(Winter Olympics asks "Ji") On ice? Snow? How to divide the Winter Olympic Games entries?
China News Service, Shijiazhuang, November 29. The Winter Olympics projects are divided into two categories: ice projects and snow projects.
The difference between the two lies in the first place. The former is carried out on natural or artificial ice rinks, and the latter is carried out on snow fields.
The picture shows the slope obstacle course in the snow at Yunding Ski Park in Zhangjiakou competition area.
Shu Wenshe
With the accumulation and development of scientific and technological means and social wealth, ice events can now be carried out indoors, regardless of seasons and latitudes. This makes the popularization and promotion of ice sports easier, and the conditions for watching competitions are also better. Comfortable.
The operating conditions of the ski resort are relatively harsh, and there are still many snow projects that must be carried out on natural sites with sufficient snow, which is also the unique charm of snow projects.
Because of the different venues for sports, the equipment required by the two is naturally very different.
Ice sports athletes use special ice skates, while snow sports use skis, sleds, snowmobiles and other equipment to slide on the snow.
The picture shows the Zhangjiakou Uniform and Registration Sub-center at the Bingxue Town Convention and Exhibition Center in Prince City.
Photo courtesy of Ice and Snow Town, Prince Chongli
In terms of project settings, the number of winter Olympics snow sports is much higher than that of ice sports. This is the origin of the phrase "the one who wins the snow wins the world".
The ice events of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics include short track speed skating, speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey, and curling; snow events include snowboarding, freestyle skiing, ski jumping, cross-country skiing, nordic biathlon, biathlon , Alpine skiing, snowmobiles, steel frame snowmobiles, sleds.
Affected by the terrain, the projects undertaken by the Beijing competition area are dominated by ice. In addition to all ice events, they will also undertake the freestyle ski jumping project and the snowboard jumping platform during the competition; Yanqing and Zhangjiakou competition areas will be hosted All other snow projects.
(Compiled by Niu Lin)