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CGTN Sports Talk EP123 Sliding disciplines.mp3
In less than 100 days, athletes from all over the world will be competing in different events in three sliding disciplines – bobsleigh, skeleton and luge – at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China.
Though they vary in the speed athletes can reach during competitions – luge can surpass 140 kilometers/hour, the fastest – all of them seem more breathtaking than the craziest rollercoaster you can find.
Bobsleigh is usually a team event, but women's monobob will be included in Beijing 2022 for the first time in Winter Olympic history.
Skeleton may have only two events, but they are no less exciting than other disciplines because who does not love watching athletes race face down and head-first at 130 kilometers/hour?
Kacper Tarnawski of Poland competes in the second run during the men's single in the FIL Luge World Cup at ENSO-Eiskanal in Altenberg, Germany, December 6, 2020. /CFP
Christopher Spring and Mike Evelyn of Canada compete in the IBSF World Championships 2021 Altenberg 2-Man Bobsleigh competition at the Eiskanal Altenberg in Altenberg, Germany, February 6, 2021. /CFP
Christopher Grotheer of Germany competes in the men's skeleton event in an IBSF sanctioned race, a test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics, at the Yanqing National Sliding Center in Beijing, China, October 25, 2021. /CFP
Host: Li Xiang
Guest: Sim Sim Wissgott
Cover designer: Feng Yuan
Chief editor: Chen Ran
Supervisor: Zhang Shilei
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