Highlights and Progress of Hangzhou Asian Games: Swimming Pool Access and Future Plans Revealed

2023-09-25 23:52:00

All events of the Hangzhou Asian Games are running smoothly and the swimming pool will be open to the public after the games.

Yesterday, the Hangzhou Asian Games entered the second competition day after the main competition. How is the current progress of various operations? As a popular swimming event, what are the highlights behind the wonderful performance of the event? In the morning of the same day, the Hangzhou Asian Organizing Committee held a regular press conference. The relevant person in charge introduced the relevant situation since the start of the game and answered questions of concern to reporters.

It is reported that the Hangzhou Asian Games has 40 major events, 61 sub-events, and 481 minor events. On the 25th, 33 competition venues held competitions in 27 categories including equestrian, three-person basketball, mountain biking, and water polo, resulting in 38 gold medals. Currently, all competitions are running smoothly.

At the press conference, Zhu Qinan, spokesperson of the Competition Command Center, briefly summarized the progress of the Hangzhou Asian Games in eight words: “smooth, exciting, harmonious, and thorough.”

As Zhang Yufei won the first swimming competition day of the Asian Games, the first shot of the Chinese swimming team’s journey to win gold in this Asian Games was launched. As a hot spot of attention from all parties, almost every event in the swimming event is packed with seats. Faced with a dense flow of people in a short period of time, how can the venue team ensure service?

Xie Binbin, spokesman for the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Natatorium, revealed that the swimming pool has prepared a variety of interactive experiences for the audience entering the venue. For example, before entering the venue, the audience can interact with the Asian Games Q&A and receive small gifts; there is also an interaction with Asian Games souvenirs. “We have prepared mascots, exclusive badges, swimming souvenirs, etc., and distributed them to the audience as interactive check-in prizes during the game.” In order to cope with possible sudden changes in weather, the venue has also prepared disposable raincoats for everyone.

During the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Olympic Sports Center will host swimming, diving, and synchronized swimming events. A total of 41 swimming gold medals, 10 diving gold medals and 2 synchronized swimming gold medals will be produced, for a total of 53 gold medals, which is the venue with the largest number of gold medals among the 56 competition venues in the Hangzhou Asian Games. In terms of event arrangements, the three events are seamlessly connected and involve two major transitions.

The first conversion started on the evening of September 29. The team needed to complete all work including scene conversion and layout of the 4,500 square meters in the venue, as well as cleaning of the entire venue, to ensure the normal start of the diving competition. The second transition was from diving to synchronized swimming. Starting on the evening of October 4, the team had to complete the disassembly and assembly of 2 synchronized swimming starting stages, 2 referee booths, 7 photography platforms and the entire venue in a very short period of time. of cleaning.

“The two conversions involve various professional teams in our venues such as electricity, landscape, media, broadcasting, temporary facilities and waste removal. It is a high-intensity test for our entire team, but we are confident that we can complete this challenge.” Xie Binbin said.

After the first competition day, the lights outside the Olympic Sports Center illuminated the “butterfly”-shaped swimming pool. After the game, spectators gathered around the square to check in and were reluctant to leave for a long time. Many citizens were concerned that the swimming pool would be open to the public after the game. Open?

At the press conference, Xie Binbin revealed that in the post-Asian Games era, the swimming pool will be open to the public and more diversified possibilities will be explored. For example, the diving hall will introduce diving training.

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