Racing through history
By Erik Nilsson ( China Daily )
2015-01-12
"We haven't seen something like that before," the 50-year-old says.
Finn Bjorn Ahlnas says Chinese snow sculptors have been traveling to northern Finland to shape winter theme parks.
"They're talented," the 61-year-old says.
"But I haven't seen snow sculptures of the proportions I have in Changchun."
A Temple of Heaven replica enchanted his wife, 59-year-old Harriet Ahlnas.
"Oh, it's so beautiful!" she says.
"I hope we can see the original in Beijing."
Changchun was her first race.
"I ski a lot in Finland," Harriet Ahlnas says.
"I just did 88 km in six days. I like skiing, but I'm not the competition kind."
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China's Vasaloppet in Changchun witnesses hundreds of elite skiers competing to get their first China stamp on their Vasaloppet 'passport' since the country officially joined the global organization last summer. [Wang Jing / China Daily] |
