Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 20 (reporter Wang Jingyu) Shen Xue, chairman of China Figure Skating Association and representative of Beijing Municipal People’s Congress, revealed that, at present, nearly 4,000 people from 31 national training teams are participating in the training preparation for the 2022beijing Winter Olympics, and the number of people is about 7 times higher than that of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
During the second session of the 15th National People’s Congress in Beijing, when Chen Jining, the mayor of Beijing, was listening to the Yanqing delegation to discuss the government report, Shen Xue introduced the relevant situation of preparing for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. So far, a total of 31 national training teams for various types of ice and snow projects covering 109 small items of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics have been established, and nearly 4,000 athletes and coaches have participated in the team, the year-on-year growth rate was about 7 times compared with that of preparing for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics (2014).
Shen Xue told the reporter that according to the strategy of preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics, each has its own emphasis from 2018 to 2021. The task of 2018 is to expand the surface-that is, to form a new pattern with different priorities, characteristics and all-round development on ice and snow; The task of 2019 is to fix the point-that is, to select the best in the excellent, and to initially fix the members of the national team, basically clear the key athletes, and show some competitive strength in the international high-level competitions; The task in 2020 is to be elite-that is, to form a top group, to maximize the Olympic points. The task in 2021 is to sprint-that is, to draw up the countdown competition plan for each project, simulate actual combat drills, make the competitive level and sports performance reach a new level, and at the same time obtain the qualification for the whole project.
According to Shen Xue, in order to achieve the goal of “participating in the competition and winning the competition”, the Winter Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports, the China Skating Association and the China Figure Skating Association have adopted a number of positive measures. Among them, it includes shortening the time for athletes to become materials through scientific training, improving the ability of high-level athletes to make key breakthroughs through science and technology, actively coordinating and organizing high-level competitions, and doing anti-doping work with a zero tolerance attitude, improve the incentive and safeguard policies of excellent athletes and coaches, etc.
At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Chinese athletes won 1 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze, wu Dajing won the only gold medal in the men’s 500-meter short track speed skating competition. The best record of the Chinese delegation participating in the Winter Olympics was achieved at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, when Chinese athletes won 5 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze in total.