Kungfu gets Olympics ticket

时间：2007-10-06 00:36:00

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Oct. 4 - The best place to catch some kungfu action next year may be the Olympics stadium.

 

Chinese Olympic Committee Vice-President Zhang Faqiang has officially confirmed that wushu will be featured at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the China News Service reported yesterday.

 

Zhang was quoted as saying that wushu or kungfu, will neither be a medal sport nor a mere1 demonstration2. Instead, the event featuring it will be named the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Wushu Competition.

 

The event won't share the demonstration status that taekwondo enjoyed at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics and is not going to be included as an official sport for the Beijing Games.

 

But its Olympics debut3 will "have extremely significant implications" for wushu's eventual4 entry as a competitive event, said Li Jie, chairman of the China Martial5 Arts Association.

 

Currently, all of the 28 Olympic sports, with the exception of judo6 and taekwondo, originated in either Europe or North America.

 

Wushu practitioners7 in China, numbered around several tens of millions, view this opportunity as "the first step in a long march of 10,000 li (5,000 km)," said Zhang.

 

China has been actively8 advocating wushu since the early 1980s. The establishment of the International Wushu Federation9 (IWUF) in Beijing in 1991 escalated10 its global expansion and Olympic push.

 

The IWUF was accepted into the General Association of International Sports Federation in 1994 and fully11 recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in February 2002.

 

IWUF currently has 114 martial arts associations from five continents.

 
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1 mere rC1xE     
adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过
参考例句：
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
2 demonstration 9waxo     
n.表明，示范，论证，示威
参考例句：
  • His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
  • He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
3 debut IxGxy     
n.首次演出，初次露面
参考例句：
  • That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
  • The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。
4 eventual AnLx8     
adj.最后的，结局的，最终的
参考例句：
  • Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
  • Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。
5 martial bBbx7     
adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的
参考例句：
  • The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
  • The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。
6 judo dafzK     
n.柔道
参考例句：
  • The judo is a kind of fighting sport.柔道是一种对抗性体育活动。
  • Which is more important in judo, strength or techniques?柔道运动中，力量和技术哪个更重要？
7 practitioners 4f6cea6bb06753de69fd05e8adbf90a8     
n.习艺者，实习者( practitioner的名词复数 )；从业者（尤指医师）
参考例句：
  • one of the greatest practitioners of science fiction 最了不起的科幻小说家之一
  • The technique is experimental, but the list of its practitioners is growing. 这种技术是试验性的，但是采用它的人正在增加。 来自辞典例句
8 actively lzezni     
adv.积极地，勤奋地
参考例句：
  • During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
  • We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。
9 federation htCzMS     
n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会
参考例句：
  • It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
  • Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
10 escalated 219d770572d00a227dc481a3bdb2c51e     
v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大
参考例句：
  • The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. 这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。
  • The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with the police. 示威逐步升级，演变成了一场同警察的混战。
11 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

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