On the occasion of the 100-day countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics, the 12 competition venues in the three divisions of Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou of the Beijing Winter Olympics have long been ready, and have begun to test competitions in various projects. The curtain will open, today let us walk into the "stage" of these Beijing Winter Olympics Beijing areas.
Capital Stadium: the most historic "Double Olympic Venue"
Founded in 1968, the Capital Gymnasium created a "first" at the beginning of its construction, and the first stadium in New China to realize the transformation of summer and winter projects was the first stadium in New China. It is precisely because of this design that seemed very "advanced" at the time that the Capital Gymnasium became the "double Olympic venue" of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in the following days.
Capital Gymnasium
After the completion of the Capital Gymnasium, after decades of vicissitudes, it can be said to be a witness to the history of Chinese sports. In 1971, the famous "table tennis diplomacy", when the Sino-US table tennis friendly tournament was held at the Capital Gymnasium, the American table tennis delegation, at the invitation of the Chinese table tennis delegation, visited China, opening the door to Sino-US exchanges that had been isolated for 22 years. This friendly match has also become an opportunity for "small balls to turn the big earth" and promote the normalization of Sino-US relations in the future.
In the years that followed, the Beijing Asian Games in 1990 and the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 had the capital gymnasium, and the capital gymnasium was also renovated and upgraded twice. At the end of 2018, in order to welcome the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the Capital Gymnasium was renovated and upgraded for the third time, and the old trees were rejuvenated for a new year.
Schedule: February 4 - February 20
Events: short track speed skating, figure skating
Number of gold medals: 14
China Highlights: Sui Wenjing/Han Cong will attack the gold medal in pair skating; defending Olympic champion Wu Dajing will also lead the Chinese short track speed skating team to attack the gold medal.
National Speed Skating Hall: "Fastest Ice"
Unlike the historic Capital Gymnasium, as the only newly built ice competition venue for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the National Speed Skating Hall, nicknamed "Ice Ribbon", can be described as full of science and technology.
The National Speed Skating Hall conducts flood lighting commissioning of the façade of the venue
The National Speed Skating Hall is surrounded by 22 light strips that resemble "ice ribbons" around the perimeter of the main stadium, forming a relatively unique appearance of ice sports buildings.
At the same time, the National Speed Skating Hall is the world's first Winter Olympic Avenue speed skating venue using carbon dioxide transcritical refrigeration, which is the most advanced environmental protection refrigeration technology in the world, with carbon emissions approaching zero, and can save nearly 2 million kWh of electricity per year.
In the "Water Cube" and "Bird's Nest" of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, in the "Fastest Pool" and "Fastest Track", we had the privilege of witnessing Phelps' "Eight Gold Miracle" and Bolt's miraculous performance.
The "ice ribbon" of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has achieved the temperature error of the ice surface of the entire 400-meter ice road to no more than 0.5 degrees Celsius, and strives to create the "fastest ice".
Schedule: February 5 - February 19
Item: Speed skating
Highlights of China: Gao Tingyu, Ning Zhongyan and other Chinese athletes will participate in the men's 500 meters, men's 1500 meters and other events.
National Aquatics Center: "Ice Cube"
At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the National Aquatics Center, known as the "Water Cube", became a new landmark in Beijing. During the Beijing Olympics, the venue produced 44 Olympic gold medals, including swimming, diving, and synchronized swimming. The names of sports stars such as Guo Jingjing, Wu Minxia, Liu Zige, phelps and so on are connected with the "Water Cube".
National Aquatics Center
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will make the National Aquatics Center the only double Olympic venue in the world that can operate both water and ice sports, and the first Olympic venue in the world to set up a curling track on the pool. The "Water Cube" became the "Ice Cube".
The National Aquatics Center held the women's curling final of the China Youth Curling Open
From October 22 to 30, the 2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championships will be held as a test event in the "Ice Cube" on the 100-day countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics. After 100 days, the National Aquatics Center, which completed the "water ice conversion", will serve as a "double Olympic venue" and once again assume the responsibility of the beijing Winter Olympic games competition venue. This time, which athletes' names will be inseparable from Ice Cube?
Schedule: February 2 - February 20
Project: Curling
Number of gold medals: 3
China's highlights: As the host, the Chinese team has won all the places for men's, women's and mixed doubles, and will compete with strong teams such as Canada and Russia.
Shougang Ski Jump: "Crystal Shoes"
Shougang Ski Jump is the only snow sports competition venue in Beijing, and will be held during the Winter Olympics.
