How Beijing is turning its water to ice

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How Beijing is turning its water to ice ahead of the Winter Olympics

The logo may be new but some of the venues will be familiar as Beijing transforms from summer to winter Olympic host cityOn the surface not much, but turn water into ice at an iconic Olympic venue, and it is a different story.

One of the most memorable from 2008 was the Water Cube - a box-shaped building, clad in a honeycomb of transparent cushions and lit up in blue that hosted the swimming, diving and artistic swimming. The only other site being used in Beijing is the new Big Air Shougang, which is on a former steel mill site away from the Olympic Park, while the sliding, skiing and snowboard events take place at two other hubs linked within an hour by rail from Beijing.

Canadian Vincent de Haitre is taking the switch to another level, though, as he aims to compete in Beijing just 180 days after appearing at the Tokyo Games. "Doing sport is inherently a painful activity - your heart-rate goes so high you taste blood, your legs burn, your back is sore all the time, your knees hurt, you have to see the physios almost twice a week.

 

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