On the morning of May 8th, the finals of the orienteering event in the mass competition of the 15th National Games (the15th NG) kicked off in Maoming, Guangdong. As the first mass event of the 15th NG, the competition awarded six gold medals in total. On the opening day, two golds—in the men's and women's orienteering relays—were decided at Baqiao Village, Gaozhou, Maoming. The Guangdong men's team won the first gold for the host delegation with a time of 1:43:19. The women's team followed another gold in their relay with a time of 2:24:29.

The event will continue through May 11th, with 432 athletes from 38 teams representing 23 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions competing across eight venues in four districts of Maoming: Gaozhou, Huazhou, Maoming New City, and Dianbai. Of these, 17 teams will participate in radio direction finding, while 21 teams compete in orienteering.

Since the 13th NG took place in Tianjin in 2017, mass competition events have been integrated into the National Games. This year marks a milestone: orienteering makes its debut in the mass competition, while radio direction finding returns to the National Games stage after a 32-year absence, injecting fresh energy into the event.

The competition features six categories, including orienteering team and relay events for men and women, as well as radio direction finding team events. As hosts, Guangdong province, along with Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions, bypassed the preliminaries to advance directly to the finals. Guangdong sent 30 athletes—8 males and 8 females for orienteering, plus 5 males and 5 females for radio direction finding. Hong Kong and Macao teams respectively sent 18 and 10 athletes for the orienteering.

In the men's relay final held on the morning of May 8th, the Guangdong team—featuring Tang Jianda, Tang Xiao, Li Zhuoye, and alternate Chen Xin—took the gold, with Hunan and Sichuan teams took silver and bronze, respectively.

Despite the relay team members saying they didn't feel too much pressure as the host delegation, they admitted that winning the gold was like a dream. "We never expected to achieve such a result today. We've been training in orienteering for over ten years, but this is the first time we've participated in such a high-level event. From receiving the competition notice to now, we have been going out for monthly training camps, and today's achievement lives up to the expectations of the people of Guangdong," they said.

The women's relay began 10 minutes after the men's. The Guangdong team featuring Chen Shuna, Ye Qi, Zheng Jiayi, and alternate Cao Danping, took the gold, with Beijing and Guizhou teams taking silver and bronze, respectively.

Source: Lingnan On the Cloud

广东队包揽十五运会群体赛前两金

5月8日上午，第十五届全国运动会（以下简称“十五运会”）群众赛事活动定向项目决赛在茂名盛大启幕。本次比赛是十五运会首场群众赛事活动，共计产生6枚群众赛事活动金牌，开赛当天两枚金牌（男子定向接力赛、女子定向接力赛）在茂名高州根子镇柏桥村产生，最终广东定向接力男队以1小时43分19秒夺得男子定向接力赛冠军，成功为广东代表团摘得十五运会群众赛事活动首金。女子定向接力赛决赛中，广东女队亦以2小时24分29秒夺得冠军。

本次比赛将持续至5月11日，来自全国23个省、自治区、直辖市及香港、澳门特别行政区的38支代表队、432人将在茂名市高州、化州、茂名新城及电白4个县区的8片场地展开激烈角逐，其中参加无线电测向项目的代表队17支，参加定向项目的代表队21支。

自2017年第十三届天津全运会开始，全运会增加了群众赛事活动项目。本届全运会是定向运动首次纳入全运会群众赛事序列，无线电测向运动则时隔32年重返全运会舞台，对项目的发展具有里程碑意义，更为全运会增添了活力。

本次赛事设定向运动男女团体、接力赛及无线电测向团体赛等六大项目。按照竞赛规则，十五运会东道主广东队、香港队、澳门队可以不参加预赛，直接参加决赛阶段比赛。决赛阶段广东队共派出30人，其中定向项目运动员男女各8人，无线电测向项目运动员男女各5人；香港队、澳门队分别派出18人、10人参加定向项目角逐。

在8日上午的决赛中，由唐建达、唐潇、李卓业、陈鑫（替补）组成的广东男队摘得冠军。湖南队和四川队分获亚军和季军。

尽管接力队成员在赛后表示并不会因为身份是东道主而有太多心理包袱，但能在家门口夺冠的感觉“如在梦中”：“我们从来没有预想过能拿到今天这样的成绩。我们练定向到现在有十多年了，但从来没有参加过这么高规格的赛事，全队都为此准备了很长一段时间。从接到参赛通知到现在，我们每个月都外出进行集训，今天的成绩对得起广东父老对我们的期待。”

女子接力赛在男子接力赛开始10分钟后鸣笛。由陈淑娜、叶琦、郑嘉怡、曹丹萍（替补）组成的广东女队夺得冠军，北京队与贵州队分获亚军和季军。

文丨记者 吕航 詹锡伟
图丨记者 梁喻
翻译丨黄宇洁
审校丨洪婷