China News Service, Beijing, October 26 (Xu Jing Chen Hang) Wearing professional protective gear and holding his beloved club tightly, on training days, the 24-year-old Hao Ziliang always meets with friends in the ice rink in Beijing. A fiercely confrontational ice hockey game.
The picture shows Hao Ziliang in the "Meet in Beijing" winter sports series test event ice hockey stadium channel in April this year.
Photo courtesy of the interviewee
As the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics (hereinafter referred to as Beijing Winter Olympics) enter "Beijing Time", more and more young people are enjoying the fun of snow and ice.
The "2021 Chinese Youth Participation in Ice and Snow Sports Report" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") jointly released by the Sports Industry Development Research Center of Tsinghua University and China Youth Net shows that the Beijing Winter Olympics has promoted youths' understanding and awareness of ice and snow sports.
The picture shows Hao Ziliang and his teammates in the "Meet in Beijing" winter sports series test event ice hockey match in April this year.
Photo courtesy of the interviewee
The "Report" conducted a survey of 3,890 respondents on issues such as "the greatest impact the Beijing Winter Olympics will have on you".
Among them, nearly half of the youth "gradually deepened their understanding of ice and snow sports", and more than one-third of the youth "have the idea of participating in ice and snow sports."
The "Report" also shows that over 60% of young people are "optimistic about the future development of ice and snow sports among the youth population in China."
Before joining the Renmin University of China ice hockey team, Hao Ziliang was a football goalkeeper.
Playing ice hockey gave him a new happiness in sports for a long time. It also allowed him to make more friends on the ice rink. "I have played ice hockey in many ice rinks in Beijing. Wait for a large number of ice rinks to open in winter. , I will also go skating with friends."
Li Sixian, 23 years old this year, is a figure skating coach at the skating rink of Beijing International Trade Mall.
She became involved in skating at the age of four, and officially took up the post after graduating from university last year, showing and passing on the charm of the sport to more people.
The picture shows Li Sixian performing a figure skating performance at the skating rink of Beijing International Trade Mall.
Photo courtesy of the interviewee
"On the ice" six days a week, the ice rink has become a part of Li Sixian's life.
She said that she likes the feeling of "flying" when the wind blows on her cheeks, and is more keen to explore the "endless" sport of figure skating.
In 2015, Beijing won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
Since then, China has successively issued "Ice and Snow Sports Development Plan (2016-2025)", "Implementation Outline for "Bringing 300 Million People to Participate in Ice and Snow Sports" (2018-2022)", "Ice and Snow Tourism Development Action Plan (2021-2023)", etc. Documents to promote people's participation in ice and snow sports.
The "Report" shows that judging from the frequency of young people participating in ice and snow sports, the proportion of young people participating in ice sports or snow sports 1 to 5 times a year is relatively high. Indoor and outdoor ice rinks and ski resorts are the most popular places to check in.
The picture shows Li Sixian performing a figure skating performance at the skating rink of Beijing International Trade Mall.
Photo courtesy of the interviewee
In recent years, more and more indoor ice rinks have "rooted" in major commercial districts in Beijing, and citizens can "get on ice" in all seasons.
Beijing, the "Double Olympic City" that has hosted both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics, has an increasingly strong ice and snow atmosphere.
Now, Hao Ziliang plays ice hockey once or twice a week on average, including training on the ice rink near the school and participating in the school on behalf of the school. His team will also hold friendly matches with teams from other colleges and universities from time to time.
In addition to daily lectures, Li Sixian often participates in various ice performances. "I will actively participate in any occasion where figure skating performance is required, because every new performance may make more people interested in ice and snow sports."
The picture shows Li Sixian performing a figure skating performance at the skating rink of Beijing International Trade Mall.
Photo courtesy of the interviewee
The "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Legacy Report (2020)" issued by the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee shows that the preparation of the Winter Olympics has a huge leading role in China's ice and snow sports, "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports. "Gradually move from vision to reality.
This winter, Li Sixian will pay attention to the Chinese athletes on the field while leading the students to experience the charm of figure skating on the ice rink he is most familiar with.
"Standing on the ice for 18 years, I finally turned this sport into my own life." She said that she hoped that ice and snow sports would continue to be popular in the future, so that more people would participate in ice and snow sports.
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