Ensure the success of the Winter Olympics

Figure (1): Sui Wenjing (left) / Han Cong in training. Photo by Peng Ziyang, Xinhua News Agency (2): The main media center hall of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter He Changshan

A few days ago, when inspecting the preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Olympics in Beijing, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that it is necessary to strengthen confidence, lift the spirit, redouble efforts, fully implement the simple, safe and wonderful requirements for running the games, and pay close attention to the preparations for the organization, service, command and dispatch of the final stage of the event, so as to ensure the complete success of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The preparations for the Winter Olympics have entered the sprint stage, and all work is in full swing. From the athletes to everyone involved, everyone is working hard to fight for the success of the Winter Olympics.

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Spelling the word for the head Ice and snow athletes compete for good results

Reporter Liu Yao

There are still 23 days to go before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the preparation for the Winter Olympics has entered a critical period. Athletes from 29 national training teams in ice and snow events are fighting to meet the arrival of the competition with the best competitive state, and launch a final sprint towards the goal of "achieving the best result in the history of the Chinese Winter Olympic Games".

Based on self-stability, we should focus on stability

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Chinese duo Sui Wenjing/Han Cong won a valuable silver medal in figure skating. After suffering and waiting for injuries, the "onion barrel combination" returned by the king continued to maintain strong competitiveness in the Beijing Winter Olympic cycle. At the 2021-2022 World Figure Skating Grand Prix, Sui Wenjing/Han Cong topped the world twice in Canada and Italy. At the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, figure skating pair skating is one of the popular events for the Chinese team to attack the gold medal.

"The Winter Olympics are still stable first, and our opponents are very strong." Zhao Hongbo, head coach of the chinese figure skating team's doubles team, said that China's pair skating project will be based on itself and stability in the sprint preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics.

In the latest pair skating world rankings, Sui Wenjing/Han Cong ranked third, teammates Peng Cheng/Jin Yang ranked fifth, and the remaining three top five seats were occupied by the Russian combination. It is foreseeable that the competition between the two countries in the Winter Olympics will be very fierce.

Zhao Hongbo said that Russia has "ruled" the championship in the history of the Winter Olympics for 46 years, and the overall state of its players is relatively good, with two young pairs full of momentum. To this end, the two pairs of players of the Chinese team must train their own things more steadily and play the two sets of programs in the highest quality in the Winter Olympic Games.

Sui Wenjing and Han Cong said that after this period of training, the two have made a new breakthrough in difficulty. Difficulty and challenging upgrades have been made in terms of lifting, hoping to achieve eye-catching results.

This season, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong once again performed the famous song "Golden Bridge on the River of Sorrows" in the free skating repertoire. When they won the 2017 World Championships, the two used this set of tracks. This time, however, the old song is a new one. Sui Wenjing said the two choreographed a brand new set of programs with Canadian choreographer Laurie, and spent a lot of time on many details.

"I hope that through this show, everyone can feel the beauty of figure skating, but also feel the support we give everyone." Sui Wenjing said, "I am very excited and excited now, and I hope to maintain this mood until the Winter Olympics and strive for my goals." ”

New people emerge and make history

Since its first participation in the Winter Olympics in 1980, China's ice and snow sports have always shown a situation of "strong ice and weak snow". At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Han Xiaopeng won the freestyle skiing aerial skills competition in one fell swoop, winning the only gold medal in the snow sports of the Winter Olympics for China so far.

With the help of the "east wind" of the Beijing Winter Olympics, China's ice and snow sports have accelerated to make up for shortcomings. Among the 109 winter Olympic events, from about 1/3 of the blank, in just a few years, the whole project has been carried out, the whole project has been built, and the whole project has been trained. Veterans of snow sports have emerged and new talents have emerged, preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Recently, in the final of the slope obstacle course at the Mammoth Mountain Station in the United States at the Freestyle Skiing World Cup, China's 18-year-old Gu Ailing won a silver medal. In the previous U-shaped field event, she won the championship and won the crystal ball symbolizing the overall championship of the season with the result of four victories in the U-shaped field event of this season's World Cup.

Since the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, Gu Ailing has continued to perform strongly. Earlier this season, she missed a race due to injury, but came back from injury in a state of flux. Since December last year, Gu Ailing has been on the podium in the 9 competitions she participated in, winning 6 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze, and in the U-shaped field, slope obstacle skills, and big jumping platform, which has increased the number of gold points for the Winter Olympics in China's snow sports by 3 at once. The International Snow Federation also commented on its official website that Gu Ailing has drawn an exclamation mark for this season.

Challenging the limits on the field and creating history off the field, many people have high hopes for the star of hope for China's snow sports. Gu Ailing is also full of longing for her trip to the Winter Olympics. "I feel very happy and looking forward to being able to do such a good job in the last game before the Winter Olympics." She said.

Dedication to service The "City of The Two Olympics" is even more intense

In the country's first Olympic community, Dongcheng Dongsi Street, Beijing, the Olympic elements embedded in it constantly evoke people's warm memories of the Beijing Olympic Games.

"In recent years, we have continued to carry out a series of activities to commemorate the Summer Olympics and welcome the Winter Olympics, continuing the Olympic dream and recording the footprints of the 'Double Olympics'." Zhang Guozhong, deputy director of Dongsi Subdistrict in Beijing's Dongcheng District, said.

The "Double Olympic Volunteer Service Team", spontaneously formed by more than 200 residents, has become a beautiful landscape in the community. In the eyes of the volunteers, in 2008, it was proud to witness and participate; today, what is important is service and dedication. "We are actively applying to become a Winter Olympic community and hope to become the first 'double Olympics' community in the country." Zhang Guozhong said.

In the Gaojing Road community of Guangning Street in Beijing's Shijingshan District, residents Sun Yuanyuan and his family are eagerly awaiting the opening of the Winter Olympics. Sun Yuanyuan, a former professional speed skater, took the initiative to popularize ice and snow knowledge in the community and carry out skating experience classes for residents after beijing's successful bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2015. "I hope to contribute to the Beijing Winter Olympics to express my expectations and blessings for the event."

In the Yanqing area of the Beijing Winter Olympics, He Yufeng, the "environmental grandmother" who has insisted on volunteering to clean up garbage for many years, is as busy as ever. She set up the "Sunset Pass" volunteer service team to organize more people to participate in environmental protection actions and contribute to building the "most beautiful Winter Olympic City" and welcoming the Beijing Winter Olympics.

"From the moment Beijing and Zhangjiakou successfully bid for the Winter Olympics, I look forward to doing my part for the Olympic Games held in my hometown." Hao Xiakun, who works for a domestic airline in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, has undertaken nearly 7,000 hours of flight tasks, and the happiest thing recently is the opportunity to serve the Beijing Winter Olympics.

"Welcoming the Olympics again is like greeting an old friend who has been separated for a long time, talking about the past and the future." Hao Xiakun said, "In 2008, we first met the Olympics so that we could know each other better; 14 years later, we met the Olympics again, thinking about how to move forward together more unitedly. ”

(According to Xinhua News Agency, reporter Kong Xiangxin, Zhao Wanwei, Jin Ning, Li Chunyu)