The opening of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is imminent. This is a major landmark event held by China at the historical intersection of the "two hundred years" goal. Reflecting the leapfrog development of ice and snow sports in the new era, the three-episode political feature film "The Covenant of Ice and Snow" was broadcast on the news channel at 8 o'clock from February 1. The program shows the great importance attached by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core to the preparation for the Winter Olympic Games, the keen attention to promoting more than 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports, the touching story of generations of ice and snow people fighting hard for the glory of the country, and the efforts of the Chinese people to dedicate a wonderful, extraordinary and outstanding Winter Olympic Games.
On July 31, 2015, at the 128th Plenary Session of the International Olympic Committee in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Beijing and Zhangjiakou won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, and more than 1.4 billion Chinese embraced the Olympic flame for the first time, becoming the first city in modern Olympic history to host both the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games. For the Chinese nation, which has experienced from standing up and getting rich to becoming strong, the significance of lighting the ice and snow sports torch on the historical coordinates of the new era is by no means limited to the Winter Olympics itself.
Sports carry the dream of a strong country and a rejuvenated nation. 2022 is precisely the time when China is moving towards the second centenary goal on the basis of achieving the first centenary goal; the patriotism of winning glory for the country, the national self-confidence of promoting the power of the mainland, and the fighting spirit of daring to compete for the first place will be condensed in Chinese the Winter Olympic Arena. This is the source of strength for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The Dream of the Winter Olympics meets the Chinese Dream. Dreams that were once out of reach are now in sight.
China's dream of ice and snow began
Time back to 65 years ago, just 8 years after the founding of new China, held the first national ski competition, that is, in 1957, China's ice and snow sports and the world stage are still far apart.
Shan Zhaojian, a native of Jilin Province, is 84 years old. In the first national ski competition, Shan Zhaojian won the gold medal in 3 events in one fell swoop, becoming the first national ski champion in New China. But even on the playing field, the champion did not have a snowboard of his own. In the hearts of the older generation of ice and snow athletes, their ice and snow dreams carry a strong national and national glory. They represent a majestic China that has just stood up from its history of poverty and weakness.
From the dream of ice and snow to the dream of the Winter Olympics
From March 7 to 16, 1981, the World Hockey Group C Championship was held at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium. In 10 days, 7 games, the Volunteer March was played here 6 times! The stadium could no longer accommodate the excitement of the crowd, and more than 10,000 fans began a spontaneous celebration on the street.
This is the first shock brought by ice and snow sports to the hearts of Chinese, and in Chinese's hearts, the collective dream of ice and snow sports and the desire for this national glory Winter Olympic stage are waiting for the moment to be ignited.
In the 21st century, China's ice and snow athletes began to attack the Winter Olympic gold medal. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Yang Yang won two consecutive gold medals in the women's short track speed skating 500 meters and 1000 meters, achieving a breakthrough of zero gold medals in the history of the Chinese Winter Olympics. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Han Xiaopeng achieved a breakthrough of zero Olympic gold medals in the men's event and zero Olympic gold medals in the snow event. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Chinese team played well, winning a total of 11 medals. Among them, Wang Meng won three gold medals in succession and broke the world record, becoming the first player in China to win three gold medals in a single Winter Olympics. In 2010, the 36-year-old Zhao Hongbo and his partner Shen Xue went to the Winter Olympics for the fourth time and won the first gold medal in Chinese figure skating. At the same time, Pang Qing and Tong Jian won the silver medal in the project. The two Chinese duo won gold and silver medals in figure skating at the Winter Olympics, and two five-star red flags were raised at the same time on the field, which is extremely rare in the history of figure skating. After decades of chinese figure skating, it finally has a place in the world ice world.
November 3, 2013. China's ice and snow sports witness a day of history. On this day, the Chinese Olympic Committee officially proposed to the International Olympic Committee that Beijing and Zhangjiakou jointly bid to host the 24th Winter Olympic Games. Promoting the popularization of ice and snow sports among 300 million people and promoting the leapfrog development of ice and snow sports in China will completely change China's ice and snow landscape. Not only will China's ice and snow sports benefit from it, but it will also change the style of ice and snow sports in the world and open up a new realm of Olympic sports.
July 31, 2015. The day when the IOC voted on the ownership of the 2022 Winter Olympics. Chinese athletes Yao Ming, Yang Yang and Li Nina made their last Bid statements at the scene. Beijing, becoming the world's first "twin Olympic city" to win the right to host the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, China will fulfill all its commitments and provide the world with a "wonderful, extraordinary and excellent" Olympic event!
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