On February 4, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games ushered in the first anniversary of the countdown to the opening ceremony, on the same day, the Chongqing Winter Games Center released the 2020 Chongqing Ice and Snow Annual Summary Promotional Film "Chasing Ice and Snow at the Right Time", summarizing the development of Ice and Snow in Chongqing in 2020. In the film, Chinese figure skaters Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, Xu Yuyang, vice captain of the Chongqing ice hockey team, and Wang Shiqi, a young player in chongqing who is a member of the snowboarding national training team, have appeared on camera to send messages to Chongqing ice and snow.
Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo and his wife
As a southern city, Chongqing started late in the development of ice and snow sports, but the rapid development and achievements are obvious to all, especially the official establishment of the Chongqing Winter Sports Management Center in August 2020, and the development of ice and snow sports in Chongqing is pressing the acceleration button. The short film is six and a half minutes long and records the wonderful moments of Chongqing's ice and snow experience in the past year.
In 2020, Chongqing hosted the China Cup World Figure Skating Grand Prix, the top ice and snow event of the International Skating Federation, for the second consecutive year, setting a benchmark for holding international competitions under the epidemic. It is worth mentioning that in this China Cup, in addition to the appearance of Jin Boyang, Yan Han and other famous generals of the figure skating national team, Huang Yihang and Chen Yudong, two Chongqing figure skaters, also ushered in the debut of the China Cup in Chongqing. In the end, the two youngsters harvested one silver and one copper.
At the end of 2020, the first stop of CCTV's new column "China Ice and Snow Map" focused on Chongqing, telling the booming trend of Ice and Snow in Chongqing to the national audience. At the same time, driven by dozens of events throughout the year, the number of people participating in ice and snow sports in the city has achieved a breakthrough from 0 to 1 million.
"With the Beijing Winter Olympics approaching, the vision of 'bringing 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports' is becoming a reality step by step. It is a great honor that among them, there is a force of Chongqing ice and snow. According to Zhang Xin, deputy director of the Chongqing Municipal Sports Bureau, at present, Chongqing has a total of 6 skating rinks, 10 ski resorts (2 indoor ski resorts), ice and snow events and ice and snow population are increasing year by year, and competitive ice and snow are also constantly advancing in exploration.
Upstream News Chongqing Morning News reporter Bao Jing
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