Source Title: Athletes from afar
Not long ago, Jamaican skier Benjamin Alexander posted his favorite Winter Olympics gift on the Internet – a hand-painted “Short Track Speed Skating Dream” by a Chinese child. This is a welcome gift prepared by the warm and hospitable Beijing for athletes who come from afar.
Although the pictures are young, they convey sincere friendship and love for the Olympics. “Thank you very much for your work, I like it very much.” Other athletes also praised without hesitation, “It’s so kind, you make us feel like family.”
Have friends come from afar. In addition to Bing Dun Dun, handmade lanterns and couplets with Chinese characteristics, there is also a unique painting among the souvenirs that the Organizing Committee of the Winter Olympics gave to athletes from all over the world. As the host, sending such a unique gift vividly interprets the spirit of the capital Beijing, which is warm, cheerful, open, positive and helpful.
Living in a “home”, the excellent and considerate service makes guests feel at home.
Since the opening of the village, the beds of the Winter Olympic Village have been “fired”. In order to ensure the sleep quality of athletes, each bed in the Winter Olympic Village is equipped with a remote control, which can be adjusted into different modes such as sleeping position and sitting position to provide optimal support for the human spine. The American bobsleigher Summer Britcher shared a video of the “smart bed” on social networks on the second day of his stay, which made the bed in the Winter Olympic Village quickly become popular on the Internet.
Shopping, cycling, and ordering Mala Tang… The winter Olympic village life posted by the famous Dutch speed skating star Jutta Leerdam has received more than 100,000 likes. The Finnish ice hockey player Petra Nieminen showed off the ice piercing pillow that she couldn’t put down. The small pillow can be unfolded into a one-meter-long blanket just by unzipping the zipper. She and her teammates wore the blanket and laughed and danced in front of the camera.
This is a special Winter Olympics, and the Winter Olympic Village implements strict closed-loop management. It is just by feeling the temperature of “home” that the athletes are excited but real records and feedback.
Hou Xuemei, head of Building No. 6, East District, Beijing Winter Olympic Village, and her colleagues waited downstairs early in the morning to send warm babies to the athletes and team officials. Many foreign guests knew this heating artifact for the first time, “This is a new thing, I want to share it with the athletes.” Nicolas Scherer, deputy director of the French Olympic Committee’s high-level sports center, was surprised and excited.
The arrival of Ruixue also brought the 208 sets of shoe drying racks in the Yanqing Winter Olympics Village Residents Service Center into great use. Many alpine athletes have problems with wet skis after training, and a shoe drying rack can help them dry a wet pair of snowshoes in two hours.
During the opening of the village, the residence service center provided all the villagers’ daily life-related services, including booking massage rooms, supplying physiotherapy ice cubes, providing meeting rooms, self-service laundry, etc., and received letters of thanks one after another.
Heartwarming scenes abound. The likes and shares of foreign athletes on social media have formed a warm and lively Beijing.
This is the transmission and accumulation of a service concept. Having experienced the baptism of the Summer Olympics, the visible and invisible marks of the Olympic Games have been deeply integrated into the blood of Beijing’s service. What has not changed between the two Olympics is the warm and thoughtful service of the people of the capital; what has changed with each passing day is the ability and level of Beijing to organize the Olympics.