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this is a land of sports that serves the country, where hard work, sweat and strength show glory. "following the dream all the way, fearless of mountains and winds...flying towards the future and the distance together." at the opening ceremony, shijiazhuang athletes gong lijiao, gao weizhong and meng mingkuan, who had just returned from the paris olympics with honors, also came to the scene. the athletes sang loudly with the audience accompanied by the high-pitched melody. sun yingsha, chang yuan, long daoyi and guo shuai, who were unable to attend due to activities and training, also sent their blessings for the successful holding of this city games through video.

the fighting spirit of shijiazhuang's olympic athletes also inspires the people of the city to be full of fighting spirit in their journey of struggle and create a new look of urban leapfrog development.

in recent years, shijiazhuang has made remarkable achievements in the development of sports, with multiple competitive events, unique integration of sports and education, and remarkable achievements in reserve forces. according to statistics, the total number of registered athletes in the city has exceeded 10,000, and there are more than 2,000 young athletes in training in various schools. the training projects cover all the events set for the hebei provincial games. inspired by the great achievements of olympic athletes, shijiazhuang's sports industry will continue to move towards new heights.

the quadrennial city games is the largest and highest-level comprehensive sports event in shijiazhuang. this year's city games has four groups, namely youth group, adult group, senior group and employee group, with 26 events. a total of teams from 23 counties (cities and districts) and employee athletes from government agencies, enterprises and institutions participated in the competition.

at the opening ceremony, a large-scale cultural and sports performance with the theme of "beauty through wonderful metamorphosis" was held. the prelude of the performance, "butterfly metamorphosis", showed a city with profound cultural and historical heritage, glorious revolutionary tradition, openness, tolerance and vitality. it is gathering the power of progress and the passion for hard work. the economy, culture, sports and other undertakings are developing rapidly, undergoing wonderful metamorphosis, constantly surpassing and ushering in a magnificent atmosphere.

the festive flower-drawing dance started, and the dragon boat race chants started. the cultural and sports performances consisted of four chapters, "spring, summer, autumn, and winter", which expressed the new economic and social development trend of shijiazhuang, which is striving hard, gathering potential energy, and bursting with unprecedented vitality, and fully displayed the grand picture of shijiazhuang climbing up, growing upward, catching up with strength, and moving towards beauty.

at the opening of the 17th city games, many events of this city games have already started. in the first youth track and field competition, the participating young athletes showed their strength and style with sweat and hard work, and also showed the strong strength of our city in the selection and training of reserve talents in basic major competitive sports.

on august 21, the adult five-a-side football match of the 17th shijiazhuang city games kicked off at the shijiazhuang youth football training base. nearly 150 amateur players from yuhua, gaoxin, xinhua, xingtang and other county (city, district) teams participated in the competition. the exciting and fierce competition attracted many fans to watch.

on august 27, the city games senior fitness ballroom dance competition was held. as a popular sport, fitness ballroom dance has a broad participation base in our city. a total of 240 athletes from 17 teams from various counties (cities and districts) in shijiazhuang participated in the competition. at the competition site, the contestants interpreted their love for life with light dance steps, and presented a visual feast to the audience with full enthusiasm and superb skills.

after the opening of this city games, competitions in martial arts routines, table tennis, badminton and other events will be launched one after another. as the various competitions of the city games are in full swing, the citizens' enthusiasm for fitness is getting higher and higher, further promoting the vigorous development of our city's sports industry and helping to build a sports city, a strong sports city, and a vibrant shijiazhuang.