Why do athletes practice skiing on "Enoki mushrooms"?

The Beijing Winter Olympics is about to open.

The pictures that dominate the screen recently are basically like this...

All I could see was ice and snow.

As the temperature is about to return to 15 degrees Celsius, people in the south

Seeing the screen full of white snow,

Shed quiet tears.

Living in the south where it may not snow once a year,

Local sports fans

Want to immerse yourself in the Winter Olympics?

That's about it...

Screenshot of Chinanews video

But recently,

China News Service reporter learned that

There is a Winter Olympic sport

The national team training base is actually located in Nanjing?

right!

Do not doubt,

It is what everyone is familiar with.

Nanjing, one of the “Four Furnaces”.

This made the southern people proudly put their hands on their waists.

At least we have made some contribution to the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Even more surprising is that

There was not a single piece of snow at this training base.

Even let the national seed team choose

Hand training on "Enoki mushrooms"?

People in the north who see snow all year round say,

“Are you kidding me?

This knowledge point may need to be supplemented. "

Then let's go now...

This is the Nanjing Snowboard National Training Team's Nanjing training base - Nanjing Dry Snow Stadium. Photo courtesy of Nanjing Sports Bureau

The base is located in the Youth Olympic Sports Park in Jiangbei New District, Nanjing.

It is unique from the outside.

It is a white oval building.

Like half a giant egg placed on the bank of the Yangtze River.

Shen Jie, a staff member of the Dry Ski Hall, said:

This special sports training ground, which is 106 meters long, 68 meters wide, 36 meters high and covers an area of ​​7,000 square meters, can accommodate up to 500 people for training at the same time and can meet the needs of skiing training around the clock and in all seasons.

Here, we have successively ensured the training tasks of the national snowboard big air training team, the national freestyle skiing big air training team, and the cross-border and cross-discipline snowboard and freestyle skiing big air national teams.

After systematic training here, the athletes of the national training team achieved very good results in the competition, and some athletes have qualified for the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Hearing this,

Reporters can't wait to find out...

Enter the dry snow pavilion.

The whole interior looks very icy and snowy:

Like a huge Arctic igloo,

The walls are covered with white "ice bricks".

The interior of Nanjing Dry Ski Center. Screenshot from China News Service video

According to the introduction,

These "ice bricks" are actually sound-absorbing bricks.

Used to absorb noise during training.

Keep going forward,

I saw the "stage" of snowboarders.

——

Slides and jumps,

The whole is erected on a steel frame that reaches as high as the roof.

At the moment when the reporter sighed,

One by one, the athletes have slid down from the heights handsomely...

I was so handsome at first sight

The second look is more handsome

Handsome three consecutive

The vast white "snow road",

At the moment the athlete stops

There was even a cloud of "snow fog" rising.

Isn’t this “snow”?

Thinking of the 10 degrees Celsius outside just now,

The reporter thought he might be dazzled.

Under the guidance of the staff,

Everyone approached the "snow trail",

A closer look…

You read that right.

This is really "Enoki mushroom".

Reporter: This is clearly a field of enoki mushrooms growing well. Tears couldn't help but flow from the corners of my mouth.

Shen Jie told reporters:

The secret of this venue's ability to accommodate all-weather, all-season skiing lies in the 'dry snow' on the ski surface, which is produced through an extrusion process of a special resin and actually looks like an enoki mushroom.

Don't underestimate the "Flammulina velutipes".

They have good complex elasticity, wear resistance,

Compression resistance and flame retardancy,

Better than artificial snow

A more environmentally friendly and safer "alternative" to real snow.

The "Enoki Mushrooms" were slightly covered in mud.

On the snow track of the dry ski resort,

Nearly 16,000 small balls are evenly distributed per square meter.

Athletes feel when gliding

The similarity to sliding on real snow is up to 80%.

Ensure that you can train on the snow all year round.

The simulation system of Nanjing Dry Snow Pavilion,

Digital training equipment such as data analysis systems,

It also helps athletes to compete in the Olympics.

Qiu Shanshan, deputy leader of the National Snowboard Training Team, said:

The dry ski hall is equipped with intelligent systems such as training motion capture, distributed integrated control, real-time environmental monitoring, and full-hall monitoring. During training, athletes can view their own action replays and analysis data within 20 to 30 seconds after completing aerial actions.

AI recognition technology can accurately count the number and quality of each athlete's training sessions in different time dimensions, such as daily, weekly, and monthly. Based on these data, the top domestic and foreign coaches we invite can accurately grasp the competitive status of each athlete and conduct movement analysis and correction with the athletes.

The snow track inside the dry ski hall. Provided by Nanjing Shanpao Sports Technology Co., Ltd.

The museum is 14 meters wide and 75 meters long.

1 ski slopestyle trail

and vertical height up to 33 meters

3 ski jumping slopes,

Let the athletes

You can train according to the actual difficulty of the Olympic Games.

The highest ski jump is 33 meters high.

It is about four stories high.

↓↓↓

On a diving platform four stories high.

Ordinary people would feel dizzy standing here.

However, for the athletes of the national team,

Not only do you have to jump down from here on a skateboard,

Also apply some slippery detergent on the skateboard!

Let’s take a look together

The athletes' exciting demonstrations~

Are you impressed by his handsomeness?

Athletes demonstrate difficult skills.

actually,

Snowboarding

It is not very popular in the country.

And the ice and snow sports are still in their infancy.

However, it attracted many young athletes to participate.

According to Zhang Shunxiang, deputy director of the Nanjing Sports Bureau:

In June 2018, the General Administration of Sport of China launched a nationwide snowboarding "expanded" selection campaign, selecting nearly 7,000 athletes from roller skating, trampoline, martial arts, gymnastics, track and field, diving and other events that have commonalities with snowboarding to participate in the test, and selected 681 team members in stages to participate in trial training.

After training, only 30 people were selected to form the final high-level seed team.

Zhang Shunxiang, deputy director of the Nanjing Sports Bureau, introduced the situation.

“There are both male and female athletes involved in this sport.

They are all young.

Most of them are around 16 or 17 years old.

Around 20 years old is considered old.”

Source: China News Video

Qiu Shanshan told reporters,

"Especially in the snowboard obstacle course.

In the past, few domestic athletes took up this sport.

The seeded players were summoned to train at Nanjing Dry Ski Stadium.

Even from 2018 to now,

So, I only had three years of training time.

Compared with foreign teams,

It is not easy to get a number plate on the track."

Athletes train in Nanjing Dry Ski Stadium. Photo by Yang Bo

The reporter also learned that

December 10, 2021

In 2021-2022 FIS

At the Snowboard Cross World Cup,

Started snowboarding career at Nanjing Dry Ski Center

Chinese national obstacle pursuit female athlete

Feng He, Nima Yongqing

They ranked 23rd and 43rd respectively.

The 17-year-old young player Feng He created

Chinese women's snowboard obstacle pursuit World Cup

The highest ranking record in history,

Therefore, it was successfully activated

The host country's quota for the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Feng He in the competition. Provided by Nanjing Shanpao Sports Technology Co., Ltd.

February 9, 2022

Beijing Winter Olympics Snowboard Slalom Cross Women's Event

The qualifying round and finals will be held at Genting Snow Park.

Hope to see

Wonderful performances and surprising results from young Chinese athletes.

Come on China!

Source: China News Service

Author: Shen Ran Tang Juan

The sources of pictures and videos in the article: China News Network (Yang Bo, Ge Yong), Nanjing Sports Bureau, and Nanjing Shanpao Sports Technology Co., Ltd.

Editor: Li Yusu

Editor: Zhang Kaixin