The "Meet in Beijing" Speed Skating China Open is being held at the National Speed Skating Stadium in the past two days. This is the first match of the Beijing Winter Olympics series of test competitions launched this month.
The technical officials of the ISU will also visit the scene and inspect the hardware conditions of the entire competition and the organization of the competition.
There was no audience in the first test match, only the media was invited.
To enter from the west side of the National Speed Skating Stadium, media personnel need to present a certificate of full vaccination of the new crown vaccine, a certificate of negative nucleic acid test within 48 hours, a green code of the 14-day big data trip code, and then undergo temperature testing and security checks.
Headquarters reporter Zhang Jing:
After inspection and security check, we came to the west gate of the National Speed Skating Stadium.
In the square in front of the west gate, there is a Winter Olympics licensed merchandise store on the north side, as well as a post office. Inside the post office there will be a winter Olympics licensed stamp album, folds and envelopes.
On the south side of the square, there are also medical emergency points and public security disposal points.
Chen Zhigang, Security Manager of the National Speed Skating Stadium Operation Team:
This test competition is also based on the principle of testing and testing. It is basically arranged and deployed in accordance with the standards of next year’s Winter Olympics. The purpose is to find problems through testing and discover problem.
Headquarters reporter Zhang Jing:
During the test match, each venue will set up areas inside and outside the closed loop according to the needs of epidemic prevention and control.
From the "Ice Ribbon", that is, the west gate of the National Speed Skating Stadium, it is the channel for media people outside of our closed loop to enter the stadium.
After entering, there will be volunteers to guide us.
Headquarters reporter Zhang Jing: Entering
from here is the media stand on the east side of the National Speed Skating Stadium.
We media people cannot go to other areas casually in the media stands. According to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, we are still outside the closed loop.
Looking down, it is the race track and the center area of the game, which is the closed-loop management area.
Closed-loop management personnel include: athletes and coaches participating in the China Open Speed Skating, as well as referees, award ceremonies, volunteers and other competition service guarantee personnel.
Classified and centralized management of closed-loop personnel, unified board and lodging, point-to-point transportation, and no contact with the outside world.
Going out of the media stands is the remote interview area.
After the award ceremony, cloud interviews can be conducted with some award-winning athletes.
The three major competition areas of the Winter Olympics are subject to high-standard inspections
The series of test competitions and test activities for the Beijing Winter Olympics in the second half of 2021 will start in October and will continue until December 31.
During this period, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee will hold 10 international competitions, 3 international training weeks and 2 domestic testing activities in 8 competition venues in Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou.
According to the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, organizing a series of test matches before the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics is a requirement and practice of the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee.
After the two-day speed skating open competition, there will be 10 international competition test competitions including figure skating, short track speed skating, and ski jumping.
In these test competitions, what else should be tested besides the results of the competition?
We can regard them as the last full-scale actual test before the Beijing Winter Olympics.
In these test competitions and test activities, multiple venues in the three major competition areas of the Beijing Winter Olympics will also follow the requirements of "one strategy per game", "one strategy for one stadium" and the standards of "all elements" to manage the events. , Venue operations, media operations, epidemic prevention and control and other links are subject to high-standard and comprehensive testing and inspections to prepare for the upcoming Winter Olympics.
According to the different risk levels of different areas of the stadium, the National Speed Skating Stadium has two epidemic prevention circles, "inside the closed loop" and "outside the closed loop".
So how is the closed-loop management outside the stadium for the participants coming to China realized?
From hotel to venue closed-loop management services to ensure humanity
As an accommodation hotel for important personnel such as athletes and team officials, this hotel in Chaoyang District, Beijing has set up physical isolation and film covering for closed-loop and closed-loop zoning management.
Set up buffer zones in low-risk and high-risk areas to achieve precise prevention and control of zoning, classification, grading, and closed-loop management, so that personnel and services do not overlap.
Hotel food is exclusively provided by designated suppliers and can be traced throughout.
From the hotel to the competition venues, the rides and routes of athletes and staff have also adopted closed-loop management.
"Meet in Beijing" speed skating China Open at a hotel in Chaoyang District, a hotel vehicle security staff Liang Bing:
dedicated car seats, to ensure that the vehicle occupancy rate is within 50%, the driver every day after picking up all foreign athletes must be correct The vehicle is disinfected.
Foreign athletes experience the national snowmobile center track
In addition, the National Snowmobile Sled Center venue located in the Yanqing competition area of the Beijing Winter Olympics will host the International Training Week of Snowmobiles and Steel Frame Snowmobiles, Snowmobile Time Trials, and Steel Frame Snowmobiles from October 5th to November 22nd. There are 5 test activities including time trial, sled international training week and sled World Cup.
On the 7th, athletes participating in the International Training Week started their first official gliding.
This is also the first time for foreign athletes to experience this track since the completion of the National Snowmobile sled stadium.
The national snowmobile sled center "Snow You Dragon" is the 17th in the world, the 3rd in Asia, and the first in China. The track is 1975 meters long and has a vertical drop of 121 meters. It has 16 angles and slopes. The composition of different corners, including the very rare 360° roundabout.
Due to the difficulty and danger of the Winter Olympics, and the different venues and climatic conditions will have a great impact on the competition, it is a common practice for the Winter Olympics to hold an international training week.
In order to ensure the smooth development of the event, the National Snowmobile and Sled Center Venue Operations Team strictly performed the epidemic prevention and control work, established a three-level prevention and control command system, and formulated special epidemic prevention plans for key business areas; at the same time, it is also engaged in transportation, accommodation, catering, In key areas such as medical care and security, we will do our best to provide service guarantees.