The National University Games can also be regarded as a comprehensive sports meeting. In terms of the scale of the competition, the University Games is definitely not smaller than other comprehensive sports games, but in terms of competition events, the University Games will be much less. This is true whether it is the World Universiade or the National Universiade.
Take the National University Games as an example. Although the events set up in each session will be adjusted, the total number of events is generally only about ten.
In comparison, the Olympic Games does not count performance events. There are nearly 30 formal competition events and more than 300 minor events. The Asian Games has more events than the Olympic Games. Calculated in this way, the competition events in the University Games are less than one-third of those in the Asian Games.
In the event setting of the Universiade, there are no events such as shooting and archery that require high competition equipment, nor are there sports such as gymnastics and diving that require high technical difficulties. For ordinary college students, they certainly don’t have access to high-end sports equipment such as firearms and bows, nor can they have the technical level of gymnasts and diving athletes.
The competition events set up by the Universiade are usually those sports that are easier to popularize and more college students participate in, such as track and field, swimming, basketball, table tennis, etc.
At the same time, there are some non-Olympic events in the National University Games, such as martial arts, aerobics, and orienteering, which are not official Olympic events. In addition, the University Games also include mental sports, such as bridge, which is one of the competition events in the National University Games.
There are only eleven or two competition events in the Universiade, with martial arts, aerobics, bridge and the like accounting for nearly half. Therefore, there are only six or seven real Olympic competitive events in the Universiade.
Although there are few competitions in the University Games, there are not many participating athletes. This Universiade will have six to seven thousand athletes participating. You must know that even in the Olympic Games, there are only more than 10,000 participating athletes.
The competition events of the Universiade are only one-third of those of the Olympic Games, but the number of participants is not much less than that of the Olympic Games. This means that the number of participants in each event will be much greater than in the Olympic Games.
Therefore, in terms of restrictions on the number of participating places, the restrictions of the Universiade are much smaller.
In most individual events in the Olympic Games, each team can only send a maximum of three people to compete. But in the Universiade, this restriction is relaxed, especially for those sports with a wide audience and low difficulty, the number of people with parameters will be larger. For example, in sprinting, just one Tsinghua University sprint team got three participating places.
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A few days ago, Dai Li followed Xue Li and participated in several large-scale track and field events. Dai Li was no stranger to leading a team in competitions, but he was very comfortable with it.
Dai Li doesn’t have to worry about food and accommodation, it’s up to the organizer to make arrangements. What Li Dai has to do is related work in the arena.
"The scale of the Wanzhou City Stadium is really big. There should be no problem that this stadium ranks among the top ten in the country. No wonder it dares to bid to host the National Universiade!"
Dai Li looked around and saw that most of the seats were already in the stands. In many places, slogans saying "Come on so-and-so university" were even hung up, and there were even cheerleaders in uniform uniforms.
"The Universiade is indeed different. I have participated in several national track and field grand prix competitions, and I have never seen so many spectators in the stands. The college students are really full of passion!"
Dai Li was thinking blindly when a familiar figure came into his sight.
"It's Chen Yuejin! So there are athletes from Hanbei Sports College coming to compete." Dai Li immediately greeted him.
It was Chen Yuejin who brought Li Dai from Yuzhou City to Hanbei Physical Education College, which led to Li Dai meeting Yu Feifei and then getting acquainted with Xu Zhongyi. All in all, Li Dai had not seen Chen Yuejin for two or three years.
Seeing Chen Yuejin, Li Dai couldn't help but feel a little sad. Chen Yuejin once participated in the national team's training camp as a coach. In the eyes of Li Dai at the time, this was so out of reach, but now Li Dai is also the same He also joined the national team and became Xue Li's favorite student.
"Coach Chen!" Dai Li shouted from a distance.
"Xiao Li!" Chen Yuejin looked a little surprised: "Why are you here too! Aren't you in the provincial sports team?"
"I was temporarily seconded to Tsinghua University, and I just happened to lead the team here." Li Dai explained in one sentence.
"Tsinghua University!" Chen Yuejin gasped, but he still had some doubts in his heart. He knew that it was unlikely that the sports team would have anything to do with Tsinghua University. But since Dai Li said so, there is definitely no lie.
"The sports department of Tsinghua University is much better than our Hanbei Institute of Physical Education. It is estimated that it can win several gold medals this time. Xiao Li, what project are you in charge of?" Chen Yuejin asked.
"Sprinting." Dai Li answered.
"Sprinting! That is considered a strong event of Tsinghua University. I heard that there is an athlete in the track and field team of Tsinghua University. The national team asked him several times, but he didn't go. Will he come this time?" Chen Yuejin asked. said.
Dai Li smiled and nodded. He knew that what Chen Yuejin was talking about was Niu Guohong.
"Then this time is really exciting. Two tigers competing!" Chen Yuejin said with a smile.
"Two tigers fighting?" Li Dai looked at Chen Yuejin with some confusion.
"It seems you don't know yet!" Chen Yuejin sighed silently, and then said: "You are going to meet your opponent this time. There is also a very powerful athlete on the Dongjiang representative team, who also has the strength of the national team. , maybe even stronger than you!"
Dai Li frowned slightly, he couldn't believe what Chen Yuejin said.
The level of athletes in the Universiade varies, but one thing is certain, the level of participating athletes will not be very high, mainly due to the impact of registration rules.
One of the registration rules for the Universiade is that athletes who have participated in certain national competitions are not allowed to register.
These "certain" national competitions include national championships, grand prix, and championships in track and field; national championships, championships, and youth championships in swimming; national professional leagues and national basketball leagues in basketball; and national championships in volleyball. Grand Prix, professional leagues, tournaments; football Super League, A-League, B-League, FA Cup; table tennis Super League, A-League and professional club competitions in other countries and regions.
Athletes who have participated in the above competitions are not allowed to register for the National Universiade.
This entry threshold prevents top domestic athletes from registering to participate in the National Universiade. Because in the domestic athlete training system, it is impossible for high-level athletes to stay in college and not participate in high-level competitions.
Although many top athletes will go to college and complete their studies, they will never give up as long as they have the opportunity to participate in a competition. In addition to showing that they are familiar with each other, athletes also need to use this to accumulate competition experience.
As long as you participate in these national competitions, you cannot register to participate in the National Universiade.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, the athletes who sign up to participate in the Universiade are all second-rate players. Their strength is not enough to participate in national-level competitions, and the Universiade becomes a stage for them to show themselves.
Of course, there are exceptions like Niu Guohong. Although he has the strength of the national team, he is reluctant to join the national team and continues to stay in college.
This is mainly because Niu Guohong is a student of Tsinghua University. Tsinghua University, the top university in the country, can retain talents. If it were a lower university, even ordinary 985 and 211 universities, it would not be able to retain Niu Guohong. Such a top player.
Therefore, when Dai Li learned that there were athletes as good as Niu Guohong competing, he seemed a little unbelievable.
"There are actually athletes no less than Niu Guohong participating, and they are from the Dongjiang representative team. If they can retain such top-level athletes, they must be the top universities in the country. Even if they are worse than Tsinghua, they will not be much worse. The entire Dongjiang Province There is only Nandu University! That is also among the top ten universities in the country."
Dai Li clenched his fists involuntarily. He wanted to know who the college student who was as good as Niu Guohong was!