At 20 o'clock on February 17, the 14th National Winter Games (hereinafter referred to as the "14th Winter") will open on the Hulunbuir grassland in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. As a national winter sports comprehensive sports event held after the Beijing Winter Olympics, the "14th Winter" will be the largest, most events and highest standards among the previous National Winter Games, and will write a new chapter in China's winter sports.
The "14th Winter" will have a total of 8 major events, 16 sub-events and 176 small events, and more than 3,700 athletes will participate, including Winter Olympic champions such as Su Yiming, Xu Mengtao and Wu Dajing. For the first time, the "14th Winter" set up a mass group competition, so that more people also have the opportunity to show their skills on the stage of the national competition.
Highlight the heritage in the wonderful.
On February 16, the "14th Winter" short track speed skating (open group) ushered in the first "gold medal day" since the start of the competition, with dazzling light shows, high-quality ice surfaces, and exciting countdown ......The competition atmosphere in the short track speed skating hall of the Inner Mongolia Ice Sports Training Center is warm.
Ren Ziwei, Lin Xiaojun, Liu Shaoang and other players chased me and performed wonderfully; Wu Dajing, Han Tianyu and other veterans who have participated in many Winter Olympics are eye-catching. "We are very enthusiastic about the Winter Games and look forward to creating more possibilities in this arena. Wu Dajing said that although he is now an athlete and coach of the Ice Sports Management Center of the Jilin Provincial Sports Bureau, as long as he sets foot on the field, he is still ambitious.
In the biathlon (open group) women's 10km pursuit competition on the morning of February 16, Tang Jialin, who has competed in the Winter Olympics three times, won a bronze medal. Tang Jialin said: "I am very satisfied to still be able to compete with young players. As the first freestyle skiing moguls athlete in China to participate in the Winter Olympics, Ning Qin was already a coach when she came to the "14th Winter".
The players gathered together and competed hand in hand, which also highlighted the inheritance of the development of ice and snow sports in China.
Each generation has its own challenges, and the challenge for young people today is increased competition at home. Wang Bingyu, a famous curling player who made a comeback to fight in the "Fourteenth Winter", said frankly. After shining at the Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games last month, Lee Kim Hoong, a teenager who came to the "14th Winter" competition, won the fifth place in the women's 1500m final of the short track speed skating (open group) in Group B. "The competition in Group B was too fierce to catch up. "The other side of the fierce competition is the good development trend of winter sports in China.
The craze for watching the game brings the craze for tourism.
After the game on the morning of the 16th, there were still many spectators waiting outside the exit of the Inner Mongolia Ice Sports Training Center, waiting to cheer for the players. The lowest temperature of the day in Hailar was close to minus 20 degrees Celsius, but the various arenas of the "Fourteenth Winter" were in full swing.
Zhu Lijing and his wife, who came from Beijing, just got off the plane on the morning of the 16th and rushed to the arena. "We came to see short track speed skating and bought tickets for three final days. Zhu Lijing said that they have become a die-hard audience for this project.
The "fourteenth winter" game craze has brought a tourism fever. Zhu Lijing said that there was no time for the competition and it had already been arranged, "Hulunbuir Ancient City, Morgrad River Scenic Area, these places are planned to be visited." ”
The "14th Winter" competition area has been ready to welcome visitors from all over the world. The ancient city of Hulunbuir is full of ice and snow sports elements, and from February 14th to the end of the "14th Winter" on the 27th, 7 theatrical performances will be held.
From Chifeng to Wuhai, from Ordos to Tongliao, and then to Hailar, all kinds of ice and snow tourism activities are rich and colorful in various event venues. According to data released by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Inner Mongolia, 5 days before the Spring Festival holiday, the region received 2,097 domestic tourists530,000 passengers, which is 629 times; Achieved tourism income 1487.9 billion yuan, which is 852 times. Taking the opportunity of the "14th Winter", the boom of ice and snow tourism is becoming more and more prosperous.
Different from the previous Winter Games, ice and snow sports enthusiasts can also sing the leading role in the "14th Winter". From January 13th to 14th, 410 athletes and coaches participated in the "14th Winter" mass competition at the Donghe Ice Rink in Hohhot, and the masses also enjoyed the fun of sports in the ice rink and snow rink.
Hailar has a cold climate, and the heating period lasts from the end of September to May of the following year. However, driven by the "Fourteenth Winter", the craze for watching games, tourism and fitness has warmed up the cold winter here. The whole game benefits the people, and there is a real footnote.
The connotation is richer and the functions are more diverse.
Ski mountaineering is a new addition to the Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo 2026 Winter Olympics and the first time it will be a national Winter Games. "By participating in the '14th Winter' ski mountaineering project, athletes not only improve their competitive level, but also improve their psychological adaptability, and the '14th Winter' is a good promotion of ski mountaineering. Li Zhenlong, competition director of the Alpine Sports Department of the Mountaineering Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of China, said, "For the 2026 Winter Olympics, we believe that we can hit the medals in this event and strive for good results." ”
As the highest level of winter events in China, the Winter Games shoulder the important task of training for the Winter Olympics. From the "12th Winter" to the "13th Winter", and now to the "14th Winter", the Winter Games will continue to move closer to the Winter Olympics in terms of design, increase the proportion of Winter Olympics events, and add youth competitions.
The changes in the Winter Games also show the development trend of ice and snow sports in China. For the first time, provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government organized teams to participate in the competition, which is another significant change in the "14th Winter". More delegations, especially those from southern provinces, participated in the Winter Games for the first time, reflecting the achievements of ice and snow sports "expanding from the south to the west to the east".
The Winter Games has developed all the way, with richer connotations and more diverse functions, which is not only an important stage for improving the international competitiveness of China's competitive sports, but also a grand event for the masses to enjoy ice and snow sports. The upcoming "14th Winter" will bring new hope for the sustainable development of ice and snow sports in China. Let's look forward to a wonderful feast of ice and snow.