On January 16, the 2022 World Snow Day and International Children’s Ski Festival The establishment ceremony of the FIS China Youth Ski Demonstration Team was held at the FIS China Snow Center. 12 members accepted the first batch of FIS China Youth Ski Demonstration Team members as representatives. Certificate.
The FIS China Youth Ski Demonstration Team is the first ski demonstration team established in a member state in the history of FIS, which reflects FIS’s full recognition of the vigorous development of ice and snow sports in China in recent years. The ski demonstration team is composed of three teams: alpine team, snowboard team, and cross-country team, with a total number of 500 people, including 50 people in the first team and 450 people in the reserve team. All members are under the age of 22. The former head coach of the Japanese women’s alpine skiing team, Nikolai Baolong, serves as the head coach of the alpine team. Cesare Pisoni, chairman of the FIS Snowboard Committee, serves as the head coach of the snowboard team. Bjorn Sven is head coach of the cross country team.
At the ceremony, FIS President John Eliasch, FIS snowboarder representative Alexander Payet and FIS China Junior Ski Demonstration Team Snowboard Head Coach Cesare Pisoni sent video congratulations.
Ding Dong, chairman of the China Ski Association, said that in recent years, ice and snow sports have flourished in the north and south of the motherland. The number of people participating in ice and snow sports nationwide has reached 346 million, and the participation rate of youth ice and snow sports has reached 15.62%. The establishment of the FIS China Youth Ski Demonstration Team will further promote the popularization and development of skiing among the majority of youth groups. It is hoped that the ski demonstration team will actively play its leading role and show the world the good competitive level and vigorous development of Chinese youth in skiing. Upward spirit.
The event was hosted by the International Ski Federation and undertaken by the Winter Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of China, the China Ski Association, and the Shijingshan District People’s Government. (Reporter Liu Xiyao, intern Cao Guangyao)
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