[Beijing Winter Olympics] National Gymnasium Double Olympics Transformation: From "Golden Blessed Land" to "Ice Sail"
[Explanation] As one of the three main venues of the Beijing Olympic Games, the National Stadium was once a blessed place for the Chinese delegation to win gold.
In 2008, Chinese players won 11 gold medals in gymnastics, trampoline and other events in the National Stadium, which is the venue where the Chinese team has won the most gold medals.
After nearly three years of construction and renovation, this "Xia Olympic" venue has successfully transformed into the "Ice Sail" for the Beijing Winter Olympics ice hockey event, and has successfully passed the tests of many events.
On December 2, the reporter visited the National Stadium.
[Concurrent] Wang Yue, Stadium and Infrastructure Manager, National Stadium Stadium Operations Team
In accordance with a requirement of the ice hockey game, we have re-divided some of the circulation and functional areas of the stadium.
The second point is that we have built a new ice surface in the main hall we are seeing now, including the new shake screen, and the lighting system, including some other related systems, has undergone a new construction and upgrading work. .
[Concurrent] In order to meet the requirements of the Winter Olympics, the National Stadium has built a new locker room for athletes that meets the requirements of ice hockey.
Although the dressing room unit is small in size, it is fully functional.
[Concurrent] Lei Ming, Executive Deputy Director of the National Stadium Operations Team
A dressing room, which is commonly known as "6 rooms and 1 hall", each dressing room is 171 square meters.
Including the coach's room, knife sharpening room, storage room, shower room, massage room, the largest area is the space for athletes.
Each participating team will be selected according to the ranking of the International Ice Federation, and they will also put forward their own needs. We will help the sports team with some personalized decoration and arrangement.
[Explanation] In addition to the improvement and improvement of hardware facilities, the national stadium operation team has also made full preparations for the Winter Olympics in terms of service quality and epidemic prevention policies.
[Concurrent] Lei Ming, Executive Deputy Director of the National Stadium Operations Team
Before each official game, when the team is training, we will provide each team with 50 ice hockey pucks.
Before training, these hockey pucks will be placed on the top of the board by volunteers. The volunteers will give full play to their ingenuity and imagination to display different patterns.
Sometimes the team will have certain requirements.
If the team does not require it, they (volunteers) will express some good wishes, using some symbols, graphics or some traditional culture of the team country, etc.
[Explanation] It is reported that after the Beijing Winter Olympics, ice hockey will be the long-term development of the National Stadium in the future to introduce the world's top ice hockey events, hold various types of ice hockey training, and a series of activities to promote ice hockey culture.
Reporting by reporter Xu Pengpeng and Chen Hang in Beijing
Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】