The team of the National Alpine Ski Center "witness" nature
The National Alpine Ski Center and the National Snowmobile Sled Center formed a venue group in Yanqing for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Yanqing. According to Yang Yang, the deputy director of the Yanqing Winter Olympics and the deputy director of the National Alpine Ski Center, The Yanqing competition area is responsible for the preparation of the Winter Olympics and the operation of the venues. This is a significant difference from the operation teams of 6 individual venues for the Winter Olympics, including the National Aquatics Center and the National Stadium in Beijing.
Winter Olympics·Secret
Invite the Meteorological Bureau’s expert team up to more than 2,000 people
The average age of the running team is about 35 years old
Test competition has been successfully held
Specific to the venue operation team of the National Alpine Ski Center, including the venue director, deputy director, and secretary-general, then to the persons in charge of various technical fields and ordinary staff, there are currently 55 people working in Yanqing, with an average age of about 35 years old. Not only is young and strong, but it is also the age group with the best combination of work experience, physical strength and energy, which has laid a good foundation for the preparation and guarantee of the Winter Olympics.
The scale of the real running team during the game, plus technical personnel, domestic and foreign referees, volunteers, contractors, etc., can have a maximum of more than 2,000 people, making it a real large-scale Winter Olympic stadium running team.
Yang Yang introduced that in fact, he and the running team of the Alpine Ski Center are already on the second entry site, because the National Alpine Ski Center is planned to be the only venue for two large-scale test competitions before the Winter Olympics. They are men's alpine skiing for the World Cup The competition and the World Cup Women’s Alpine Skiing competition were originally scheduled for February 2020 and early 2021. However, due to the arrival of the epidemic, the two major test competitions were not completed.
The current alpine ski center operating team basically maintains the team when it was first formed, and the test competition has become a smaller national alpine skiing tournament and the national paralympic alpine skiing tournament, which has been held from February 16 to 26 this year. Day was successfully held.
The main difficulty is to fight against nature
The weather forecast accuracy rate has exceeded 80%
Through this test event and the 14th Winter Games alpine skiing competition held last year, the team has gained very valuable data and experience, and of course also saw some exposed problems, so that they have enough time to cooperate with relevant parties to make rectifications. .
In terms of specific venue facilities maintenance, repairs, and maintenance, the venue team also encountered some difficulties, mainly reflected in the struggle against nature.
Yang Yang said: "Unlike indoor winter events, alpine skiing competitions are largely a matter of'feeding on the sky'. In the history of the Yanqing competition area, there is no special accumulated weather data to be used as a basis, until after the successful bid for the Winter Olympics, We only started to collect weather data in this area in 2017, and it was less than 4 years before it was full. In order to do a good job in weather forecasting during the Winter Olympics, the operation team also invited a member of the China Meteorological Administration. The expert team has been nesting in the mountains with the staff transferred from the alpine team for some time, overcoming the difficulties caused by the high cold, strong wind, sand and dust, and doing special weather data collection and measurement and forecasting work. Winter Olympics During the game, experts from the China Meteorological Administration will also join the alpine skiing team as members of the operating team. Judging from the forecast of the meteorological staff during this period, their accuracy of weather changes and weather forecasts has exceeded 80% ."
Yang Yang also told reporters from Beijing Youth Daily that during the test in mid-to-late February, several extreme weather changes really made them catch up, which also allowed them to accumulate experience in dealing with similar sudden weather changes in the future. That's a good thing.
"Specifically, we have encountered strong winds, snowfall, and high-temperature snowmelt. We caught up with the snowfall in Yanqing during the National Alpine Skiing Tournament. It is said that snowfall has little effect on ordinary outdoor winter events, but the track surface of the partial alpine skiing event is Ice-like snow. In order to allow athletes to slide faster and more safely, and to ensure the fairness of the game, the track must be watered after snowmaking is completed, so that a hard ice-like snow track surface will be formed after encountering low temperatures. First, the alpine skiing project actually does not want to see natural snowfall during the competition. After this snowfall, our team and all the staff who participated in the test activity will wear ski equipment and carry equipment up the mountain. Clear the snow. In such a cold day, everyone was sweating from snow removal work. In the subsequent Paralympic test activities, the high temperature caused snow melting, and the muddy snow track created the competition for the Paralympic athletes. After the difficulty, we hurriedly sprinkled salt on the snow trail. In general, this test activity did achieve the goal, and we have accumulated a wealth of experience." He said.
