BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- At the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, the Chinese delegation continued its outstanding form and continued to lead the medal table with 7 gold, 8 silver and 10 bronze as of the end of the third competition day. Many netizens lamented that they could not keep up with the speed of the Chinese team to win the card. As the Chinese team made all its appearances in the 6 major events of the Winter Paralympic Games, it also made everyone more aware of the Winter Paralympic Games. So, do you know all this cold knowledge?
Chinese team member Chen Jianxin (center) in the game. Photo by China News Service reporter Jiang Qiming
Wheelchair curling does not require "mopping"
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, curling was successfully out of the circle, and many people were very interested in this sport with a "ground-wiping" soul. At the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, how should curling be played?
In the Winter Paralympic Games, curling competitions use the same rules as healthy people, but do not need to brush ice, athletes need to sit in a wheelchair to compete, in addition to the hand throwing pot, you can also use the throwing rod to hang on top of the pot to throw the pot.
China's Yang Hongqiong won the women's long distance-sitting competition in Paralympic cross-country skiing. Photo by Han Bing, a reporter from China News Service
Sit and slide cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is known as the "snow marathon", which especially tests the endurance and willpower of athletes. At the Winter Paralympic Games, cross-country skiing competes in standing, sitting and visually impaired sports according to the athletes.
In the sitting event, a chair needs to be equipped on a pair of skis, and the athlete sits on the chair to slide. Visually impaired athletes need a sighted guide to compete with.
China's Guo Yujie won the Paralympic Biathlon women's sprint-stand event. Photo by China News Service reporter Hou Yu
Visually impaired athletes can also shoot
Biathlon is a combination of dynamic and static competitions, and athletes need to master cross-country skiing and shooting skills. In biathlon at the Winter Paralympic games, even visually impaired athletes can participate. During the competition, the athlete can assist through the sound signal, and the timing of the shooting is determined according to the signal strength.
China's Geng Yanhong in the competition. Photo by China News Service reporter Hou Yu
The youngest sport of the Winter Paralympic Games
Compared with the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the history of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games is not long, only less than half a century. With the development of the Winter Paralympic Games, more and more sports have entered it.
At present, the most "young" sport in the Winter Paralympic Games is snowboarding. At the Sochi Winter Paralympic Games, the event became a sub-event of alpine skiing, and at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympic Games, snowboarding was separated from alpine skiing as a separate snow sports.
In this Winter Paralympic Games, the average age of the Chinese snowboard team is only 21.8 years old, which is the youngest team in the Chinese sports delegation.
Chinese player Tian Jintao (left) celebrates the goal. China News Service reporter Han Haidan photographed
"Universal" clubs on the hockey rink
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the highly confrontational ice hockey project also left a deep impression on the public. When it comes to the Winter Paralympic Games, how does the project proceed?
In the Winter Paralympic Ice Hockey Game, the athletes sit on the special seat of the ice sled, and the club is the "artifact" in the hands of the athletes, which is needed for sprinting, sharp turns, sharp brakes, passing, shooting, etc. The shape and function of the two ends of the club are different, one of which is toothed and used to push ice and slide, like the end of the oar is the rod blade end, which is used to hit the ball.
Snow melts at the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games.
Does snow have a mouth?
The melting of snow on the "succession" ice piers has attracted widespread attention at the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games. Different from the ice pier based on the panda, the snow rongrong is based on the red lantern, and there is no ice pier obvious in the appearance of the five features, so the snow rongrong has no mouth in the end, which has become a hot topic of discussion among netizens.
In a previous interview, the head of the design team of Xue Rongrong said that Xue Rongrong has a mouth. "The long arc at the lower end of the snow mass on the face is its mouth, and the blush parts on both sides correspond to the face, which is an expression of imagery. The irregular shape of the upper end of the snow ball is like an eyebrow arch, one left and one right, and the change of the snow ball drives the flexible change of the eyebrow arch, which in turn makes a rich change of facial expression. (End)