Meet the ice and snow, come together| and complete the ice and snow sports "out of the circle" at Chinese speed

CCTV news: The opening of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has entered the countdown. This Winter Olympics is not only another grand event held in China, but also an important symbol of China's ice and snow sports "out of the circle".

Compared with the ice and snow sports powers, China's ice and snow sports started late, and there are problems such as insufficient mass participation and weak industrial base, which was once considered a niche sport. It was not until 2002 that the mainland won its first Winter Olympic gold medal. This year, China's ski participants accounted for less than 1% of the total population, while ski enthusiasts in Countries such as Japan and France accounted for about 10% of the total population.

On July 31, 2015, Beijing successfully bid to host the 24th Winter Olympics in 2022, and ice and snow sports have since entered the chinese public's vision.

According to the "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games Sports Heritage Report (2022)", in the six years since the preparation of the Winter Olympic Games, the number of public ice and snow sports participants has increased significantly, ice and snow sports have been rapidly promoted among the majority of teenagers, ice and snow sports for the disabled have been widely carried out, the level of ice and snow sports competition has been improved by leaps and bounds, various ice and snow sports events have been vigorously carried out, the supply of ice and snow sports venues and facilities has been accelerated, and the team of ice and snow sports talents has grown day by day. This means that the mainland has completed a "circle out of the circle" of ice and snow sports at Chinese speed in just a few years.

The Beijing Winter Olympics is far from just a sports event you can watch in front of the screen, but also an invitation to you with the vision of "bringing 300 million people to ice and snow sports". It is understood that from the successful bid for the Winter Olympic Games to October 2021, the number of residents across the country who have participated in ice and snow sports is 346 million, and the participation rate of ice and snow sports is 24.56%, achieving the goal of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports".

The enthusiasm of the whole society for ice and snow sports has also made the Chinese ice and snow sports on the field continue to heat up. As of 2020, the number of registered athletes participating in national ice and snow sports competitions has exceeded 10,000, while in 2015, the number was only 5,111. In addition, about one-third of the 109 sub-events of the Beijing Winter Olympics have not been carried out before, and as the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics, China will achieve "full participation" in the Winter Olympics, and the venue of this Winter Olympic Games will also witness a historic leap from scratch.

Now, you might as well go out the door and go to the cold but enthusiastic ski and ice skating rinks to "go out of the circle" with Chinese ice and snow sports!