In the past, the ancient battlefield set up a large ring.

Extreme news reporter Xu Ping

Correspondent Wei Mengqi

The famous "Battle of Pavilion" happened here. Standing, arrows, buckled string, opening bow, aiming ... When an arrow flew to the target heart in the distance, it seemed to make people cross the era of cold weapons. This is the charm of archery, the charm of this ancient movement!

On August 20th, the Junior Sports (Sports School Group) Archery Competition at the 16th Games of Hubei Province was successfully concluded at the Stadium of the Cultural and Sports Center in Yichang Pavilion District. 112 athletes in Enshi, Suizhou, and Yichang participated in the competition. After 5 days of competition, 25 gold medals were produced. This is also the first time that after the recovery of the provincial archery team in 2018, the first archery competition was held at the Provincial Games. It is of great significance to further digging young talents and promoting the in -depth development of this movement in the province.

Zhang Ruoyu

Stunning, the champion of crying nose

Zhang Ruohuan, a 14 -year -old girl, defeated many big sisters to win the championship in the U16 women's personal competition. The finals were extremely fierce, and Zhang Ruoxuan won the fierce battle with his opponent to the last arrow. After the game, the little girl cried. "Usually he can endure hardships, and dare to play in the game, just a little crying." Zhang Ruoyu's coach Huang Lingling said with a smile. This may also be a way for her to release pressure.

Zhang Ruoxuan told reporters that when she was in the fifth grade, under the leadership of her father, she came to an archery museum for a while and felt that the sport was very fun. Finally, she chose to join the Hanfeng Stead Archery Club for special training. After practicing for a long time, Zhang Ruoxuan won the third place in a game organized by the club. This small result inspired her to continue and became a member of the Wuhan archery team in May this year.

"Archery brought me a lot of gains, especially for me to calmly treat everything." When talking about future goals, Zhang Ruoxuan said that he would continue to practice and strive to become a world champion. "I believe I can!" The little girl said confidently.

Zhu Yuhan

Happy, the "Provincial Team Office" has gained harvest

Maybe you won't believe that by 2018, Hubei is one of the three provinces in the country without archery projects. In November 2018, the Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau decided to make up for this shortcoming, and learned and learned the experience of Shandong to implement the "Provincial Team Office", which was a shot with Jingmen City to restore the provincial archery team.

In this competition, the young teenagers of many provincial teams "returned" to the city and state teams to fight for their hometown and showed strong competitiveness. Zhu Yuhan, born in 2004, is one of the more prominent. The little girl who had previously trained track and field entered the archery team through cross -item selection in 2019. In this U18 Women's Finals, she easily defeated her opponent to get a gold medal with 6: 0. Zhu Yuhan said that after the Provincial Games, his psychological quality has also been greatly improved. "I will continue to work hard and strive to enter the national team in the future."

In addition to these teenagers brought new hopes, the resumption of archery teams for more than three years to build a team has achieved a series of achievements. Liu Yunwei, the leader of the archery team, told reporters that in the 2019 National Archery Championship (outdoor), the Hubei team won two eighth place. In 2020, the National Archery Championship (outdoor) won one eighth place, and the National Archery Championship won one fourth place in 2021. In 2022, the National Archery Championship won the second place in the group.

Awarding site

Looking forward to the next National Games impact medal

Compared with the strong archery, Hubei needs to have the determination and ability to overtake the curve. Fortunately, although it started late again, the Hubei archery team was pressing down and secretly accelerating. "In 2025, the next National Games, we will strive to impact the medals on the archery project." Said Li Bing, director of the Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau's Shooting Sports Management Center.

In addition to striving to catch up at the competitive level, Hubei Province has also made a lot of effort in popularizing and promoting archery campaigns, and has achieved results. In this competition, the Xiangyang team won a total of 3 silver and 5 copper. Si Lianjie, the president of the city's shooting archery sports association, told reporters that in recent years, the association has been promoting archery into the campus, and a total of more than ten schools have joined. Of the 17 athletes who participated in the competition, many people came into contact with archery sports from such activities and began to receive professional training. Class traditional archery school.

Li Bing said that archery projects have a long history and rich cultural heritage in my country. Through this provincial meeting, we have seen the huge potential of Hubei in this project. In the next step, we will actively promote the construction of the Hubei Shooting Archery Association, create more opportunities for young athletes, consolidate the development of the project's development, and contribute to the construction of strong sports provinces.

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