BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- As the popularity of the Beijing Winter Olympics continues to rise, the staff who draw lines in the ski U-shaped pool venue have been "on fire" on the Internet these days. In the video, the staff steps on skis and draws lines for the field in a U-shaped pool.
Data map: On February 10, the beijing 2022 Winter Olympics snowboarding women's U-shaped venue skills final was held in Zhangjiakou Genting Ski Park, and the picture showed the staff repairing the venue between competitions. Photo by Mao Jianjun, reporter of China News Service
Netizens suddenly found that the staff also need to be able to ski, and the technical requirements are not low.
Some netizens left messages saying, "This job is still a bit of a threshold", and some netizens said that they could not even clean up the site without some skills.
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In fact, in addition to the Winter Olympics, there are many staff members who pay silently behind the scenes.
For example, attentive spectators may find that between short track speed skating, ice hockey, figure skating and other events, there are staff members carrying "bucket shovels" into the arena, and their task is to repair the ice surface.
At the "Ice Ribbon" National Speed Skating Hall, the Olympic record has been rewritten repeatedly. In addition to the excellent performance of the players, creating and maintaining the "fastest ice" also plays an important role.
Data map: On February 5, the beijing 2022 Winter Olympics speed skating women's 3000 meters final was held at the National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon". Photo by China News Service reporter Li Jun
Within days, it was here that the women's 3,000 meters of speed skating, the Netherlands' Shaoten won the championship and broke the Olympic record; in the men's 5,000 meters, Sweden's Van der Boulr won the championship and broke the Olympic record; in the women's 1500 meters, the Dutch Worcester won the championship and broke the Olympic record; and the Netherlands' Nius broke the 20-year-old speed skating men's 1500 meters Olympic record.
On February 8, the Beijing Winter Olympics speed skating men's 1500 meters race was held at the National Speed Skating Hall, in which Dutch athletes Thomas Kroll and Kyle Ness set new Olympic records, and finally fixed the record at 1 minute 43.21 seconds, and Kyle Nes also won the project championship. Pictured is Kyle Ness in the game. Photo by Cui Nan, a reporter from China News Service
Previous reports have shown that since the opening of the venue, during training breaks or between competitions, the staff will water and repair the ice according to the rules of the schedule. This procedure ensures that the players can skate on a field with good ice conditions.
For other events, the staff also needs to have excellent physical strength.
Infographic: Zhao Dan in the game. China News Service reporter He Penglei photographed
According to media reports, Li Changzhou, deputy director of the logistics department of the national bobsleigh center, once said that the ice maker should be strong and physically outstanding. In snowmobiling, at the end of each slide, the icemaker maintains the ice surface, which can only be done in a short gap between two athletes competing. Therefore, the ice makers have to "fly around" on and off the track because they have to complete the work quickly. Without a good physique, you cannot do this job.
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