Wei Qiuyue, a former female volleyball player preparing for the Tokyo Olympic Games, is very much looking forward to the nutritionist’s presence.

Cctv newsWith the approaching of the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020, the State Sports General Administration officially launched the project of nutritionists entering the national team yesterday (3rd). Fifteen sports nutritionists selected at different levels will provide scientific nutrition support and services for the China Olympic sports delegation.

According to the plan of the State Sports General Administration, 15 sports nutritionists have formed a professional team through systematic training and practice, and worked out the daily diet nutrition management, different training stages and nutrition plans during the preparation for the competition for national team athletes of 55 different events, focusing on nutrition monitoring and nutrition evaluation, so as to fully guarantee the scientific nutrition of athletes.

Wei Qiuyue, former member of China Women’s Volleyball TeamAs an athlete, we are still very much looking forward to the presence of nutritionists, which will be of greater help to our overall competitive ability, especially in the matching of our diet, including how to match meals, which can maintain our full physical fitness, including recovery after the game and so on.

It is understood that the establishment of the sports nutritionist team is the first time in the history of our country to equip the national team athletes with special nutritionists, who will serve the national team from now on until the end of the Tokyo Olympic Games. In addition to providing scientific nutrition support, nutritionists will also record all the data and results during their service to the national team, form relevant reports on the food support and service of national team athletes, and further improve the establishment of the national team’s food nutrition system.

Chen Bo, head of technical support for the sports dietitian resident project of the national team.For nearly a year, (nutritionist) has come to personally serve sports teams and athletes, not only in terms of diet and sports nutrition for the whole sports team, but also in terms of personalized services for athletes and some individual athletes. It should be a good (local) attempt and should gain good experience, so as to lay a foundation for future work in this area.