China News Service, Seoul, November 28th, title: Changjiang Hangen, Gangneung City, South Korea: Popularization of sports is the most precious legacy of the Winter Olympics
China News Agency reporter Liu Xu
From February 9th to 25th, 2018, the 23rd Winter Olympic Games were held in Pyeongchang, Gangneung and Jeongseon, South Korea. This is also the first Winter Olympics in South Korea's history.
As the host of the ice project for this Winter Olympics, Gangneung, a coastal city in Gangwon-do, South Korea, harvested a lot of transportation and tourism resources during the Winter Olympics.
In an interview with a reporter from China News Agency, Gangneung City, Gangneung City recently pointed out that after the Olympics, Gangneung City maintained professional maintenance of the Winter Olympics venues and continued to benefit from the legacy of the Winter Olympics.
On February 25, 2018 local time, the closing ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics was held at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium.
The picture shows the fireworks set off at the scene.
Jiang Hangen introduced that during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Gangneung City mainly has 4 types of competition venues, namely short track speed skating venues, figure skating venues, ice rink venues and curling venues.
At present, the short track speed skating venue is planned to be used for the training of national team players, or an industrial base for experimenting "Meta Universe"; the underground figure skating arena can be constructed to meet international competition specifications for swimming pools. International competitions; auxiliary venues for ice hockey competitions are distributed in various universities and are now used for college students' sports.
Therefore, the utilization rate of the venues after the Winter Olympics is not too problematic.
As for the Gangneung Curling Center, which hosts the Olympic curling competition, although there was no clear reuse plan at the beginning of its construction, the Gangneung City Government still gave this venue a rich and interesting reuse plan.
Jiang Hangen introduced that because this is a large space that can accommodate about 1,000 people, and the temperature in the venue is low, before the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, it was once built as a summer shelter.
Some tourists will come to the curling center to cool off at night after playing on the beach during the day.
The same is true for other venues. In addition to the use of sports, various performances and singing competitions will be held.
"So on the issue of reusing the stadiums after the game, as long as you work hard, you can produce a variety of solutions. Gangneung City has shown many possibilities for everyone in this regard."
"The property left by the Winter Olympics is not only these venues, but more importantly, the spiritual wealth left in people's hearts. The most valuable asset is to make sports popularized and allow the general public to participate in the winter projects. "Jiang Hangun said that before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Gangneung citizens did not have a high degree of understanding of winter events, and these events did not have much popularity.
However, in the preparations for the Winter Olympics, the public's understanding of various sports has continued to deepen.
"Especially curling sports, after the Olympic Games, the popularity of civilians is very high." Jiang Hangen explained that it is difficult for ordinary people to learn short track speed skating and figure skating in a short time, and these venues are only available for professional athletes. use.
But curling is an easy project for ordinary people to learn. They can join fan clubs or form teams to compete together.
So after the Winter Olympics, many people came to Gangneung and formed a lot of teams based on eups, dongs or regions. They came to our venues to compete or organize fan club gatherings during off hours. This is all brought by the Winter Olympics. Sports activation and civilianization.
"The important thing about hosting an Olympic Games is not what it left us, but what we created with the citizens after that." Jiang Hangen said that during the Winter Olympics, Gangneung citizens and volunteer friends Joint investment has improved the internationalization of the city.
After the Winter Olympics, Gangneung City built a memorial hall. This is to let the general public remember the Winter Olympics and to remind everyone not to forget the Olympic spirit and to pass on the belief in world peace and friendship.
Jiang Hangen finally expressed his blessings to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Chinese. "The slogan of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is'Together to the future'. Just like the meaning of this slogan, China can become a stage for showing world friendship and harmony. I hope that we can all overcome the epidemic as soon as possible and develop more active exchanges and cooperation together." (End)