Chinanews.com, Xining, January 6th (Reporter Zhang Tianfu) The first China Curling League (Duoba Station, Xining, Qinghai) kicked off on the 6th at the Doba National Plateau Sports Training Base, which is known as "the cradle for training world champions" .

The picture shows the curling competition.

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  Yang Fengchun, vice governor of Qinghai Province, attended the opening ceremony.

  It is reported that the above events were jointly proposed and founded by the Winter Sports Management Center of the State Sports General Administration and the Chinese Curling Association.

The picture shows the curling competition.

Photo by Ma Mingyan

  The competition lasted for seven days, and 24 teams from Beijing, Heilongjiang, Harbin, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Shanghai, Tianjin, including the national training team reloaded and launched the final sprint towards the league championship.

  Ga Zangcairang, secretary of the party group and director of the Qinghai Provincial Sports Bureau, said that the goal of this year's curling league is to sprint to the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics. It is of great significance to continuously expand the influence of curling and enhance the overall strength of curling.

The picture shows the curling competition.

Photo by Ma Mingyan

  "As the curtain call station, we will strive to make this event a grand ceremony of curling, polish the business card of ice and snow resources in Qinghai, and promote the high-quality development of ice and snow sports in Qinghai." Ga Zangcairang said.

The picture shows the curling competition.

Photo by Ma Mingyan

  Shen Zhengang, deputy director of the Winter Sports Management Center of the State Sports General Administration, said that Qinghai has unique geographical advantages. In 2016, it created the "first ice on the plateau", built an international standard curling venue, and successfully held the China Qinghai International Curling Classic for four consecutive years.

The careful creation and official launch of the Chinese Curling League is an important attempt to innovate the ice and snow competition mode and build a socialized competition system. No.

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