In the Qiaobo Ski Resort in Shunyi District, teenagers experience snow sports fun. Photographed by Beijing Daily reporter Wu Yibin
On February 20, 2022, beijing "Bird's Nest", when the five rings of stars slowly rose with the music of "Me and You", intersecting with snowflake torches in mid-air, the world's only "double Olympic city" cast a huazhang.
At that moment, Dream Back to 2008!
On August 8, 2008, also in beijing's "Bird's Nest", the 29th Summer Olympic Games opened, and the modern Olympic movement entered the world's most populous country for the first time in 112 years. "One world, one dream." Ancient Oriental civilization eagerly showed the world the "China of today".
What is "China Today"? In 2008, it was a reforming China, a soaring China, and a developing China. 2022 is a rising China, a confident China, and a responsible China.
Over the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has been repeatedly delayed, and the international Olympic movement has been greatly affected, as if moving forward in a dark tunnel. Can we host the Winter Olympics as scheduled? How can Beijing recreate the "unparalleled" glory of the Summer Olympics?
On the occasion of the spring of Ruixue, China has fulfilled its solemn commitments and presented a "landmark" ice and snow event. In this regard, the Western media did not hesitate to praise. CNN commented: "For China, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have achieved great success beyond expectations. Agence France-Presse (AFP) commented: "Despite the challenges of the epidemic, China's goal of hosting a simple, safe and wonderful Winter Olympics has been achieved." ”
Countless people who personally participated in and witnessed this grand event have reason to believe that China is wonderful because of the Winter Olympics, and the Winter Olympics are brilliant because of China!
Record-breaking
The wonderful results have set a new record in the history of the Winter Olympics
Women's 3000 U.S., 3:56.93!
Men's 5,000 U.S., 6:08.84!
Women 1500 U.S., 1:53.28!
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Women's 1000 U.S., 1:13.19!
break! break! break! This is the daily routine of the National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon" during the Beijing Winter Olympics. In the 12 events where speed skating set world records and Olympic records, almost every event broke the record, breaking the Olympic record 13 times, including one world record.
"The fastest ice" is well deserved.
"It feels great to run 60 km/h and all of our athletes can do their best here." Dutch star Kyle Ness broke the Olympic record in the men's 1500m final of speed skating and won the Olympic record with a time of 1:43.21. And the record he broke was actually just 3 minutes after his birth.
In this Winter Olympic Games, the Chinese delegation not only achieved full-project participation for the first time, but also set the best result in the history of the Winter Olympic Games, winning 9 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 2 bronze medals, showing the spiritual outlook and competitive level of Chinese athletes in the new era in the Winter Olympic Games. Athletes from all over the world also showed their best selves, with a total of 109 gold medals being the most in previous Winter Olympics, breaking 2 world records and 17 Winter Olympic records.
Thousands of grinding blows are still strong. The superb level of competition is the embodiment of the athletes' fighting spirit, and it is also inseparable from the careful preparation of the host in the past 7 years.
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"Ice Ribbon" adopts the world's most advanced and environmentally friendly carbon dioxide transcritical direct cold ice technology, the concrete ice plate layer under the ice surface is flat as a mirror; the National Snowmobile Bobsleigh Center "Snow Dragon" 1.9 km long winding track, with millimeter-level spraying accuracy; the National Alpine Ski Center "Snow Flying Swallow" 7 tracks with a total length of 9.2 kilometers, the maximum vertical drop of up to 900 meters, from the top of the mountain to the valley.
-- First-class organizational operation.
The efficient closed-loop system, which is called "epidemic prevention bubble" by foreign media, controls the positive case rate at 0.01%, making it one of the safest places in the world; aviation medical rescue that takes 5 minutes to the scene and completes the rescue and transfer in 15 minutes to provide the most reliable medical protection for snow projects; the first "Winter Olympics on the cloud" in the history of the core system of "shangyun", and the staff only need to carry a "5G backpack" weighing about 900 grams to complete a live broadcast of a game.
——First-class service guarantee.
In the 24-hour Winter Olympic Village, foreign athletes can not only taste Beijing roast duck and Chinese dumplings, but also experience the "Jiaolong" manned submersible and learn Chinese kung fu; the 12345 hotline that does not "lose power" for 24 hours can provide services in 21 foreign languages; the main media center of the Winter Olympics that does not "stop" for 24 hours, with more than 500 volunteers sticking to their posts, so that people can feel the enthusiasm of "Generation Z".
The wonderful and colorful events and warm and meticulous service have left an indelible impression on foreign athletes, accompanying officials and media reporters.
French freestyle skier Tess Ludd said: "This Winter Olympics is impeccable, the organization is in place, we had a great Winter Olympics. ”
Austrian journalist Jeog Fleso, who participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, was once again amazed by the charm of winter in Beijing, "I am willing to come here again and again and meet everyone!" ”
Double Olympic venue
Set a new example of sustainable development
The blue sky, the cool "big chimney", the colorful emblem and the athlete's "leap into the sky" are framed into the same lens, ancient and modern, dynamic and static, force and beauty, so integrated.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Shougang Ski Jump "Snow Flying" was out of the circle.
