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Popularity of winter sports begins to grow fast in E China's Jiangsu

Source: Xinhua 2017-03-22 15:36:43

Pupils take a skating class in the ice rink located in Nanjing Olympic Center in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province, March 7, 2017. With more and more people from south and west China participating in winter sports, the popularity of winter sports in east China's Jiangsu province began to grow fast. In recent years, 13 ice rinks using social capital have been opened in Jiangsu. The operators of these ice rinks established clubs to attract more than 100,000 people to practice skating. The Century Star Rink located in Nanjing Olympic Center is the biggest indoor ice rink in Nanjing. The club only had dozens of members in 2008, but now it has more than 20,000 members. At the mean time, the club cooperates with 8 elementary schools in neighborhood to open classes teaching skating skills. About 10,000 pupils learned the basic skills of skating and 4 ice hockey squads were founded in last 9 years. A total of 15 small outdoor ski resorts have also been set up in northern Jiangsu province. During the last snow season, which is only two months due to warm weather here, these ski resorts accommodated around 10,000 person-times of visitors. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

Pupils take a skating class in the ice rink located in Nanjing Olympic Center in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province, March 7, 2017. With more and more people from south and west China participating in winter sports, the popularity of winter sports in east China's Jiangsu province began to grow fast. In recent years, 13 ice rinks using social capital have been opened in Jiangsu. The operators of these ice rinks established clubs to attract more than 100,000 people to practice skating. The Century Star Rink located in Nanjing Olympic Center is the biggest indoor ice rink in Nanjing. The club only had dozens of members in 2008, but now it has more than 20,000 members. At the mean time, the club cooperates with 8 elementary schools in neighborhood to open classes teaching skating skills. About 10,000 pupils learned the basic skills of skating and 4 ice hockey squads were founded in last 9 years. A total of 15 small outdoor ski resorts have also been set up in northern Jiangsu province. During the last snow season, which is only two months due to warm weather here, these ski resorts accommodated around 10,000 person-times of visitors. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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Popularity of winter sports begins to grow fast in E China's Jiangsu
                 Source: Xinhua | 2017-03-22 15:36:43 | Editor: Song Lifang

Pupils take a skating class in the ice rink located in Nanjing Olympic Center in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province, March 7, 2017. With more and more people from south and west China participating in winter sports, the popularity of winter sports in east China's Jiangsu province began to grow fast. In recent years, 13 ice rinks using social capital have been opened in Jiangsu. The operators of these ice rinks established clubs to attract more than 100,000 people to practice skating. The Century Star Rink located in Nanjing Olympic Center is the biggest indoor ice rink in Nanjing. The club only had dozens of members in 2008, but now it has more than 20,000 members. At the mean time, the club cooperates with 8 elementary schools in neighborhood to open classes teaching skating skills. About 10,000 pupils learned the basic skills of skating and 4 ice hockey squads were founded in last 9 years. A total of 15 small outdoor ski resorts have also been set up in northern Jiangsu province. During the last snow season, which is only two months due to warm weather here, these ski resorts accommodated around 10,000 person-times of visitors. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

Pupils take a skating class in the ice rink located in Nanjing Olympic Center in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province, March 7, 2017. With more and more people from south and west China participating in winter sports, the popularity of winter sports in east China's Jiangsu province began to grow fast. In recent years, 13 ice rinks using social capital have been opened in Jiangsu. The operators of these ice rinks established clubs to attract more than 100,000 people to practice skating. The Century Star Rink located in Nanjing Olympic Center is the biggest indoor ice rink in Nanjing. The club only had dozens of members in 2008, but now it has more than 20,000 members. At the mean time, the club cooperates with 8 elementary schools in neighborhood to open classes teaching skating skills. About 10,000 pupils learned the basic skills of skating and 4 ice hockey squads were founded in last 9 years. A total of 15 small outdoor ski resorts have also been set up in northern Jiangsu province. During the last snow season, which is only two months due to warm weather here, these ski resorts accommodated around 10,000 person-times of visitors. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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