who has led the team since the first military games, said that this competition will 'do our best to raise the army's prestige'.

No.4

This is the outpost of the Tokyo Olympic Games?

--Taekwondo and other events have been listed as the qualification points competition of the Tokyo Olympic Games by the world individual sports association, which has attracted a large number of world strong players. These are new situations that have not appeared in the previous world military games. The picture shows the scene of Taekwondo test competition of this military games.

The picture shows the hammer throw competition of the fifth world military games in 2011. Chinese team Zhang Wenxiu won the gold medal. (Xinhua News Agency)

--Because Wuhan is close to Tokyo, Japan, some European and American athletes with a large time difference from Tokyo regard coming to Wuhan military games as a warm-up to the Tokyo Olympic Games, so as to adapt to the climate and environment of East Asia in advance.

This phenomenon is particularly prominent in track and field and swimming events, which will make the competition between the two events more intense.

No.5

Which Chinese soldiers fight for the Olympic Games?

The military system has trained a large number of excellent athletes for China's sports world, and many of them have won honors for the motherland in the Olympic Games.

Take the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games as an example, the Chinese delegation has a number of military athletes, such as Yuan Xinyue, Li xuerui, Lin Dan, Zhang Wenxiu, etc., who participated in 15 major events.

Table tennis: Liu Guoliang

Liu Guoliang was a member of the August 1st team. He won two gold medals in men's singles and men's doubles at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He is now the president of China Table Tennis Association.

Badminton: Lin Dan

Lin Dan was once a soldier. At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2012 London Olympic Games, he won the gold medal of badminton men's singles twice and became the first athlete to defend the title in the Olympic Badminton Men's singles.

Gymnastics: Xiao Qin

Xiao Qin won two gold medals in men's team gymnastics and men's Pommel Horse at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. This year, as the leader of the August 1st gymnastics team, he led the team to the military games. He said: 'our belief is to win the war and win the championship!'

Swimming: Jiao Liuyang

Jiao Liuyang won the women's 200m butterfly at the 2011 Shanghai Swimming World Championships, and won the women's 50m and 200m butterfly at the fifth world military games in the same year. The two-line operation can still achieve impressive achievements. Jiao Liuyang embodies his iron will as a soldier. In 2012, she won the women's 200m butterfly at the London Olympic Games.

Track and field: Zhang Wenxiu

Zhang Wenxiu comes from the Bayi track and field team and has participated in four Olympic Games and several world championships. She won the silver medal in women's hammer in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, rewriting the history of Chinese women's hammer without medals in the Olympic Games.

(source: Official Website of the 7th world military games, Xinhua news agency, CCTV news, CCTV sports, 'politics' wechat, official microblog of ITTF, Hubei Daily, Changjiang Daily, comprehensive network)