BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Alpine skiing is one of the most difficult and complex winter sports in the world, so it is known as the "crown jewel of the Winter Olympics". Its steep and varied terrain is full of thrills and excitement, which is also a difficult challenge for athletes to ensure service, especially the supply of food. As the head of athletes' catering, Lu Kai said that being able to serve the Olympics is the luck of life.
Lu Kai. Yanqing Winter Olympic Village Catering Support Team courtesy of the picture
According to reports, As the person in charge of the catering service guarantee for athletes in alpine skiing projects, Lu Kai has overcome many unfavorable factors such as many service points and harsh external environment, starting from the details of the details, the preliminary preparatory work almost every day personally surveyed the venue, mastered the first-hand information, and laid a solid foundation for formulating a reasonable and feasible venue meal operation plan, the proportion of personnel and materials and athlete services in the later stage.
According to reports, the guarantee of the supply of venue meals needs to coordinate various fields, and equipment and facilities, security, epidemic prevention, road traffic, mountain transportation, sports, waste removal, etc. have their own requirements, so they need to communicate patiently and carefully. Lu Kai has established a complete set of docking mechanisms for this purpose. Before the start of the game, many field drills were organized to resolve the exposed problems in a timely manner, and a more complete and proper operation plan was formed.
After the official start of the game, there were several times due to the sudden drop in temperature, the water pipe in the dining room was frozen and caused by water leakage, Lu Kai timely launched the emergency plan to solve the problem in the fastest time to ensure the normal operation of the catering service.
Of course, in daily work, sometimes you have to bear grievances and pressure. Once, due to the maintenance of the cable car equipment, Lu Kai and his team were trapped at the top of the mountain for more than four hours, without food, drink or work, but everyone did not complain, did not prevaricate, and continued to work at the point to provide quality services for athletes.
Lu Kai is older in the catering team, colleagues are worried that he can not withstand this task, but he always faces with a peaceful and optimistic attitude, he said that "being able to serve the Olympics is the luck of life, and as a senior sports expert, seeing that behind the athletes' active struggle and efforts to practice the Olympic spirit, there is my and the team's meager efforts, which is very gratifying, very worthwhile, and very meaningful." (End)