Inherit the spirit of the Winter Olympics and share the fun of ice and snow. On January 31, the 10th National Popular Ice and Snow Season and the 2023-2024 National Speed Skating Invitational Tournament in Youyi County kicked off at the Friendship Ice Sports Center, where 19 teams and 280 athletes of different ages from Hegang, Fujin, Shuangyashan and other places staged a wonderful and fierce ice competition.
The competition lasts for 2 days, divided into six groups: primary school group, junior high school group, high school group, youth group, middle-aged group, and senior group, with a total of four competition events, namely: men's (female) individual short-distance time trial, men's (female) individual long-distance time trial, three-person mixed team pursuit, and family timed fun circle race.
With a crisp starting gun, the competition officially kicked off, preparing, starting, and sliding, the contestants skated on the ice with ease, skillful movements, beautiful postures, and galloping figures became the beautiful scenery on the skating rink.
On the track, athletes in colorful skating suits are chasing each other and showing their style. On the sidelines of the arena, the audience raised their mobile phones to take pictures of wonderful moments.
Zou Dongming, a participant, said, "I participated in the 500-meter speed skating race, and I have been preparing for this for more than a month. I have gained a lot from this competition, not only have I met a lot of skaters, but I have also learned the strengths of others in skating, and I want to learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses and strive for better results next year. ”
In recent years, the Friendship County Party Committee and County have fully implemented the development concept of "ice and snow is invaluable assets" of the general secretary, closely focused on the province's ice and snow economic development plan and the favorable opportunity of the "post-Winter Olympics", with the goal of "enhancing people's physique and improving health", in-depth popularization of ice and snow sports, driving more people to feel the charm of ice and snow, and strengthening and optimizing ice and snow sports, ice and snow culture and ice and snow tourism.
Reporter Wang Bo.
Edited by Guan Ying.
Reviewed by Zhang Min.
Executive Producer: Wang Chunying.