On December 14th, ‘Hubei Provincial Summary Commendation Congress of the 13th Chinese National Games & the Mobilization Meeting for Building a Strong Sport Province’ was held in Donghu Hotel, Wuhan, in which groups and individuals with outstanding performance in the National Games were awarded by the provincial government and the relative departments. It was learnt from Yichang Sports Bureau that 3 groups and 15 individuals from Yichang had received awards from the provincial government.

　　The 13th Chinese National Games was held from August 27th to September 8th in Tianjian, where 34 athletes from Yichang competed in the final stage in 9 sports, including weightlifting, badminton, swimming, track and field, boxing, tennis, shooting, beach volleyball and canoeing, and 56 events. With a total of 3 gold , 3 silver and 3 bronze medals, Yichang topped all the other cities in Hubei Province and it also created the unparalleled record in terms of the number of participants, competition events and best results

　　In the congress, Yichang Municipal Government, Yidu Municipal Government and Changyang Tujia Autonomous County Government were highly commended by the Hubei provincial government; three athletes from Yichang, including Tian Tao, Liu Hao, Wang Zhouyu, and Yichang coach Deng Aimin received Awards of Merit from the provincial government; 10 athletes from Yichang, including Zhao Yunlei, Zhou Jun, Du Yue, Li Wenmei, Lin Ying Shi Yu, Sun Jiajun, Liu Wei, Xu Jun, Zhao Xian Dong, Zhu Shenglong and 1 Yichang coach Wei Yili received accolade from the provincial government; For their outstanding achievements, Yichang athlete Wang Zhouyu won the honorary title of “the Advanced Worker of Hubei Province”, “May 1st Labor Medal of Hubei Province” and “March-Eighth Red-Banner Pacesetter of Hubei Province”; Yichang coach Deng Aimin was awarded with a “May 1st Labor Medal of Hubei Province”.

　　In recent years, Yichang has been vigorously carrying out the National Fitness strategy to transform itself into a city superior in Sports, turning competitive youth athlete training into a more scientific, standardized and healthy way. New breakthroughs have been made in the sports results and the work of talents cultivation. (Reporter Bian Jian Xin, correspondent Li Shengzhi)