Yanqing Winter Paralympic Awards Plaza Panorama Yanqing Competition Area courtesy of the picture
International online news: On January 15, the Yanqing Winter Paralympic Awards Plaza conducted the first full-process, all-element drill. From a high altitude, the umbrella-shaped awards square and the meandering "flowing" National Alpine Ski Center "Snow Flying Swallow", waiting for the soaring National Snowmobile Sleigh Center "Snow Dragon" to shine in the distance, painting a magnificent picture of the "most beautiful Winter Olympic City". This drill not only marks that the Yanqing Winter Paralympic Awards Plaza has the conditions for running at the time of the competition, but also means that the operation of the awards plazas in Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou has been prepared, the basic preparatory work has been successfully completed, and the preparations for the Winter Paralympic Games have entered a new stage.
Yanqing Winter Paralympic Awards Plaza Ceremony Drill Site Photo courtesy of Yanqing Competition Area
As the main awarding venue for snow sports at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games, yanqing winter paralympic awards plaza will run for a total of 7 days (from March 6 to March 12, 2022) to undertake medal awarding ceremonies for 27 competitions in the Yanqing division of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, including awarding medals to the winning athletes, raising the national flag (flag) of the country (region) to which the winning athlete belongs, and playing the national anthem (anthem) of the champion's country (region). At that time, the Yanqing Winter Paralympic Awards Plaza will alternate with the Zhangjiakou Winter Paralympic Awards Square for the award ceremony and broadcast live to the world.
Yanqing Winter Paralympic Awards Plaza is based on the Beijing World Garden Park International Pavilion, with a total area of 12,000 square meters and an actual use area of about 17,000 square meters, making it the only non-competition venue that only undertakes the task of the Winter Paralympic Games. In accordance with the requirements of "simple, safe and wonderful", Yanqing Awards Plaza adds a variety of temporary facilities in different forms such as containers, tents, board rooms, and broadcast platforms on the basis of existing buildings.