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Hefei, October 27 (Xinhua) -- Youth ice hockey group confrontation performance, the establishment of the Anhui Provincial Youth Ice Hockey U Series Team, the opening of the first comprehensive indoor ice and snow sports hall in Anhui Province... On the 27th, Anhui Province celebrated the 100-day countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics and the opening ceremony of the Anhui Provincial Sports Promotion and Health Center in Hefei, Anhui Province.
Located in the Anhui Provincial Sports Promotion and Health Center, the Anhui Provincial Fifth Ring Ice and Snow Museum is the first comprehensive indoor ice and snow sports hall in Anhui Province, which contains a real ice hall of more than 600 square meters, the first standard curling track in Anhui, three ski simulators, and a number of popular science ice and snow sports exhibition boards. Although the temperature in the ice and snow hall is low, the youth hockey group competition is very hot. "I've been studying hockey for a year now and I think it's a lot of fun." Deng Qixiao, a 5-year-old young player, said.
On October 27, at the Anhui Provincial Sports Promotion and Health Center, young ice hockey enthusiasts played an ice hockey match. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Yu
"I really didn't expect that so many teenagers would be interested in ice and snow sports." Cai Weiyan, a second-level researcher at the Mass Sports Department of the Anhui Provincial Sports Bureau, said that during the soft opening of the Anhui Provincial Fifth Ring Ice and Snow Museum on National Day this year, many teenagers and parents came to experience it together, which also strengthened her confidence in the promotion and popularization of ice and snow sports in Anhui.
"As an ice and snowman, I hope to help southern cities promote ice and snow sports, and I also hope that ice and snow sports can enter the campus more and let more teenagers participate." Kong Xue, a short track speed skating world champion who watched a youth ice hockey performance live, said.
"Since the successful bid for the Beijing Winter Olympics, ice and snow sports have deepened into all provinces and cities across the country, and there has also been a trend of gradual expansion from first-tier cities to second- and third-tier cities. Zhu Chengyi, vice chairman of the China Ski Association, believes that ice and snow sports are rapidly "expanding from the south to the west and expanding to the east", and southern cities should develop ice and snow sports according to local conditions and combined with their own characteristics.
It is reported that Anhui Province celebrates the Beijing Winter Olympics countdown to 100 days of activities with a total of 18 contents. The Anhui Provincial Sports Bureau and the Anhui Provincial Department of Education have focused on the promotion and popularization of ice and snow sports in schools, and through holding "ice and snow culture knowledge into the campus activities" and "U series of ice and snow events", they have promoted the construction of ice and snow characteristic schools, encouraged and supported youth sports clubs in ice and snow projects, expanded the scale of participation in ice and snow sports for young people, and consolidated the foundation for ice and snow development.
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Editors: Shuwen, Wu Bowen, Zhao Jiantong