At a regatta held on the weekend, a local official in his fifties caught the attention of the audience after he and his team won second place.

The 500-meter city dash at the 2021 Head of the Shanghai River Regatta was held on October 24. The camera accidentally captured an athlete participating in the event, who turned out to be director of the municipality’s administration of culture and tourism Fang Shizhong. Fang was noticed by a commentator of the game. His Team SDBC finally was the runner-up of the eight-rower teams (club category).

Fang’s appearance in the race went viral and became a hot topic of many netizens. “He keeps the common touch and has a good figure.” “Awesome.” “Good both with the pen and at sports.” were some of the comments under the video post.

(Video by Chao Siyuan/Eastday.com)