Hohhot, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The ice and snow dream of the "volleyball city".
Xinhua News Agency reporters Le Wenwan, Dai Jinrong, Wang Chunyan.
As a dazzling city card, volleyball is the "star sport" of Tianjin, which gave birth to the "champion division" Tianjin women's volleyball team, with a large number of volleyball fans and a strong sports atmosphere. Taking advantage of the east wind of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Tianjin has ushered in the opportunity of the rapid development of ice and snow sports, and ice and snow sports talents have emerged.
In the 14th National Winter Games, as of the 20th, the Tianjin delegation that participated for the first time has won 6 golds, 7 silvers and 4 bronzes. The ice and snow dream of the "volleyball city" is gradually becoming a reality.
Continue to be brilliant. Bordering the Bohai Sea, Tianjin, the "lower tip of the nine rivers", is intertwined with the dense waterways. "Every winter, when the river freezes, everyone will skate and play ice hockey outdoors, and this sports tradition has laid the foundation for the development of ice and snow sports in Tianjin. Li Kemin, director of the Tianjin Sports Bureau, said.
What many people don't know is that a hundred years ago, Tianjin was a leader in ice and snow sports. In 1881, modern ice skating entered Tianjin. In 1895, Tianjin established an ice skating club, and in 1905, an ice hockey club was established. According to records, in the 30s of the 20th century, the white bear ice hockey team of Nankai University twice defeated the unbeatable foreign ice hockey team at that time.
The past is the foundation of the future. In order to actively respond to the call of "bringing 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports", Tianjin established the Winter and Water Sports Management Center in June 2018. The introduction of ice and snow talents through multiple channels has allowed Tianjin to set up a team for multiple projects from scratch in more than a year.
In this Winter Games, the Tianjin sports delegation sent a total of 150 athletes and more than 20 coaches to participate in 5 major events and 72 small events in the open group.
Scientific training. In preparation for the Beijing Winter Olympics, the National Comprehensive Sports Training Base in Jizhou, Tianjin, has been transformed into a winter sports training center, and a group of ice sports venues has been added to ensure the training and competition of ice hockey, curling, roller skating, figure skating, short track speed skating and other events.
The venue was designed with scientific planning in mind. "In the case of speed skating venues, for example, our 400-meter track is also equipped with a 200-meter track, where athletes can train their turning techniques in a targeted manner. We also have a dedicated training ground for hockey goalies, which is rare in the world. Li Kemin said.
Speed skater Ahunar Adak, who joined the Tianjin team in 2019, was deeply impressed by the changes in the training environment. "In the beginning, I was the only one in the team and there was no indoor training ground; Now, our project has two teams, there is a first-class special training ground in China, and the high-tech content of training and training is getting higher and higher. ”
According to Li Kemin, the relevant departments of Tianjin invest special funds every year for the training of winter sports teams, hiring scientific research teams, setting up medical teams and maintaining facilities and equipment. At present, the training base of the Tianjin Winter Sports Team has been equipped with hyperbaric oxygen chambers, low-pressure oxygen chambers, liquid nitrogen cold therapy cabins and other facilities, and the equipment conditions have reached the international first-class level.
Taking the liquid nitrogen cold therapy chamber as an example, athletes will be exposed to a low temperature environment when they enter it, which helps athletes quickly get rid of muscle soreness and fatigue and maintain good physical condition. Li Kemin said.
For a long time. Talking about the Tianjin team's goal this time, Li Kemin said: "I hope to rank in the middle and upper reaches. Aiming too high at the beginning can make coaches and athletes impatient; And if you start out and get particularly good results, you may have some hidden problems that will be overlooked. ”
The concept of steady and steady development also runs through the process of cultivating reserve talents and popularizing ice and snow for the public in Tianjin.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team won 9 gold medals, which is a good result, but there is still a certain gap compared with the ice and snow power. The key is to cultivate talents, starting from the baby, to better promote the integration of sports and education in ice and snow sports, so that more primary and secondary school students can actively participate in the training of winter sports. Li Kemin said.
In 2020, a number of primary and secondary schools in Jinnan District, Jizhou District, Beichen District, Wuqing District and Binhai New Area of Tianjin will carry out professional courses on ice and snow projects; In 2021, the "Ice and Snow Sports on Campus" activity covered more than 40 primary and secondary schools in 11 districts of the city, including Heping and Nankai; This winter, the Third Affiliated Primary School of Tianjin Normal University opened a campus ice rink and offered ice skating courses......The wind of ice and snow sports has swept across the Tianjin campus.
According to data from the Tianjin Sports Bureau, from 2018 to 2021, more than 80 ice and snow sports events were held in the city, and more than 10 million people directly or indirectly participated in ice and snow sports.
The development of ice and snow sports will take a long time, and we will cooperate with ice and snow characteristic schools, traditional sports schools and social clubs to increase the cultivation of young ice and snow talents, so that the flower of ice and snow sports can bloom on the shores of the Bohai Sea. Li Kemin said. (ENDS).