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the opening ceremony of the 21st china university athletics championships on the evening of august 9th, the 21st china university athletics championships grandly opened at anhui vocational and technical college. this is the first time that anhui province's universities have hosted this event, and it is also the first time that national vocational colleges have hosted it. moreover, it is another important sports event following the 31st fisu summer world university games. over 4,800 athletes and coaches from 390 universities across the country have gathered for the event, setting a historical record in terms of participating universities and numbers of participants. it is reported that the china university athletics championships, as an important part of university sports events, has developed over more than 30 years and has become the largest national-level sports event under the federation of university sports of china(fusc). it has the highest participation and involves the broadest range of universities. this competition consists of over 80 male and female events, including sprinting, long-distance running, hurdles, relay, high jump, long jump, shot put, discus, javelin, hammer throw, decathlon, and heptathlon. each event is divided into four groups: group a (sunshine group), group b (vocational and technical group), group c (high level group), and group d (super group), in the following six days, athletes from universities across the country will showcase their enthusiasm for sports and pursue their youthful dreams here. 
the opening ceremony of the 21st china university athletics championships source: anhui news reporter: liu zhiwei; intern: qian kaiguo edited and translated by zheng chen
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