On january 4th, the 24th china's changchun sun-wasa international snow ski festival was inaugurated at the sun-sung national forest park on january 4th by the president of xinhua (journalist li zhi and tang zyuzawa), and 2227 professional athletes and popular enthusiasts from 33 countries and regions, including china, sweden, the czech republic and poland, ran through the snow lane and enjoyed the speed and passion of snow skiing。
On 4 january, the contestants were in the game. Xinhua news agency
The competition consisted of 5 groups of 50 km, 25 km, 6 km, 1. 5 km and 0. 3 km. Of these, 50 kilometres of competitions were held in conjunction with the 50 kilometres of the national land cruiser championship for the 2025-2026 season, in which many professional athletes participated。
In the 25-km competition, italian contestants thomaso dragiakoma and kazakhstanan contestant anna perinka were awarded male and female championships。
“i enjoy the speed of this race, like this ups and downs and downs, and there's a lot of water stations along the way, which is very sweet and conducive to good results. I know that next year there will be a winter event for world university students, and hopefully it will be just as wonderful."。
On 4 january, the contestants were in the game. Xinhua news agency
In a 50-kilometre race, the male team champions belonged to italian contestant mardia amerini, with a score of 2 hours and 8 minutes and 02 seconds. The two-time champion, fabin stoker, won the army, and the army of the season belonged to another italian player, berson lorenzo。
In the women's competition, chen ling-bai and yan-chul, the first two at the heilongjiang province training centre, and li xiu, the changchun city winter sports management centre, won the copper medal。
Wasa ski festival, which had originated in northern europe since 1922, was one of the world's largest cross-country ski events, and had been more than a hundred years old. In 2003, the first “wasa, china” was held in changchun。
On 4 january, contestants were in the competition (photos of drones). Xinhua news agency
“this year is the second time i've come to `wasa, china', and yesterday was my 66th birthday, and my contest number is 66, which is so great that i love the environment and atmosphere here, and i'll be here next year with my family.” polish skier harina oleinichak said。
This international ski festival is co-sponsored by the jilin department of sports and the changchun city people's government, and is hosted by the changchun city sports bureau and the changchun sun high technology industry development area。
