National Red Games
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[edit]
| 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[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
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