Chinanews.com, Beijing, March 9th (Zhang Siqi, Chen Hang) On March 8th, in the starting area of the "Snow Dragon" of the National Snowmobile and Sled Center, snowmobiles were speeding past to participate in the 2022-2023 national snowmobile season. The athletes of the championship are conducting official training, simulating the rhythm of the official competition, and accumulating energy to prepare for the upcoming national competition.
From March 8th to 14th, the 2022-2023 National Snowmobile Championship, the 2022-2023 National Steel Frame Snowmobile Championship, and the 2022-2023 National Snowmobile Championship will be held at the National Snowmobile and Sled Center.
The event is sponsored by the Winter Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of China, the China Snowmobile Association, and the China Snowmobile Association. 36 athletes from 13 provinces and cities participated.
The three events are the first national professional car and sled events to be held at the National Snowmobile and Sled Center in the Yanqing Winter Olympics after the successful hosting of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. The participating athletes come from teams from various provinces and cities.
"The purpose of hosting three national-level events is to effectively increase the utilization rate of venues in the post-Winter Olympics period by introducing and holding high-end events, promote Yanqing to build an international ski resort and tourist resort, and comprehensively build an ecologically civilized, happy and most beautiful Winter Olympic City." Deputy Director of the Sports Bureau of Yanqing District Director Liu Qianxun said.
It is reported that the 2022-2023 National Luge Championship has four events: men's single sled, women's single sled, double sled, and sled team relay.
Official training will be held from the 8th to the 10th, men's single sled and double sled competitions will be held on the 11th, and women's single sled and sled team relay competitions will be held on the 12th.
The picture shows the participating athletes training.
Photo by Zhang Siqi
The 2022-2023 National Bobsleigh Championship has four events: women's single bobsleigh, women's tandem bobsleigh, men's tandem bobsleigh, and men's four-person bobsleigh.
The 2022-2023 National Skeleton Championships will have three sub-events: Women's Skeleton, Men's Skeleton, and Mixed Teams, which will start on the 11th.
According to the schedule, there will be official training before the two events, and the two events will end on the 14th.
"The members of our referee team come from Beijing Sport University, Capital Institute of Physical Education, Harbin Institute of Physical Education and referees from Yanqing. All referees have experienced the test of large-scale competitions. Since 2018, the domestic technology of bobsleigh and steel frame bobsleigh has been established. Official team, from the earliest venue pre-certification activities to the national competitions in the 2021 season, and then to the subsequent international training week and the successful holding of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, we have participated in the organization of these competitions throughout the process." Chief judge of steel frame bobsleigh Ji Cheng said, "We are also very honored to return to the Yanqing site on the first anniversary of the successful hosting of the Winter Olympics and continue to make our contributions to this event."
In the post-Winter Olympics period, Yanqing District is actively planning the use of post-Winter Olympics venues, and continues to promote the bidding and introduction of national and international high-level ice and snow events, and do a good job in post-Winter Olympics articles.
"Yanqing hosts the National Snowmobile, Steel Frame Snowmobile Championship and National Luge Championship, and hopes to provide practical training opportunities for the Yanqing event operation guarantee team through the method of training instead of competition, and further optimize and improve the service guarantee level of the event. The next step is to lay the foundation for international ice and snow events such as bobsleigh and bobsleigh World Cups." Liu Qianxun said.
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