The national coastal rowing team paddled to Los Angeles.

During the Los Angeles Olympic Games cycle, the national team of the Water Center of the State Sports General Administration added new recruits. The national training team for coastal rowing, a new event of the Los Angeles Olympic Games, started a new cycle of preparation in Xiangshan, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province on November 1, with a total of 20 athletes participating in this training. Among them, the top six men’s and women’s single boats and the top four athletes in mixed double boats in the 2024 National Coastal Beach Sprint Championship.

Coastal rowing is a new project derived from the ancient still water rowing. It is fashionable, interesting, intense, ornamental and easy to popularize. Once it was launched, it quickly won the love of young people. The event labeled as "fashionable" and "young" was quickly recognized by the International Rowing Federation. China has already started coastal rowing events in the Tokyo Olympic cycle. After the event entered the Olympics, many traditional rowing teams also added coastal rowing events.

Although he is a recruit for the Olympic Games, the international coastal rowing has reached a high level, and China coastal rowing is still in the early stage of development, and there is still much room for improvement. The national coastal rowing team will make every effort to build a super competitive team of athletes through intensive training in physical fitness, technology, teamwork and mentality, so as to comprehensively improve their physical fitness and competitive level.

Yang Yuqi, the gold medal winner of the men’s youth solo boat event in the 2024 Coastal Rowing Beach Sprint World Championship, said: "There is no shortcut to preparing for the Olympics, only hard training day after day. I believe that in this preparation cycle, as long as you persevere and practice every movement to the extreme under the guidance of the coach, you will definitely gain something. "

Before the official training, the national coastal rowing team conducted a week-long military training from November 2 to 7. Team leader Zhao Lei said that this military training is not only a test of athletes’ willpower, but also a tempering of the cohesion of the whole team. Through military training, athletes will be more disciplined, and their daily training and daily life will be more standardized and orderly, which is also conducive to team management. Collective military training can help athletes improve their tacit understanding and give full play to team strength in collective events. At the same time, through military training, we have deepened our love and sense of responsibility for the country, and we have a more sense of mission when fighting for honor in the international arena, and fully demonstrate the national sports style. (From November 13th, China Sports Daily, 01 edition)