China's speedy school skippers set sights on world stage with stunning skills

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Children from a school in Yuncheng are set to showcase their stunning skipping skills on the world stage after being selected to represent China at the 2021 World Rope Skipping Championships.

The kids could be spotted practising their sport at the Chongxiangxi Middle Shool, in northern China’s Shanxi province, on Friday, July 23.

Students displayed various rope skipping exercises, lashing their ropes above and below, while training indoors and outdoors.

Du Xinrun, one of the youngsters selected for the national team, said that he was picked after “skipping 204 times in 30 seconds.”

Teacher Yan Jinxia stated that the school team was put together a year ago and that “Nine students in the school entered the national competition and four students entered the international games. We have also participated and got great grades in the games.”

According to Jinxia, rope skipping can improve concentration and “cerebral development. The exercise is also helpful for study and work.”

The World Rope Skipping Championships were set to be held in Ottawa, Canada, in July 2020, but the event was postponed and shifted to a virtual format in light of the pandemic.

The rescheduled event will see teams submit their performances via video in August, while judging will take place from September to October, with live broadcast event planned to crown the winners.

SOUNDBITES:

SOT Wang Yurun, Rope skipping athlete (Mandarin): “My name is Wang Yurun. I am a rope skipping athlete. I have been practising rope skipping for three years since I was in 5th grade.”

SOT, Wang Yurun, Rope skipping athlete (Mandarin): “When I was in 5th grade, I was just 160 cm high but now I have grown to 180 cm high.”

SOT Wang Yurun, Rope skipping athlete (Mandarin): “When I started to practice rope jumping, my parents didn’t support that much. Then, I participated some competitions and got good results. Then, they supported me to keep practising.”

SOT, Wang Yurun, Rope skipping athlete (Mandarin): “My dream is to break the world record one day and go to a good university.”

SOT, Du Xinrun, Rope skipping athlete (Mandarin): “My name is Du Xinrun. I entered the Rope Skipping World Championship​ with the result of skipping 204 times in 30 seconds.”

SOT Guo Xiaoyan, Rope skipping athlete (Mandarin): “My name is Guo Xiaoyan. I entered the Rope skipping world championship​ with the result of skipping 880 times in three minutes.”

SOT, Yan Jinxia, Teacher from Chongxiangxi Middle School (Mandarin): “The rope skipping team in Chongxiangxi Junior High School has been established for a year. Nine students in the school entered the national competition and four students entered the international games. We have also participated and got great grades in the games.”

SOT, Yan Jinxia, Teacher from Chongxiangxi Middle School, (Mandarin): “The students can skip the rope in various ways. It can improve their degree of concentration and cerebral development. The exercise is also helpful for study and work. Rope skipping is also an efficient exercise. Rope skipping for 30 seconds is the same amount of exercise for 1 - 1.5 km running.”

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