The Phoenix Rise of China’s Ice and Snow Sports

摘要

The past four decades witnessed the long journey China's ice and snow sports have gone through.ONE day in October 1978,Ye Qiaobo,a 14-year-old speed skater,along with members of the PLA Bayi Sports Work Brigade,set off to train in cities across northeast China that included Heihe,Nenjiang,Hailar and Qiqihar in a big convertible Jiefang truck.Two months later,the transforming decision of reform and opening-up was passed by the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the CPC,a milestone in new China’s history,which also created opportunities for the development of ice and snow sports in the country.Ye went on to become China’s first Winter Olympics medalist 14 years later.