The sound of the Huangpu River flowing in the ears, the Tower of the Oriental Pearl Tower towering into the clouds, standing on the white ice and dancing softly, shanghai's ice and snow moments add another piece of brilliance.
Last night, the launching ceremony of the "Ice Flying" ICE LIVE Oriental Pearl Ice Carnival was held in Shanghai Oriental Pearl City Square. On the occasion of the 17-day countdown to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, shencheng's most romantic ice rink has returned, and "ice flying" allows citizens and tourists to experience the charm of ice sports up close and skate to watch the Winter Olympics.
Pictured: The launching ceremony of "Ice Flying" was held in Shanghai's Oriental Pearl City Square Xinmin Evening News reporter Li Mingzhen (the same below)
Behind the urban ice and snow dream of Yang Yang, the winner of the first gold medal of the Chinese Winter Olympics, the vice chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency, the chairman of the Athletes Committee of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, and the founder of shanghai Feiyang Ice Sports Center, is to play a movable type sign for Shanghai ice and snow. Create an ice and snow dream city for Shencheng - the joy of the Winter Olympics, shared by Shanghai.
Practical actions help the Winter Olympics
At the beginning of 2019, Yang Yang and his team brought the concept of an outdoor ice rink to Shanghai, and built Shanghai's first large-scale outdoor real ice rink on the banks of the Huangpu River and under the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. At that time, Yang Yang's wish was that this ice rink would become an opportunity for "300 million people to go to the ice and snow" to help the Beijing Winter Olympics. Today, the Beijing Winter Olympics are just around the corner, and the ice rink in Shencheng has a fantastic linkage with the Olympic arena.
Pictured: Yang Yang
At last night's launch ceremony, Yang Yang said: "On February 4, the Olympic flame will be lit again in the 'Bird's Nest', the Winter Olympics is the dream of our generation, and we hope that the unique memory of the Beijing Winter Olympics can affect a generation." We also overcome all difficulties, as promised, to bring Ice Flying to the foot of Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower, welcome everyone to 'Ice Flying', on the ice, have fun. Skating to watch the Winter Olympics, cheering for the Olympic athletes, I sincerely wish the Olympic athletes from all over the world to realize their dreams at the Beijing Winter Olympics. ”
It is reported that the 2022 "Ice Flying" iCE LiVE Shanghai Oriental Pearl Ice Carnival was officially opened to the public from January 19 to February 24, covering the entire 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games time cycle, will carry out a series of ice experience and display activities in the past 40 days, and hold a variety of theme activities for spring festivals, Valentine's Day and other festivals. In this special Winter Olympic season, the "ice and snow fever" will continue to rise, and there will be professional coaches on the spot to guide people who have a basic skating foundation or not, and can participate in ice sports.
Pictured: In "Flying Ice", you can experience a variety of ice activities
"As an Iceman, there are many ways to participate in the Winter Olympics, but getting more people on the ice is the most direct. I hope that before the Beijing Winter Olympics come, I will give back to ice sports and bless the Beijing Winter Olympics in this way. Yang Yang said frankly, "To truly make sports a culture, more people still need to participate." In terms of hardware, we are first-class, and 300 million people on the ice and snow also provide opportunities for more people to participate in these hardware in the future. Personally, I think that in the future post-Winter Olympic era, more people will participate in ice and snow sports. The Winter Olympics are just the beginning. ”
Ice and snow seeds have now sprouted
In 17 days, the Beijing Winter Olympics will be held. Yang Yang in the past few days has been very busy. The night before the opening of "Ice Flying", she had just finished her beijing activities and flew back to Shanghai.
Pictured: Children skating in "flying ice"
Why is it so busy to "support" this ice rink? Yang Yang said: "I want Shanghai to experience the Winter Olympics up close. ”
Opening an ice rink at a city landmark is the most intuitive publicity for ice and snow sports. Yang Yang emotionally sighed: "I have always felt that a sport needs a process to understand it, be familiar with it, and like it, so I hope more people will participate." Skating through the ice and watching the game is a different feeling. Of course, I also hope that after watching the game, everyone will come to the ice rink with the mood of experimentation and experience the continuous self-breakthrough brought to us by sports. ”
Behind her, surrounded by children from the Feiyang Ice Club, compared with the first "Ice Flying" opening ceremony three years ago, this year's ice display session has been greatly improved in terms of the number of participants and the quality of technology. The two groups of large and small queue skates are amazing, the short track speed skating children's speed is in a trance, and the ice hockey players bring a simulation game to the opening ceremony... Rooted in Shencheng for many years, Yang Yang's Feiyang Ice Sports Center has become the birthplace of Shanghai's ice and snow talents.
Dressed in a tight speed skating suit, the first-grade girl Shang Ruoshui has been learning short track speed skating for 3 years, from roller skating to figure skating to speed skating, the girl is obsessed with the speed of running on the ice, and also feels the frustration education in ice and snow sports, and strengthens her mind.
The boy An Hao is already the elder of the opening ceremony of "Ice Flying", and the boy who was still small three years ago has now grown and tall into a handsome boy. Confessing that he is becoming more and more passionate about speed skating, the boy said that he will always stay in front of the TV to cheer for Chinese athletes, "and strive not to miss watching any game." ”
Photo: On-ice display session
If three years ago or even more years ago, Yang Yang planted seeds of ice and snow in Shanghai, now, these seeds have gradually sprouted, and they are scattered in the sports world of Shencheng. Looking at this, Yang Yang's heart is also full of a sense of achievement and satisfaction, "All the efforts are worth it, building this stage is all for them, and the development of ice and snow talents for Shanghai is also the original intention of my participation." (Xinmin Evening News reporter Li Ranran)
Reporter's Note 丨 Frozen
At nearly 11 o'clock late last night, Yang Yang's circle of friends updated the latest dynamics. At night, the ice-filled ice rink is being repaired and watered, and the water reflects the surrounding high-rise buildings, which at first glance look like a warm jade, embedded in the most prosperous heart of the city - this is the city's annual Frozen.
"10 winters ago, I stood on the edge of the famous Rockefeller Center outdoor skating rink in New York and watched the ice crowds — couples, a family of three, and someone dancing alone to music. They bring to life the cold New York winters. At that time, I was thinking about when there would be such an outdoor ice rink in China, bringing this vividness and warmth to everyone. Regarding the original intention of creating "Ice Flying", Yang Yang has repeatedly described it to reporters.
In Yang Yang's view, the promotion of ice and snow sports, from participation to attention to love, requires a process, and ordinary people need to have the opportunity to contact sports itself. "Indoor ice rinks are important, but walking across the ice rinks attracts ordinary people even more." Her ideal sport is not only a competition for gold and silver on the field, but also a power that can bring everyone to move.
Sports facilities can be reached by strolling, urban construction is outstanding temperature, it is gratifying that unlike three years ago, today's Yang Yang is no longer alone "ice flying". This winter, the number of outdoor ice rinks in Shencheng soared, and the "ice flying" in front of them is the ninth new outdoor ice rink added this winter. The Shanghai Ice and Snow Sports Association revealed that the outdoor ice rink is more open in the area without a fixed ice rink, which makes the layout of the ice rink in Shanghai more reasonable and the festive atmosphere more intense. The emergence of outdoor ice rinks is a very good platform for ordinary Shanghai people to participate in ice and snow sports, as the first stepping stone or the first experience. With the help of ice auxiliary hiking facilities, many people have started their first skating experience here. (Li Ranran)