(Winter Olympics asks "Ji") What are the considerations for the location of the awards square in Zhangjiakou for the Beijing Winter Olympics?
China News Service, Zhangjiakou, November 23 (Reporter Ai Guangde) Unlike the Summer Olympic Games, the award ceremony will be held immediately after the competition venues for the award-winning athletes. Due to the cold weather during the Winter Olympics, after the finals of the competitions, the organizing committee A souvenir issuance ceremony will be held in the competition venue, and the award of medals will be held later in a specific awards area.
This tradition has continued since the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.
The awards plaza of the Zhangjiakou competition area of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is located in the square in front of the ice and snow town of Taizicheng, directly opposite the Taizicheng High-speed Railway Station, covering an area of about 12,000 square meters.
During the Winter Olympics, functional areas such as the awarding stage, audience viewing area, media mixed interview area, athlete rest area, and media shooting area will be built on the awards plaza.
The picture shows the aerial view of the ice and snow town of Prince City where the awarding plaza is located.
(Drone photo) Photo by Zhai Yujia
According to Wang Hao, architect of the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University, the location of the awards plaza in the Zhangjiakou competition area has gone through many twists and turns.
Initially, to promote ice and snow sports, the International Snow Federation hoped to place the award square in a place with a relatively high traffic volume. The central square of Chongli District, a half-hour drive from the core area of the Winter Olympics, was once one of the alternative places for the award square.
The reason why the awards plaza was finally set up in the square in front of the ice and snow town of Prince City is mainly because it is only a few hundred meters away from the Zhangjiakou Winter Olympic Village and it is convenient for athletes to travel.
In addition, the awards plaza is located between the Putrajaya High-speed Railway Station and the Putrajaya ruins. It is the meeting point of traditional civilization and modern civilization. During the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, this place will become a window to show the world the traditional civilization of the Chinese nation.
The Zhangjiakou Awards Plaza undertakes the awarding tasks for the Zhangjiakou competitions of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
During the Winter Olympics, the Zhangjiakou competition area will produce 51 gold medals. The square will run for 14 days and hold award ceremonies for 49 events. During the Winter Paralympics, the Zhangjiakou competition area will produce 46 gold medals and the square will operate for 7 days. , Held the award ceremony of 44 projects.
Nearly half of the winners of the Winter Olympics will be on the highest podium here, sharing the glory with the global audience.
It is understood that there will be interaction between the awards plaza in Zhangjiakou and the awards plaza in Beijing during awards. Taking into account the needs of television broadcast, the two award plazas will not hold award ceremonies at the same time.
According to reports, the Zhangjiakou competition area awards square is also responsible for hosting the Winter Olympics cultural celebrations, exhibition activities and other functions.
After the game, the awarding plaza will serve as the cultural plaza of ice and snow town in Prince Chongli, which will meet the needs of people for transportation, leisure and entertainment, cultural exhibitions, and sports activities.
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