Jinan, 20 Jan (Xinhua) -- Carrying a spear, reporters Wu Shuguang and Guo Yaru rushed to the scene, and the sound of gunfire was fierce. Don't be nervous, these rare scenes will be staged in the core area of the Chongli Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province in February, when the National Biathlon Center here will host the biathlon competitions of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
On February 5, the National Biathlon Center will celebrate the first biathlon day of the Winter Olympics, with individual, sprint, pursuit, relay, mixed relay and group departure until 19 February, producing a total of 11 gold medals.
The National Biathlon Center Circuit is located in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Shiyao
Biathlon originated in Northern Europe, and is rumored to have been originally a winter ski hunting activity for people, and later became a military training subject, but it was not until the eighth Winter Olympics in 1960 that it became a competition.
Because the biathlon integrates cross-country skiing and shooting, the players have to shoot during the skiing, and they need to complete it in the shortest possible time, both speed and accuracy, and it can be said that they can best experience the realm of "moving like a rabbit and quiet like a virgin".
Athletes in this project generally have to learn to ski first and then practice shooting, the former is the foundation, because the longest has to face a long journey of 20 kilometers, the runners have to slide for a long time with high load, can experience the speed and passion of skiing, but as far as possible in a short period of time to hit more targets shooting is more critical, because of its accidentality is also exciting, you need to quickly switch to the state of "heart like water", after all, shooting requires bullets to fly more accurately.
In the competition, athletes carry rifles weighing not less than 3.5 kg when skiing, first ski for a certain distance, and then stop at the range, shooting 5 targets 50 meters away in a lying or standing position, and each target is off, the player either takes a 150-meter skiing lap or adds a minute to the final result.
National Biathlon Center Circuit. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Mou Yu
Chen Guohui, venue and infrastructure manager of the National Biathlon Center, said that biathlon is a very special event on the snow field of the entire Winter Olympic Games, and has higher requirements for sports venues. From north to south, the National Biathlon Center is divided into 11 track sections with a total length of 12.3 kilometers, built along the natural terrain of the mountain, and divided into the main track of the competition, the Paralympic sitting track and the training track.
It is understood that the ups and downs of the winter biathlon competition, the core of which is the subtlety of the dynamic and static conversion, the masters are in a relaxed state into the shooting range, from the heart pounding high tension state, quickly calm breathing and heart rate, looking for the breathing gap or the best shooting time point between the two heartbeats, one hit hit. Of course, how to enter high-speed skiing from shooting status is also one of the necessary abilities of biathlon players.
On December 28, 2021, participants of the 2021/2022 Biathlon International Training Week glided on the National Biathlon Center Circuit. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Mou Yu
Norway, Germany, Russia, the United States, Romania and others are the leaders of the project. The mainland started late, and for a long time "ice is strong and snow is weak". At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the mainland biathlon national training team won a total of 4 men, 4 women and 8 seats.
From the movement of high-speed skiing, to the quiet of slow and leisurely shooting, "fast and slow" and "moving and static" seem to be distinct, but in fact, they are quite philosophical, and the two need to complement each other, every move determines the trend of the game, between this movement and slow, fast and slow, who can seamlessly switch, freely and extremely switch, who can laugh to the end, no doubt, those athletes with greater self-control and stability are often more likely to dominate the game.
Editors: Shuwen, Yu Sihui, Zhou Xin