(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-01-23 22:17

Then Zhou explained, "Maybe the assistant was in the room beside the stop to keep away from the coldness outside."

According to Zhou, the cable car had just been installed in the ski jumping course before the winter games started, and the contraption had passed safety qualification.

However, journalists and the working staffs in the ski jumping competition who had taken the cable car said that they had never found any assistants in the stops to tell how to use it.

"The speed of the car is too fast and there is no speed-down when the car arrives at the stop for passengers to take on," a reporter from Jilin Television said.

Zhou promised that the speed of the cable car would be lowered tomorrow and he would send more assistants to help passengers.

"The cable car is designed and installed only for the working staffs of the competition and athletes. It will not be used for spectators nor the press in next year's world universiade," Zhou noted.

The Yabuli skiing resort has been empowered to host the skiing and biathlon events for the XXIV World University Games in January 2009. To meet the needs of the ongoing 11th national winter games, many constructions and contraptions were completed in one year, which used to be completed in two years.

So far, the injured Hou has been taken to the No. 1 Hospital affiliated to Harbin Medical University.

"Fortunately, the injuries will not cause paralysis," doctor Pan Qi said at the hospital, adding that the medical fees has been prepaid by the Helongjiang sports administration.

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