The inauguration ceremony of the 2022 World Snow Day and International Children's Ski Festival Officia Sinica China Youth Ski Demonstration Team was held on January 16 at the FIS China Snow Center, and 12 team members recommended by the Beijing Ski Association accepted the first batch of FIS China Youth Ski Demonstration Team member certificates as representatives.
The demonstration team is the first time in the history of the International Snow Federation to establish a ski demonstration team in a member country, which reflects the full recognition of the International Snow Federation for the vigorous development of China's ice and snow sports in recent years, is full of confidence and expectations for the sustainable and high-quality development of China's ice and snow sports in the future, and further helps China improve the level of ski competition and promote the popularity of ski sports in China.
The FIS China Youth Ski Demonstration Team is composed of three teams: alpine team, snowboard team and cross-country team, with a total number of 500 people, including 50 people in one team and 450 people in the reserve team, and the team members are under the age of 22 years old. Former head coach of the Japanese women's alpine skiing team Nicolas Paulon is the head coach of the alpine team, Cesare Pisonon, chairman of the FIS snowboard committee, is the head coach of the snowboard team, and Christian Bjørn Sven, the coach of the Chinese national cross-country skiing team and the famous Norwegian junior cross-country skiing coach, is the head coach of the cross-country team.
The members of the ski demonstration team are all school students, they love skiing, use their spare time to improve their skiing skills, not only master technical movements, but also participate in various competitions to complete self-transcendence.
15-year-old Xue Jizhou was born in a family of ski "enthusiasts" and has been "rolling" on the snow with his parents since the age of 5. As an architectural designer, she sees skiing as a hobby and an important part of her life: "Skiing has given me perseverance and courage in chasing my dreams. Xue Jizhou believes that it is precisely this "enthusiast" identity that is more conducive to the promotion and promotion of skiing, "We are ordinary teenagers, we can influence more people in life, through their own experience and experience, let the people around them feel the fun of skiing and show the charm of skiing." In the future, I will continue to work hard to let the world see the heroic posture of our Chinese ski teenagers, tell the story of Chinese ski teenagers, and build the dream of an ice and snow power. ”
Zou Zeping, also 15, also said that skiing has changed his personality and life. Zou Zeping, who self-styled himself as an otaku, was once an introvert, and after going to the snow field, he became more cheerful, more lively, and more daring to try to break through himself. He has been practicing skiing for 6 or 7 years, growing up almost in tandem with Beijing's successful bid to host the Winter Olympics. "Over the years, more and more people around me have begun to participate in this sport, and I hope to set an example, encourage more people to go to ice and snow sports, and add another force to the promotion of ice and snow sports." Zou Zeping said.
Li Jiajun, an ice and snow sports promotion ambassador who was once a short track speed skating world champion, said that all the work he participated in was to promote the further development of ice and snow sports, and the International Snow Federation China Youth Ski Demonstration Team was a new attempt, "This way can help create an ice and snow sports atmosphere and a healthy lifestyle, so that more teenagers, primary school students, and even young children can participate, and the members of the ski demonstration team must play the role of leaders and pacesetters." ”
Ding Dong, director of the Group Department of the General Administration of Sports and chairman of the China Ski Association, said in his speech that the number of participants in ice and snow sports in the country reached 346 million, and the participation rate of youth in ice and snow sports reached 15.62%. The establishment of the demonstration team will further promote the popularization and development of skiing in the vast number of young people, and show the world the good competitive level and vigorous spirit of China's teenagers in skiing.