Face a big challenge
Have the confidence to break precedents and achieve miracles
Yang Yang said: “The officials of the International Snow Federation once said that alpine skiing is the most difficult event in the world to organize. The difficulty is mainly due to the large number of competition organizers working on the track. Because the surface of the alpine skiing track is ice-like It is snowy and the slope of the track reaches more than 68%, so very high requirements are put forward for the staff's own sliding ability and work ability. In addition, the alpine skiing competition organization involves line painters, sliding levelers, and track maintenance Personnel, installation start and finish personnel, etc. It is common for everyone to get up at 5 o'clock every day and go to the track before 7 o'clock for maintenance work. This test activity has been for more than ten days in succession. During the Paralympics, we will probably fight for about two months continuously, every day. Therefore, it is very difficult to organize the alpine skiing competition and it is a very hard work."
Finally, Yang Yang pointed out, “In recent years, there has never been a Winter Olympics alpine skiing competition that was directly launched without hosting the World Cup, and now such things have allowed us to catch up. This is a A big challenge. Of course we will do our best to deal with such a challenge, and we are confident to do a good job, overcome difficulties, break precedents, and achieve miracles."
Winter Olympics·Guarantee
The rescue helicopter can reach the track in 5 minutes. The doctors are all skiers
During the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, protecting the personal and even life safety of the athletes is the top priority of the medical workers in the stadium, or if the body of the audience or staff on the spot has unexpected physical conditions, medical protection of the venue is also required. The team members were the first to stand up and escort people's health and safety.
Wang Li, the venue medical manager of the National Alpine Ski Center operation team, is an important member of the medical security team. He is not only a highly skilled medical practitioner, but also a hidden ski master.
Wang Li told reporters from Beijing Youth Daily that alpine skiing is one of the fastest and most difficult events in the Winter Olympics. Especially in racing competitions, athletes can sprint from the top of the mountain at a maximum speed of about 140 km/h. Once the technical actions are not in place, it is very likely that a competition accident will occur and cause personal injury to the athletes. At this time, the medical rescue team of the stadium is required to participate in the rescue at the fastest speed, and then transfer the injured to the designated hospital at the fastest speed. , So that athletes can receive timely treatment and protect their lives.
Wang Li said that the athlete medical station and the spectator medical station were established in the end areas of the alpine skiing competition and the racing. Each medical station must be equipped with two ambulances from the Beijing 120 Emergency Center during the competition, for a total of 8 ambulances.
Each athlete medical station must be equipped with 4 doctors and 4 nurses, the spectator medical station must be equipped with three doctors and three nurses, and each ambulance must be equipped with three medical staff.
On the alpine skiing competition and racing track, a track medical station (FOP medical station) should be set up every three to four hundred meters. Each track medical station is equipped with 2 ski doctors and 4 patrol team members. This is for It is convenient for athletes to get nearby and timely treatment if they are injured.
Coupled with the supporting crew of rescue helicopters and medical staff, during the Winter Olympics, the medical team members of the alpine skiing venues can reach 189, and the number of this team will increase to 195 during the Winter Paralympics.
Speaking of helicopter rescue and rescue, Wang Li told the Beijing Youth Daily that this is the biggest difference between alpine skiing and other winter rescues. It is also a mandatory requirement of the International Snow Federation and is a must.
On March 17, the National Alpine Ski Center held a full-process, full-element helicopter medical rescue exercise.
