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The Anhui delegation won 45 gold medals, 41 silvers and 78 bronzes at the 2nd Youth Games of the People's Republic of China held in Taiyuan, capital of North China’s Shanxi province, from Aug 8 to 18.
1,575 athletes and more than 500 coaches and staff members from Anhui province took part in the sports meet. 1,097 athletes entered the finals, representing the largest number of participants in national comprehensive sports events since the People’s Republic of China was founded 70 years ago.
The Anhui delegation competed in 648 sub-events under 32 summer events, three winter ones and four all-round ones. It participated in skiing, ice skating and ice hockey, equestrian, surfing, golf and freestyle BMX for the first time. The number of events it took part in also hit a record high.
The delegation also broke a national record and set two provincial records.
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