2019 Wuhan Marathon Swimming kicked off

|ChinaNews|Published:2019-06-10 09:18:01

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The opening ceremony of 2019 Wuhan Marathon Swimming [Photo by Zhang Yongliang]

On June 2, 2019 Wuhan Marathon Swimming and the swimming test event of the 7th CISM Military World Games kicked off at East Lake Scenic Area in Wuhan, the central city of Hubei province. Nearly 1,800 professional athletes and swimmers all over the world competed at East Lake.

2019 Wuhan Marathon Swimming consists of a 10 km competitive swimming and a 2 km challenge swimming. The 10 km competitive swimming includes men's group and women's group. Athletes started at Changtianlo, East Lake Tingtao Scenic Area of Wuhan and swam for four rounds in 10 km. After the competitive event, Zhang Ziyang from Hubei, An Jiabao from Tianjin and Liu Shuyi from Guangdong were top three of men's group. Dong Fuwei from Bayi team, Hou Yawen from Liaoning and Yan Siyu from Bayi team were top three of women's group. In the 2 km challenge swimming, college students from Wuhan Sports University, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan and Naval University of Engineering, PLA showed at the event.

The 7th CISM Military World Games will be held at Wuhan on October 18 to 27, 2019. As the swimming test event of the 7th CISM Military World Games, 2019 Wuhan Marathon Swimming followed the standards and requirements of the games to provide all-round test in terms of organizations, judge panel, comprehensive security and other works.

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The men's group rewarding ceremony of the 10 km competitive swimming [Photo by Zhang Yongliang]

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The women's group rewarding ceremony of the 10 km competitive swimming [Photo by Zhang Yongliang]

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