Gold medalist Therese Johaug of Norway reacts during the Victory Ceremony of the cross-country skiing women's 30km mass start free event during the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at the National Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022.
More international events will be introduced to the Ice Cube, aka the National Aquatics Center, over the coming years after the venue hosted the curling competitions of Beijing 2022 to widespread acclaim. [Photo/Xinhua] Venue becomes sport's new base in China after wowing world at Beijing 2022 Proving a huge success as a double-duty Olympic venue, the National Aquatics Center, aka the "Ice Cube", during the Winter Games, will continue to drive curling's growth in China beyond Beijing 2022.
In the past 17 days, participants from almost every part of the world gathered in Beijing for the Olympic Winter Games, where they have tried their utmost to compete with others to obtain medals, but also knelt down to hug opponents when they fall on the snow; where they fought for the honor of their country, but also supported each other even at a time when their countries are at odds… This Winter Olympics not only presented the globe with what the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach hailed as a "truly exceptional" sports feast, but also injected much-needed unity and togetherness to a somewhat divided world. Successfully hosting the Winter Olympics, under the shadow of the raging COVID-19 and against the backdrop of certain countries staging a geopolitical farce, projected to the world China's "true nature," said observers, noting it is a welcoming country devoted to unifying countries and promoting peace, and a confident country showing off its achievements.
Firms rush to up production for domestic, overseas orders The "snow mania" following the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games has boosted the development of a wide range of winter sports industries, including the production of winter sports gear and equipment, with Chinese producers seeing surging orders from both home and abroad. "We have been seeing a rapid order increase," a salesperson from Maosen Sports Equipment based in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province, told the Global Times on Saturday.
