▲The staff of the National Alpine Ski Center took a group photo under the track to celebrate the successful completion of the work tasks of the Winter Olympics.
On February 19, the Alpine Skiing Competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics ended at the National Alpine Ski Center in Yanqing. The Chinese racing team has reached the high level of the Winter Olympics and has been unanimously recognized by the International Snow Federation. This racing team will become the most valuable asset of alpine skiing in China.
Wu Bin, director of the race end area of the National Alpine Ski Center, said that before the race, it is necessary to build an end area, including ski protection facilities, mixed interview areas, athlete areas and so on. It was built according to the map of the end point area designed by foreign technical representatives, which is one of the most important tasks of him and his team. Everyone needs to be familiar with the standards of each point, and maintain the status and order of the finish area during the race. Wu Bin said that in the early stage of the work, everyone had a run-in process, but soon integrated with foreign experts, and all aspects of broadcasting and media entered the state. In the final stage of running, all parties do not need language, just a look, can do the clouds.
For the alpine ski racing track setting, at first the FIS was worried that there would be problems with the flag gate setting. Fan Weidong, a staff member of the track setting and rapid response team, said: "The flag gate setting is a very important link, according to the shape of the mountain, the speed, the flag gate is set at different points. I am also an athlete and understand very well that setting up flag doors must be very exquisite. "Once the flagpole and flag door cloth are dropped, the Chinese rapid response team can quickly enter, which requires the team to glide, and 40 seconds or even shorter, it is necessary to replace the broken flag door." HaituoShan Arena is a very typical arena, the mountain shape, slope, right angle setting is very exquisite, all flag gates are certified by the International Snow Federation.
The downhill and super big slalom speed of the racing project is relatively fast, and it is very dangerous to have no guide line. Drawing a guiding line for athletes can not only ensure the safety of sliding within the line, but also bring a very intuitive viewing experience to the audience. Yang Hui, assistant to the head of the alpine ski racing zoning team, said that the line is equivalent to the finishing touch, "We want to draw a blue guide line, and a red segmented timing line." The International Snow Federation also has a high evaluation of the marking team, believing that the Chinese marking team can think from the perspective of athletes.
Pushing snow is a discipline that plays a key role throughout the race. Hou Jian, assistant director of the snow pusher, said that the fastest speed of downhill can reach about 140 kilometers per hour, and the fastest speed of super large slalom can reach about 120 kilometers per hour, which is impossible to achieve without the level of top snow pushing. The team must make sure that the snow is leveled to the point where there are no snow bumps and no wrapping marks, ensuring the safety and smoothness of the athletes. "In our minds, there has to be expertise in the route that the athlete has to take, level the angle of the track and so on. Second, to follow the trajectory of athletes, whether it is the world's top level or intermediate level, it is necessary to ensure that athletes complete the competition. We keep walking to ensure that athletes slide safely and smoothly to the finish line. In the end, to what extent, Hou Jian made an analogy, that is, it is fine to resemble a highway, which is called "snow on the highway".
The Chinese racing team has experienced alpine skiing competitions at the Winter Olympics to know what is the world's top. After such an experience, this high-level team will surely become the most valuable asset of alpine skiing in China.
Photo by reporters of the Winter Olympics and Guan Xin
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Client The Winter Olympics | Journalist Kong Ning
Edited by Han Ye
Process Editor Wu Yue