On the morning of November 27, the 35th Track and Field Sports Meeting of Taizhou University kicked off at Jiaojiang Campus, with drums and music reverberating in the air.
At the opening ceremony
Zhu Jian declaring the opening
Present at the opening ceremony were university leaders including Zhu Jian, Le Chuanyong, Li Junmin, Han Deman, Xiang Fengri, Ding Yizhi, Cai Haijiang, Zheng Lijun and Wu Yinyin. Zhu Jian, Secretary of the University Party Committee, declared the opening. The ceremony was hosted by Li Jianjun, Vice President, Member of the University Party Committee and Director of the University Sports Committee.
Le Chuanyong delivering a speech
Le Chuanyong, President and Deputy Secretary of the University Party Committee, delivered a speech. He pointed out that the university has always attached great importance to the development of sports, and takes the sports meeting as a good opportunity to unite ideas, inspire morale and boost spirits, as well as an important platform to enhance exchanges, pool strength and promote development. He hoped that all athletes would achieve greater results in the spirit of Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together; all referees and staff would conduct impartial judgments and provide enthusiastic services to ensure the smooth running of the sports meeting; and all teachers and students would take this sports meeting as an opportunity to play the loudest clarion call for building a high-level application-oriented university that is first-class in China and enjoys a good reputation internationally, with full enthusiasm, high morale and a pragmatic work style.
Athlete representative and referee representative taking the Oath
Meng Weijia, a student from the Medical School, and Shen Haoyu, a student from the School of Teacher Education (Physical Education), took the oath as the athlete representative and referee representative respectively.
Live Performance
At the opening ceremony, multiple formations including the national flag formation, the colored flag team, and the athletes marched past the rostrum in neat strides one after another. Accompanied by passionate music, such performances as Beating Youth, Golden-Eyed Lion Dance, Rhythmic Drum Beats Ablaze, Fiery Rumba, Vibrant Youth Fitness Dance and Elephant King Procession took the stage in sequence, sparking one climax after another. With bright-colored costumes, ingenious choreography and dynamic displays, these shows fully demonstrated young students’ positive, progressive spirit and vigorous vitality to audiences.
Launching ceremony of the Sunshine Long-distance Running
Group calisthenics demonstrations
After the ceremony, the “Leading Running Group” comprised of university leaders, heads of secondary colleges, relevant functional departments, affiliated hospitals, affiliated schools and the Institute of Environmental Sciences, as well as some members of the sports meeting organizing committee led more than 500 student representatives to jointly launch the 2025 “Sunshine Long-distance Running”. Group calisthenics demonstrations were performed by all trade union branches of the university.
It is reported that this sports meeting is scheduled to last two days, featuring 17 events for male students, 17 events for female students, 6 collective and fun sports events for students, and 5 fun sports events for faculty members. More than 1,000 teachers and students participated in the games as athletes.
