Tangshan leg of National Rope Skipping League opens in Hebei

TANGSHAN, Hebei Province, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The fifth leg of China's rope skipping league kicked off in Hebei province Saturday in Tangshan.

A total of 686 players from 60 teams in 14 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions participated in the competition, a record high figure.

The league started with Gu'an leg, also in Hebei on November 3 last year and followed by Yueqing leg in Zhejiang, Qinzhou leg in Guangxi and Harbin leg in Heilongjiang.