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 Communist Party of China. The city and people participating varies depending on the games.

List of games

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

Sports

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

• 2008 Summer Olympics

References

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. http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2011-06-28/164322720877.shtml. Retrieved 2011-07-02. 
2. ^ Londo, Ernesto (2011-07-02). "China’s Communist Party tries to reclaim glory". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinas-communist-party-tries-to-reclaim-glory/2011/06/28/AGNVXurH_story.html. 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. http://travel.sohu.com/20100623/n273021309.shtml. Retrieved 2011-07-02. 
4. ^ "China holds Communist Olympics". Straitstimes.com. http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_685273.html. 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. http://travel.sohu.com/20100827/n274519076.shtml. 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. http://travel.sohu.com/s2010/hsydh2010/. 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. http://pic.travel.sohu.com/group-219619.shtml#g=219619&p=1947568. Retrieved 2011-07-02.