On the 12th, Ma Ji and his teammates came to Liu Jiaxia international gliding camp, Yongjing county, Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture, Gansu province to participate in the competition of the national paraglider designated league (Yongjing station, Gansu province) in Shengjing Mountain Cup 2018.
Xinhua News Agency, Lanzhou, September 13 (Reporter M & S, Li Xiao) “paraglider is different from other aircrafts. It gives me a feeling of flying in nature with wings.” The referee gave an order, the “post-90s” national team athlete Ma Basai helped run and took off, with the five-starred red flag paraglider printed behind him becoming a unique scenery in the sky.
On the 12th, Ma Li and his teammates came to Liu Jiaxia international gliding camp, Yongjing county, Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture, Gansu province to participate in the competition of the national paraglider designated league (Yongjing station, Gansu province) in Shengjing Mountain Cup 2018. “I have been associated with paraglider for 10 years. I used to take this sport as a hobby, but now it has become my profession and I love this profession deeply.”
In ten years, Ma Li has been to many paraglider venues, but this is the first time he has come to Yongjing and the first time he has flown on the bank of Bingling Lake in the Three Gorges of the Yellow River. “This place is so beautiful, no matter the weather or geographical conditions, it is very suitable for flying. I didn’t know there were such a good paraglider venues in China before, and I will ask my teammates and umbrella friends to join me in the future.”
Para-gliding became the Asian Games event for the first time as one of the eight non-Olympic events this year. As a national team athlete, Ma Li also participated in the Asian Games. “Just like the mood at that time, take the game seriously, try hard to enjoy the game, go all out, and hope that I can get a good result in this league.” Ma Jie said.
Liu Jiaxia international gliding camp is located on the north shore of the Liujiaxia Reservoir. It was opened and used by Lanzhou Zhonghao gliding club in 2010. The take-off site is huangjiashan Mountain, Zhao Shan Village, yangta Township. The altitude is 2300 meters, and the landing site is the Liujiaxia Reservoir Weijia wedge, 1720 meters above sea level, with a relative drop of 580 meters.
Xue Feng, head of Lanzhou Zhonghao Gliding Club, said that their club will probably attract dozens of paraglider enthusiasts from inside and outside the province to learn and experience each year. After this National League, he believes that the paraglider games will be known and loved by more people.
According to the introduction, there were 5 matches in the designated league paraglider in 2018. The first stop was completed in Xifeng county, Guizhou province on June 13-15, and Yongjing station in Gansu province was the second stop. The 40 athletes participating in this competition compete in three categories of competitions, including men’s and women’s individual fixed-point and group fixed-point landing. The winner of the total points ranking of the 5-station League will be selected into the national paraglider designated training team in 2019.
At 6 pm on the 13th, the results of the competition on this site were announced. After two days of competition, Wu Yong and long Jingwen from Sichuan team ranked first in the men’s group and the women’s group with scores of 7 points and 9 points respectively, sichuan team won the first place in the group with a total score of 38 points.
“Every flight is a close contact with nature. This competition not only provides a platform for our paraglider athletes to learn from each other, it also made us appreciate the unique scene of the Yellow River Three Gorges from the perspective of the air, which was very shocking. This is also the charm of this sport in paraglider. I will continue to” fly “in the future.” Ma Jie said.