The United Kingdom beat Japan 10-3 to win the gold medal in the women's curling event
At noon on February 20, the final of the women's curling event at the Beijing Winter Olympics ended at the National Aquatics Center "Ice Cube", and the British team defeated the Japanese team 10:3 to win the gold medal. So far, all three gold medals in the curling project of the Beijing Winter Olympics have been produced. The National Aquatics Center "Ice Cube" also successfully completed the task of service guarantee during the race, and the venue infrastructure, ice quality, image landscape, event organization, service guarantee, etc. were unanimously praised by all parties. IOC President Bach praised the Ice Cube as a model for the sustainable development of Olympic venues and will surely leave an even more valuable Olympic legacy after the Winter Olympics.
IOC President Thomas Bach and World Pot Federation President Kate Kesnis pose with the national aquatics center venue operation team staff
"Water Ice Conversion" is world-renowned
As the largest curling venue in the history of the Winter Olympic Games, Ice Cube is the only double Olympic venue in the world where water sports and ice sports can run at the same time, and it is also the world's first Olympic venue to set up a curling track on the pool. During the Beijing Winter Olympics, more than 100 athletes from 14 countries competed in the curling mixed doubles, men's and women's events. The former "Water Cube", the swimming, diving and synchronized swimming competition venue of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, has now been transformed into the "Ice Cube" for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Olympics to undertake curling and wheelchair curling events, which has amazed many participating athletes.
Rachel Homan of Canada said: "The venue is very beautiful, the interior and exterior of the 'Ice Cube' are great, and China should be proud of it. Switzerland's Yanni Perrett sighed: "This venue is so beautiful, the ice surface is also very good, I really enjoy playing here." Madeleine Dupont of Denmark, said, "I wish I could train or race here every day, the 'water ice conversion' technique is amazing."
Not only the athletes, but also officials from the World Curling Federation and the International Olympic Committee did not hesitate to praise the "Ice Cube". Kate Kesnis, President of the World Curler Federation, praised: "The National Aquatics Centre is the best curling venue I have ever experienced at the Winter Olympics. Prince Albert II, the head of state of Monaco, said in an interview with the media that "the 'water cube' has now become the 'ice cube', and this dual-use approach of the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics will inspire the organizing committees and venues of the future Olympic Games to make fuller use of their venues." Pierre Ducrey, director of operations of the Olympic Department of the International Olympic Committee, also believes that "the 'water cube' has become an 'ice cube', which is a very proud thing and can fully reflect the goals of the Olympic Games." ”
A double Olympic venue can be so praised by all parties, which is a high affirmation of the "water ice conversion" Chinese plan, and it is inseparable from the full support of the owner unit Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation. In the construction and transformation of Winter Olympic venues, Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation adheres to the concept of sustainable development, contributes to the "Chinese plan" of the construction and transformation of Olympic venues, and realizes the gorgeous transformation from "water cube" to "ice cube" through "water ice conversion".
"Ice Cube" stadium operation team
Service guarantee highlights the responsibility of state-owned enterprises
Curling is the most frequent and longest-running event at the Beijing Winter Olympics, running for 18 hours in three units per day from February 2 to February 20, 2022. During the Winter Olympic Games, "Ice Cube" organized a total of 147 competitions for 30 competition teams, and served more than 10,000 spectators to watch the games, so that the competition organization was smooth and orderly, the infrastructure was running well, the epidemic prevention and control measures were strict, the service guarantee was warm and intimate, and the safety and smoothness of the Winter Olympic Games and the smooth operation of the venues were successfully realized.
