On Friday morning, college students in Xiangyang, Hubei Province, woke up to a pleasant surprise: Their usual broadcast gymnastics had been replaced by the popular "Gangnam Style" dance.

More than 3,000 students at the medical school of the Xiangyang Vocational and Technical College gathered on a campus square at 6:50 Friday morning to take part in the dance sensation.

Zhang Xiaoping, a physical education teacher, said that the school's revised version of the dance retained most of the original steps and added aerobics, jazz and other elements into the activity.

"Trendier elements have been added into college students' sports activities. We think that this kind of innovative attempt is both beneficial and rewarding," Wen said.

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