From Water Cube to Ice Cube: Curling sheets completed for Beijing 2022 - CGTN

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An outside view of the Water Cube in Beijing, China, August 7, 2018. /CFP

An outside view of the Water Cube in Beijing, China, August 7, 2018. /CFP

Ice Cube, in both Chinese and English, appear on the entrance of the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China, November 29, 2020. /CFP

Ice Cube, in both Chinese and English, appear on the entrance of the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China, November 29, 2020. /CFP

Curling sheets inside the Water Cube in Beijing, China, December 21, 2020. /CFP

Curling sheets inside the Water Cube in Beijing, China, December 21, 2020. /CFP

A close look at the ice sheets inside the Water Cube in Beijing, China, December 21, 2020. /CFP

A close look at the ice sheets inside the Water Cube in Beijing, China, December 21, 2020. /CFP

Students from a middle school in Beijing attend the curling session inside the Ice Cube in Beijing, China, December 21, 2020. /CFP

Students from a middle school in Beijing attend the curling session inside the Ice Cube in Beijing, China, December 21, 2020. /CFP

Students wearing masks practice curling on the ice sheet inside the Ice Cube in Beijing, China, December 21, 2020. /CFP

Students wearing masks practice curling on the ice sheet inside the Ice Cube in Beijing, China, December 21, 2020. /CFP

A player demonstrates how to use the curling broom on the ice sheet at the Ice Cube in Beijing, China, December 21, 2020. /CFP

A player demonstrates how to use the curling broom on the ice sheet at the Ice Cube in Beijing, China, December 21, 2020. /CFP

A player shows how to play the curling stone inside the Ice Cube in Beijing, China, December 21, 2020. /CFP

A player shows how to play the curling stone inside the Ice Cube in Beijing, China, December 21, 2020. /CFP

Around 800 middle school students took a curling session on Monday at an unusual stadium – China National Aquatics Center. The group were the first visitors to experience the newly completed venue transformation for the upcoming Winter Olympics.

The center in the Chinese capital, better known as Water Cube, hosted aquatics events at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Water Cube has been turned into Ice Cube for the upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, as the stadium will host the curling and wheelchair curling events.

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