Shanghai, 27 Oct (Xinhua) -- The 100-day countdown to the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held in the City Square under the Oriental Pearl TV Tower on 27 October. With the theme of "Millions of Citizens Holding Hands in Ice and Snow, Shencheng Dreaming of welcoming the Winter Olympics", the event set up a number of sections such as the winter project citizen experience and the 2021 citizens' ski fitness competition.
Shanghai plans to launch 41 winter sports events, ice and snow venues, ice and snow social organizations, ice and snow demonstration schools, traditional schools will plan a variety of winter Olympic activities with their own characteristics and distinct themes in 100 days, so that "every day has a venue open, a weekly ice and snow activity, a month and a month there are ice and snow events", driving 1 million people to participate in ice and snow sports.
At the event site, Shanghai-born Tokyo Olympic rowing champions Chen Yunxia and Zhang Ling experienced the onshore cross-country skiing simulator and led the public to enjoy the fun of winter sports together. Four Shanghai athletes Shao Yijun, Ying Qing, Liu Wei and Zhen Heng, who were actively preparing for the Winter Olympics in the national snow team, recorded videos on the theme of the event, expressing their hearts to fight for the honor of Zu Guang and add luster to the city of Shanghai.
Known as "Snow F1", the snowmobile event is the king of speed in the Winter Olympics. In order to better let Shanghai citizens experience the charm of snowmobiling projects, with the support of the Winter Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sport, a physical single snowmobile was transported from Beijing Yanqing Circuit to the Shanghai event site to help citizens understand the common sense of ice and snow sports and feel the concept of ice and snow sports. (End)