On January 5, Beijing time, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics ushered in the opening countdown of 30 days. In another 30 days, the Olympic flame will be lit in the ancient and modern city of Beijing, which will also become the first city in the world to host both the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games. Now, the Beijing Winter Olympics has entered the stage of pressing the line, which can be said that everything is ready only to owe the East Wind, and the "City of The Two Olympics" is welcoming the arrival of athletes from all over the world with open arms.
Looking at China: Wu Dajing leads veteran newcomers to compete Gu Ailing is expected to bring surprises
At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the Chinese delegation won 1 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze medals in total; four years later, Chinese athletes fought at home, occupying the right time and place, and naturally hoping to achieve breakthroughs in more projects and win gold medals.
As the footsteps of the Beijing Winter Olympics are getting closer and closer, the preparation of Chinese players in various sports has entered the final sprint stage. Up to now, Chinese athletes have been shortlisted in 7 major events, 15 sub-events and 93 sub-events of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games in real time, and won 173 winter Olympic games seats. Compared with four years ago, in addition to short track speed skating, figure skating, freestyle skiing aerial skills, mixed doubles curling and other events, the Chinese team's advantages also have the strength to rush gold in men's speed skating, men's steel frame snowmobiles, women's freestyle skiing, men's snowboarding and other sports.
Wu Dajing
On December 23, 2021, the Winter Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sport announced that in view of the fact that Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Ning Zhongyan and Gao Tingyu have won the 2021/2022 Short Track Speed Skating and Speed Skating World Cup Sub-Station Championships, after research and decision, four athletes have qualified for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and the above four are the key players in China's short track speed skating and speed skating gold rush.
This season, China's short track speed skating has made its world debut again after more than a year. Overall, the men's team performed better than the women's team. In particular, Ren Ziwei has won the men's 1000 meters championship in the short track speed skating World Cup in Japan, the men's 1500 meters championship in Hungary, and the men's 1500 meters championship in the Netherlands, which has the momentum of surpassing Wu Dajing to become the new brother of the short track speed skating team.
Ren Ziwei (middle)
As the defending champion of the men's 500 meters, Wu Dajing has not been in good shape this season, falling into the curse of fouls many times, and finally won the gold medal in the men's 500 meters only in the Netherlands. Compared with Ren Ziwei, Wu Dajing, as the leader of China's short track speed skating, is under greater pressure. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei will fight side by side with the "Twin Stars" and strive to win in the men's 500m, 1000m and 1500m and men's 5000m relays.
Chinese Mixed Relay Team
The Chinese women's team has only won one gold medal in the women's 3,000-meter relay this season, and has not yet won a gold medal in a single event. Considering the strength of their own and opponents, it is more difficult for the Chinese women's team to win the championship in a single event, and the women's 3000-meter relay and 2000-meter mixed relay rush gold rush. Especially in the 2000-meter mixed relay, the Chinese team composed of Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Fan Kexin and Qu Chunyu is the strongest, and has won the World Cup many times this season. For this gold medal, the Chinese short track speed skating team is determined to win.
Gao Tingyu
Four years ago, Gao Tingyu achieved a "zero breakthrough" in the Winter Olympic medals for Chinese men's speed skating; four years later, in addition to Gao Tingyu still maintaining a good state in the men's 500 meters, in the men's 1000 meters and 1500 meters of the two middle distance events, the 22-year-old Ning Zhongyan rose strongly, and this season in the speed skating World Cup in Poland and Canada, successively won the men's 1500 meters and men's 1000 meters championships, and cooperated with his teammates to win the gold medal in the men's team sprint. Looking forward to the Beijing Winter Olympics, Ning Zhongyan said, "We must show our best self to the people of the whole country."
Ning Zhongyan
In figure skating, Sui Wenjing/Han Cong, who passed the gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, have become more mature after four years of grinding. This season, he won the gold medal in pair skating at the World Figure Skating Grand Prix in Canada and Italy, showing excellent competitive status. On December 11, 2021, they were selected for the Chinese Figure Skating Team Winter Olympics. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the "onion barrel combination" will launch an impact on the gold medal.
Sui Wenjing/Han Cong
In the snow event, the traditional advantage of the project freestyle skiing aerial skills, veteran Xu Mengtao after four years of waiting, finally ushered in the opportunity to prove himself again, the "Winter Olympics four dynasties elders" in this season's state is very good, the World Cup Finland has won the individual event and mixed team championships. Another famous general, Jia Zongyang, was the runner-up four years ago, and four years later, Xu Mengtao and Jia Zongyang will go all out to rush the gold. In the mixed team event, the Chinese team is also expected to compete for the gold medal.
Xu Mengtao
Snowboarding, Liu Jiayu and Cai Xuetong are in good shape this season, they are hoping to compete for medals or even gold medals, and the birth of 17-year-old Su Yiming is expected to rewrite the history of Chinese men's snowboarding at the Winter Olympics. The most anticipated skier is undoubtedly Gu Ailing, a talented girl who has won 4 gold medals this season and has won gold in the women's freestyle skiing U-shaped track skills, slope obstacle course skills and even big jumping events, looking forward to Gu Ailing to achieve a breakthrough for Chinese women's freestyle skiing.
