First, Wuhan Water Marathon official website
This year's water horse 2 km challenge is the first time to register through the internet. The 2 km challenge tour is limited to 1 1,700 people, including 32 teams, 1 1,000 people. The route of the challenge tour is from Changtianlou in Tingtao Scenic Area to Yunshui Town. After the competition, mass swimming athletes will receive the competition package prepared by the organizing committee, including medals, supplementary food, drinks and other sponsorship materials.
All participating teams and individuals can log in to Wuhan Water Marathon official website (http://swimming.wuhanmarathon.org/) or official WeChat account of Wuhan Water Horse (micro signal: Wuhan Water Horse) within the specified time to complete online payment. After the payment is successful, they will be eligible for the lucky draw.
After the number of applicants exceeds the quota, the organizing Committee will determine the qualification by drawing lots. After the lottery results are announced, the organizing Committee will refund the registration fees paid by the unsuccessful teams and players within a certain period of time.
Official website provides the activity road map.
Second, the venue of Wuhan Water Marathon
Starting from this year, Wuhan Water Marathon will be upgraded in specifications and level, permanently incorporated into the regular competition system of China Swimming Association, and become a national sports event. This year, the water horse will fire its gun in East Lake on June 2, and the events will be divided into 10 km professional competition tour and 2 km challenge tour. The race route will be the same as last year.
10 km professional competitive tour is divided into men's group and women's group. The contestants went downstairs from Tian Chang, a scenic spot in Tingtao, East Lake, and cruised for 4 laps, each lap being 2.5 km, with a distance of 10 km. The top 8 players in each group and the players who completed the competition before the closing time will be rewarded, among which the top three players will be rewarded with 10000 USD, 4000 USD and 3000 USD respectively, and the players who completed the competition before the closing time will be rewarded with 3000 RMB.
According to reports, this year's invited athletes lineup is the highest since the water horse was held, with at least 10 international top players and 20 domestic top players participating.
Third, open water swimming events.
The college students' swimming group of the military experience will compete for water horse as a test competition for the open water swimming event of the military experience. This year's water horse competition organization will be carried out in strict accordance with the standards and requirements of the military experience, and the competition organization, referee team and comprehensive guarantee of the open water swimming event of the military experience will be comprehensively tested.
At that time, a military swimming group composed of representatives of the Military Games will appear in the water horse 2 km challenge tour. In addition, this year, the Water Horse Organizing Committee will invite students from major universities in Wuhan to form a college swimming team to participate in the water horse race, and swimmers from Hongkong, China and Taiwan Province Province, China will also participate.
For the first time, the organizing committee will try to set up a special combination of "water horse+music" in the middle of the 2 km challenge tour to inject more energy and vitality into the swimmers through the water music gas station. The water music gas station will perform according to the rhythm of water horse racing and the progress time of the contestants.
Fourth, Wuhan Water Marathon Carnival.
The old photos tell the story of Wuhan people's love for water. June1-June 2, Wuhan Water Marathon Carnival will be held in Dongting Lake Scenic Area. Gorgeous and spectacular stage performances, children's paradise full of laughter, creative market that opens people's minds, and exciting water sailing performances will be staged in turn.
In addition, the organizing committee will also carry out the activity of "Traveling in Jiangcheng-Collecting Old Photos of Wuhan People". From May 8, citizens can submit old photos of themselves or others playing in the water to the organizing committee. At that time, the submitted photos will be discussed in depth by experts, and the final outstanding photos will be awarded at the Water Horse Carnival.
Reprinted from Changjiang Daily