[Explanation] On January 6th, the first China Curling League Qinghai Xining Duoba Station started. The competition time is from January 6th to 12th for a week. 24 teams from Qinghai, Shanghai and Tianjin will participate in the competition of men's team, women's team and mixed doubles.

This is the fourth round of the first China Curling League after Yichun in Heilongjiang, Jizhou in Tianjin and Kangbao in Zhangjiakou, Hebei.

  [Concurrent] Li Dongyan, Director of the Competition Office of the Winter Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sport

  On this platform, all teams can test their usual training level and ability through competition instead of training and competition promotion.

It is also a stage in which we are selecting the entire national team, so I think the entire league has some beneficial measures for this project, the promotion of ice and snow sports, and how to boldly make some socialization attempts in the post-Winter Olympics era.

  [Explanation] The careful creation and official launch of the China Curling League is an important attempt by the Winter Sports Center of the General Administration of Sports and the China Curling Association to innovate the ice and snow competition mode and build a socialized competition system.

At the same time, it also sounded the rallying call for the curling event to prepare for the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics.

  [Concurrent] Li Dongyan, Director of the Competition Office of the Winter Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sport

  It is such a bold attempt by the Winter Sports Center of the General Administration of Sports, local sports bureaus and the society to jointly launch such a national event, and it is also a very good platform (provided) for the Milan Winter Olympics to prepare for this event.

  [Explanation] Since Qinghai successfully created the "No. 1 Ice on the Plateau" in 2016, the China Qinghai International Curling Classic, held for four consecutive years, is an important stage for Chinese curling and world curling to exchange and learn.

Relying on the influence of international competitions and the impetus of curling, Qinghai has expanded the scope of competitive sports, selected, established, and trained professional curling talents and teams, filling the gaps in winter sports in Qinghai and creating a history of ice and snow sports in Qinghai.

  [Concurrent] Liu Xinghai, Deputy Director of Qinghai Provincial Sports Bureau

  The current development (situation) of curling (sports) in Qinghai is developing in a stepwise manner. We have a provincial team, we have a youth team, and we also have 12 curling special schools, which are teams for young students.

Then it became a step-by-step development.

We hope that through such events, we hope that through the development of curling (sports), our young people will be more involved in curling (sports).

  [Explanation] Relying on the advantages of abundant ice and snow resources and a good ecological environment, Qinghai has unique advantages and potential in developing ice and snow sports.

The first China Curling League is the highest-level curling event held in Qinghai Province since the epidemic prevention and control entered a new stage. It is of great significance to continuously expand the influence of curling and enhance the overall strength of curling in Qinghai Province.

  [Concurrent] Liu Xinghai, Deputy Director of Qinghai Provincial Sports Bureau

  From a national point of view, our ice and snow (sports) started late, so we can’t say it’s a particularly good result. We can’t say, we can’t say a particularly good result, but we expect to make a breakthrough at a certain point, especially like skiing and mountaineering , Curling, we hope to make a breakthrough and make our Qinghai contribution to the development of China's ice and snow industry.

  [Explanation] After the first match day of the day, the Harbin team of the women's team A won both games and ranked first. The Jilin team and the Tianjin team of the B group defeated the Inner Mongolia team and the Beijing team respectively.

The national training team in Group A of the men's team ranked first, and the Harbin and Qinghai teams in Group B defeated Heilongjiang and Tianjin respectively.

After the match, Meng Qingfeng, head coach of the Qinghai Provincial Curling Team, said that the start of the Chinese Curling League not only provides a platform for young players to exercise and grow, but also injects fresh impetus into the growing Qinghai sports.

  [Same period] Meng Qingfeng, head coach of curling team of Qinghai Provincial Winter Events and Sports Management Center

  For our team, it is to use the game as a substitute for training, and then better improve our technical and tactical level, and then improve the ability to respond in all aspects on the court.

Because our Qinghai team was established for a relatively short period of time, we rarely participated in such national competitions, and we also gained a lot in the four competitions, no matter from the technical level, tactical level and psychological level.

It has greatly improved our players.

  Reporter Chen Qifeng reports from Duoba, Qinghai

Responsible editor: [Lu Yan]