Rendering of the National Snowmobile Sled Center. Provided by Beijing Municipal Office
China News Service, May 13 (Xinhua) According to the official Weibo news of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the national alpine skiing center and national snowmobile sled center of the Beijing Winter Olympics Yanqing competition venues are "two-handed" and are expected to be completed by the end of this year. The non-competition venue Yanqing Winter Olympic Village Athletes' Living Model Area is expected to debut in June.
In mid-February this year, due to the epidemic, the Yanxue Station of the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup was cancelled. The National Alpine Ski Center project team used this period to complete the ice-shaped snow track with a total length of 600 meters on the racing track, test the technical effect, and accumulate the experience of making ice-shaped snow on site.
In addition, starting from February 10th, the National Snowmobile Sled Center track was filled with liquid ammonia for the first time. It lasted 18 days and filled 4 batches of total 80 tons of liquid ammonia into the refrigeration system, which is currently the largest sports stadium in China. Ammonia refrigeration system.
On March 1, the country's first ice-making and ice-repairing team invested in the entire course. It took only 10 days to complete the ice-making of the national snowmobile and sled center project track. At present, the track is carrying out the installation of auxiliary facilities such as lighting, signals and scoring as planned. (Finish)