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On the morning of August 25, entrusted by the main leaders of the Songjiang District Party Committee and District Government, Deputy District Mayor Gong Kankan went to Yexie to visit and express his condolences to Xu Zhuoyi, a Songjiang native and a men's 110-meter hurdles athlete participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

At Xu Zhuo's home, the district leaders had a cordial conversation with Xu Zhuoyi and his family, and learned in detail about Xu Zhuoyi's learning experience, growth process and sports career. The district leaders said that Xu Zhuoyi was not afraid of strong opponents and fought bravely in the Olympic journey, showing the pure feelings of putting the motherland first and winning glory for the country, showing the belief of winning by tenacious struggle and self-improvement, and showing the confident, optimistic, warm and friendly sunny temperament of the young generation of China. Behind the Olympic expedition is the hard training and hard work of the athletes, which is inseparable from the careful guidance and silent dedication of the coaches and families. The people of his hometown will continue to support Xu Zhuoyi. They hope that Xu Zhuoyi will guard against arrogance and impetuosity, make persistent efforts, improve the level of training and competition, make the best of his strengths and make up for his weaknesses, continue to maintain a good state, and in future competitions, further promote the Chinese sports spirit and the Olympic spirit, climb to the top, win greater honor for the motherland and hometown, make greater contributions to the development of the national sports cause, and make new contributions to building a sports power. District leaders demanded that relevant departments should pay more attention to the families of athletes so that athletes can concentrate on their activities and strive with all their strength. At the same time, they should increase the training of competitive sports talents, improve the level of competitive sports, promote the high-quality development of sports in the entire district, and strive to train and supply more outstanding sports talents for the country.

Xu Zhuoyi thanked the district leaders and relevant departments for their kind care and careful training. He said that he would continue to train hard as always, make persistent efforts, continue to strive to achieve better results.

It is understood that Xu Zhuoyi once studied at Fangta Primary School in Songjiang District, and later entered Songjiang No. 7 Middle School and started his track and field training. At the Hangzhou Asian Games last year, Xu Zhuoyi won the bronze medal with a time of 13.50 seconds. On May 29 this year, he won the men's 110m hurdles final at the fifth stop of the National Track and Field Grand Prix with a personal best of 13.22 seconds, and finally successfully entered the Paris Olympics to compete for the country.

On August 4 this year, in the first round of the men's 110-meter hurdles at the Paris Olympics, Xu Zhuoyi ranked first in the group with a time of 13.40 seconds, and directly qualified for the semifinals. In the semifinals, Xu Zhuoyi unfortunately failed to qualify for the finals with a time of 13.48 seconds. Although he missed the finals, Xu Zhuoyi showed a high level of competition and a tenacious spirit in this Olympics, showing the demeanor of Songjiang youth to the world.

Source: Shanghai Songjiang