Great News: NJCIT Students Achieve Excellent Results in the 2024 Jiangsu University Students' Taekwondo Championship

From October 30 to November 3, the 2024 Jiangsu University Students' Taekwondo Championship was held in Xuzhou. Sponsored by the Jiangsu Student Sports Association, this competition set up Professional Undergraduate Group, General Undergraduate Group and Higher Vocational and Technical College Group. More than 600 athletes from more than 70 universities and colleges within the province participated in the competition.

Under the kind care of school leaders, the Department of Physical Education of NJCIT organized more than one discussions among coaches to actively prepare and make a training plan. In order to ensure the quality of training, the members of NJCIT's Taekwondo team overcame difficulties and carried out training in the evening under the leadership of coaches Luo Yong and Wang Yan. After selection, NJCIT sent nine athletes to attend eight events (of eight levels). All the pains paid off. NJCIT students carried forward the fighting spirit of forging ahead in unity and rising up to challenges despite injuries. In the individual events participated in, NJCIT won 6 gold medals, 2 silver medals and one fifth place. Duan Zihao from Class 2301 of Internet of Things (IoT) and Chen Rui from Class 2302 of Visual Communication were respectively granted the title Outstanding Athlete, and Teacher Wang Yan was granted the title Excellent Coach. Finally, NJCIT attained the first place of the men's team event and the fourth place of the women's team event, and ranked second in terms of the total team score.

This competition has not only demonstrated the competitiveness of NJCIT's Taekwondo team, but also manifested the effectiveness of NJCIT's sports education, contributing positively to the all-around development of students' moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor capacities.

Photo/Text by Wang Yan, Department of Physical Education

Reviewed by Wang Bin, Department of Physical Education