The 2019 China Extreme Roller Skating League and China Extreme Parkour League – Huzhou Station Concluded with Fervor

       On October 20, the two-day “20th China South Taihu National Extreme Sports Games, China Extreme Roller Skating League, and China Extreme Parkour League – Huzhou Station” concluded after the finals at Moon Square in Huzhou City. At the closing ceremony, Zhong Peifang, Deputy Director of the Huzhou Municipal Sports Bureau, She Guoqin, Deputy Director of the Nantaihu New Area Management Committee of Huzhou, Hong Yihui, Associate Researcher of the Nantaihu New Area, Ding Fangying, Director of the Nantaihu New Area Tourism Development Bureau, Yao Xu, Deputy Director of the Nantaihu New Area Tourism Development Bureau, Cui Guoqiang, Director of the Competition and Training Department of the Huzhou Municipal Sports Bureau, and other leaders and guests attended the award ceremony, presenting certificates and medals to the winning athletes.

 Over 200 athletes from across the country competed fiercely and brilliantly, with the awards for various categories in both roller skating and parkour competitions finally decided. In the extreme roller skating events, Zhang Hekai won the men’s championship in the Best Round category, while Cui Wentao claimed the men’s title in the Best Tricks category. Meanwhile, Zhao Jinhong, showcasing her exceptional strength in the women’s division, took home both the Best Tricks and Best Round championships.

 In the freestyle roller skating events, numerous awards were presented. In the artistic slalom category, Ren Yangguang and Liu Yuqian won the men’s and women’s adult group championships respectively, while Shen Yiyang claimed the men’s junior group title. For the speed slalom events, Zhang Haochen secured the combined adult-junior men’s championship, Liu Yuqian won the women’s adult group title, and Fu Yangdi claimed the junior men’s group championship. The artistic slide stop championships for both men’s and women’s adult groups were won by Xu Yang and Ding Yuxiu respectively.

 In the extreme parkour events, Li Yiqi and Zhou He won the men’s and women’s elite group championships in the Skills Competition, while Li Xianqi claimed the men’s mass group title. Zhou Mianwei and Zhou Heye took the men’s and women’s elite group titles in the Speed Competition, and Zhang Chengjian won the men’s mass group title. The Big Trick Competition was won by Teng Gaopeng. On the day before the competition, the organizing committee added a new fun individual challenge: athletes sprinted and climbed a wall, then slapped a prop with their hand to leave a handprint—the highest mark won. In the end, Yao Liang claimed the individual challenge championship medal by reaching a height of 3.91 meters.

 The children’s speed racing segment was equally intense and thrilling, with every young competitor racing against time and completing the event with great focus, delivering an unforgettable experience for the audience. According to reports, the competition was divided into five age categories, with gold, silver, and bronze medals awarded to the top three young athletes in each group. The first-place finishers in each category will also earn direct admission to the parkour winter training camp, while all participants will receive completion certificates from the organizing committee. This children’s speed racing event was designed to give more kids a chance to showcase themselves, improve their physical fitness, foster healthier minds and bodies, and pursue their dreams in extreme sports—showcasing the future potential of the sport, helping more people understand it, and inspiring them to love it.

 Over the course of the two-day competition, many local residents gathered at the square to watch the event. The successful hosting of this extreme sports competition not only enriched the leisure lives of local citizens through intense contests and engaging side activities but also presented extreme roller skating and parkour—two popular extreme sports among today’s youth—in a more comprehensive and standardized manner. It brought new vitality to the city and marked a new breakthrough for the leagues of extreme roller skating and parkour. With each successive competition, the China Extreme Roller Skating League and China Extreme Parkour League are expected to become increasingly standardized, making outstanding contributions to the development of roller skating and parkour sports.