The Training Bureau of the General Administration of the People's Republic of China prepares exquisite meals to let the athletes find a sense of reunion

There are only more than 5 months left before the opening of the Paris Olympic Games, and many national teams and players who are preparing for the Olympic Games at the training base of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China have chosen to work overtime and train hard instead of going home.

The vast majority of the team members have at most half a day of rest on the afternoon of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and there is a day of relaxation in the first year of junior high school, and some teams even have to practice in the first year of junior high school. In order to make the athletes preparing for the training bureau feel at home, they can also have a festive year and reunion year outside, so that they have no worries and prepare for the competition without distractions. The Nutrition and Catering Department of the Training Bureau of the General Administration of Sports of China prepared special dishes for the athletes at noon on February 9, the Chinese New Year's Eve, to create a festive atmosphere.

In the athletes' restaurant of the Training Bureau of the General Administration of Sports, the masters of the catering department specially made the "Golden Dragon New Year Cake", the center of the cake has the Tiananmen pattern, red lanterns, drums, auspicious clouds, full of national style colors, the center of the cake is "He Dragon Year" three big characters, this huge cake is placed at the entrance of the restaurant, and there is a plate on both sides of the cake with pastry, cocoa powder and other carefully "carved" The Yellow Dragon, which means Golden Dragon, can be seen as soon as the athletes who come to dine enter the restaurant, and the feeling that the Year of the Dragon is about to come to their faces is instantly full.

The reporter of Beijing Youth Daily saw that in addition to the daily essential daily nutritious meals on the dining table, the chefs of the catering department added food and nutrition to the athletes for the New Year, and also prepared lobster, eastern star grouper and other seafood, which is really dazzling, giving people a dizzying and appetizing feeling. Yogurt, milk and other drinks on the beverage table are essential, beer, red wine, coffee, etc. Some are daily necessities, and some are specially added for the New Year.

During the interview with the reporter of the Beijing Youth Daily in the athletes' restaurant, there were players and coaches of the Chinese weightlifting team, track and field team, gymnastics team, swimming team, badminton team, table tennis (second team) and other teams came to dine, and the "butterfly queen" Zhang Yufei, the "frog king" Qin Haiyang and their coach Cui Dengrong, who stayed in China and did not go to the World Championships in Doha, Yang Junxuan, the Olympic champion Yang Junxuan, the men's long jump champion Wang Jiannan of the track and field world championships, and Li Ling, the famous pole vaulter, Badminton Asian Championships champion Wang Zhiyi and others came to the athletes' restaurant after their respective training sessions and were full of praise for the "Spring Festival" recipe.

Because the morning training time of each sports team is different, the athletes' cafeteria starts at 11 o'clock and waits for the players to eat until 13:30 in the afternoon, giving each team enough time to eat and constantly replenish the dishes. On the afternoon of the Chinese New Year's Eve, because of the rare holiday, everyone came to the restaurant to eat a little later than usual, in the words of the restaurant staff who knew the inside story, "The afternoon rest, the athletes have to practice hard in the morning to make up the time, so today is a little late." "In short, the chefs and waiters in the athletes' cafeteria work as hard as the athletes, and they have to do their best to ensure that the players are well fed, nutritious and delicious.

After the meal, Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang also came to the Spring Festival background board warmly arranged by the staff downstairs of the athletes' restaurant, picked up the sugar gourd, and found the cartoon images of the sugar man, the noodle man and other handmade works with strong taste in the northern Spring Festival customs. Zhang Yufei is a tiger, Qin Haiyang is a rabbit, one is past the natal year, and the other is that there is still one day before the natal year will pass. The two golden boys and girls in the Chinese swimming world are also looking for the masters to come to the "dragon" with great interest, determined to compete well in the Paris Olympics held in the Year of the Dragon and aim for the Olympic gold medal. Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang both said that they are used to spending the Chinese New Year outside, and the meals prepared by the training bureau for the players have always been very exquisite, and this year is the best and richest. Qin Haiyang sent a message to the young players who are participating in the World Championships in Doha, "Fear the pressure, let go of the burden, compare confidence and level", Zhang Yufei said that the preparation is very hard, and the process is not smooth, "but it is better if there are ups and downs, and it will be boring if it is too smooth." Her goal is to achieve better results in Paris than at the last Olympics.

Since last summer, in order to create a better preparation environment for athletes and provide better logistics support, the Nutrition and Diet Department of the Training Bureau of the General Administration of the People's Republic of China has planned to launch local food week activities every quarter, so that athletes from different regions across the country can eat familiar hometown flavors. The first to be held is the Fujian Food Week, as well as the Guangdong Food Week, and after the Spring Festival, there is the Shanghai Food Week, which will continue until the arrival of the Paris Olympics in the summer, providing more meal options for the national team athletes trained in the General Administration of Sports.

Text/Beiqing Sports Liu Ailin