Behind this achievement is inseparable from the hard work of Beijing State-owned Assets Company and "Ice Cube" people. In order to do a good job in the transformation of the "Ice Cube" venue and the service guarantee during the game, Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation has established a leading group for the Winter Olympics work headed by Yue Peng, secretary of the party committee and chairman of the board, and set up 4 special working groups including the national aquatics center working group, and Zhang Jie, deputy secretary of the party committee of the company, concurrently serves as the director of the national aquatics center venue operation team. At the same time, in addition to the staff of the National Aquatics Center, Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation has drawn personnel from the whole group to enrich the venue operation team, formed a strong Winter Olympic service guarantee team, completed the work of ice making, equipment and system commissioning of the venue, and actively cooperated with the venue operation team to do a good job in infrastructure, power protection, waste cleaning, image landscape, media operation and other work to ensure the provision of high-level service guarantee during the game. In the operation team of the "Ice Cube" venue, Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation sent a total of 88 people, many of whom participated in the service guarantee work of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games, and have rich experience in event service, becoming the backbone of the service guarantee during the game. It is the unremitting struggle and dedication of these behind-the-scenes heroes that make the safety, thoughtfulness, meticulous security and service warm every participating athlete.
On February 18, Beijing State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Corporation signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the World Curling Federation and the China Curling Association at the National Aquatics Center
After the game use together to the future
The successful holding of the curling competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics has also made the world more looking forward to the "Ice Cube". On February 18, Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the World Curling Federation and the China Curling Association at the National Aquatics Center, and the three parties reached a cooperation intention on jointly promoting the development of Curling in China and the utilization of the heritage of the Winter Olympics in the future. According to the agreement, the World Curling Federation will carry out in-depth cooperation with the China Curling Association and Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation to jointly promote the development of curling in China and the world by setting up the "World Curling Academy Training Center" at the "Ice Cube" Ice Sports Center, holding international curling events and series of curling training. Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation will transform the enthusiasm for ice and snow sports stimulated by the Beijing Winter Olympics into a strategic force to promote the sustainable use of olympic heritage and the development of the ice and snow industry, build a first-class and internationally leading curling stadium in China, shape a new image of the top hall of curling competitions, introduce high-end curling international events, cultivate and form a well-known brand of China's winter sports events, provide talent guarantee for the sustainable development of the curling industry, and further popularize youth curling.
"Ice Cube" Ice Sports Center
At the beginning of the transformation of the Winter Olympic venues, the Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation planned in advance for the post-game utilization of the Winter Olympic venues. After the Winter Olympics, the competition hall of the National Aquatics Center will realize the free switching between "water function" and "ice function" on the basis of the original comprehensive development and operation mode of sports events, tourism and leisure, mass fitness, cultural experience, exhibition and display, etc., which can not only retain the true color of "Water Cube" to undertake water performance projects, but also add the charm of "Ice Cube", becoming the only venue in the world that can hold summer and winter events at the same time. At the same time, Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation also used the underground space of the South Square of the National Aquatics Center to invest in the construction of the "Ice Cube" Ice Sports Center, laying a deep and solid foundation for the sustainable use of the subsequent Winter Olympic heritage. The overall construction area of "Ice Cube" Ice Sports Center is about 8,000 square meters, consisting of a standard ice rink of 1,830 square meters, a standard curling field and supporting service facilities, and is expected to receive more than 100,000 ice sports enthusiasts every year in the future, becoming an important carrier for promoting ice sports to teenagers and better serving "300 million people participating in ice and snow sports".
Both Olympics are equally exciting
With the successful conclusion of the Curling Competition for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, ice cubes will immediately enter the venue conversion cycle to prepare for the upcoming Winter Paralympic wheelchair curling competition. Focusing on the goal of "two Olympic Games are equally wonderful" and drawing on the successful experience of the Winter Olympic Games, Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation and "Ice Cube" people will work hard and redouble their efforts, carry forward the spirit of continuous combat, and go all out to ensure that the operation command system, venues and barrier-free facilities, event service guarantees, epidemic prevention and control, landscape identification and other work are quickly converted into place, ensure that all work preparations for the Winter Paralympic Games are fully ready, and contribute to the strength of state-owned enterprises in the capital for the holding of a simple, safe and wonderful Winter Olympics.
Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Wu Dong
Editor: Li Tuo
Process Editor Tai Shaofeng