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On September 25th, the 2022 World Surfing Games hosted by the World Surfing Federation ended in the United States on the 24th local time. The Chinese surfing team ranked 20th among the teams from all 51 countries and regions, the progress is obvious.

Zhou Changcheng, the leader of the Chinese surfing team, said: "In 2019 (World Surfing Games), our national team ranked 27th, the best result for women was 65th, and the men's was 64th. This time, the women's 13-year-old Yang Siqi Entered the fifth round of the resurrection competition, and finally ranked 29th, and the men's Wang Qixiang finally ranked 55th, making great progress."

"This competition has greatly exceeded our expectations. We finished the competition two days ago, and this time we reached the sixth day." Zhou Changcheng said, "I really didn't expect it, I thought I would reach 40th place, but Yang Siqi scored. top 30."

Zhou Changcheng said: "Surfers need a long period of training to accumulate a certain amount of experience. After more than 4 months of external training, we can see the effect. With our current level, we should be able to participate in next year's World Youth Championship. score."

This year's World Surfing Games is also the first qualifying round for the 2024 Paris Olympics, attracting 246 players from 51 countries and regions, and the US team finally ranked first. Jira Pinkerton of the U.S. team won the women's gold medal, while Japan's Tokyo Olympic runner-up Kanoa Igarashi won the men's gold medal. Under the Olympic qualification allocation plan for surfing, the USOC will get a women's seat in the Paris Olympics surfing competition, while the Japanese Olympic Committee will get a men's seat.