There was once a saying circulating on the Internet that as long as Chinese wanted to do it, there were very few things that could not be done. Of course, except for Chinese men's football, which is a century of big problems, and indeed in this project, it is really not done well. Ice and snow sports are not popular sports for Chinese, and the level of ice and snow sports in China does not have much presence in the world. However, after the successful bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2015, China's ice and snow sports have achieved rapid development. No, there is an ice and snow sport that, in just a few years, has made a breakthrough and set a record for the Winter Olympics. I have to say that this is really the embodiment of China's strong national strength, domineering, and rare in the world.
As the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics draws closer, the major international organizations participating in the competition have also announced the allocation of places for participation. Recently, the International Snow Federation officially announced the allocation of places to participate in the alpine skiing project of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. To the surprise of the world, to the delight of the Chinese audience, the Chinese team won a total of 4 places for 2 men and 2 women. This is not easy, and this quota has also set a record for the Chinese team's alpine skiing project to win the largest number of places in the history of the Winter Olympic Games.
The alpine skiing competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics will be held from February 6 to 19 at the National Alpine Ski Center in Yanqing from February 6 to 19. This alpine skiing set up male and female downhill (also known as alpine downhill), male and female super big slalom, male and female big slalom, male and female slalom, male and female slalom, male and female all-around 5 sub-events. In addition, there are mixed group projects, which add up to a total of 11 sub-projects.
It is understood that the Beijing Winter Olympic Games have a total of 306 places in the alpine skiing event, and the male and female athletes are half open, each with 153. According to the regulations, an Olympic delegation can only get a maximum of 22 places. There is only one country in the world that can qualify for the full quota, that is, the traditional ice and snow powerhouse Swiss team. In addition to The Swiss team, the European austrian team received 20 places. The other ice and snow sports powers, the United States and France, both won 17 places, followed by Italy and Norway with 16 places. After watching this, the audience who may not be familiar with this item thinks that this is nothing at all, after all, China has only won 4 places. But after understanding China's history on this project, I believe you will definitely change this view.
Before Beijing's successful bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2015, the Chinese team was zero in the downhill and super giant slalom events, and had never carried out or participated in the team events of the Winter Olympics. However, this situation changed after the successful bid for the Winter Olympics. As the host, it is natural to hope to make a breakthrough in these competitions. However, even in the ice and snow power, these projects have been accumulated over the years to have today's level. However, in China, these projects, in just a few years, have made great progress, in all 11 sub-events, all qualified for the competition, and there are 4 places to participate. You know, The Japanese team, the ice and snow powerhouse in Asia, has only received 3 places. As for which of the 11 competitions the four Chinese players will participate in, it has not yet been officially determined.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that the first appearance of Chinese alpine skiers at the Winter Olympics was in 1980, when Park Dong-seok, who represented China, won the 34th place in the alpine skiing men's slalom event. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Chinese jin Xuefei achieved the best result of a Chinese athlete in the Winter Olympics in the women's slalom event, ranking 19th. Therefore, from this aspect, it can also be seen that it is indeed very difficult for the Chinese team to obtain 4 places. At the same time, we also believe that as long as China attaches importance to this matter, it will certainly be able to make significant progress.