Qitaihe Short Track Speed Skating Champion Pavilion taken on January 12 (drone photo). The Qitaihe Short Track Speed Skating Champion Hall opened in 2019 and showcases more than 40 years of local skating history. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Tao
Over here
It was once a city of coal
Today it is the cradle of short track speed skating championships
It's like getting the gold code
Behind it is the stubbornness and indomitability of this land
This is the Qitai River
Chinese player Fan Kexin (left) and teammate Qu Chunyu celebrate after the game on February 5. Photo by Ju Huanzong, Xinhua News Agency
Evening of the 5th
From Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province
Fan Kexin won it with his teammates
Beijing Winter Olympics short track speed skating mixed team relay champion
This is the Chinese delegation
The first gold in this Winter Olympic Games
As of 14:00 on the 8th
China has been in previous Winter Olympics
Of the 16 gold medals won
7 pieces are related to the Qitai River
This is the six medals won by Wang Meng at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, including four gold, one silver and one bronze, photographed in the Qitaihe Short Track Speed Skating Champions Pavilion on January 8. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Jianfei
There are more than 500 national gold medals
There are more than 170 world-class gold medals
More than 10 times to break the world record
……
These are the athletes trained by qitaihe
Achievements
This is the gold medal list filmed in the Qitaihe Short Track Speed Skating Championships Pavilion on January 8. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Jianfei
Qitai River
A small city with a population of less than 700,000 in Heilongjiang Province
Today it has become
The representative city of short track speed skating in China
It has the reputation of "the hometown of winter Olympic champions" and "the city of champions"
On February 16, 2002, in the women's 500m final of the short track speed skating at the 19th Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, China's Yang Yang won the gold medal, achieving a "zero breakthrough" in China's gold medal at the Winter Olympics. The picture shows Yang Yang on the podium. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Yingxin
Yang Yang, Wang Meng
Sun Linlin, Fan Kexin, etc
10 short track speed skating world champions
Slide from here to the world
On February 15, 2006, Wang Meng held aloft the national flag to celebrate the victory after winning the Women's 500m Short Track Speed Skating Championship at the Turin Winter Olympics. Xinhua News Agency
Late coach
Meng Qingyu
It is a short-track speed skate that lifts the Qitai River
A name that can't be avoided
This is a sculpture of the late short track speed skating coach Meng Qingyu photographed in the Qitaihe Short Track Speed Skating Champion Pavilion on January 8. Meng Qingyu has trained many world champions such as Zhang Jie, Yang Yang, Wang Meng, Sun Linlin and so on. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Tao
1970s
Qitaihe's short-track speed skating business
Start in a humble stadium in the city
Since there was no indoor ice rink at that time
Early ice athletes on the QitaiHe River
In winter, he lived under the stands of this stadium
During the day, ice training is poured in the open space outside the stadium
This is a restoration of the work scene of the late short track speed skating coach Meng Qingyu filmed in the Qitaihe Short Track Speed Skating Championships Pavilion on January 8. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Jianfei
Because there is no pouring machine
Meng Qingyu could only put a large iron barrel
Place on a climbing plow as a water tank
Man pulls a ton of heavy climbing plows away
This is the training scene of Coach Meng Qingyu before his death
"Start from scratch" from here
Meng Qingyu will speed skate in the short track
Hobbies from the Qitai river people in their leisure time
Push the path of competitive sports
Laid the foundation for the city
The foundation of the short track speed skating business
On January 10, at the Qitaihe Sports Center, Zhang Jie (second from right), head coach of the Qitaihe Vocational College Short Track Speed Skating Training Center, was directing training. Zhang Jie is a disciple of Meng Qingyu and the first world champion to walk out of Qitaihe. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Jianfei
When seeds are planted
It will definitely take root
Meng Qingyu trained a student that year
Today, many have become world champions
Many have become professional coaches
The Ganga River continues
"Dare to be the first, brave to compete for the first-
The bloodline of champions
Children at the Qitaihe Sports Center at the Qitaihe Vocational College Short Track Speed Skating Training Center train on Jan. 10. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Tao
Athletes trained with the Seven Tai River
We have continued to achieve excellent results in domestic and foreign competitions
The whole city has also spent a lot of effort
Children at the Qitaihe Vocational College Short Track Speed Skating Training Center conduct training at the Qitaihe Sports Center on Jan. 10 (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Jianfei
In 2013
The indoor ice rink of the Qitaihe Sports Center was put into use
Ended the Qitai River
There has been no history of indoor ice rinks for decades
In 2017
Qitaihe Vocational College Zhang Jie Ice Sports College was established
The college offers a short track speed skating major
Training of short track speed skating instructors
In 2019
The Qitaihe Vocational College Short Track Speed Skating Training Center was established
Train outstanding athletes in short track speed skating
Exterior view of the Qitaihe Vocational College campus and the Qitaihe Sports Center (building on the right) taken on January 12 (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Tao
Innovative talent training methods
Increase the number of short track speed skating schools
Create a "provincial team and city office" base
Organize mass ice and snow sports activities, etc
It has been rated by the State General Administration of Sports
"National Key High-level Sports Reserve Talent Base"
"National Short Track Speed Skating Qitaihe City Sports Training Base" and so on
Let the short track speed skate
The cultivation of reserve talents has reached a new level
Take on the national team
The responsibility of training and transporting outstanding athletes in short track speed skating
Skaters skate at an ice rink in Taoshan District, Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province, on Jan. 12. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Tao
At night
The Champion Bridge on the Qitai River is brightly lit
Short Track Speed Skating Championships Pavilion top
Flame-like lights flow and rise
The Qitai River, once famous for its coal
Bring it to life
Champion Bridge in Taoshan District, Qitaihe City, taken on January 12 (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Jianfei
"Moonlight sprinkles on the ice,
Light up the dreams of generations...
The wish of a small city man,
Let the Champion Corridor decorate the North..."
Qitaihe recently released the theme song of the Winter Olympics
Expressed the Qitaihe people
An understanding of champion culture
And sincere wishes for the Beijing Winter Olympics
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Source: Xinhua News Agency