On the eve of the opening of the "Winter Olympics", visit the Venues of the Winter Olympics

At 8 p.m. on February 4, the Beijing Winter Olympics will be grandly opened. Are the venues ready? How did the start of the tournament work? With only one day left before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the reporter went to some venues in the three competition areas to find out.

The perimeter of the "Bird's Nest" is the perfect "sprint" for the opening ceremony

At 8 p.m. on February 3, the "Bird's Nest" of the National Stadium was brightly illuminated, and the brilliant Chinese red penetrated the cracks in the steel structure, looking more brilliant and magnificent under the night.

On the evening of February 4, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics will be held here. The Bird's Nest will be the only venue in the world that has hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the Double Olympic Games.

"We're ready!" Speaking of the opening ceremony, Deng Shaomei, a student from Hebei North College, was excited, "After hard training, we will show our youthful style to the world with enthusiastic and professional dance on the big stage of 'Bird's Nest'." ”

At the west gate of the "Bird's Nest", Deng Shaomei and his classmates used the rest time to step up rehearsals, and every action was accurate and in place, without a trace of sloppiness. The students' natural smiles and lively dance postures are integrated with the beautiful melody.

Deng Shaomei told reporters that as a dancer in the hot stage of the opening ceremony, from the beginning of the selection to now, it has gone through nearly half a year, and the intense and fulfilling rehearsal has made her and her classmates tighten a string - contributing to a wonderful opening ceremony. "We were lucky that the rehearsal was hard, but it was worth it."

The reporter took the media shuttle from the main media center to the "Bird's Nest", passed the National Stadium, the National Aquatics Center and other venue sites, only to see that there were staff at the entrance of each station. Along the way, the two sides are isolated inside and outside the closed loop through the guardrail fence, and do not affect each other.

Near the opening ceremony, the bus team in Beijing has fully entered the "sprint" state and has been busy for a whole day. From the inspection, tightening and cleaning of the electronic control system to the tightness of the wheel bearing, it must be checked one by one to ensure that the condition of the vehicle is completely up to standard. At the opening ceremony, the bus team will be responsible for the transportation of more than 3,000 media personnel.

"From the main media center, it is 20 minutes one way and 40 minutes for a round-robin line. Taking into account the peak, the limit interval can reach one car per minute. Dong Ning, head of the bus team, said that they selected 50 buses and prepared 60 drivers, which can be made up in time in case of emergency.

It was late at night, and whether it was the operation managers, or the service support personnel, or the media reporters and volunteers, they were still busy in their respective posts, for the arrival of the exciting moment of the opening ceremony.

"Ice Cube" achieves wonderful "opening pot" for the Winter Olympics

At 8 p.m. on February 3, the third round of the Curling Mixed Double Round Robin Tournament was about to begin in the "Ice Cube" of the National Aquatics Center. Chinese athletes Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan communicate with each other from time to time on the sidelines, making final preparations before playing. Five minutes later, they had a great match with the Swedish duo.

"Curling is the first event to start at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and it has already started on the evening of February 2. So far, everything has worked fine in the game. It can be said that the 'Ice Cube' has achieved a wonderful 'opening pot' for the Beijing Winter Olympics. Zhang Jie, director of the National Aquatics Center venue, told reporters.

Beijing is the world's first "double Olympic city", and the National Aquatics Center is the first "double Olympic venue" to be put into use. The 2008 Beijing Olympics made the National Aquatics Center, known as the "Water Cube," a household name. After the transformation, the "Water Cube" was transformed into the "Ice Cube" during the Winter Olympics, becoming the only "double Olympic venue" in the world where water sports and ice sports can alternate.

Zhang Jie said that in order to smoothly transform the "Water Cube" into the "Ice Cube", the venue team completed the ice making work of the track, and then carried out ice repair, venue adjustment, equipment and facility testing and readiness drills for several days, so that the "Ice Cube" was ready before the game on time and ushered in the first match of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. In the first two days of the competition, the work of "Ice Cube" in all fields has been running smoothly, and many foreign athletes have praised it.

"All this is inseparable from the efforts of everyone in the stadium team." Zhang Jie said that the National Aquatics Center stadium team is divided into 36 business areas, with nearly 1,800 staff, including 675 volunteers. After several years of preparation, especially after the last ten months of unremitting efforts, the venue team has become very mature. "Curling is the longest-running sport at the Beijing Winter Olympics. We are confident of the success of the curling competition. ”

The reporter learned that all the Winter Olympic venues in the Beijing area have been started or are ready. Among them, the competitions of the National Aquatics Center, the National Gymnasium and the Wukesong Sports Center have begun, and the rest of the competition venues, the National Speed Skating Hall, the Capital Gymnasium, and the Shougang Ski Jumping Platform, are all ready to go.