The Washington Post described it this way: At the starting point of 60 meters, Olympians can see a magnificent panoramic picture. Directly in front of them, they can see the magnificent Beijing skyline, with skyscrapers plunging straight into the sky. Behind them, they could see the steep, brown western mountains in the distance. And on their left, they can see a row of cooling towers full of sci-fi atmosphere... The Shougang ski jump may have brought the most surreal picture of the Olympic Games.
The modern Olympic movement has gone through a century, and the post-game utilization of Olympic venues has long belonged to the world-class problem. As a "city of two Olympic Games", how can Beijing fully excavate and make good use of the Olympic heritage? The exploration of sustainability at the Beijing Winter Olympics has provided a reference for countries around the world.
The "Water Cube" of the National Aquatics Center, through the conversion of overhead structures, sets up a high-precision curling track on the pool, which can become an "ice cube" as soon as 13 days, becoming the world's first "water ice conversion" venue.
The "Ice Sail" of the National Stadium, while adding ice hockey game functions, also expanded the ice hockey training hall, 863 pieces of embossed glass with concave and convex texture, restoring a beautiful "ice castle".
The Capital Gymnasium, which is more than half a hundred years old, adheres to the concept of "repairing the old as old", and maintains the original appearance, but has built a multi-functional conversion standard ice rink inside the venue, and combined with the latest sound and photoelectric technology to create the "most beautiful ice".
The Wukesong Sports Center, which attracts countless basketball teenagers, can achieve "ice basket conversion" in 6 hours; the place where the "ice ribbon" rises from the ground was once the temporary venue for archery and hockey for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games; the "Snow Flying Sky" located in the century-old industrial park, in addition to the platform body, its supporting facilities are all repaired and transformed by the original old factory buildings and industrial buildings, which was praised by IOC President Bach as "a model for the reuse of world industrial heritage and the revival of industrial zones".
"Beijing has made the most of the legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and created a new double Olympic legacy on this basis." Liu Yumin, director of the Planning and Construction Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said that the Beijing Winter Olympics is the first Olympic Games to comprehensively plan and manage the Olympic legacy from the beginning of the preparations after the promulgation of the Olympic Agenda 2020.
Plan and then move, know and have.
The wisdom of china to prepare for the rainy day is also reflected in the post-game utilization of new venues. At the beginning of construction, all the venues of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games simultaneously considered the dual requirements of the use of the game and the legacy after the game, and formulated the "Venue Heritage Plan".
After the race, "Xuefeiyan" will become a world-class competition venue and project training base, a first-class mountain outdoor sports center in China, and a leading public ice and snow and outdoor sports experience base in China.
After the "Snow Dragon Tour" competition, it will create a characteristic venue with the dual attributes of holding large-scale events and public leisure experience, and become a unique landscape with symbolic significance in Yanqing Division.
The National Ski Jumping Center "Snow Ruyi" can realize the integration of multiple formats after the race, and operate in the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and become a snow entertainment, leisure vacation and mountain outdoor resort covering the whole people and facing the world.
Beijing Winter Olympic Village is "nesting and attracting phoenixes", which is the "home" of the world's Olympic athletes during the game, and will be transformed into a talent apartment that recruits talents after the game.
Mary Sarois, Director of Brand and Sustainability at the International Olympic Committee, commented that the venue utilization model of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games provides a reference experience for the future Olympic Games and a solution for the long-term operation of the venues.
300 million target
A new era of winter sports around the world
This winter, the Beijing ski resort is lined up on weekends, and the coaches can't make appointments after 9 a.m. Toddlers, newcomers to "Little White", well-equipped ski fans and even the elderly in the flower armor are all fascinated by the big weekend party on the snow. They are all one in 300 million people involved in ice and snow sports.
"Beijing has ushered in a 'golden age' in the development of ice and snow sports." Li Xiaoming, chairman of the Beijing Ski Association, said.
With the "east wind" of the Winter Olympics, China ushered in the leapfrog development of ice and snow sports and ice and snow industry, and achieved the goal of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports" ahead of schedule.
Statistics show that since Beijing successfully bid for the Winter Olympics in 2015, as of October 2021, the number of residents across the country who have participated in ice and snow sports has reached 346 million, and the participation rate of ice and snow sports is 24.56%. Among them, the number of participants in ice and snow sports in the northern region is 186 million, and the number of participants in ice and snow sports in the southern region is 161 million.
Li Yongtai, executive vice president of Taiwu Ski Town, has the deepest feeling about ice and snow sports from cold to heat. Chongli, the once unknown mountain town of Saiwai, has become an ice and snow town that has attracted the world's attention because of the preparation of the Winter Olympics and the all-round improvement of infrastructure. In 2019, before the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the annual passenger flow of Taiwu Ski Town had reached 800,000. "The Beijing-Zhangjiang high-speed railway and the Beijing-Li high-speed highway were repaired to the door of the snow field, and the most interesting ice and snow projects in the world came."