Participants in the exercise were medical personnel from the Beijing Red Cross Emergency Rescue Center (999), the Beijing Red Cross Emergency Rescue Center, an H155 rescue helicopter and an H135 medical helicopter jointly dispatched by CITIC Offshore Helicopter Co., Ltd. There are more than 20 personnel in the helicopter and its supporting crew, medical care, helicopter dispatch and related management personnel.
Wang Li said that the two helicopters will be parked at the parking lot of Yanqing World Portuguese Garden during the game. Once rescue needs during the game, it only takes 5 minutes to fly from the park to the stadium.
Speaking of the doctors and patrol team members of the track medical station (FOP medical station), they must have existing medical skills and a certain amount of skiing skills in order to be competent.
Wang Li is a doctor himself and a master skier.
He said that according to the requirements of the International Ski Medical Guidelines, if athletes fall and are injured anywhere on the track, medical rescuers must arrive at the scene within 4 minutes.
This requires doctors undertaking medical rescue tasks to have sufficient skiing skills to skilfully slide down to injured athletes in the ice-like snow steep slopes where athletes compete.
“For this reason, we have been training ski doctors who volunteered to participate in the Winter Olympics medical services in Beijing and Hebei Province since the 2018-2019 snow season. Now everyone is an advanced ski expert. "Wang Li said.
Winter Olympics·Exploration Hall
Xiaohaituoshan witnesses the miracle of China's construction
The alpine skiing project perfectly combines speed and technology, and is called "the jewel in the crown of the Winter Olympics".
In the area of Xiaohaituo Mountain in Yanqing, 93 kilometers away from the center of Beijing, a national alpine ski center has been built that has passed the acceptance and successfully completed the recent test activities. It will undertake alpine skiing competitions for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2022. .
Relying on the natural mountain shape of Xiaohaituo Mountain, the National Alpine Ski Center has built 7 ski tracks with a total length of 21 kilometers and a drop of about 900 meters. This is the first domestic alpine ski track that meets the Olympic standards and is currently the most difficult competition in the world. One of the venues.
The starting platform is 2198 meters high.
The maximum slope is 68%, ordinary people can hardly stand, but athletes can interpret speed and passion. During the competition, there will be downhill, super giant slalom, giant slalom, slalom and other events, and a total of 11 Winter Olympic gold medals will be produced.
The most difficult event in alpine skiing-the men's downhill event, the starting point is 2,190 meters above sea level, the end point is 1,360 meters above sea level, the vertical drop is 830 meters, and the track length is 3085 meters.
It is also the highest building in Beijing. The area has excellent natural conditions and abundant water resources. All indicators have reached the technical standards of alpine skiing projects.
The National Alpine Ski Center can accommodate up to 8,000 people to watch the race at the same time. The venue is 8,000 meters away from the Olympic Village and it takes 10 minutes to drive.
In the more than two years since April 28, 2013, to July 31, 2015, the successful bid for the Winter Olympics, domestic and foreign experts have visited Yanqing District for many times to investigate the drop, climatic conditions, and water sources of Xiaohaituo Mountain. , And finally selected it as the project site.
During the survey, experts discovered that there is a huge mountain in Yanqing that can meet the drop requirements of alpine skiing competitions, so when bidding for the Winter Olympics, they chose this mountain to host the alpine skiing competition.
In the end, it was certified by the International Snow Federation, and this mountain was selected as the site for the alpine skiing project during the bid.
Along the way, under very difficult conditions, the completion of the National Alpine Ski Center can be said to be another proof of the miracle of Chinese construction.
Currently, the National Alpine Ski Center’s 7 tracks and ancillary facilities have all completed the construction tasks, and passed the International Snow Federation’s site inspection certification in December last year. The National Alpine Ski Center has the conditions for running the competition.
In February this year, the National Alpine Ski Center completed the relevant test activities.
According to the plan, in the future, athletes can take the cable car from the Winter Olympic Village to the end of the competition area, the middle platform, the top platform and the end of the race.
