Qilu Network Lightning News on January 13, Shandong TV Sports Channel news, Beijing Winter Olympics will be officially opened on February 4. This Winter Olympics has a total of three major competition areas, namely Beijing Division, Zhangjiakou Division, Yanqing Division, these three areas include all 13 venues, so what competitions will be held in each venue? Let's take a look.
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has 7 major events and 15 sub-events, of which 15 sub-events are: biathlon, snowmobile, steel frame snowmobile, curling, ice hockey, bobsleigh, figure skating, short track speed skating, speed skating, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, Nordic biathlon, ski jumping, snowboarding.
1. Beijing Division
There are 6 venues in the Beijing competition venue, namely the National Aquatics Center, the National Gymnasium, the National Speed Skating Hall, the Capital Gymnasium, the Wukesong Sports Center and the Shougang Ski Jump, as well as the Bird's Nest, the National Stadium, which hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
First, let's take a look at the only snow venue in Beijing, the Shougang Ski Jump, also known as "Snow Flying". The venue is the world's first permanent platform for the Great Jumping Platform and the first competition venue in the history of the Winter Olympics to be directly integrated with the reuse of industrial heritage. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, "Snow Flying" will undertake the competition of freestyle ski jumping and snowboard jumping, and 4 gold medals will be produced here.
Let's look at the only new ice competition venue of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon", the appearance of the venue is composed of 22 flowing ribbons, and these ribbons are like the traces of speed skater skating knives, at the same time, 22 also represents the time of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, it can be said that it is a combination of speed and passion. As a venue for speed skating events, 14 gold medals will be born here.
Beijing also has the world's first Olympic venue to complete the "water ice conversion" - the National Aquatics Center Water Cube incarnated as "Ice Cube", as we all know, here has undertaken the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and other water competitions. The transformed "Ice Cube" will become the world's first double Olympic venue to set up a curling track on the pool, and will also become the first double Olympic venue in the history of the Winter Olympics to lay a track on the temporary ice, which will undertake curling and wheelchair curling competitions for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Continue to the National Gymnasium "Ice Sail", which hosted gymnastics, trampoline, handball and wheelchair basketball at the Paralympic Games at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and has been remodeled to host the Winter Olympic men's and women's ice hockey matches and the Winter Paralympic Ice Hockey Tournament.
Also used as an ice hockey venue is the Gokesong Sports Center, which can achieve "ice basket" conversion in 6 hours, and will host women's ice hockey and some men's ice hockey matches during the Winter Olympic Games.
With a history of 53 years, the Capital Gymnasium, after the transformation of software and hardware, will undertake two events of short track speed skating and figure skating at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and 14 gold medals will be produced here.
In addition to these six competition venues, the Bird's Nest, the National Stadium in Beijing, will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and the Bird's Nest will also become the world's first "double Olympic venue" to host the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in winter and summer.
2. Zhangjiakou Division (Chongli District)
There are 4 competition venues in Zhangjiakou, namely: Genting Ski Park, National Ski Jumping Center, National Cross-Country SkiIng Center, and National Biathlon Center.
Genting Ski Park will host U-shaped tracks, slope obstacle courses, obstacle course chases, snow skills, aerial skills, parallel giant slalom events, with a total of six tracks and a Paralympic track.
The National Ski Jumping Centre, also known as "Snow Ruyi", will host ski jumping competitions and sub-event jumping in the Nordic biathlon competition. This is the first ski jumping venue in mainland China that meets international standards, and it is also the competition venue with the largest amount of engineering and the highest technical difficulty in the construction of the Winter Olympic venue group in Zhangjiakou Competition Area.
The National Cross-Country SkiIng Centre will host cross-country skiing competitions and cross-country skiing in the Nordic biathlon competition, with a total of 8 race tracks with a total length of about 9.7 kilometers.
The National Biathlon Center will hold a biathlon competition, and the venue will be arranged in turn, such as the shooting range, the track and the starting and ending area, and the venue technical building.
3. Yanqing Division
There are two competition venues in Yanqing, namely: National Bobsleigh Center and National Alpine Ski Center.
The National Bobsleigh Center, also known as the "Snow Dragon", will host bobsleigh, steel frame bobsleigh and bobsleigh competitions. The "Snow Dragon" track has a total length of 1975 meters, a vertical drop of more than 121 meters, and is composed of 16 curves with different angles and inclinations. The National Bobsleigh Center is the 17th in the world, the 3rd in Asia, and the first bobsleigh track in China. During the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, it will undertake competitions in snowmobiles, steel frame snowmobiles and bobsleigh events. The picture above is an aerial photo of the Snow Dragon in autumn.
The National Alpine Ski Center, also known as "Snow Flying Swallow", has a total of 7 ski slopes, large drops and extremely difficult construction, mainly responsible for alpine skiing events in the Winter Olympics.
Shandong TV Sports Channel Mou Xiaofeng