New At Games: Pros Vs Moms

In a first, a grandmother caring for children can vie in Tianjin

Amateurs are set to steal the show at this year's National Games as the event evolves to engage with more ordinary sports enthusiasts.

As China's national badminton team competed at the BWF World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, a group of amateurs, including teachers, white-collar workers and even a grandfather in his 60s, were practicing their shots and footwork drenched with sweat on Thursday at the indoor gymnasium at Beijing Sport University.