Hohhot, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Although the Spring Festival holiday in the Year of the Dragon is eight days, the holiday for sports journalists has ended on the fourth day of the first lunar month (13th), because the 14th National Winter Games will open in Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on the eighth day of the first lunar month (17th).
On the 14th, curling and cross-country skiing took the lead. On the 17th, the "Fourteenth Winter" opened; On the 27th, the "Fourteenth Winter" closed. This winter, sports reporters who were used to the "cat winter" have long been busy.
Generally speaking, even-numbered years are sports years, and odd-numbered years are sports years. Every year, there are low and high seasons. Spring, summer and autumn are suitable for sports and spectators, and most of them are in the peak season, while winter is often the off-season. Compared with other seasons, except for some sports leagues, national championships and other events, there are often fewer large-scale events in winter. As a sports reporter who follows the event, he naturally developed the habit of "cat winter".
The changes began after Beijing and Zhangjiakou successfully bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2015. Since then, there has been an increase in snow and ice events, and the winter season for sports journalists has also become busy.
The success of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has made ice and snow sports gradually familiar and loved by the public. It seems that everyone is not afraid of the cold, and they all want to move their muscles and bones in the ice and snow and temper their will. Many parents also have the simple wish of "keeping their children from catching a cold in winter", encouraging them to go out of the house and walk on the ice and snow in winter.
There are more activities in ice and snow sports, more competitions in ice and snow sports, and more reporting tasks in ice and snow sports.
As soon as the winter of 2023 begins, the reporting task of the "14th Winter" is on the agenda, and the qualifying rounds for each event will start one after another. In January this year, the speed skating in the open category and the short track speed skating, curling and figure skating in the youth category started one after another. In early February, the torch relay was held in Hailar and Manzhouli in Hulunbuir City. During this period, a series of warm-up reports are also being carried out simultaneously. "Fourteen Winter" cultural and creative products continue to launch new products, and reporters are interviewing and reporting the stories behind cultural and creative products at the same time, the wallet is also gradually "shrinking".
The 24th is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and after spending the Spring Festival at work, the reporter will also spend an unforgettable Lantern Festival with the athletes in the field.
On the 27th, the "14th Winter" will come to an end, and the busyness of winter will come to an end.
Can I take a break after the winter is busy? Of course not. When you're done with this while, you can get busy for the next while. Sports reporters can't just "cat winter", all year round will be "catless cats".