The 13th Beijing Olympic City Sports and Culture Festival and the 5th Medal of Growth “Little Ironman Triathlon” was held on August 13 at the Beijing Yongle Youth Sports Camp. The 5th Medal of Growth “Little Ironman Triathlon” (swimming, cycling, running), as the second event of the 13th Beijing Olympic City Sports and Culture Festival “Mass Sports Events”, was divided into “Ultra Short Distance (U15) (13-15 years old)”, “Ultra Short Distance (U12) (10-12 years old)”and “Mini Distance (U9) (6-9 years old)”. And it attracted more than 400 young persons to participate in the races.

The 13th Beijing Olympic City Sports and Culture Festival and the 5th Medal of Growth “Little Ironman Triathlon” Course Map.

The 13th Beijing Olympic City Sports and Culture Festival and the 5th Medal of Growth “Little Ironman Triathlon” Venue Layout.

The 13th Beijing Olympic City Sports and Culture Festival and the 5th Medal of Growth “Little Ironman Triathlon” Starting Gun.

At 9:30am on 13 August, with the gun going off, the young runners forged ahead and after a 150meters’ swim quickly moved on to the 8km bike race. At the end of the 3km run, each runner swam with vigour, rode with momentum and ran with confidence. After a fierce competition, the winners and the youngest finishers in each category were decided and awarded by the organizing committee.

▲The “Little Ironman Triathlon” event.

▲The “Little Ironman Triathlon” event.

▲The “Little Ironman Triathlon” event. 

▲The “Little Ironman Triathlon” event.

▲The “Little Ironman Triathlon” event.

▲The award ceremony of the “Little Ironman Triathlon”.

▲The award ceremony of the “Little Ironman Triathlon”.

▲The award ceremony of the “Little Ironman Triathlon”.

▲The award ceremony of the “Little Ironman Triathlon”.

The 13th Beijing Olympic City Sports and Culture Festival and the 5th Medal of Growth “Little Ironman Triathlon” replicated the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games triathlon route, allowing young athletes to compete with Olympic athletes on the same route where the world's top athletes sweated, and to renew the Olympic spirit that lives and breathes. At the same time, the 13th Beijing Olympic City Sports and Culture Festival and the 5th Medal of Growth “Little Ironman Triathlon” created a “Dual Olympic Family” concept, aiming to let children understand the true spirit of sports through this competition, and let parents gain parent-child time with their children. The aim of the competition is to allow them to inherit and promote the spirit of the dual Olympics in a modern sporting competition, in order to better pass on the Olympic cultural heritage.

The event has been comprehensively planned and upgraded from the event set-up to the service guarantee. The services provided to participants such as equipment, insurance, timing and prizes are referenced to the standards of other professional sporting events, so that everyone can enjoy a more professional and complete event experience. At the same time, the competition site also held “Dual Olympic Camp”, “Dual Olympic Theme Exhibition” and other unique sports and cultural activities, in order to inherit and carry forward the valuable spiritual wealth left by the Olympic Games and promote the development of Olympic culture, so that the style of “Dual Olympic City” spread farther.

In order to do a good job of volunteer services, Changping District Committee and District Volunteer Service Federation organized 100 key volunteers including “Dual Olympics” volunteers, five-star volunteers, the capital's most beautiful volunteers, the capital's most beautiful families and other groups to provide on-site volunteer services. The volunteers were seen everywhere in the Dual Olympics base camp, including the car park, the sign-in area, the interactive area, the stage and the campsite. In the heat, they greeted the participants with professional services. In addition, the town of Xiling also arranged for more than 200 people to be divided into subgroups for regional protection, responsible for on-site epidemic prevention and control, order maintenance, security and stability, crowd guidance, emergency disposal and other work, and do a good job of creating the surrounding atmosphere and publicity work.

▲Parent-child interaction at the “Little Ironman Triathlon”.

This year's festival relies on the locations of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Triathlon in Changping District, Beijing to hold “mass sports events”, aiming to deepen the sustainable use of the Olympic heritage, create conditions for everyone to participate in sports and active fitness, thus driving regional sports, culture and tourism consumption, and promoting the rapid development of the sports economy in the territory and region of the event.

The “Beijing Olympic City Sports and Culture Festival” was initiated by the Beijing Olympic City Development Association in 2010 with the approval of the Beijing Municipal Government. After years of careful cultivation and innovative development, it has now become one of the most influential Olympic-themed urban sports and culture brands. Since the event's inception, more than 15 million people have participated in the various activities of the sports and cultural festival.