Affected by factors such as geography, climate, and habits, China's ice and snow sports have been concentrated in the northern region for a long time, and there is even a saying that "ice and snow sports do not go out of Shanhaiguan". With the economic and social development, more and more people participate in ice and snow sports, understand ice and snow sports, love ice and snow sports, coupled with the successful bid and holding of the Beijing Winter Olympics, it has promoted the leapfrog development of ice and snow sports in China, "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports" from the vision to become a reality, and the strategy of "south, west, east and east" of ice and snow sports has been implemented in depth, and China's ice and snow sports have embarked on the fast track of accelerated development.
In the past National Winter Games, most of the participating units were formed by prefectures and cities, mainly in northern cities. The 14th National Winter Games being held in Inner Mongolia is the first time that provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government have organized groups to participate in the competition, and many provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have appeared on the field of the National Winter Games for the first time, and they have also brought "south-to-north tune" and fresher elements for the "14th Winter".
The Guangdong delegation participated in the National Winter Games for the first time, with a total of 191 members. Liu Zhixin, the flag-bearer of the opening ceremony of the Guangdong delegation and an ice hockey player, told reporters that during the rehearsal, friends from other provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities came to ask us about the number of participants, and after getting the answer, I felt very incredible. The Yunnan delegation, which was also a team for the first time to participate in the National Winter Games, chose ski mountaineering athlete Luo Chenghua as the flag bearer. Luo Chenghua said: "From Yunnan, which is more than 3,000 kilometers away from Hailar, it is a great pride that a southwestern province can have so many athletes participating in the Winter Games. ”
In the women's individual sprint field of the cross-country skiing open group, Liu Shuangping, who stopped in the quarterfinals, is not eye-catching, but if you see her hometown of "Guizhou Bijie", I believe many people will be surprised - in this snow event, there are actually southern athletes! In the men's slalom competition in the open freestyle skiing group, Qiu Xiyang from Zhongshan County, Hezhou, Guangxi Province, won the third place and stood on the podium.
In recent years, non-ice and snow provinces have increased the intensity of "four seasons expansion" and "cross-discipline selection" of ice and snow sports, and Liu Shuangping and Qiu Xiyang have stepped onto the ice and snow field through rowing and wrestling respectively. "Rotating snow" and "rotating ice" have also made many provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities taste the sweetness, and many cross-country skiers who participated in the "14th Winter" mass competition have switched from roller skating to skiing. The roller skating provinces represented by Sichuan have added a "speed skating + short track speed skating" project in the Provincial Games.
Song Jiarui in the "14th Winter" short track speed skating youth group mixed relay championship team was born in Ya'an, Sichuan Province in 2005, began to practice roller skating at the age of 3, received formal training at the age of 5, and was the first batch of athletes in the short track speed skating team of Sichuan Province. In the figure skating open group team competition, the Sichuan team performed well and won the fourth place, of which Jin Shuxian won 113With a score of 21 points, she finished second in the team women's singles free skating event.
Social forces are also an important part of promoting the popularization of ice and snow sports and the growth of competitive levels. In the recently concluded short track speed skating youth competition, Yu Zhongting and He Yiming from Beijing Yanqing Dream Origin Ice and Snow Sports Club won the fourth place in the women's 1500m and the sixth place in the men's 1000m respectively. Dream Origin Club has also become one of the few club teams participating in the "Fourteenth Winter" field. It is reported that the club was established in 2015, focusing on the popularization of ice and snow project training, social community activities, ice and snow events, and professional ice and snow competition training, with indoor four-season real ice hall and four-season simulation ski hall, and cooperated with the Beijing Yanqing District Sports Bureau to form the Yanqing District Youth Ice and Snow Team. In snowboarding, freestyle skiing and other sports, club training and family independent training have become the norm.
IOC President ** said that China's realization of the vision of "bringing 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports" has brought global winter sports into a new era and changed the world ice and snow sports map. As an important training ground before the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics, the "expansion" and "expansion" of the "14th Winter" have strengthened our determination to prepare for the Games and achieve better results, and more importantly, it has gradually consolidated the foundation of China's ice and snow sports, and realized the coordinated development of mass sports, sports industry and sports culture under the guidance of competitive sports.
More diverse Chinese ice and snow sports are bursting with vitality. **Since February 23, "China Sports News" 01 edition).