QINGDAO, China, Sept. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Zhang
Dongshuang, a 26-year-old girl, participated in the races of
Sailing World Cup 2016 for the fourth consecutive year. Known as
"the next Xu Lijia" of the Chinese
sailing team, she hopes to earn more international credits through
this event so as to make it into
the top ten on the world sailors list.
After 2016 Rio Olympics, the first Olympic-Class sailing event
in the world is held in Fushan Bay of Qingdao, China. More than 100 brilliant young
sailors from 25 countries and regions haven taken part in the
event, including Tonci Stipanovic
from Croatia, a Laser silver
medalist of 2016 Rio Olympics; Pavlos Kontides from Cyprus and Mária Érdi from Hungary, Laser silver medalists of 2012 London
Olympics; and Finn Lynch, the
youngest sailor of Rio Olympics and the youngest Olympic sailor in
Irish history. Sailors from across the world have come all the way
to China hoping to gain experience
through this Sailing World Cup and prepare themselves for the 2020
Tokyo Olympics.
Sailing World Cup is a top-class sailing event of World Sailing,
and the sailors' performance can to some degree influence their
places on the world sailors list. Until now, many world-renowned
sailing cities have hosted the Sailing World Cup including
Melbourne of Australia, Miami of America, Weymouth of Britain, and Kiel of Germany. To increase the global influence of
sailing sport, World Sailing decided to add a Sailing World Cup
stop in Asia from 2013. By great
infrastructure and natural conditions, rich sailing competition
experience, solid mass foundation of sailing sport, and the
reputation in the international sailing community, Qingdao has stood out and successfully hosted
four sailing world cups in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Carlo Croce, World Sailing President said that
for Qingdao to hold the first few
Sailing World Cups in Asia will
promote the development of sailing sport in China, and that Qingdao will become a leading sailing city in
Asia having hosted many major
international sailing events.
Qingdao, a beautiful coastal
city in northern China, became a
spotlight in the world for its sailing sport in 2008 Beijing
Olympics. In the following 8 years, it has hosted International
Extreme Sailing Series, Sailing World Cup, Volvo Ocean Race,
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, Qingdao International Sailing
Week·Qingdao International Marine Festival, and City Clubs Open
Regatta. Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center has thus become the Olympic
venue used most frequently after the Beijing Olympics. Mr.
Antonio González de la Madrid, Sailing World Cup Manager, has come to
Qingdao for many times, and he has
much to say regarding Qingdao's
changes over the years, "Qingdao's
good water conditions are great for holding sailing competitions.
Besides, Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center is at the center of the
city featuring developed business and numerous sails and masts,
which is great for citizens to watch sailing competitions. What's
more, Qingdao Organizing Committee can recruit many excellent
volunteers for each sailing event who have provided great help
during these events."
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SOURCE Qingdao Municipal Information Office