2024-02-20
24 分钟Discussion keeps the world turning.
This is round table.
In two years time, the world's top winter sports athletes will compete at the Winter Olympic Games in Milan.
Yet already average winter sports fans have had access to venues on par with Olympic standards in Hohat, capital city of north China's inner Mongolia autonomous region.
Its the first in the history of Chinas national Winter Games.
Hello, Im Li Ming and this is roundtable today with my colleagues Niuhouling and Brandon Yates.
Well take a look at the ongoing 2024 national Winter Games of China to get a feel of our growing enthusiasm in winter sports.
To begin with, some background information, the game started on February 17 17th and will last until the 27th of the same month.
And there are some specialties.
I mean already some results are coming out, right?
Yeah, I mean, well first of all, I think that, you know, there's a lot to be said about the national Winter Games that China hosts.
I mean the fact that there's what, 3700 athletes competing.
You know, there are domestic sports competitions around the world, but it seems like China does it bigger and better than most, I guess, you know, on a par with the likes of the United States and so on.
But I mean, for example in South Africa, if we had a summer sports domestic sports competition.
National level?
Yeah, at national level it's still relatively small.
I mean we have domestic sports competitions like in popular sports like rugby and football that are quite big.
But in terms of Olympic style sports, they're tiny compared to the enormity of the events that China puts on.
So that's also really impressive to see.
There's definitely been some stand up performers.