The 11th Chinese National Games came to a successful close on Wednesday after 13 days of fierce competition with the host Shandong topping the medals table. Chinese premier Wen Jiabao officially closed the Games amid a frugal ceremony held in the newly-built Olympic Sports Complex.
The final overall medals table reads Shandong on 63 golds, followed by the Chinese Army on 49 and Jiangsu on 48.5.
The Games, billed as China's mini-Olympics, was a true sports extravaganza as five world records, along with 16 Asian records and39 national records were broken.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attends the closing ceremony of the 11th Chinese National Games in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 28, 2009.
"The athletes put on a great show by creating a set of records and many hopefuls came of age at the Games," said Liu Peng, director of the State General Administration of Sports (SGAS) and president of the Games' organizing committee.
Athletes of different teams enter the stage before the closing ceremony of the 11th Chinese National Games at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 28, 2009
The weightlifters stole the limelight at the prestigious competition with seven strongwomen bettering ten world records in four divisions and two strongmen breaking two world records in two categories. The swimmers also made splashes in the pool as one world record and 11 Asian records had been written by them.
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