The snow project started on the evening of February 3, and China players Li Nan and Zhao Yang appeared in Genting Ski Park.

　　At 6 pm on February 3rd, the snow project of Beijing Winter Olympics will be held in Genting Ski Park in Zhangjiakou. China’s Li Nan and Zhao Yang will make their debut in the first round of freestyle skiing snow skills women’s and men’s qualifying competitions. The two players will try their best to advance to the final.

　　At 6: 00 pm on the 3rd, the first round of freestyle skiing snow skills women’s qualifying tournament will take the lead, with 30 athletes from 11 winter Olympic delegations participating. Japan, Australia, the United States, Russia, Kazakhstan and other teams all sent four participants. The oldest female player was Junko Hoshino, a Japanese athlete born in 1989, and the youngest was anastasia, a Kazakh player born in 2005.

　　China Freestyle Skiing Snow Skill Team will send two athletes to participate in the women’s and men’s events in this Winter Olympics. China made a breakthrough in the Beijing Winter Olympics cycle. Zhao Yang, a 29-year-old male athlete, became the first China male snowboarder to stand on the Winter Olympics. Head coach Toby Dawson won a medal in the freestyle skiing men’s snow skills competition in Turin Winter Olympics. Since 2019, when he was hired as the head coach of China freestyle skiing snow skills national training team, China snow skills men’s event achieved a historic breakthrough, and Zhao Yang became the first China male athlete to participate in the Winter Olympics.

　　Both men’s and women’s snow skills qualifiers in Beijing Winter Olympics are the top 20 finalists. It’s not difficult for Li Nan and Zhao Yang to enter the finals. The two players said that they would strive for a breakthrough in the Winter Olympics. At the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, French woman Palin Lavan won the championship of this project. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, she still has the strength to win the championship. In addition, the new Japanese team Anri Kawamura and Australia’s Jakara Anthony are both strong contenders for the championship. The biggest star of the men’s competition is Canadian mickal kingsbury, the champion of Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. After winning the gold medal in Pyeongchang Winter Olympics four years ago, kingsbury is expected to defend its title in Beijing Winter Olympics.

　　Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Yan Peng