On the morning of October 13th, the Nanjing 2020 World Indoor Championships Event Series Activity 2019 Nanjing Fun Track and Field Orientation Tournament officially kicked off in Nanjing Binjiang Park. With the sound of the command, more than 200 track and field enthusiasts marched together to meet the arrival of the 2020 World Indoor Athletics Championships.

In 2019, the Nanjing Fun Track and Field Orienteering Competition was hosted by the Organizing Committee of the 2020 World Indoor Athletics Championships, undertake by the Media Promotion Department of the World Indoor Athletics Championships 2020, support by the Publicity Department of the Jianye District Committee, the Nanjing Binjiang Park Management Office and the Nanjing Olympic Museum, and execute by Longhoo Net.

Players Cover All Ages, Fun Orientation Tournament Lead the Track and Field National Climax

In this fun track and field competition, the fun track and field experience was carried out in a mission complete mode. During the whole course of about 3 kilometers, the contestants experienced three events: high jump, hurdles and long jump. The setting of the Track and Field Knowledge Quiz game allows participants to learn about the fun track and field events and some information about the World Indoor Athletics Championships at the same time.

At the event, the reporter saw that the contestants covered all ages. The players participated in the event with full enthusiasm and the put the atmosphere gradually to the climax.

As a series of activities of the 2020 World Indoor Athletics Championships, the 2019 Nanjing Fun Track and Field Orientation Tournament will further explain the concept of the World Indoor Athletics Championships and better convey the spiritual connotation of this sports event, so that more citizens can understand and participate in.

Preparations of the 2020 Athletics World Championships Are Underway

On the March 13-15, next year, Nanjing Jiangbei New Area Youth Olympic Sports Park will usher in the 2020 World Indoor Athletics Championships. This is the first time that China has hosted the Indoor Athletics World Championships. It is also another major international track and field event that has settled in China after the 2015 Beijing World Athletics Championships. The holding of the event will greatly promote the popularization of track and field sports in China, enhance the citizens’ enthusiasm for participating in athletics, and provide a strong impetus for Nanjing to build a world famous sports city.

The Indoor Track and Field Museum and the "Yangtze River" will Become the New Landmark of Jiangbei New Area

The track and field pavilion covers an area of 43,367 square meters, with a total construction area of 23,279 square meters. The main contents include the construction of the competition hall and the warm-up hall, and the sports special project. The competition hall has a standard competition venue for the World Indoor Athletics Championships, including six 200-meter long elliptical runways, eight 60-meter straights and high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, and shot put. Reserve 5,000 stands and equipped with sufficient function rooms such as IAAF studio, main media center, main broadcast center and medical station.

The “Yangtze River” complex project integrates comprehensive functions such as hotels and catering, and will provide reception guarantee for the 2020 World Indoor Athletics Championships. The “Yangtze River” complex project has a total construction area of 130,000 square meters. It is surrounded by nearly 500,000 square meters of cultural and sports resources, and combines functions such as sports fitness, entertainment, commercial catering, hotel catering and business clubs. The complete sports and leisure industry chain in Jiangbei New Area will become an urban complex for the citizens to enjoy leisure and fitness.

The Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Sports Park Indoor Track and Field Museum and the “Yangtze River” will become the new landmark building in Jiangbei New Area, leading the Jiangbei New Area sports culture industry to make great strides forward. The 2020 World Indoor Athletics Championships will once again highlight the preparations for the international events in Nanjing and Jiangbei New Area, and showcase the image of Nanjing's innovative and dynamic sports city to the world.

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