Running cool

Growing popularity of winter sports rides on country's recent Olympic achievements, Zheng Jinran and Sun Xiaochen reports.

Every Saturday afternoon at the indoor skating rink of Joy City, a shopping mall in east Beijing, a slice of the US National Hockey League plays out.

With blades cutting through the hard ice, shoulder pads colliding and audiences cheering, more than 20 youngsters practice the game in professional gear on the standard 1,800-square-meter surface for every 90-minute session.