The Chinese University Sports Delegation of the 31st World University Winter Games was established

On the morning of the 3rd, the Chinese University Sports Delegation was set up for the 31st World University Winter Games.

25 university student athletes from 14 colleges and universities from 7 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government will participate in the competition of 3 major events and 11 minor events of short track speed skating, women’s curling and snowboarding. the number of delegations is 49.

At the inaugural meeting, Zhang Ailong, deputy secretary general of the joint secretariat of the Student Sports Association of the Ministry of Education, vice president and general secretary of the University Sports Association of China and head of the delegation, introduced the group training and preparations. Among the teams participating in this year’s Great Winter Games, the women’s curling and snowboarding events will select excellent teams and student athletes through the national selection competition, and the short track speed skating team will be trained with the assistance of the ‘General Administration of State Sports. From the beginning of December 2022, the three teams will conduct training camps in Harbin, Jilin, Tianjin and Beijing respectively.

Liu Lixin, vice president of the China University Sports Association, said the Universiade has always been a stage for young people to showcase their talents and hoped Chinese university athletes competing this time would relish the opportunity to participate. In the field, fight tenaciously and challenge strong opponents, showing the spirited spirit of our country’s college students; off the field, strengthen exchanges with young people from all over the world, broaden international horizons, tell Chinese stories well, and accumulate rich experience for future competitive roads. Provide new impetus for the global development of ice and snow sports in my country.

The Universiade is hosted by the International University Sports Federation. The Universiade Winter Games will be held in Lake Placid, USA. This is also the world’s first comprehensive winter game that my country has participated in after the successful Beijing Winter Olympics. According to the organizing committee’s latest statistics, this year’s Winter Games attracted 1,443 student-athletes from 43 countries and regions and 595 colleges and universities.

The Lake Placid Winter Games will be held January 12-22. There are 12 major events and 86 small events, which are divided into alpine skiing, biathlon, cross country skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, There are 9 permanent events of short track speed skating, figure skating, curling and ice hockey and 3 optional events of ski jumping, Nordic combined and speed skating.