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On May 28, the sailing and windsurfing final of the 25th Shandong Provincial Games will kick off at the Rizhao World Sailing Base. This is also the first individual final of the 25th Provincial Games. In the last Provincial Games, the Qingdao team won 15 of the 21 gold medals in this event. This time, this "gold medal team" played with all their might and strived to make a "good start" for the Qingdao delegation.

In recent years, with the popularization of sailing into the campus and the welcome to sailing activities, Qingdao's sailing population, especially the youth sailing population, has expanded year by year, and the Qingdao sailing and windsurfing team has also discovered many talents. Besides Gao Junqi, Zhao Yukun, Li Wenqi, Xu Wen and other 16-year-old potential stars are emerging. The Qingdao sailing and windsurfing team, which is about to participate in the 25th Provincial Games, was formed with these rising stars as the core. The team, which has more than 40 young athletes, will compete for a total of 30 gold medals in sailing, windsurfing and kiteboard.

The outstanding performance of Qingdao athletes in international and domestic competitions such as the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Tokyo Olympics, and the Shaanxi National Games has not only won glory for their hometown, but also set a wind vane for the development of competitive sports in Qingdao. Liu Xinhong, deputy director of Qingdao Sports Bureau, said that in the future, Qingdao will further optimize the project structure and layout based on the achievements of the Provincial Games, from the overall and long-term perspective, and do a good job in the big article on the layout of competitive sports. "Let more athletes go to a higher platform through the Provincial Games is the ultimate goal of Qingdao Competitive Sports." Liu Xinhong said.