What they say

Jenny Wiedeke, head of media, International Ski Federation (on the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre)

"The moment you drive up (to the center), you can see the amazing complex here... You can see everything that was built greatly and how beautiful everything is. It is very precise. It's been just fantastic so far."

Mathilde Gremaud, freestyle skier, Switzerland (on the Shougang Big Air)

"I really like the setup. It's really cool. It's so nice to be here. It's like a city Big Air but really, really nice compared to other scaffolding jumps that we have in World Cups. It's a really cool venue, and the jump is really nice. The snow is pretty hard, but it's still OK because the landing is steep and everything is so well set up."

Vicky Persinger, curler, US (on the National Aquatics Centre)

"I really like that Beijing decided to reuse this venue. I think it's a great use of resources instead of spending millions of dollars to make a new building ... that they utilized this building and have done a great job. Out there, on the ice, I can tell I'm right over the top of the swimming pool."

Amelia Josephine Hurt, women's alpine skier, US (on the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre)

"I really like the snow here. I think it's awesome. Coming into it, I think we were a little bit concerned. We were like: 'Oh, it's never snowed here before, or it doesn't snow here often. It's all man-made snow'. But it's great. The snow surface is perfect, really. There were probably 12 of us training like six runs, and there wasn't a dent in the track."