The competition will continue until the opening of the Second Beijing Winter Games in January next year – Sports – China Industry Network

Original title: The competition will continue until the opening of the Second Beijing Winter Games in January next year

Author: Liu Bing

This morning, accompanied by the beautiful melody of the anthem “Let Ice and Snow Illuminate Dreams”, the second Beijing Winter Games opened at the National Stadium. About 2,500 people attended the opening ceremony, including the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau, Municipal Education Commission, relevant municipal committees and offices, relevant persons in charge of the city’s districts, economic development zones, Yanshan District and other organizing committee member units, representatives of the capital’s masses, athletes, coaches, and news media. ceremony, and jointly witnessed the opening ceremony with the theme of “Meeting in Ice and Snow Beijing, Sharing the Wonderful Winter Games”.

At the opening ceremony, the honor guard entered the venue first, supporting the bright five-star red flag. Later, the sports meeting flag, referees and athletes from each participating team skated in one after another, showing Beijing in unique ways during the process. Athletes have a high-spirited, hard-working and enterprising spirit. The city’s young short track speed skating athlete Ma Zihui, referee Wu Xiaomeng, and coach He Jun took the oath on behalf of the athletes, referees, and coaches respectively.

The scene of the opening ceremony (photographed by Liu Bing, a reporter from Workers’ Daily and China Industry Network)

In the sports performance section, Beijing team figure skater An Xiangyi and students from Beijing Yizhuang Experimental Primary School performed single skating and queue skating performances respectively, and the Chaoyang District and Haidian District teams presented a wonderful ice hockey match.

The reporter learned that this Municipal Winter Games is hosted by the Beijing Municipal People’s Government and is the highest-level large-scale comprehensive winter games held in Beijing in the post-Winter Olympics era. It is reported that the competition will last until January 2024 and is composed of two parts: the youth competitive group and the mass group. Among them, the youth competitive group competition includes skating (short track speed skating, figure skating), skiing (alpine skiing, snowboarding), ice hockey, curling, etc. 4 major sports and 6 sub-disciplines; the mass group competition includes cross-country skiing There are 6 competitive events including short track speed skating, figure skating, land ice hockey, curling, and ice dragon boat, as well as 4 popular ice and snow fun events including snow barrier, ice kickball, snow shuttlecock, and snow football. (Worker Daily Client, November 27)