I think Ice Ribbon might have some duty to do with the Olympics with the Speed Skating first – but then I believe it could be one of the Worlds most Important Castles for the Bandy Sport….
When I came to China 2005 – we manage with support from our partner and friend Zhang Yuan, at that time known as Hosa, with all the Gym…create a Hausse in Beijing for Ice Hockey. He took his people and filled up the Hockey Arena Shooti Capital Indoor when we played and then he started to build the first full time Ice rink in Xing Long Park, also known as Gao Bei Dian Arena. Were the Nordic Vikings played the later parts of the season. He also later started the process with the Hokay Team. In that days it was might 70-100 kids playing Ice Hockey, today we have over 7.000 kids and almost 100 rinks in Beijing. The Ice Hockey will still have a hard time to be ready to the Olympics 2022 in Beijing, I guess – But It will come sooner or later.
However with the new Bandy Castle also the Bandy Sport will have a really promising future I guess…As the town now has a lot of Skaters to start with…
Per-Erik Holmström, Professor Harbin Sports University and President Nordic Vikings
