Sixth Chinese City Games open in Wuhan

时间：2007-10-26 07:59:53

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The Sixth Chinese City Games, the last multi-sport games to be held in China before the 2008 Olympic Games, officially opened on Thursday in this capital city of central China's Hubei Province.

 
WUHAN, Central China, Oct. 26 - The Sixth Chinese City Games, the last multi-sport games to be held in China before the 2008 Olympic Games, officially opened on Thursday in this capital city of central China's Hubei Province.

 

Chinese State Councilor Chen Zhili declared the Games open at the Wuhan sports center stadium.

 

It is the first time for a city to host the quadrennial Games inaugurated in 1988, as the past five editions were all held by provinces.

 

It is also the first national sport gala held in Wuhan, the famous historical and cultural city along the Yangtze River.

 

The 10-day Games will see more than 6,300 athletes from 74 delegations1 across the nation competing in 288 events of 24 sports. The parade will also include athletes from Hong Kong and Macao, the two special administrative2 regions of China.

 

The City Games feature most of the sports within the Olympic Games program, including soccer, basketball, table tennis, tennis, archery, track and field, swimming, diving, judo3, kayak, shooting, weightlifting and wrestling.

 

Young athletes have been encouraged to take part in the competitions to gain experiences for future international competitions and even boost their chances of being selected for the Olympic Games.

 

In some of the sports, youngsters will face an uphill task of competing against renowned4 and established athletes like Wu Peng, 200m butterfly runner-up in the world championships last March, table tennis world champions Guo Yue and Ma Long and some 220 others from national teams.

 

"Many athletes from the national teams of table tennis, swimming, diving and gymnastics take the City Games as a practice run for the Beijing Olympics, since the schedule and most facilities of the City Games simulate those of the coming Olympic Games," said Guo Jianjun, deputy secretary-general of the organizing committee.

 

The Chinese City Games is also a seedbed for Olympic champions. Many outstanding Olympic winners like women's table tennis player Deng Yaping, arguably the all-time great, and diving queen Fu Mingxia, winner of four Olympic gold medals, all used this quadrennial event as a platform to cut a figure and pile up experiences.

 

Before the Games was officially declared open on Thursday, the competitions of volleyball, gymnastics, diving, badminton and taekwondo have already concluded.

 

To ensure the Games a success, officials vowed5 to take all measures to fight doping cheats. "We will attach the most importance to doping control and make harsher measures than before to curb6 drug use," said Yuan Hong, director of the Office of Chinese Olympic Committee Anti-doping Commission.

 

Before the Games, some 1,000 random7 tests have been conducted starting from August and more tests are expected during the Games. Besides, a campaign of promoting anti-doping knowledge among youngsters was launched in Wuhan on Wednesday with the opening of an anti-doping exhibition.

 

The overall medal standings will not appear in the City Games to avoid delegations pushing young athletes too hard, said an official in the organizing committee here on Thursday.

 

"The overall medal standings are quite normal in the sports games, but there is no such standings this time in the 6th City Games," said Guo Jianjun.

 

Guo said that the purpose of the decision was to give the young buds easy atmosphere in the competition.

 

"I hope the athletes will try their best without feeling nervous. Over 70 coaches from the national teams will come to look for potential rookies in the City Games," he added.

 

Forty stadiums and other facilities have been built or refurbished for the Games which cost the lion's share of the two billion yuan (some 248.4 million US dollars) invested by the provincial8 and municipal governments over the last four years.



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1 delegations 13b3ac30d07119fea7fff02c12a37362     
n.代表团( delegation的名词复数 )；委托，委派
参考例句：
  • In the past 15 years, China has sent 280 women delegations abroad. 十五年来，中国共派280批妇女代表团出访。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
  • The Sun Ray decision follows the federal pattern of tolerating broad delegations but insisting on safeguards. “阳光”案的判决仿效联邦容许广泛授权的做法，但又坚持保护措施。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
2 administrative fzDzkc     
adj.行政的，管理的
参考例句：
  • The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
  • He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。
3 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？
4 renowned okSzVe     
adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的
参考例句：
  • He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
  • She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。
5 vowed 6996270667378281d2f9ee561353c089     
起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）
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  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
6 curb LmRyy     
n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制
参考例句：
  • I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
  • You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。
7 random HT9xd     
adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
参考例句：
  • The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
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adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
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  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

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