Peninsula all-media reporter Liu Xiaoxiao Li Xiaozhe
The much-anticipated 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is about to kick off. Liu Xiaoying, head coach of the Shandong Short Track Speed Skating Team, just returned from the Beijing Winter Olympics Selection Tournament before attending the provincial two sessions. "Two Shandong Qingdao players stayed in the national team to continue to prepare for the Winter Olympics, which is a gratifying result." Liu Xiaoying said that at present, the development momentum of ice and snow sports in our province is good, and the development of ice and snow sports has entered the fast lane, but at key nodes, the organizational structure, staffing, professional venues, talent training system and other urgent problems that need to be solved are also imminent.
Member Liu Xiaoying
Liu Xiaoying was particularly inspired to see that the provincial government work report specifically mentioned the Summer Olympic Games, the National Games and the Winter Olympic Games, and affirmed Shandong's achievements. "In recent years, the development of ice and snow projects in our province has shown an upward trend, and Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai, Zibo, Linyi, Rizhao and other cities have begun to develop ice projects and have emerged at this year's Provincial Games." Liu Xiaoying said that the vigorous development of ice and snow sports in Shandong Province is directly related to our province's active response to the national strategy of "expanding from the south to the west and expanding eastward" and the call of "300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports", and the provincial and municipal sports bureau attaches great importance to and vigorously supports the development of ice and snow projects, and includes ice and snow projects in the provincial games.
From a former short track speed skating world champion to becoming a coach, Liu Xiaoying has witnessed the rapid development of ice and snow sports in Shandong and is full of confidence in the future. But at the same time, she also pays attention to the problems that need to be solved in its development.
"At present, the ice and snow sports management department in our province is still a temporary institution, looking at the whole country, and some other provinces that have developed ice and snow sports have set up winter sports management centers." Liu Xiaoying believes that only with a sound organizational structure can we more effectively promote the long-term, orderly and healthy development of ice and snow sports in our province, coaches and sports teams representing Shandong Province have a "mother's home", and outstanding athletes have a sense of belonging. At the same time, she suggested that the appropriate increase in the number of coaches and athletes can better attract and retain talents and prevent talent outflow.
Liu Xiaoying said that the most important thing in ice and snow projects is the site problem, at present, our province lacks provincial professional ice and snow sports venues, taking the provincial short track speed skating team as an example, can only train in the field (province) all year round or train in the enterprise operating venues. "It is difficult for children in Shandong to follow the provincial team to train in other places (provinces) for a long time, nor can they expand the scope of publicity and enrollment." The venues operated by the enterprise can only give the provincial team ice time when there is no customer in the morning and night under the premise of ensuring their own operating income, which affects the normal training and rest time of the athletes, and the ice quality and safety cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, she proposed to build Shandong's first provincial-level professional ice and snow sports venue.
"With high-quality venue facilities, excellent coaching teams, and the addition of provincial winter sports youth competitions, from provinces to cities, it will inevitably attract more teenagers to join the ice and snow sports." Liu Xiaoying said that at present, the short track speed skating, figure skating, curling and other projects in the winter project have entered the Summer National Games, and the increase in events will further mobilize the enthusiasm of young people to participate, improve the overall selection level, and let more parents and children feel the charm of ice and snow sports . Therefore, she suggested that some winter youth sports be included in the provincial games and that provincial winter sports youth competitions be added.
After the conclusion of the provincial two sessions, Liu Xiaoying immediately returned to Youth and threw herself into work. "We are mainly preparing for the Olympic Games, fully preparing for the 14th National Winter Games, and then continuing to prepare for the next Olympic Games." Liu Xiaoying said that provinces and cities attach great importance to sports, and the emergence of the epidemic has also made everyone pay more attention to their own health and pay more and more attention to physical exercise, which is a good time for sports people to develop sports. "We are very happy to see more and more people participating in mass sports, only in this way can more people participate in competitive sports." Liu Xiaoying said that she hopes to see more and more parents lead their children from indoor to outdoor, from summer projects to ice and snow projects, to feel the speed and passion of ice and snow projects. It is hoped that Shandong's ice and snow projects will develop better and better, and can send more sports talents to the country.