"Snow Dragon" is ready for all fields

At 8:00 p.m. on February 3, the official training of the women's single bobsleigh project of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held at the "Snow Dragon" of the National Bobsleigh Center in Yanqing. This is the second official training held by the "Snow Dragon" before the official opening of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

As the radio alerted, a sleigh sped in and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Since bobsleighs may cause damage to the ice surface during skiing, taking advantage of the training gap, 40-year-old French icemaker Romain Ya'an Chamalle, who was standing outside the track, quickly entered the track and began to repair the ice surface.

"I have served in the previous three Winter Olympics, and the Beijing Winter Olympics will be my fourth winter Olympic trip." He introduced that the track ice making is mainly divided into ice making, ice repair, ice repair and cleaning and other 4 processes, the 3 hours of ice repair work carried out every day will keep the track in the best condition and provide a guarantee for athletes to create good results. "The Beijing Winter Olympics will be a perfect Olympics, and I'm ready!" He said.

As the night grew darker, as a bus approached, the passengers who got on and off the bus broke the silence of the "Snow Dragon" waiting area.

"For your return trip to the TG-Y-09, I'll check the specific arrival time." Enthusiastic volunteers told reporters.

"We have a total of 441 volunteers spread across 17 business areas." Huang Zhenxiang, volunteer manager of the "Snow Dragon" venue, introduced that at the end of January, after the general knowledge training of the five venues, the volunteers carried out on-the-job training in their respective business fields, and now all of them have carried out services in their own positions. "95% of these volunteers are college students, and many volunteers walk more than 20,000 steps a day on the mountain road, and everyone's enthusiasm for serving the Winter Olympics is very high."

When Liang Mai, deputy manager of transportation services at the "Snow Dragon" venue, was found, he had compiled a TW shuttle bus operation schedule and was about to inspect the traffic protection situation everywhere.

"It's now racing, with more than 120 cars and more than 350 people in operation." Liang Mai said, "Our traffic support team has the confidence to do a good job in ensuring transportation services. ”

Lin Jinwen, director of the "Snow Dragon" venue, introduced that on January 31, the "Snow Dragon" held the last full-process drill before the Winter Olympic Games. Through this actual combat exercise, the competition organization, command and dispatch, awarding, press conference, and medical rescue of the venue were tested. "We will unite for the Winter Olympics and everyone is ready."

Genting Ski Park was praised by the participating athletes

At 6:00 p.m. on February 3, the first round of the Beijing Winter Olympics Freestyle Ski SkiIng Skills Qualification Tournament began at Yunding Ski Park in Zhangjiakou Division. This is the first event in Zhangjiakou and the debut of the Chinese Legion.

The women's competition took the lead, and Li Nan, who made the 21st appearance, was the only participant in the Chinese team and finally ranked 19th.

"I am participating in this project on behalf of China, hoping to show the best spirit to the world." Li Nan, who made his personal Winter Olympic debut, said. Due to the failure to directly qualify for the previous ten, Li Nan also had to participate in the second qualifying round on February 6 to fight for the final seat.

In the men's competition that will take place later, China's Zhao Yang will finish in 28th place and will also participate in the second qualifying round.

The first race day came to a successful conclusion and Genting Ski Park stood the test.

Genting Ski Park is one of the four competition venues in Zhangjiakou, with 6 tracks, which will host a total of 20 sub-events in both freestyle skiing and snowboarding.

Jeff Lipschut, head of the Australian Winter Olympics delegation, has participated in five Winter Olympics with the team. After arriving in Beijing, he immediately went to the Zhangjiakou competition area to survey the venue. "I was very impressed by the mountains here, 6 tracks are clustered together, the design is very reasonable and perfect!" At a press conference held by the Australian delegation on 30 January, he praised Genting Ski Park.

Since January 30, Genting Ski Park has entered the official training time. After testing the track, the athletes praised Genting Ski Park. Polish snowboarder Oskar Kvyatowski said: "It's very beautiful, the snow is great to ski and the experience is enjoyable. ”

"The International Snow Federation, the delegation and the athletes fully affirmed genting Ski Park, which is an inspiration to us. The curtain has been opened, we will definitely come up with the best working state, implement the requirements of 'simple, safe and wonderful', and go all out to do a good job. Ma Xuan, secretary general of genting stadium group operations, said.

