Source: People's Daily
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With the National Aquatics Center "Ice Cube", the National Stadium, Shougang Park and other Venues of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games opened to the public one after another, people have a new place for fitness and leisure.
General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that the Beijing Winter Olympics and The Winter Paralympic Games have both material heritage such as venues and facilities, as well as cultural and talent heritage, which are valuable assets, and should be fully used to make full use of them to become a new driving force for development and maximize the utilization benefits of the Winter Olympic heritage.
Nowadays, the beautiful vision of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports" has become a reality, the spirit of the Beijing Winter Olympics has further stimulated the sports enthusiasm of hundreds of millions of people, and the rich legacy of the Winter Olympics has provided a new opportunity to promote the development of sports in the mainland.
The Venues of the Winter Olympics will be open to the public in a variety of forms
Throw curling, stand on the podium, visit the dressing room... Recently, the "Ice Cube" hosting the Beijing Winter Olympic Curling Competition and the Beijing Winter Paralympic Wheelchair Curling Competition is open to the public. Areas such as curling tracks, media stands, mixed picking areas, and athletes' locker rooms were displayed in front of the public during the Winter Olympics.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "'Ice Ribbon', 'Snow Flying Sky', 'Snow Dragon', 'Snow Ruyi' and other Winter Olympic venues made wonderful appearances, becoming high-quality assets that benefit the people!" ”
Recently, the National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon" invited the representatives of the builders and their families to "go home" to try to further open it to the public. Soon, more Winter Olympic venues will be open to the public: Yanqing Olympic Park is actively preparing for opening, the National Bobsleigh Center "Snow Dragon", the National Alpine Ski Center "Snow Flying Swallow" and Yanqing Winter Olympic Village will welcome visitors at the end of April; Wukesong Sports Center, National Biathlon Center, Shougang Big Jumping Platform and other Winter Olympic venues are actively planning and will be open to the public in various forms.
The beijing winter olympic venues made full use of the games to provide a new space for promoting the development of ice and snow sports and driving national fitness. Liu Xinghua, Director of the Heritage Management Division of the Overall Planning Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said: "These world-class competition venues will continue to bid for and host high-level international events and various domestic events after the Winter Olympics. Through high-level events, we will promote mass events, national fitness and regional development. ”
During the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Capital Gymnasium realized the two-hour conversion of figure skating and short track speed skating venues, accumulating valuable experience for the venue to undertake comprehensive ice and snow sports events in the future; the "seamless switching" between winter and summer competitions in the venues also provided conditions for hosting multiple types of events. The National Alpine Ski Center will serve as a world-class competition venue to undertake international large-scale alpine skiing events and build a competitive platform for the world's high-level alpine skiers. Genting Ski Park is the only venue among the seven snow competition venues of the Beijing Winter Olympics to use the existing snow field to transform it, and its U-shaped track, obstacle track and aerial skill track have reached the world's top level. Shu Wen, senior vice president of Secret Garden Genting Park, said: "After the game, we will continue to host the World Cup, the World Extreme Games and other events. ”
Consolidate the talent base of ice and snow sports and industrial development
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese sports delegation achieved good results of 9 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze, achieving a "double harvest" of ice and snow sports. Before the Beijing Winter Olympics, ice and snow sports on the mainland were in a state of insufficient development and imbalance for a long time. In order to achieve the goals of "making up for shortcomings" and "overtaking in curves", the Winter Olympics preparation has accumulated valuable experience for the talent training of ice and snow projects through effective measures such as cross-border cross-item material selection and scientific and technological assistance.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympic Games are like a catapult, which can promote the rapid development of ice and snow sports and ice and snow industry in the mainland. ”
With the opportunities of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games and the boom of ice and snow sports, China's ice and snow industry is poised to take off. "The number of indoor ski resorts nationwide has grown from 7 in 2014 to nearly 40 now, and it is more concentrated in southern cities. The increase in venues has put the supply chain of ski facilities and equipment in a large growth range. Wu Bin, vice chairman of the Beijing Ski Association, said.
In the men's steel frame snowmobile competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics, China's Yan Wengang played well and won the bronze medal, and he is the representative of cross-border cross-sports selection. In the Chinese sports delegation of the Beijing Winter Olympics, about 1/5 of the athletes started professional training in ice and snow projects through cross-border cross-border cross-discipline selection, and the new exploration of talent training enriched the reserve of ice and snow talents and provided new ideas for the selection of future sports talents.
Driven by the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and the Winter Paralympic Games, ice and snow resources continue to gather, the ice and snow industry develops rapidly, and new ice and snow occupations such as ski doctors, snowmakers, waxers and so on come into being, laying a talent foundation for the popularization and development of ice and snow sports.
Encourage young people to actively participate in winter sports
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are at the historical intersection of the "two hundred years" goal, and the Chinese sportsmanship and Olympic spirit shine together, composing a brilliant chapter of the times.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "The development of sports is not only an important part of realizing the Chinese dream, but also provides a strong spiritual force for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." ”
The preparation and holding of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and the Winter Paralympic Games has further rooted the Olympic spirit and concept in the land of China, and the diversified cultural activities with sports as the theme and culture as the content have created a strong cultural atmosphere of the Winter Olympics. Feng Jianzhong, deputy director of the Education, Science, Health and Sports Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said that the sports culture transmitted by the Beijing Winter Olympics and The Winter Paralympic Games is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and subtly changes the lives of the masses.
Walking into the Gaojing Road community not far from Shougang Park, you can see guardrails decorated with the patterns of the Winter Olympics and facilities related to ice and snow sports. With the concept of "The Winter Olympics make the community better", a number of Winter Olympic demonstration communities have been set up in various places to widely disseminate ice and snow knowledge and Olympic concepts among community residents through the construction of winter fitness facilities and the development of ice and snow knowledge classes.
According to the data, by the end of 2021, about 3,000 schools in China have added winter sports to the curriculum, and it is expected that by 2025, china's ice and snow sports special schools will reach 5,000.
Since 2015, Power Plant Road Primary School in Shijingshan District, Beijing has stimulated children's enthusiasm for participating in ice and snow sports by carrying out Winter Olympics theme activities and opening ice and snow project courses. Xue Dong, principal of Power Plant Road Primary School in Shijingshan District, Beijing, said: "The holding of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and the Winter Paralympic Games has made the popularization of ice and snow sports find a point of strength. "The formulation and implementation of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games Olympic and Secondary School Students Olympic education plan and the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Youth Action Plan have inspired the majority of young people to actively participate in winter sports. By the end of 2021, the total number of Olympic education demonstration schools nationwide will reach 835, and the number of special schools for ice and snow sports will reach 2,062. (Reporter Tao Xiangan)
People's Daily (April 28, 2022, Page 14)