Photo story: Parkour boys

"The champion - Kaysarjan", it is out of Kaysarjan's expectation that he took first place because he ranked 10th in the preliminary contest in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The win made him qualified for the national final. His teammate, Abdusalam, the leader of Kashgar DSB Parkour Team, ranking fourth in the competition, did not get the ticket to the national final but had an opportunity to join the resurrection competition.

A group of Uyghur boys keen on parkour established amateur DSB parkour team in Kashgar. Fascinated by highly challenging parkour skills in a video clip on the Internet when he was a high school student, Abdusalam made up his mind to set up his own team along with three friends.

"No one in Kashgar played parkour before our team was established. Many people got familiar with this sport from our training. We have more than 40 people in our team," says Abdusalam.

DSB parkour team gained its reputation at the competition held half a month earlier. Abdusalam and his teammates are not satisfied with their results, although they took up nearly half of the winners in the competition. In order to prepare for the national final, Abdusalam, Kaysarjan and Hebibulla are trained once a day on squares and at old town in Kashgar.

To become top three in the national final is their only goal.