"Snow Ruyi" strives to make all parties happy

February 3 is the first official training day for the Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Center "Xue Ruyi" Winter Olympics. At 8 p.m., with the Ukrainian athletes leaping in, the official training of the men's individual standard station officially began.

In the command room of the south stand, Wang Bo, executive director of the Ancient Poplar Stadium Group and director of the National Ski Jumping Center, looked through the glass wall and did not forget to pay attention to the training process between meetings. Directly in front of him, the two screens are connected in real time with the ancient poplar stadium group operation command room and the main dispatch center (MCC), and the problems found in the operation of the venue are dispatched in real time.

"On the one hand, we have grasped the preparation of the Winter Olympics, and on the other hand, we have grasped the prevention and control of the epidemic, and the operation of various venues has been fully prepared." Wang Bo said.

As the iconic venue of Zhangjiakou Division, the venue facilities of "Xue Ruyi" have always been talked about by the outside world. Wang Jingxian, facility manager of the Ancient Poplar Stadium Group and facility manager of the National Ski Jumping Center, did not dare to be careless at all, whether the elevator transporting the athletes was operating normally, and whether the lights of the light show met the requirements of OBS (Olympic Broadcasting Service Company), he checked them one by one. Venue broadcast manager Xie Changhong also communicated with OBS in detail on the evening light show and official training, grasping every detail.

The "Snow Ruyi" VMC (Venue Media Center), which opened the day before the official training, has almost become the most frequent place for people to come and go. Li Cheng, the venue's news operation manager, said that their staff and volunteers totaled 59 people, all of whom were in place.

The venue photography manager, Paul from the United Kingdom, stepped on the points in advance on February 2, and on February 3, he simply explained the design arrangements of the points to the photojournalists a little bit in front of the illustrations. Seeing familiar faces, he greets and elbows in quick succession, making photojournalists from all over the world feel relaxed and friendly.

"The 'Snow Ruyi' operation team members come from all over the world, but through running-in, everyone is like a family." Wang Bo said that unity and service work will be done well, and they will strive to make all athletes and journalists feel satisfied in "Snow Ruyi".

Zhangjiakou Mountain News Center will improve the service little by little to perfection

At 8 p.m. on February 3, the Zhangjiakou Mountain News Center finally quieted down after a daytime "news war".

Passing by the press conference hall, the reporter found that the volunteers in the press conference hall had updated the content of the February 4 press conference on the display board. On the same day, the last press conference before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics will be held here, and the protagonist is still the Australian Winter Olympic delegation. They have held six consecutive press conferences here since January 30. A reporter sighed: "You can imagine how eager everyone is to show the style of their national athletes on the platform of the Beijing Winter Olympics." ”

In order to make adequate preparations for the upcoming event, the staff of the Zhangjiakou Mountain News Center worked meticulously. "Tomorrow, will you go to the 'Bird's Nest' to watch the opening ceremony?" Grasping for a rare gap, two volunteers in the media work room asked the reporters who stayed to arrive and leave in order to provide the corresponding transportation services in the first place; several volunteers erased the previous countdown panel paintings and redesigned the pattern for the opening ceremony.

"Your vehicle has 20 minutes to go to the station, you can go to a warm place to rest first, and we will let you know when the car arrives." At the bus stop of the Zhangjiakou Mountain News Center, two volunteers from Hebei Institute of Architecture and Engineering and one volunteer from Hebei University of Economics and Business served enthusiastically.

The traffic desk near the door has also been one of the busiest windows of the Zhangjiakou Mountain News Center. As a core transit station for the arrival and departure of the shuttle bus in Zhangjiakou, they have to serve a large number of consultants every day. The volunteers in charge of transportation services are students from Universities such as Hebei University of Economics and Business, Hebei Institute of Architecture and Engineering, and Nankai University. Previously, in order to facilitate the understanding of reporters, they had hand-drawn a traffic guide map, and later the map changed from a simple hand-drawn version to a more detailed printed version.

When turning over the original hand-drawn version from a bunch of service manuals for display, Zhang Shuqi, a volunteer from Nankai University, proudly told reporters: "We have not used this version for a long time, but it has witnessed the process of improving the service to perfection before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, so I want to collect it." (Hebei Daily reporters Hao Dongwei, Wang Weihong, Zhang Jing, Wang Junfeng, Zhao Ruixue)