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National Red Games

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The National Red games (simplified Chinese: 全国红色运动会; traditional Chinese: 全國紅色運動會; pinyin: Quánguó Hóngsè Yùndònghuì),[1][2] shortened as Red games (simplified Chinese: 红运会; traditional Chinese: 紅運會; pinyin: Hóngyùn Huì)[3] or sometimes referred to internationally as Communist Olympics[4] is a national sporting competition that began within the People's Republic of China under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The city and people participating varies depending on the games.

List of games

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Year Games Host Dates Participants Athletes Comments
2010 Linyi, Shandong August 26–28[5] 8 cities[5] 400[5]
2011 Qingyang, Gansu June 26–28 21 cities from China, 2 schools, 61 representative teams[1] 600[1] Coincided with 90th anniversary of founding of CCP

Sports

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The competition events vary depending on the games. Below are listing of some of the sports.[5][6]

  • Grenade throws
  • 100m thread spin
  • 240m obstacle course
  • barb wire crawls
  • minefield run
  • Cart pushing
  • medic stretcher race
  • patriotic sprints
  • heroic suicide bombing (inspired by Dong Cunrui)[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "第二届全国红色运动会6月26日甘肃庆阳开幕_新闻中心_新浪网". News.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
  2. ^ Londo, Ernesto (2011-07-02). "China's Communist Party tries to reclaim glory". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
  3. ^ "红色体育著华章 沂蒙精神永相传-搜狐旅游". Travel.sohu.com. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
  4. ^ "China holds Communist Olympics". Straitstimes.com. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
  5. ^ a b c d "中国首届红色运动会开赛仪式隆重举行-搜狐旅游". Travel.sohu.com. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
  6. ^ "中国(临沂.莒南)第一届红色运动会-搜狐旅游". Travel.sohu.com. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
  7. ^ "红色运动会项目展示(图片)-旅游图片库-搜狐". Pic.travel.sohu.com. Retrieved 2011-07-02.