The National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon" welcomed the first open day, and Italian athletes praised the venue

Photo by Deng Wei, reporter of this newspaper

Yesterday, the National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon" ushered in the first open day, and athletes who adapted to the venue and media reporters who surveyed the venue made the beijing Winter Olympics speed skating event lively. Cheng Shujie, secretary general of the National Speed Skating Hall venue operation team, said that all aspects of the venue are running smoothly, and the team will use the last time before the game to continue to inspect the work and run into the team, and strive to achieve the best state during the Winter Olympic Games.

At 11:30 a.m. yesterday, the "Ice Ribbon" welcomed the first batch of athletes "guests" of the day - more than 10 speed skaters from Italy, Belgium and Estonia walked into the infield, and after a brief visit, they gradually changed their clothes and began training. It is understood that the "ice ribbon" arranged 4 trainings from 10:00 a.m. to 5:20 p.m. yesterday, each group of training time is 1 hour and 15 minutes, training intervals, the staff use the ice truck to maintain the ice surface in time to ensure the quality of the ice surface. Cheng Shujie told reporters that the ice quality of the venue has been praised by foreign athletes, "We invited the test skaters to test the ice surface every day, and then adjusted and maintained according to their feedback, which made our ice surface quality better and better." ”

The infield landscape of the "ice ribbon" also impressed the foreign athletes, and the reporter saw at the scene that the foreign athletes were very excited after entering the infield, and they took photos and exchanged from time to time. Cheng Shujie said: "The Italian players and team officials reported that the venue is very beautiful and shocking, especially the main color of our stadium is from light to dark gradient blue, and their team uniforms are also blue, so some Italian players laughed and said that they had the feeling of merging with the 'ice ribbon' when they were sliding!" ”

Source Beijing Evening News

Reporters Zhao Xiaosong and Deng Fangjia

Process Editor Wu Yue