CCTV News: As the Winter Olympics approach, China's commitments to the world for the Winter Olympics are being fulfilled one by one, including the overall goal of "bringing 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports". According to the Statistical Survey Report on Driving 300 Million People to Participate in Ice and Snow Sports released this week, since Beijing successfully bid for the Winter Olympics in 2015, the total number of Chinese residents who have participated in ice and snow sports has reached 346 million. The total number of people was achieved, but new changes were also brought about. Geographically, the number of participants in ice and snow sports in the north and south is 186 million and 161 million respectively, which means that ice and snow sports are gradually breaking through regional and seasonal restrictions, from a niche sport with only a few people participating in the past to a popular sport loved by more people today.
[Heilongjiang] "Lao Tan" led the children to slide to the dream of ice and snow
The person who is guiding everyone's skating action is not a full-time coach of the ice rink, but a skating enthusiast in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang. His name was Tan Hujun, and everyone affectionately called him "Old Tan".
Parents of the students Leng Bing: Tan Jiao can be said to be really selfless and dedicated, and he has never received a penny.
"Old Tan" is 57 years old this year, but "ice age" is as high as 47 years. When he was young, there were no conditions, and the fish pond was his skating rink; in 2003, there was a real ice rink in Yi'an County, which made him happy, not only to skate himself, but also to teach more children to skate together.
Ice and snow sports enthusiast Tan Hujun: Because I love this myself. Looking at the child's feeling, it is the feeling of skating, the child's happy state, the degree of parental satisfaction, so I made up my mind to say that I must teach the child well.
In the past 20 years, "Lao Tan" has volunteered to guide more than 300 children in skating skills, accompanying them to slide to the dream of ice and snow, and in Lao Tan's own heart, there is also a dream about the Winter Olympics.
Ice and snow sports enthusiast Tan Hujun: If you can go to Beijing to see, you can watch the Winter Olympics, that is the biggest dream and hope in your life.
[Cangzhou, Hebei] Happy ice sisters and brothers
Interest is the best teacher, in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, there is such a pair of brothers and sisters, the sister is called Qian Qianyu, the younger brother is called Qian Feiyu, from childhood love to play roller skating, after going to school was discovered by the coach talent, the two "skated" together to the ice rink - the sister joined the short track speed skating team, the younger brother joined the lion ice hockey team.
With continuous efforts, they stood on the field of the third Ice and Snow Games in Hebei Province. And the sister Qian Qianyu, even won the gold medal in the competition.
Sister Qian Qianyu: Very surprised! The Winter Olympics are about to be held in front of our house, and I am now insisting on training on ice every day to try to participate in the Winter Olympics in the future.
In Xinjiang's Cocoto Sea, the number of tourists on the ski slopes increased by 30% compared with the same period last year. In Linyi, Shandong Province, ski masters on the slopes gallop on the snow in a variety of graceful poses. In Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, children experience the joy of ice and snow sports in a city where there is little snowfall. In Putian, Fujian Province, the ice and snow dreams of young students have also officially set sail with the improvement of infrastructure. As the Winter Olympics approach, the enthusiasm for ice and snow continues to heat up. Nowadays, the goal of 300 million people on ice and snow has become a reality, and the future of China's ice and snow is even more promising!