[Explanation] With the "ice and snow fever" set off by the Winter Olympics, Sichuan's ice and snow sports also ushered in an unprecedented window of opportunity.
More and more teenagers are participating in ice and snow sports.
Recently, at the Canada-China Ice Sports Center in Chengdu, Sichuan, small figures are shuttled across the 1,800-square-meter ice rink.
Fu Xiangdong, 5 years old this year, is a newcomer who has just been exposed to ice hockey for more than 2 months.
Although only basic training can be performed at present, Fu Xiangdong is already skating on the ice rink.
Bai Quan, Fu Xiangdong's coach, said that although the popularity of ice and snow sports in Sichuan is not as popular as in northern cities, the general enlightenment is earlier.
With the advent of the ice and snow boom and the call of "300 million people on ice and snow", more and more children are willing to participate in ice and snow sports.
[Concurrent] Bai Quan, ice hockey coach of the Canada-China Ice Sports Center
We started with a few students in the beginning, and we have grown to about 60, 70, 70, 80 children, not including those who didn't wear protective gear, like this kind of children who didn't play games.
More and more people are interested, and there are many parents who are supportive and supportive.
Their first thought must be to keep their children healthy.
At present, there are still many interest classes similar to children.
[Explanation] At the same time, the ice rink has also established the Oriental Beast Ice Hockey Club.
In the 2021 National U12 Ice Hockey Championship, the club won the championship of the elite group, which is also the first time that a team in Sichuan has won a championship in a national event.
According to Bai Quan, before there was only a professional women's ice hockey team in Sichuan, now the professional men's ice hockey team has gradually entered the preparatory process with sufficient personnel.
He believes that in the future, the development of ice hockey in Sichuan will get better and better.
[Concurrent] Bai Quan, ice hockey coach of the Canada-China Ice Sports Center
Now the ice hockey development in Chengdu is very good, because Chengdu itself has a women's ice hockey team, and then I saw that our company is also cooperating with the Sports Bureau, and we will also set up a men's ice hockey team. come better.
[Explanation] In addition to ice hockey, there were also many figure skating teenagers who were training hard on the ice rink that day.
Different from the ice hockey players who came for amateur training spontaneously, these little guys are all carefully selected members of the Sichuan Figure Skating Team from various amateur clubs.
Fan Jidong, a former coach of the national figure skating team, introduced that the holding of the Beijing Winter Olympics not only stimulated the enthusiasm of children to train, but also inspired more children to participate in it.
[Concurrent] Fan Jidong, a figure skating coach at the Canada-China Ice Sports Center
We (figure skating) pair (skating) won the championship, and these people who practice figure skating in Chengdu are also very happy.
From parents to (to) children love this project.
It turns out that this place in Chengdu does not know much about figure skating. Since the Olympic Games ended, parents and children have been very motivated since the opening of the Olympic Games.
[Explanation] Chen Jian, deputy researcher of the Youth Sports Division of the Chengdu Sports Bureau and president of the Chengdu Youth Sports Club Federation, said that in Chengdu, not only the people's enthusiasm for ice and snow sports is growing, but the supporting facilities for related ice and snow sports are also increasing. Complete.
Next, they will hold a number of competitions and carry out activities such as ice and snow projects entering the campus, so that the "wind of ice and snow" of the Winter Olympics will continue to blow into "thousands of households".
[Concurrent] Chen Jian, Deputy Investigator of the Youth Sports Division of the Chengdu Sports Bureau and President of the Chengdu Youth Sports Club Federation
We have a total of 23 districts, cities and counties in Chengdu, and now there should be 15 districts, cities and counties carrying out ice hockey, skiing, and figure skating.
Now these children in the school, including our parents in Chengdu, young parents, are very supportive of their children's participation in ice and snow sports.
Now that we have started school, many schools are also willing to carry out such activities based on some information received from our school.
Reported by Yang Yudi from Chengdu, Sichuan
Responsible editor: [Chen Wentao]