Skiing is one of the most traditional sports in the Winter Olympics, but there must be many southern friends who "only listen to its name, but don’t see it."
Surprisingly, the origin of skiing is actually in China. For a long time, the origin of SKIing was thought to come from Scandinavia. The English word ski originated from the word SKITH in ancient Norway, and the stone carvings found in Scandinavia show that the locals began to use skis 4,000 years ago in the Stone Age.
Then the exciting time came.
In 2005, a farmer from Xinjiang discovered a cave about skiing rock paintings in Dundebrak, Altay region, Xinjiang-archaeologists speculated that it was the late Paleolithic period of 10000-30000 BC, earlier than the remains in northern Europe.
After continuous discussion and research by multidisciplinary expert teams from Altay and China and foreign experts from the United Nations, and after four major discussion meetings, Altay Declaration and Altay Declaration 2015 were released in 2006 and 2015 respectively.
The Altay Declaration declared that "human skiing originated in Altay, China, Xinjiang", and the release of the Altay Declaration in 2015 marked the international recognition that Altay, Xinjiang was the earliest origin of human skiing.
On August 25th, 2018, Altay also officially became China Xuedu.
There are six kinds of skiing events in this Winter Olympic Games: alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, platform skiing, freestyle skiing, nordic combined skiing and snowboarding. What are the differences?
alpine skiing
Alpine Skiing is a snow racing sport with skis, snowshoes, fixers and ski pole as the main equipment, which slides down from mountain to mountain and along the track set by Qimen.
Alpine skiing will also be a high-frequency word appearing at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.
According to official website information of the Winter Olympics, among all the 91 registered delegations participating in the Winter Olympics, 83 delegations have athletes participating in alpine skiing events, accounting for more than 90%. Among them, there are 66 delegations with 1-3 participants in alpine skiing, which explains why alpine skiing is so "popular" among delegations with fewer participants.
cross-country skiing
Cross-country Skiing is a sport that glides in the mountains and snowfields by means of skiing equipment and using basic techniques such as mountaineering, downhill, turning and sliding.
Cross-country skiing originated in northern Europe, also known as Nordic skiing, and is one of the oldest sports in the world sports history. It was first included in the Winter Olympic Games in 1924.
Cross-country skiing competition routes are divided into uphill, downhill and flat, each accounting for one-third of the whole journey. The highest point of the snow trail does not exceed 1800 meters.
The skis should be marked. According to the regulations, the skis worn by the athletes from the starting point to the finishing point must bear the marks drawn by the judges at the time of departure, because the bottom surface of the skis is coated with snow wax, which is very smooth and helps to slide. Marking is to prevent the athletes from changing skis halfway.
ski jumping
Ski jumping is a kind of snow sports event, which uses skis as a tool and obtains the speed ratio, jumping distance and action posture by its own weight on a specially designed platform.
freestyle skiing
Freestyle Skiing is a kind of snow sports event with skis and ski pole as tools, which is carried out in a special ski resort by completing a series of regulations and optional actions.
It is bred and developed on the basis of alpine skiing, and is composed of three independent events: aerial skills, snow skills and snow ballet.
Nordic combined
Nordic Combined is composed of cross-country skiing and platform skiing. It has been circulated in Norway and Sweden for a long time and has become a traditional Nordic event, also known as Nordic All-around.
snowboard
Snowboarding is a snow sports event that uses a snowboard as a tool to quickly turn and slide down a prescribed hillside route, or take off by landslide in a special "U"-shaped field to complete various difficult movements in the air.
Author: Li Chenyan
Editor: Wang Xing
Editor in charge: Lu Yifeng
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