The 47th session crossed the river festival was held, and 92 people participated in 73 people successfully crushed successfully

The Yangtze River Daily Da Wuhan Client July 16th. 2022 The 47th Wuhan July 16th Crossing River Crossing River Festival was successfully held on July 16th. 92 players jumped into the Yangtze River from the Dayu Mythology Park in Hanyang and watched Wuchang Yangtze River. A rush, 73 people landed on the shore, the Olympic player and the National Games 3 Golden King Zhang Ziyang won the men's group championship with 13 minutes and 49 seconds; Wuhan swimming team Yang Peiqi with 15 minutes and 21 seconds The defending was successful and won the women's group championship for the second consecutive year.

The first place in the men's Group A chopped waves. Changjiang Daily reporter Yu Zhiyong Photo

The crossing the river is a national sports activity seen by Wuhan City. Since 1956, the Wuhan Dujiang Festival has been held for 47 sessions so far, becoming the most influential public waters swimming event in China. As in 2021, the highlight of this year's crossing the river is still the individual crosses the Yangtze River Challenge. For the first time, the snapping competition is also divided into two groups A and B. Among them, Group B is mainly amateur for the public. Swimming enthusiasts provide an opportunity to participate in the river crossing and challenge the Yangtze River.

Group A women's group champion. Changjiang Daily reporter Yu Zhiyong Photo

From the water from the Hanyang Dayu Mythology Park to the first water view of the Wuchang Yangtze River, the tour was about 2500 meters, which was longer than the 1,800 -meter tour from the South Bank of Hanyang from the Hanyang Gate of Wuchang last year. Although the journey becomes longer, the difficulty of the game is reduced, which is conducive to the landing player ashore. In addition, the hydrological situation is also better during the game. The average flow rate of the launch point is only about 1.3 meters, which is very conducive to the players' good results.

At 9:15 am on the 16th, with the shot of the fire, the men's group A players took the lead in launching the water. The other groups of players subsequently launching the water one after another. They chopped waves and struggled to the other side. Among them, Zhang Ziyang, Chen Jie, Ai Yanhan, Yu Zongda, Wang Yutian and other athletes have been selected for the national team mostly. In the end, Zhang Ziyang lived up to the championship. This was the second time he won this honor after winning the men's championship in the 2019 Crossing River Festival. Yang Peiqi, the teenager of the Wuhan Swimming Team, successfully defended the women's group's championship. Li Yifei and Liu Wenting won the men's group B champion and the women's group B champion respectively.

Cross the river scene. Photo by the reporter Xu Wei Wei, a reporter from the Yangtze River Daily

Ai Yanhan, who had just returned to Wuhan from Hungarian Swimming World Championships, won the sixth place in the women's group A. After the game, she said: "I am very satisfied with this result. Once, I am proud. "

This year's crossing the river also attracted the attention of many citizens. Less than 6 am on July 16th, the citizens began to come to the watershed point located at the Dayu Great Witch Park in Hanyang to watch the grand occasion of the Crossing River Crossing the Yangtze River Challenge. Liu Wenjie, the winter swimming enthusiast of the Yuehu Swimming Team, said: "This year's crossing line has connected the scenery on both sides of the Yangtze River, allowing us to see the changes in Wuhan's crescents, Wuhan is becoming more beautiful, more beautiful, and the relatives on both sides of the strait. Water facilities are also more popular. Wuhan has such good water resources. Every summer, everyone will be very proud of traveling in the Yangtze River every year. "

The crossing riverside festival held in the summer also spread throughout the network. Hubei TV Station and Wuhan TV Station live broadcast. Central Video, Learning Power, Hubei Daily, Yangtze River Daily, etc. have performed the full network broadcast, pushing the crossing river festival to the top three of Sina Weibo, and the hot search volume exceeded 45 million Essence (Changjiang Daily reporter Zhang Lin correspondent Zhang Li Hu Jingjing)

[Edit: Deng La Xiu]

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