Gu Ailing
In the steel frame bobsleigh project, Geng Wenqiang achieved a breakthrough of zero World Cup gold medals for Chinese male players, while Fan Duoyao reached the men's bobsleigh World Cup final for the first time, which also created the history of Chinese athletes. In the women's snowmobile event, in the Bobsleigh World Cup in Siguda, Latvia, which ended on January 2, the combination of Huai Mingming/Wang Xuan and the combination of Ying Qing/Du Jiani won the fourth and sixth places respectively in the women's double snowmobile race, creating the best result of the Chinese athletes in the World Cup event. A series of breakthroughs indicate that Chinese bobsleigh riders will definitely make a difference at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Geng Wenqiang
Seeing the World: Feather Knot Strikes Triple Crown Shaun White looks forward to challenging himself
In addition to the Chinese athletes are stepping up preparations, players from other countries and regions are also making the final sprint. Japanese figure skater Yu Yusuke has confirmed his participation in the Beijing Winter Olympics, and on December 26, 2021, the 27-year-old won the All-Day Championship and officially received the ticket to the Beijing Winter Olympics. After qualifying, he vowed to win the gold medal.
Feather knot strings
As a two-time Figure Skating Men's Singles Champion at the Winter Olympics, Yu Yusheng not only wants to impact the three consecutive championships at the Beijing Winter Olympics, but also challenges the unprecedented "four-and-a-half jump" action in the competition. In the all-day championship, Yu Yusuke had completed this action, but due to insufficient rotation and falling on the ice, it was not a perfect jump, but fortunately it did not fall. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, if he can successfully complete the four-and-a-half jump, it will add important weight to his gold medal.
Huang Daxian
In the men's event, South Korea's Huang Daxian, Hungary's Liu Shaolin, Liu Shaoang's brothers, Canada's Dubreuil, etc. have the strength to rush gold; in the women's event, South Korea's Choi Minjing, the Netherlands' famous Shu Erting, Italy's Fang Tana and so on are also strong. Due to the strong confrontation of short track speed skating, the game is full of accidents, coupled with the impact of the referee's decision, no one can predict the result until the last moment.
Shin Hamanachiya
In the speed skating event, the Dutch team in men's speed skating is undoubtedly the strongest, but with the strong rise of Japanese players represented by ShinhamaRiya and the impact of Russian players such as Kurezhnikov, the advantages of the Dutch team are being eroded. In the women's event, the group advantage of the Japanese team is more obvious, such as Nao Kodaira and Miho Takagi have gold medals in this season's World Cup, while the Russian team's Golikova, Fat Kulina, The United States' Jackson, Bowie and other players also have the strength to rush gold.
Sean White
In snowboarding, the king of men's snowboarding, American Sean White, is looking forward to participating in the Winter Olympics for the fifth time, four years ago, Sean White staged a reversal to win the championship in the last moments; four years later, the 36-year-old veteran's state has deteriorated severely, and even if he participates, it may be difficult to resist the challenge of Japan's Hirano Bumon. Korean-American Chloe King, a women's snowboarder, was the defending champion and recently won gold at the U.S. Whitewater Tour. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, she will strive to defend her title.
Last month, the NHL announced that it would not let the league's professional players participate in the ice hockey game at the Beijing Winter Olympics, which is a bit of a pity, but it will not affect the excitement of the ice hockey game.
Look at the preparation: everything is ready only to be opened The whole process of epidemic prevention and control is closed-loop management
As the countdown to the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics has entered, all the preparations have been prepared, which can be described as "everything is ready only to owe the east wind".
National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon"
12 competition venues such as "Ice Ribbon" and "Snow Ruyi" have all been completed and fully equipped with the conditions for running the games; 3 non-competition venues such as the Winter Olympic Village and the Main Media Center have been delivered for use; the medals of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games "One Heart" and the slogan "Together to the Future" have been released... The preparatory work for the Beijing Winter Olympics has been advancing in an intense and orderly manner.
Beijing Winter Olympics Medal "One Heart"
It is understood that from October 5, 2021 to the end of December, 8 competition venues in Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou have successively held 10 international events, 3 international training weeks and 2 domestic test activities. More than 2,000 athletes, team officials and staff from abroad participated.
"We have received a good response from the participating athletes and the Olympic Committees, and we are satisfied with the venue facilities and the quality of the tests." IOC President Bach commented.
As the top priority in the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics, epidemic prevention and control is a top priority. In October and December 2021, the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee jointly released the first and second editions of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Olympic and Paralympic Epidemic Prevention Manual.
According to the Epidemic Prevention Manual, in addition to medical exemptions, all Olympic-related personnel must complete the full vaccination of the new crown vaccine before 14 days before coming to China, and can be exempted from centralized isolation. From entry to departure, the whole process, full closure, point-to-point closed-loop management policy is implemented.
During the Olympic Test Match, the whole process of closed-loop management of the participants laid a solid foundation for the scheduled, safe and smooth holding of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and the Winter Paralympic Games. On January 4, Beijing time, the closed-loop management before the Beijing Winter Olympic Games was officially launched, and the medical and epidemic prevention personnel in Zhangjiakou Were ready to be put in place.
The Beijing Winter Olympics are coming
For the 2022 Winter Olympics, Beijing is already in place. The city of the Two Olympics will surely burn ice and snow. (Huang Kai)