Taking the opportunity of preparing for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, there has been an upsurge of developing ice and snow sports all over the country. China’s ice and snow sports have developed rapidly, showing a good trend.
In October this year, the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics will be transferred from the special planning stage to the test readiness stage. Chinese ice and snow athletes are actively preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the pattern of building teams and preparing for the whole project has been formed. With the in-depth implementation of the ice and snow movement “South exhibition, West expansion and East movement”, mass ice and snow have been upgraded comprehensively and the popularity has increased.
Recently, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued “opinions on vigorously developing ice and snow sports with the opportunity of the 2022beijing Winter Olympics”, which made arrangements for the development of ice and snow sports.
On July 31, 2015, Beijing United Zhangjiakou won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, and China’s ice and snow sports ushered in a rare opportunity for development. All regions have set off an upsurge of developing ice and snow sports. China’s ice and snow sports have developed rapidly, showing a good trend.
Organizing to highlight Chinese wisdom
Shougang Park, located in the west of Beijing, presents a new look for the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics. The original clean coal workshop was cut into four ice fields, namely short track speed skating, figure skating, cold water jug ice hockey and ice hockey, becoming a new training center for winter projects; The original power cooling tower in Shougang Park, it will be transformed into a jumping platform competition venue for snowboard skiing; The silo silo used to store iron-making raw materials has been upgraded and transformed, and has been used as the office area of Beijing Winter Olympic organizing committee…… The magnificent transformation of Shougang Park has condensed the Olympic complex of Chinese people and also demonstrated the Chinese wisdom in the process of preparing for the Winter Olympics.
Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, once mentioned many times, “Look at Shougang Park to understand the positive impact of the Olympic Games on Beijing, which will be an amazing example of urban planning and development.”
Beijing Winter Olympics is expected to set a new benchmark for the Olympic model. The Beijing division, which once hosted the 2008 Olympic Games, will make maximum use of the Olympic heritage. 11 of the 13 venues of the Winter Olympics are venues of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. In order to meet the standards of hosting ice events, the National Swimming Center, Wukesong Sports Center and other venues have achieved technological breakthroughs, overcoming technical problems such as ice making, field conversion, sports lighting, etc.
“More than 80% of the Winter Olympic venues in the Beijing division are the 2008 Olympic heritage. After the Winter Olympics, the reuse of these venues will continue to expand, especially the new competition or training venues with ice surface and ice making system, which have a broader prospect of post-game utilization “, gui Lin, deputy director of the overall division of planning of the Ministry of Planning and construction of Beijing Winter Olympic organizing committee, said that the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympic games focus on practicing the concept of sustainability, not only highlighting the green and environmental protection, but also paying special attention to the post-game utilization of venues, which is consistent with the long-term goals of local development,” Moving the consideration of the use of the venue after the game to the design and planning stage is also to explore solutions to solve the problem of using the stadium after the game.”
The year 2019 is a key year for the preparation work of Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympic Games to connect the past and the future and make breakthroughs. It is also a year of centralized construction before a series of tests. In October this year, the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics will be transferred from the special planning stage to the test readiness stage. The 3123 specific tasks of 51 business areas involved in the task Summary Table of BOCOG will continue to be comprehensively promoted and steadily implemented. Taking the test competition as the leader, relevant departments will accumulate experience and solve problems in special test competition venues, important out of competition venues and important business fields, including venue operation, service reception, event operation, etc, lay a solid foundation for the smooth holding of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Orderly promotion of preparation work
The first ice and snow season of the “Beijing cycle” of the Winter Olympics is not over yet, and China’s ice and snow are frequently reported. The Chinese group Sui Wenjing/Han Cong won the gold medal in double skating in the 2019 flower skating world championship, demonstrating the strength of the Chinese team in this project. Wu Dajing, the famous short track speed skating player, won the championship with a world record in the World Cup race in the new season. In addition, the once weak projects and newly launched projects such as biathlon, ski jumping, steel snowmobiles and snowmobiles have also made breakthroughs and progress to varying degrees.
Ni Huizhong, director of the Winter Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports, said that 49 small items were absent from the Chinese sports delegation in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and these projects became the key targets of the new cycle. “After the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, we analyzed and studied these projects one by one, and formulated a road map and timetable for competing for Olympic qualifications. After a period of reserve and adjustment, the training level and competition performance of these projects have improved significantly.”