China's ice and snow sports territory continues to expand, not only "into" Shanhaiguan, but also "over" the Qinling Huai River, showing a trend of "blossoming everywhere" in the north and south of the great river.
Song Qiwu, who sent blessings in Sichuan dialect, Peng Junyue from Zhanjiang, Guangdong, where it never snowed... The dialect of Chinese athletes at the Beijing Winter Olympics is a window of observation. The athletes from 20 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country covered heilongjiang province in the north, Guangdong province in the south, Shanghai in the east, and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the west.
The "National Popular Ice and Snow Season", which aims to promote and popularize ice and snow sports, is another window for observation. Since 2014, the "National Mass Ice and Snow Season" has been held continuously from the first Beijing-Tianjin region, northeast China, north China and northwest China to 31 provinces, autonomous regions and 184 prefectures and cities in the 7th session, with a total of more than 365 million participants.
Today, outdoor ski resorts are no longer exclusive to the northern region. "It has to be slippery when it rains, it has to be slippery in the fog, and the enthusiasm of southerners for ice and snow sports is very high." The Tianhu Ski Resort in Jeonju County, Guilin, China's southernmost outdoor ski resort, has sown the seeds of ice and snow in the hearts of nearly 200,000 people after four snow seasons.
In Bach's view, bringing 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports is one of China's greatest contributions to the global Olympic movement, opening a new era of global winter sports, which will bring global winter sports participation to a new level and benefit Chinese and winter sports enthusiasts around the world.
Chinese romance
Create a new realm of human solidarity
"Hello, ice pier!" In the past ten days of Olympic time, the mascot ice pier has been the "top stream" on global social media. This giant panda wrapped in an ice crystal shell and a cute attitude has not only easily captured the hearts of people at home and abroad, but also gained a batch of "dun fans".
Japanese television reporter Yoshido Tsujioka is the number one "dun fan". When he appeared on camera, he wore a "ice pier" T-shirt, held up the "ice pier" doll, hung the "ice pier" badge on his certificate, and even changed his nickname to "yi dun dun". In his eyes, this mascot represents the wonderful Beijing Winter Olympics, representing the optimistic, cheerful and enthusiastic Chinese people.
"At this moment, China, with its humble 'ice pier', expresses the confidence to create extraordinary and explore the future, conveys the friendly signal of solidarity and mutual assistance under the epidemic, and shows the national character of valuing harmony and hospitality." Kim Won-pu, a professor at the Faculty of Letters at Chinese University, said.
For nearly 130 years, the Olympic spirit has spread from one city to another. In 2022, when the Winter Olympics meet the Chinese Year, the "Chinese romance" that continues to be staged also injects new elements into the Olympic spirit.
In the Winter Olympic Village, the festive Spring Festival, the fiery red window flowers, and the auspicious Chinese knots, the athletes of the delegations experienced the strong Spring Festival customs; on the field, helmets printed with dragon patterns and Peking Opera faces, and Winter Olympic medals like concentric circles and jade bi, showing oriental aesthetics between the square inches; outside the venue, in the Yongding Gate City Tower, overlooking the style of the ancient capital, watching folk performances at the foot of the Great Wall, listening to the Beijing rhyme at the auspicious theater, Chinese and foreign reporters felt the ancient and modern Beijing; at the opening and closing ceremonies, the flow of the twenty-four solar terms, "a big snowflake" The story, the gently swaying willow branches, allows global audiences to understand the harmonious and different philosophies of the East.
Competitive sports are never just about winning or losing. "Faster, higher, stronger – more united" is the new Olympic motto.
As a result, we saw: the Chinese and American curling teams gave each other badges; Gu Ailing and his opponents embraced deeply; Su Yiming stood on the podium side by side with his childhood idol; veteran Sean White legendary curtain call did not win the medal, but won the applause and respect of the audience, opponents and referees...
"At present, the world needs a successful Winter Olympics to send a clear message to the world that people of any country, nation or religion can transcend differences and achieve unity and cooperation." The words of UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed the ardent expectations of the international community.
All things breed together without harming each other, and the Tao parallels without contradicting each other.
Only by uniting as one, replacing confrontation with cooperation, and eliminating prejudice with tolerance can mankind build a "global village" in which each has its own beauty and the United States and shares the same. Moving towards the future together is the theme slogan of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and it is also China's original intention to promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
During the Beijing Winter Olympics, President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin jointly announced the official launch of the China-Russia Sports Exchange Year, and Argentine President Fernandez jointly announced the launch of the 2022 China-Arab Friendship and Cooperation Year, and China also signed a memorandum with Kyrgyzstan on the mutual translation and publication of classic works...
In the future, China will embrace the world with a more open attitude and contribute to the world with more dynamic civilization achievements.