Night view of Beijing Shougang Ski Jump
The "Crystal Shoes" built in the old industrial park of Shougang is the first competition venue in the history of the Winter Olympics to be directly combined with the reuse of industrial heritage, and the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee is also located here. The Shougang Ski Jump allows the Shougang Old Industrial Park to ride the east wind of the Beijing Winter Olympics and glow with the "second spring".
Shougang Ski Jump.
After the Beijing Winter Olympics, "Crystal Shoes" will become the first permanent platform of the veneer big jumping platform in the world, and at the same time become a sports theme park, in addition to hosting various events at home and abroad, it will also serve as the legacy of the Beijing Winter Olympics and continue to contribute to the national sports.
Schedule: February 7 - February 15
Activities: snowboard jump, freestyle ski jump
Number of gold medals: 4
China's highlights: During the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing, the "talented girl" of Chinese freestyle skiing, will compete in the freestyle ski jumping event here. Su Yiming and Ren Ziyan will also participate in the competition for the snowboard jump.
National Stadium: Temple of Ice Hockey
During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the National Gymnasium produced a total of 14 gold medals, of which 11 gold medals were won by Chinese athletes, and it was also the venue where the Chinese delegation won the most gold medals at the Beijing Winter Olympics, which can be called the "blessed land" of the Chinese delegation.
Exterior view of the National Stadium
At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the National Gymnasium, as the venue with the largest seating capacity among the five ice arenas, will undertake the ice hockey event. Many of the NHL's long-established hockey superstars will compete in the Same Arena at the International Stadium to contribute to a "hockey feast" for the audience.
The National Stadium conducts ice project testing activities
In order to meet the high ice requirements of ice hockey on the field, the icemaker Dorn Moffat invited by the National Stadium has experience in ice making for three Winter Olympic Games, and the national stadium's water for pouring ice is higher than the standard for drinking water.
At the same time, the Transformation of the National Stadium has a humane side, among all the world-class ice hockey venues, the National Stadium is the venue with the shortest athlete's circulation line, reducing the walking distance of athletes from the locker room to the stadium as much as possible.
At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, it may be difficult to see the Chinese delegation in the National Gymnasium, as much money as in 2008. However, the National Gymnasium, which has been baptized by the Beijing Winter Olympics, will make ice hockey a sport for long-term development in the future. In the future, the National Stadium will become the home of Chinese ice hockey enthusiasts, ignite the enthusiasm of Chinese for ice hockey, become China's "ice hockey temple", and let the Olympic fire continue to burn here.
Schedule: February 3 - February 20
Event: Men's Ice Hockey
Number of gold medals: 1
Wukesong Sports Center: The new mission of "Basketball Sanctuary"
At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Wukesong Sports Center undertook basketball competitions, and in this gymnasium, there were too many pictures that could be written into the history of Chinese and even world sports. Since then, Wukesong Sports Center has also become a "holy land" for Chinese basketball to some extent.
Wukesong Sports Center conducts a physical examination of electric equipment
Wukesong Sports Center conducts a "stress" test
With the success of Beijing's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wukesong Sports Center has also been given a new mission. It will host the women's ice hockey and some men's ice hockey matches at the Beijing Winter Olympics. For this reason, the remodeled Wukesong Sports Center can realize the "6-hour ice basket conversion". In addition, the new "Ice Diamond Flower" next to the Wukesong Sports Center, the Wukesong Ice Sports Center, will also serve as a training hall, and athletes can achieve rapid passage between the two venues through a dedicated underground passage.
Schedule: February 3 - February 17
Events: women's ice hockey, men's ice hockey.
China's highlights: The Chinese women's ice hockey team, which qualified for the Winter Olympics again after 12 years, will play in the Winter Olympics at wukesong's doorstep.
National Stadium (Bird's Nest): The Olympic flame is back
During the Beijing Olympic Games, the National Stadium, as the main venue, held a grand opening and closing ceremony. For the first time, the Olympic flame was lit in China.
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The Olympic fire 14 years ago ignited the sports enthusiasm of the Chinese people, and the figure of the Olympic athletes who fought the field still inspires countless people. 14 years later, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, although it is no longer used as a competition venue, but as the main venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympic Games, the Olympic flame will once again be lit in the "Bird's Nest". This time, Beijing will become the only "double Olympic city" in the world that has hosted the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games, and the Olympic flame will also ignite the enthusiasm of Chinese people for ice and snow sports.
Proofread by Li Haihui
Source: Purple Cow News