Project Description: Steel frame snowmobile is a kind of sports extended from the traditional snowmobile, which is one of the winter Olympics skiing competitions, participants need to lie down on the steel frame snowmobile with their heads facing forward, control the direction with their shoulders and knees, and slide on the inclined ice track above 1200 meters. The steel frame snowmobile is also the only one of all the Winter Olympics skiing events that includes men's and women's singles competitions
Pictured: Steel frame snowmobile Xinhua News Agency picture
Origin of the project: The steel frame bobsleigh sport originated from the long sled used by North American Indians when carrying luggage in winter. After its first competition in St. Moritz in 1884, it developed into a sport
Olympic history: The steel-framed snowmobile was listed as an official Olympic event in 1928 and 1948, but was subsequently cancelled due to excessive danger, and it was not until the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics that it returned to the Olympic family and continues to this day
Competition rules: The Winter Olympics steel frame snowmobile event has two gold medals in men's singles and women's singles. In the competition, the players conducted a total of 4 rounds of skating, and the total time was taken to obtain the final ranking
Beijing Winter Olympics Venue: National Bobsleigh Center
Competition Schedule: February 10 to February 12, 11 and 12 are gold medal days
China: In November last year, China's Geng Wenqiang won the second men's single race of the Steel Frame Bobsleigh World Cup in Austria, China's first steel frame bobsleigh world champion, and he is expected to achieve a breakthrough at the Beijing Winter Olympics