On April 23, the Capital Gymnasium, the venue of the short track speed skating and figure skating competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics, was opened to the public for the first time after the games, attracting nearly 100 ice and snow sports enthusiasts to participate in it, skating the Olympic venues, and enjoying the fun of ice and snow sports at the turn of spring and summer.
Capital Stadium is a sports venue with a history of more than 50 years, but also the first indoor artificial refrigeration ice rink in the mainland, as a double Olympic venue, at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, here witnessed the birth of the first gold of the Chinese sports delegation, witnessed Ren Ziwei's soaring, and also witnessed the historical baton of figure skating pair skating, making this glorious venue thicker and more attractive.
It is understood that today's event is the first time that the Capital Gymnasium after the Beijing Winter Olympics is open to the public, and under the premise of strictly abiding by the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, it has given the public a vivid skating experience course by organizing entertainment, fun and fun ice experience activities. "Today our family of three have come over, my son has been learning to skate for two years, the two of us are experiencing skating for the first time, it is too lucky to experience it at the Olympic venues, when the Beijing Winter Olympics want to come to the scene to watch the game, I hope that this kind of activity can be held more, so that those of us who have no foundation can learn to skate in fun," said the parents who participated in the experience activities.
In July last year, the Capital Gymnasium officially launched the "Ice and Snow Benefit Plan", launched a regular free public welfare initiative to the national ice and snow sports venues, aiming to release the development dividends of ice and snow sports venues and provide more high-quality venue resources for the public to participate in ice and snow sports, "This activity is the continuation of our 'Ice and Snow Benefit Plan', aiming to further promote the enthusiasm of the public to participate in ice and snow sports through the opening of venues, carry forward the spirit of the Beijing Winter Olympics, consolidate and expand' Bring 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports' results, and enhance the public's sense of gain and happiness in participating in ice and snow sports in the post-Winter Olympic period," said the person in charge of the winter sports center.
It is understood that in addition to today's public welfare open activities, in the May Day holiday, the Capital Gymnasium will be united in the United Nations Speed Skating Hall (ice ribbon) and other Olympic venues to carry out the "May Day Ice and Snow Music" mass ice and snow series of activities, free of charge to the public welfare open, in addition to regular visits, experiences, will also organize the "community ice carnival", "youth skating club invitational", "ice and snow project team confrontation" and other ice and snow events, and invite the Beijing Winter Olympic champions to participate in it. Provide free guidance for the public to participate in ice and snow sports, so that ice and snow sports continue to "heat up" this May Day holiday.
The event was strongly supported by the China Figure Skating Association and Tuspark Ice and Snow.