Original title: Towards the Future Together | When “China’s Red” meets “Ice and Snow”, the Winter Olympics story is different
At the beginning of spring, riding a romantic snowflake, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics started warmly; after the rain, accompanied by gorgeous snowflake lanterns, this ice and snow event ended successfully. The Winter Olympics this year coincides with the Chinese Lunar New Year. From sticking Spring Festival couplets, eating dumplings, to the popular “Bingdun Dun” all over the world, when “China Red” meets “Ice and Snow White”, the story of the Winter Olympics becomes different.
In the arena, the Chinese ice and snow athletes walked on the ice to chase their dreams, rode the snow, and won 9 golds, 4 silvers and 2 bronzes, and achieved the best results in the history of my country’s participation in the Winter Olympics. The wisdom of China, the caring service of the volunteers of the Games, and the smooth and orderly progress of the epidemic prevention work also made this “simple, safe and wonderful” ice and snow event astonishing the world, leaving a strong Chinese mark in the history of the Winter Olympics.
In the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the Chinese sports delegation participated in 7 major events and 15 sub-events for the first time, of which 35 sub-events stood on the Winter Olympics stage for the first time. Athletes dare to fight and work together, and their youthful power is unstoppable. Among them, not only the high-profile Gu Ailing and Su Yiming, but also Zhao Jiawen, the main torchbearer of the Beijing Winter Olympics and the No. 1 Nordic Biathlete in the Chinese Winter Olympics; Gao Hongbo, who participated with an injury but still smiled brightly; In the finals of the women’s ski jumping platform, Jung turned over the netizen because he didn’t stop when the game landed. But success or failure is wonderful, dare to fight is victory. Youth is strong and vigorous, and sometimes fierce; China’s ice and snow, the future can be expected.
Su Yiming: I am very proud that I am a Chinese, and then I can represent my motherland to participate in the Winter Olympics at my own doorstep.
In this Winter Olympics, the Chinese team’s ice and snow events “fly with both wings” and bloom more. The short track speed skating team won 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze. In addition, the Chinese figure skating team performed well in pair skating, winning gold at the Winter Olympics for the first time in 12 years. In the snow sports, the Chinese team performed well in freestyle skiing, winning medals in all air skills, and medals in the other three sub-categories. In terms of snowboarding, the Chinese team achieved a breakthrough of zero gold medals in the Winter Olympics. A breakthrough was also achieved by the Chinese Steel Frame Snow Team. The men’s player Yan Wengang won China’s first Winter Olympic medal in the steel frame snow bike event, making history.
It wasn’t just the steel frame snow teams that made history. For many Chinese ice and snow athletes, they are able to stand on the Winter Olympics, which in itself is writing history. When the Chinese men’s ice hockey team is not afraid of a strong enemy, they work hard and score the first goal of the Winter Olympics, when there is a Chinese figure who never gives up and perseveres in the 12 cross-country skiing events, every breakthrough and improvement, Every step forward, contains the infinite possibilities of China’s ice and snow.
On the field, the Chinese players lived up to their expectations; off the field, the story of the Winter Olympics was equally exciting. From the Winter Olympics torch that connected the world with a slight fire at the opening ceremony to the nirvana and splendid transformation of multiple “Double Olympic venues”, from the strong protection of more than 100 medical points covering three competition areas to the support of more than 18,000 volunteers With silent dedication, against the backdrop of the global COVID-19 epidemic, China has fulfilled its commitment and presented a “simple, safe and exciting” ice and snow event to the world.
International Olympic Committee President Bach: A great Winter Olympics was held in the midst of such a severe new crown epidemic. This is arguably the safest place in the world, at least one of the safest.
Data show that since Beijing and Zhangjiakou successfully bid for the Winter Olympics in 2015, the number of national residents participating in ice and snow sports has reached 346 million, with a participation rate of 24.56%. The beautiful vision of “driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports” has become a reality. The data shows that in the 2020-2021 snow season, the number of ice and snow leisure tourists in my country exceeded 200 million, and the income of ice and snow leisure tourism exceeded 390 billion yuan. Ice and snow sports are playing an increasingly important role in achieving sustainable economic and high-quality development.