On February 15, China's Su Yiming won the gold medal in the men's big jump in snowboarding. With the birth of this gold medal, Cui Wei from the Party School of the State Grid Beijing Electric Power Company also successfully completed her mission as the domestic technical officer of the freestyle ski program at the Beijing Winter Olympics. "It is an honor for me to participate in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as a technical official, to provide service assurance in another way, and to witness the birth of the gold medal up close!"
Cui Wei jumped on the Shougang Ski Jump
At 5:30 a.m. on February 15, Cui Wei got on the service bus to the Shougang Ski Jump and came to the familiar referee tower. Since January 22, it has become her "battlefield". After doing a good job of safety protection, she began to provide reception and translation work for international referees, and cooperated with the team to sort out the schedule of the event.
The domestic technical officer of the Winter Olympic Games, referred to as "NTO", is a general term for the technical representatives, competition officials, referees and measurement officials of the event.
According to the requirements of the competition format, the starting order of the third jump of the freestyle ski jump is based on the flashback of the results of the first two jumps. In order to meet the needs of the broadcast, the international timing team of the Referee Tower needs to determine the departure sequence within one minute after the second jump. At this time, Cui Wei must quickly translate the departure sequence determined by the timing team and inform the starting point of the starting area to ensure the smooth progress of the third jump.
The work of the referee tower is fast-paced, but it also gives Cui Wei more opportunities to communicate and learn from international referees at close range. After the athletes complete each action, there are professional referees to analyze the movements, and Cui Wei listens while learning and memorizing, familiarizing himself with the judging criteria, the difficulty of the action and the degree of completion, and also accumulating valuable experience for future referee skiing events. "Now it's more calm, excitement and a sense of pride that's hard to hide than the initial nervousness." Cui Wei said.
Cui Wei (first from left) worked with various technical officials to sort out the preliminary work of the event schedule
On February 8 and 15, China's Gu Ailing and Su Yiming won gold medals in the women's big jump and the men's big jump in snowboarding, respectively. In the referee's tower, Cui Wei witnessed the birth of two gold medals and cried with joy: "More and more young players are on the field, more and more people are beginning to pay attention to ice and snow competitions, which is an encouragement and hope for China's ice and snow sports!" ”
Cui Wei was born in Xinjiang, where there is a long and cold snow season. Blessed with the environment and the influence of her father, she began to contact the sport of skiing. "Every winter break, my father would take me skiing to help me adapt to the cold weather and push my limits."
As his father retired from the army and changed careers, Cui Wei's family moved to Beijing. In high school, cui wei won the title of "national second-level athlete" and was recruited into Shenyang Sports Institute for his outstanding performance in athletics. In college, she took alpine skiing courses. From the downhill of the racing event, the super giant slalom to the slalom of the competitive event, the big slalom, Cui Wei's skiing speed and technical level have been continuously improved, and he also achieved the fourth place in the women's university group of the first national college student skiing competition alpine skiing giant slalom competition in his sophomore year.
After graduating and joining the work, Cui Wei also brought the never-say-die sportsmanship to the workplace. While familiarizing herself with learning business skills, she continues to participate in and even organize various sports activities. His love of sports, years of skiing experience, solid knowledge reserves and rich refereeing experience made Cui Wei recommended to the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee by the Snow Association as an outstanding reserve talent in 2021, together with 32 professionals from different regions, as an NTO to participate in the beijing Winter Olympics freestyle skiing event.
Shougang Ski Jump technical officers and volunteers took a group photo
It is the responsibility and mission of every electric power person to provide a strong and reliable power supply guarantee for major events. During the Winter Olympics, even if he is busy with the work of the NTO, Cui Wei still pays attention to the power security of the venue.
On the eve of the start of the race, the 11 high-power snow machines located on the Shougang Ski Jump were fully powered, and the columns of steam transformed into snowflakes and fell on the track. "The total snowmaking volume of the ski jump during the Winter Olympics is 11,500 cubic meters, the snowmaking consumes about 20,000 kWh of electricity, and the maintenance and snow repair during the race consumes about 100,000 kWh, and these electrical energy are 100% supplied by green electricity." After work, Cui Wei proudly introduced the power security situation to the team members.
Cui Wei said that at the ski jump, she witnessed the "double gold", met the top talents in the field of skiing, saw the hope and future of Chinese skiing, and felt the hard work and the importance of existence of electric power people. "Although our country's ice and snow road is still very long, just like the power grid spirit of 'striving to surpass and pursue excellence', as long as you work hard and dare to compete for the first, you will definitely win!"