On the afternoon of June 23rd, the 27th faculty swimming competition and 28th student swimming competition of Xiamen University came to a successful conclusion at Wang Qingming natatorium. After fierce competition, the swimming team of our college won the first place in the 28th student swimming competition of Xiamen university (Xiang'an campus) and achieved a historic breakthrough. The faculty swimming team maintained its excellent performance last year and won the fifth place in the 27th teaching swimming competition.

On June 22nd, the 28th student swimming competition (Xiang'an campus), hosted by the physical education department of Xiamen university was held first. Ten students who represented our college in the competition are from 4 different countries: China, Indonesia, South Korea and Belarus. And all of them got good grades. Among them, Chen Keven (Indonesia) won the first place in the men's 50m freestyle competition with an excellent score of 00:28.23 and the third place in the next 50m breaststroke competition. Wu Zhouzhe (China) also performed well and won the first place in men's 100m backstroke competition. Ouyang Minghua (Belarus) won the second place in men's 50m freestyle competition and the sixth place in 100m breaststroke competition. Zhu Guangzheng (China) won the fourth place in men's 100m breaststroke competition and the fifth place in 50m breaststroke competition. Lv Xinyang (China) won the seventh place in the men's 50m freestyle competition. Girls also had good performances, Jin Xuansun (South Korea) won the second place in 50 m breaststroke competition. Sun Keyi (China) won the fourth place in the women's 100m breaststroke competition, while Kim xuan jiong (South Korea), Liang Huimei (Indonesia), Zhang Xinyu (China) and Sun Keyi won the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh place respectively in the women's 50m freestyle competition.

The last but the most competitive event in this swimming competition was the 8 x 50 meter freestyle relay. The team from eight different colleges of Xiang'an campus launched a fierce competition. Although these eight teams have sent the strongest players, the strength of each team is comparable. In the end, Chen Keven (Indonesia) broke out at the last moment of the competition and won the relay event, and broke the school record of the event.

On the first day of the competition, the victory of our college and the news that the student swimming team won the first place in the group made teachers and students felt very excited, and greatly encouraged the morale of the teaching staff team. In the 27th faculty swimming competition which were held in Wang Qingming Swimming Pool on June 23rd, Yang Xiaoyan, Liu Qiang, Ding Luyan, Wu Shouliang, Bai Wubin, Zhao Bangxiu, Zou Wenjing and Yan Xinyi participated in the competition. They struggled and won in multiple competition. In the group B competition, Zou Wenjing won the double titles in women's 50m breaststroke competition and 100m breaststroke competition. Liu Qiang and Wu Shouliang won the fourth and fifth place respectively in the men's 100m freestyle competition; Bai Wubin won the men's fifth place in men’s 50m breaststroke competition and Ding Luyan won the fifth place in the women's 100m breaststroke competition and the seventh place in the 50m freestyle competition; Zhao Bangxiu won the fourth place in women's 100m breaststroke competition and eighth place in the 50m breaststroke competition. The members of the faculty A group also performed well. Yang Xiaoyan won the second place in the women's 50m backstroke competition and the third place in the women’s 100m backstroke competition. In the 4*50 freestyle relay, faculty swimming team of our college won the sixth place, and finally won the fifth place in the group total score.

In recent years, the foundational work of our college is to guide teachers and students to actively participate in physical exercise and improve physical fitness. It has been steadily promoting. The college uses practical actions to implement the goal of comprehensive development and healthy China, and vigorously supports the development of various sports teams for students and teachers. This also laid a solid foundation for the success of the college sports work.

Sports carry the dream of national prosperity and rejuvenation. Powerful sports make China stronger, and national prosperity has made sports prosper. General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly stressed the importance of attaching importance to sports work, promoting the deep integration of the nation-wide construction and the health of the whole people, and accelerating the construction of a sports powerhouse. The college will innovate various forms and encouragement measures, and launch more teachers and students to join the physical exercise, so that all of them will enable all the teachers and students to contribute to the development of college and the double-first class construction of the school with a more robust body, a more vigorous and progressive spirit.

Overseas education college/ international college Zou Wenjing