Milan Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony | Highlights on Ice: The Core Science of Sports Lighting

At 3:00 AM Beijing time on February 7th, the San Siro Stadium was brightly lit as the 25th Milan Winter Olympics officially kicked off. Winter athletes from all over the world gathered here to pursue their dreams and shine on the ice. When we cheer for the athletes' agile movements and are moved by every breakthrough, few people notice that every precise turn and every seamless collaboration on the ice is inseparable from the silent protection of a professional sports lighting system.

For winter sports events, lighting is never as simple as "illuminating the venue." Especially on ice rinks, the ice surface itself has an extremely high reflectivity (approximately 80%), making it comparable to a giant mirror. This presents a significant visual challenge to the lighting system. Improper lighting can produce strong glare or cluttered reflections, which not only interfere with athletes' judgment of the ice surface, teammates' positions, and obstacles, increasing the risk of skating and collisions, but also affect the accuracy of referee calls, the clarity of broadcast footage, and even reduce the overall quality of training and competition.

As a professional brand with 18 years of experience in the field of sports lighting, Seven Continents LED Sports Lighting understands the technical pain points of ice rink lighting. The key to ice rink lighting is "bright but not dazzling, uniform and precise", which must meet the stringent standards of professional events and take into account the diverse operational needs of the venue.

SCL provides customized lighting systems for short track speed skating competition venues, public skating rinks, ice hockey rinks, and more.

•The lighting meets professional competition-level lighting standards, with uniform illuminance, no glare, and no ghosting;

•Precisely address the visual interference caused by high reflectivity on the ice surface to ensure the safety and competitive state of athletes;

•It supports multi-mode intelligent control, taking into account the needs of professional training, event hosting and complex operations.

From the international Winter Olympics to domestic ice and snow sports bases, professional lighting has always been a solid support for ice and snow sports. SCL LED Sports Lighting will continue to leverage technological innovation and engineering experience to provide safer, more efficient, and smarter lighting solutions for global ice and snow events and training venues, illuminating every sprint track with professional light!