Days ago, the 2020 Shanghai Youth Wrestling Championship was held in Shanghai Yangpu Gymnasium. The wrestling team of Yangpu Junior Sports School made great achievements. It ranked the first in the gold medal list with 30 gold, 11 silver and 34 copper medals.

Hosted by Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau, the Championship was organized by Shanghai Wrestling & Judo Association, Yangpu District Sports Bureau, Shanghai puzhijian Sports Culture Communication Co., Ltd., and co-organized by Yangpu District Youth Amateur Sports School and Yangpu District Sports Activity Center. The competition items include: men’s classic Roman wrestling, men’s freestyle wrestling and women’s freestyle wrestling. According to the age, there are three groups: A, B and C. More than 500 young wrestlers from the city competed in the championship.

On the field, the young wrestlers of Yangpu fought hard, with their necks and backs clasped, their legs clasped, dumplings made on their knees, and they rode on the rolling bridge. The competition won bursts of cheers.

The event is the first youth wrestling competition held in Shanghai after the epidemic. Since the resumption of training, senior wrestling coach Zhao Bin and his wife judo coach Zhu Aifang have grasped the golden period of summer training, guided the team members to carry out chest, back, side fall, rope climbing, tire turning and other basic training and practical exercises every day to help them quickly recover their competitive level. During the whole summer vacation, Zhao Bin and Zhu Aifang spent almost all their time in the junior sports school. They had 13 classes a week and half-day training on weekends. “As a grass-roots coach, we must have a sense of responsibility and not fail to live up to the trust that parents have given their children to us. Only through strict training, they will have excellent basic skills, in order to win on the competition field”, Zhao Bin said.

It is reported that in recent years, wrestling has developed vigorously in Yangpu and has become a “hot event”. It is reported that at present, there are more than 160 registered wrestling and judo athletes in the district sports school, which is the highest in all districts of the city. They have achieved good results repeatedly. In terms of the transportation of reserve talents for competitive sports, wrestling and judo events of the district youth sports school has not only trained and delivered world champion Yao Yuting, several national champions and a large number of professional athletes, but also trained a number of athletes to boxing, Sanda, rock climbing, rowing and other first-line professional teams. Among them, Miao Jie, a judo athlete, also became a contract professional athlete of UFC comprehensive combat after her retirement.