Guo Chao’s love affair with the Olympics.

　　Cctv newsBid farewell to the Tokyo Olympic Games. In less than half a year, we will usher in the long-awaited Beijing Winter Olympics. Nowadays, ice and snow sports have become the new fashion of many sportsmen. This one on the big screen has a history of ice sports for more than forty years. His love for ice and snow has infected many people. Let’s listen to his story together.

　　In Chengde Ice Sports Center, every weekend, the city youth ice hockey team will come to train. The U10 ice hockey team being trained is newly formed this year, and most of the players are children aged 7 or 8 with zero foundation. The team hired a coach specially from Beijing.

　　Guo Chao, Chairman of Chengde Ice and Snow Roller Skating Association, Hebei ProvinceI’m improving very fast now. Should I continue to practice like this, or should I take it out to take part in the competition?

　　Yang Huai, head coach of Chengde Youth Ice Hockey Team, Hebei ProvinceLet’s focus on training now, and then add some small games as a supplement.

　　Guo Chao is the head of this team and a die-hard fan of ice sports. In the early 1980s, the summer resort held an evening class to teach skating, and Guo Chao officially started ice time.

　　Guo Chao, Chairman of Chengde Ice and Snow Roller Skating Association, Hebei ProvinceI bought this first pair of shoes in 1985. It was 62 yuan at that time. Before I bought this pair of skates, I liked ice. Get up at 6: 20 (every day) and go to the summer resort by bike for half an hour. At about 6: 50, you can see the ice clearly, and you are afraid to get the skates stuck in the ice cracks and skate for 40 to 50 minutes. After that, you can go to work by bike quickly.

　　After more than ten years, the first pair of skates retired gloriously, and the second pair of skates took up their posts.

　　Guo Chao, Chairman of Chengde Ice and Snow Roller Skating Association, Hebei Province: More than 1,000 yuan. At that time, the salary also increased somewhat. Although it was more expensive, it was ok.

　　Then Guo Chao started with two pairs of skates. Guo Chao said that although he was not good at skating, he was the first in enthusiasm.

　　Guo Chao, Chairman of Chengde Ice and Snow Roller Skating Association, Hebei ProvinceMy friends said, big brother, if you judge diligence on the ice, you must be excellent, but you are stupid and lack this talent.

　　After retirement, Guo Chao became the chairman of Chengde Ice and Snow Roller Skating Association because of his warm-hearted love. In 2015, the year Zhangjiakou won the Olympic bid, Guo Chao started with the fourth pair of skates.

　　Guo Chao, Chairman of Chengde Ice and Snow Roller Skating Association, Hebei ProvinceI really feel very good. For example, my heart rate is about 50 times. Sometimes I go to the hospital for a physical examination. Some doctors say that my heart is slow. I said that the benefits brought by exercise are reflected here.

　　[Chengde, Hebei Province] Ice and snow sports heat up and lead a team to Russia to bid for the event.

　　After the successful bid for the Winter Olympics, there were more events hosted by Chengde. In every competition, Guo Chao will lead the volunteers of the Association to sweep and water the ice on the lake ice rink in the summer resort. In 2018, he also led a team to Russia to bid for the Women’s Bandi Ball World Championship. As a folk association in a small city, Guo Chao is still very proud that it can win the right to host the world A-level events on behalf of Chengde.

　　Thanks to the efforts of many parties, Chengde Ice Sports Center was completed in 2019, and ice friends can have a good time all year round, so they don’t have to run outside any more.

　　Guan Peijun, a skating enthusiast in Chengde City, Hebei ProvinceThe ice in this skating hall is like a mirror, and everyone is very happy to slide.

　　At present, half of the primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in Chengde offer roller skating or skating classes. After the start of the new semester, Guo Chao plans to select some first-year young talents to build the U6, U8 and U10 ice hockey echelons.

　　Guo Chao, Chairman of Chengde Ice and Snow Roller Skating Association, Hebei ProvinceI hope that our ice hockey team can have good athletes transported to the provincial professional team at the 15th National Winter Games (in 2024) and can represent our Hebei Province in the All-Winter Games.

　　journalistHow do you feel? Is it fun?

　　Youth ice hockey players in Chengde City, Hebei Province: fun.

　　journalistAre you afraid of falling?

　　Youth ice hockey players in Chengde City, Hebei Province: Not afraid.

　　Guo Chao, Chairman of Chengde Ice and Snow Roller Skating Association, Hebei ProvinceIt is expected that through the Winter Olympics, ice and snow roller skating will have greater development and make people healthier and enjoy a better life.