The Chinese sports delegation wants to participate in the whole project in Beijing Winter Olympics, which is both a goal and a huge challenge. In September 2018, the implementation outline of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics competition was issued, and the preparation strategy of “expanding the surface, fixing the point, elite soldiers and sprinting” was formulated, which made a clear timetable for the preparation work. By the end of 2018, the expansion work of China’s ice and snow project had achieved phased results, and 31 national training teams had been established, covering 109 small items in Beijing Winter Olympics, there are nearly 4,000 athletes and coach teams, which is about 7 times more than the number of athletes in the same stage of the “Pyeongchang cycle. The pattern of building teams and preparing for the whole project has been formed.
Scientific and technological means have gradually penetrated into many links of training and preparation. Taking science and technology as guarantee, changing time with science and technology, and comprehensively improving the scientific training level of ice and snow sports have become a highlight of the preparation for winter Olympics. It is also an important part of winter projects to make up for their shortcomings and realize leapfrog development.
It not only makes good use of the advantages of the national system of competitive sports, but also gives full play to the role of market mechanism and social forces to mobilize the enthusiasm of all parties to participate in the preparation and development of ice and snow sports to the greatest extent, become the basic compliance and development direction of the preparation work. Ni Huizhong said that in 2019, the Winter Sports Management Center of the State Sports General Administration will comprehensively promote the work of “fixing point” and refine and perfect the preparation plan for various projects. Speed up and clarify the composition structure and personnel list of national training teams for various ice and snow projects, take service guarantee key projects, key teams and key team members as the focal point, and establish the organizational structure for preparing for scientific and technological work, carefully do a good job in the service and guarantee of the national training team, and mobilize all forces to jointly build a high-level competitive competition platform that meets the needs of preparation. At the same time, efforts should be made to promote the implementation of anti-doping education and supervision measures to make the Winter Olympics as pure and clean as ice and snow.
Popular ice and snow heat increase
On March this year, the International Snow Federation China city cross-country skiing points race held three races in “Bird’s Nest”, Shougang Park and Yanqing International Convention and Exhibition Center, giving cross-country skiing the opportunity to enter the city and enter the public view. “To hold skiing competitions in cities so that the public can have the opportunity to watch high-level events and even participate in this sport is to truly hold the events around the common people.” Ding Dong, executive deputy director of the Winter Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports, said that combining social forces, innovating the competition mode, and promoting the popularization and development of skiing events are beneficial attempts to actively promote the public to participate in ice and snow sports.
In Ding Dong’s view, with the in-depth implementation of the ice and snow movement “expanding from the south to the west to the East”, ice and snow activities can break the restrictions of region, season, crowd and culture, and have the advantages of promoting national fitness, the multi-dimensional significance of sports culture popularization and industrial upgrading.
The launching ceremony of the fifth national mass ice and snow season came to Shanghai, which not only injected new impetus into the popularization of ice and snow sports in Shanghai, but also played a positive demonstration and leading role in “0.3 billion people participating in ice and snow sports. “With the improvement of people’s living standards and the improvement of science and technology, ice rink and snow field have also begun to be popularized in the South.” Ding Dong said that driven by the upsurge of mass participation, the ice and snow industry in its initial stage has huge room for growth.
Teenagers are the main group to promote ice and snow sports. In 2018, the promotion of ice and snow sports into the campus was included in the key points of the work of the Ministry of Education. Many snowfields in northeast China and Chongli in Hebei have reached cooperation intention with nearby universities, offering ice and snow courses for students free of charge on a regular basis. A series of colorful and diverse mass ice and snow events such as the Open class of National ice and snow, youth skiing winter camp and so on provide convenience for the public to pay attention to and participate in ice and snow sports. Mass ice and snow technology grade assessment, referee training courses, competition organization and management personnel training courses and so on were launched simultaneously, which also further established standards and norms for the development of ice and snow sports.
“In the future, we will continue to carry out extensive competition activities, build more platforms for the public to participate in ice and snow sports, and at the same time do a good job in basic work, such as promoting the establishment of ice and snow sports associations in various places, regularly carry out scientific guidance, promote ice and snow sports into the campus, comprehensively promote ice and snow culture, etc., and strive to build a public service system for mass ice and snow sports.” Ding Dong said.
Ji Fang