This edition / our reporter Liu Ailin
Photography/Reporter Cui Jun Coordinator/Du Rui
Winter Olympics·Rehearsal
Both Winter Olympics are equally exciting
The Beijing Winter Paralympics will set up six major events and 78 minor events including Paralympic alpine skiing, Paralympic snowboarding, Paralympic cross-country skiing, Paralympic biathlon, Paralympic ice hockey, and wheelchair curling.
At the National Alpine Ski Center in Yanqing, Beijing, the Paralympic Alpine Skiing competition will be held.
Dong Xuemo, deputy director of stadium services at the National Alpine Ski Center, believes that participation in sports for the disabled not only promotes recovery, but also helps them to break through limitations and obstacles and rebuild their confidence in life, because they have proved to the world through sports, "I Just like you are ordinary people."
Dong Xuemo said, "The two Winter Olympics are equally exciting. From the perspective of our service team, we must go all out to provide the most convenient services for athletes participating in the Paralympics, so that they can have a family. Feel, and at the same time create the same competitive atmosphere for them as the Winter Olympics."
Dong Xuemo was very moved when he talked about the National Paralympic Alpine Skiing Invitational held at the Alpine Ski Center from February 23 to 26.
He said that he was deeply moved by the self-improvement spirit of the Paralympic Winter Olympic athletes.
Among the 25 athletes participating in the competition, a veteran born in 1977, Zhang Haiyuan, won the second place in this invitational tournament. As early as the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games, she won for the Chinese Paralympic team. She has won the women's long jump champion at her level and also broke the world record.
This "big sister", who lost her left leg since she was a child, has to go from participating in the Paralympic Games to participating in the Paralympic Winter Games after a lapse of 18 years. This action proves her participation in social life and sports with her body and will. Ability, spirit and perseverance showed his ambition and courage to break through the limitations of life.
"The deeds of Zhang Haiyuan and other Paralympic athletes are the motivation for our service team to go all out and work hard," he said.
According to Dong Xuemo, through this testing activity, their team has mastered a lot of practical data, which will provide a favorable basis for service guarantee during the Paralympic Games next year.
For example, how to better carry Paralympic athletes from the Winter Olympic Village to the stadium, how to facilitate the replacement of Paralympic athletes' clothing and sports equipment before and after the game, and so on. In fact, the word is "accessible services."
Dong Xuemo said that in terms of barrier-free requirements for the Paralympic Winter Games, due to different sports and customer groups, barrier-free construction standards will be very high.
In particular, it is necessary to establish and improve the convenience for the passage of the Winter Paralympic athletes in the athletes’ village, a convenient environment for living in the room, barrier-free transportation vehicles, barrier-free cable car and ropeway systems, etc.
Athletes’ flow lines must meet specific barrier-free requirements. In addition, the waxing rooms for athletes’ training and competitions, the lounges of the stadium and the wheelchairs, ski equipment replacement and storage space in the ski area, awards, catering, etc. To take into account the needs of Paralympic athletes, relevant service personnel have been given specific training.
Dong Xuemo said: "Not only the Paralympic athletes, some officials, spectators and even media reporters participating in the Paralympic Winter Games, but also people with disabilities and other people who need accessibility services, our accessibility services must be targeted at all types of people."
In terms of medical care for Paralympic athletes, Dong Xuemo talked about the difference from the Winter Olympics.
Dong Xuemo said that when athletes with disabilities participate in training and competitions for the Winter Paralympics due to physical disabilities or dysfunctions, in addition to the required competition equipment, some athletes need to wear sports prostheses, special competition seats or use assistive devices such as wheelchairs. , The competition rules regard sports prostheses or assistive devices as "parts of the athlete's body."
In the Paralympic alpine skiing competition, athletes with lower limb amputees can wear sports prostheses and compete in a standing position, or use seated skis to participate in the competition in a sitting position.
"Therefore, during the Winter Paralympics, in addition to establishing normal medical sites, we also provide specialized wheelchair and prosthetic repair services to provide basic maintenance support for athletes, just like Winter Olympics athletes may be injured in the competition and need to be timely. Providing medical treatment is just as important." Dong Xuemo said.