On April 16, the 2023 "China Sports Lottery" Cup Super League of Sichuan-Chongqing Fitness Club and Sichuan Provincial Championship of College Student Fitness was held in Leshan City. More than 300 athletes from over 30 universities and colleges within and outside Sichuan Province participated in the competition. Remarkably, the female fitness team from Chengdu University (CDU) won 11 first-place awards and the championship.
The Super League and Championship spanned three days. To prepare for the competitions, Ms. Huang Min (team leader), Ms. Xia Chunqiu (coach), and Ms. Liao Yimei led the 43-member team persisting in morning practices and intensive training four times a day. Since their first match on April 14, the team faced tough competition in the three-day event and eventually won 11 first-place awards, the championship, and first place in terms of team scores. Long Yimei from the Business School won the championship in the Female Fitness Model competition and the first award of Group C of the Open Category in Female Fitness in Bikinis. Two team members, Zhu Yuying, a postgraduate student from the College of Physical Education, and Yang Hanyu from the College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, won the first awards in Group D and E of Open Category in Female Fitness in Bikinis, respectively. Wang Shuyang, a student from the Overseas Education College, received the first award of Group D of Open Category in Female Fitness in Bikinis. Li Bingrong, a postgraduate student from the School of Physical Education, won the first award of Group B of the Open Category of Female Fitness Model. For the college student category of Female Fitness Model, Yao Lian, Li Mingyue, Gan Qin, and Tsering Lhamo won the first awards of Group A, B, C, and D, respectively.
It is worth noting that CDU's female fitness team had the most members among all participating teams. Long Yimei won the championship in the Gold Female Fitness Model competition, and Li Bing secured second place in the Female Fitness in Bikinis competition. The team won the Team with Outstanding Performance award, with 23 members joining the finalists, demonstrating CDU's high level of fitness and physical exercise development. Alongside CDU's excellent sports performance, the athletes' tenacious and positive sportsmanship was also evident in the competitions. The university aims to promote the integration of Chengdu and Chongqing through physical exercise and fitness activities and persist in carrying out national fitness activities to accelerate China's development into a sports-strong country.