On July 13, the only snow competition event of the 14th Sichuan Provincial Games - snowboarding parallel slalom competition was held in Chengdu. This is also the first time in the history of the Provincial Games that a snow competition event has been set up. 49 athletes from 10 cities (states) including Chengdu, Dazhou, Yibin, Mianyang, and Aba participated in this competition.
Snowboarding parallel slalom is one of the events of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. It requires athletes to slalom through a series of flag gates on a track with a length of 400-700 meters, a width of at least 40 meters, and a drop of 120-200 meters. , the first athlete to reach the finish line wins. Taking into account the competitive level of the contestants, the competition rule of "starting in two people" was changed to "starting alone" in this competition, and the sum of the results of the two competitions was taken as the final individual score.
After fierce competition, the men's Group A gold medal was won by Zou Xiangyuan of Mianyang team in 41.68 seconds, and the women's Group A gold medal was won by Dai Huifa of Ziyang team in 47.35 seconds. The top three places in Men's Group B were taken by the Chengdu team. Among them, Ma Yifan won the championship in 49.61 seconds. The women's Group B gold medal was won by Sun Yuge of the Dazhou team with a time of 53.37 seconds.
In recent years, Sichuan has continued to promote the popularization and expansion of ice and snow sports in the province. In 2018, the Sichuan Sports Vocational College, a unit directly affiliated with the Provincial Sports Bureau, officially launched the preparatory work for the winter sports project center. At present, Sichuan has established 9 professional teams in 26 sports including short track speed skating, figure skating, women's ice hockey, single and double snowboarding, speed roller skating, and curling, with 212 athletes in training and professional coaches. 24 people, completely changed the history of Sichuan's long-term lack of ice and snow project bases, and the lack of real Sichuan local ice and snow athletes and project teams.
