On December 21, in a wave of farewell and wave, the "2020 Tokyo Olympic Games" mainland Olympic athlete delegation ended its three-day visit to Macao, which also means that after the Tokyo Olympic Games, the "Spirit of the Times Yao Xiangjiang" inland Olympic athletes visited Hong Kong and Macao officially came to an end.
For a month, whether it is the shore of the Xiangjiang River or the shore of the Hao River, this dazzling Chinese red has been waving arms and smiling faces cheering everywhere.
On December 20, a delegation of Mainland Olympic athletes visiting Macao participated in the flag-raising ceremony celebrating the 22nd anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland at the Golden Lotus Square in Macao. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jia Haocheng
Since 2000, after each Olympic Games, mainland Olympic athletes have visited Hong Kong and Macao, which has become a "special agreement" with Hong Kong and Macao citizens. Today, the two-way rush under the epidemic has given a journey of a thousand miles a deeper significance of the times.
When the Olympic athletes walked into the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, into the Hong Kong Institute of Sport, into the Macau Olympic Sports Center, and into the large and small communities of Macau... The "Hong Kong and Macao Lesson" they brought is related to faith, courage, persistence, and hope. The Olympic athletes shared precious stories of struggle and also talked about the accumulated thinking and understanding.
The people who listened and shouted from the audience were college, middle and primary school students from Hong Kong and Macao, professional athletes in the direction of sports, residents and volunteers in the streets of the community, and every ordinary Hong Kong and Macao citizen. There are the highest standard courtesies of the Hong Kong and Macao SAR governments, and there are also the warmest responses from ordinary Hong Kong and Macao citizens.
This is a "lesson from Hong Kong and Macao" of great significance to the Olympic athletes. It is sweat, it is hope, and it is the Chinese power that stirs people's hearts.
On December 20th, a delegation of Olympic athletes from the Mainland participated in the "Our Pride – Macao Gala of Elite National Olympic Athletes" at the Macao East Asian Games Gymnasium, and the citizens of Macao interacted with each other. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jia Haocheng
Dream a lesson
The "Lesson of Hong Kong and Macao" for Olympic athletes is related to dreams.
Su Bingtian's 100-meter dream, which is also the dream of Asians, "proved to the world that Asians can run in 10 seconds and run to the final", which he realized this summer. With the story of realizing his dreams, Su Bingtian came to Hong Kong to Come to Macau, and he used Cantonese, which was too familiar to be familiar, to tell the citizens of Hong Kong and Macao about the "Dream Battle" in his heart.
After the Tokyo Olympic Games, netizens called Su Bingtian "Su Shen" in order to express their support and liking for Su Bingtian. "But I have a Su god in my mind, his name is Su Huawei." He represented Hong Kong in 4 Paralympic Games, winning 6 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze results, while maintaining a number of world records. "Some time ago, Su Bingtian recommended movies about Su Huawei on social networks." Because I saw in Su Huawei's body the same belief that young people from the two places struggle for their dreams and struggles - that is, not to bow to fate, eliminate all difficulties, and strive forward for their dreams! ”
Walking into the podium of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Su Bingtian also shared a story of his own "dream".
"When I was a fine fruit, like many boys, I liked to look at Hong Kong wuxia novels from the fine, and I loved Mr. Jin Yong the most, such as laughing at the jianghu and tianlong babu, so I firmly believed that 'the world's martial arts, only fast is not broken'." Su Bingtian told the young people in Hong Kong and Macao that from that time on, his dream was to one day become the fastest wind chaser teenager.
In 2004, Su Bingtian was 15 years old and won his first 100-meter men's sprint championship with a time of 11.72 seconds, and the track and field dream road belonging to Su Bingtian also began from this moment.
Su Bingtian's height is only 1 meter 72, and he has to run 7 steps more than 100 meters. That means he has to put in more effort than anyone else to compete with the top runners. Age and injury are also difficult problems that he must overcome. In 2019, he suffered from a back injury and bone fracture, which was a heavy blow for the 30-year-old Su Bingtian. "I really want to run again, fight again. Finally, with the joint efforts of everyone, I came out of the trough and realized my dream at the Tokyo Olympic Games! ”
Standing on the podium of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Su Bingtian's story about "dreams" won applause, tears, and respect.
On December 5, Su Bingtian, a member of the Mainland Olympic athletes' delegation, gave a report at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Shen
Love a lesson
It's not just athletics that surprises all Asians, but also table tennis. At the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese table tennis team won 4 gold medals, and Ma Long won the men's singles championship and helped the team defend the men's team championship.
During this trip to Hong Kong and Macao, Ma Long shared his love and dreams several times. "As long as you have love, it will always be the year to fight." With this belief in it, the 32-year-old once again stood on the Olympic court and eventually won two gold medals. After the game, Malone gave everyone a heart. This heart-warming move has also become the warmest feedback for citizens to see Ma Long during the trip to Hong Kong and Macao - as long as there is a place where Ma Long appears, there will be a gesture of Hong Kong and Macao citizens comparing their hearts. "This heart is also given to yourself, to yourself who has not given up in difficult times."
He started playing at the age of 5. Trained hard until the 2016 Rio Olympics, When Malone won the singles title and finally became a "Grand Slam" player. In the eyes of most people, the 28-year-old Malone should also retire after the Rio Olympics, but the fire of love for table tennis in his heart has not been extinguished.
Since the second half of 2018, Malone has retired from the race several times due to injury and has been away from the international arena for 8 months. After the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest, his leg injury broke out again, and with less than a year to go before the Tokyo Olympics, surgery was the only option in front of Malone. Before the operation, he shaved his head, hoping he could start from scratch.
"Not playing for so long has made me really feel how much I love the sport. During those days, I spent most of my time in the rehabilitation hall, and I was very happy to occasionally pick up the racket in front of the table and wave twice. If my goal before 2016 was to win the championship, my goal in this injury has become to be able to stand in front of the table I love and keep playing. I told myself that even if I didn't catch the Olympics because of injury, I would continue to stand in front of the table and keep playing. ”
Three months after the operation, Malone returned to the field, and everyone remembered the "hexagonal warrior" from the loss. "Injuries crushEd Malone", "He's too old", "The age of the Hexagon Warrior is over"... In those days, all kinds of discussion came to the face.
"When I was tormented by injuries and failures, I also asked myself: Can I get back to the top? What is the point of keeping going? But it was also in the darkest moments of my career that I realized that table tennis has become an irreplaceable and inseparable part of my life, it is like living in my body, I love table tennis too much. With this belief, the 32-year-old Malone stood on the Olympic field again and finally won two gold medals.
Ma Long carried this story about "love" countless times to make the young people of Hong Kong and Macao present boil with blood.
At the Macau Olympic Sports Center, thousands of spectators raised their hands and gave the Dragons a heart-to-heart match. Countless hands folded together, countless smiling faces reflect each other, no need to say too many words at this moment, this scene is the best response from Hong Kong and Macao.
On December 4, Ma Long, a member of the Mainland Olympic athletes' delegation, performed a table tennis performance at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jia Haocheng
Stick to a lesson
During this trip to Hong Kong and Macao, wherever Gong Lijiao went, there was no exception cheers and applause, and a group of junior high school girls from the Chinese YMCA Middle School in Hong Kong said, "I like Gong Lijiao, and it is really exciting to see her this time." In fact, I am not usually a very disciplined person, and when I hear the story of the Olympic athletes, I feel that I still have to work harder to be able to do it. ”
The story of insisting on dreams and not giving up is what Gong Lijiao wants to share with you during his trip to Hong Kong and Macao. "I want to tell you that the beauty of girls is not only the body and face, but also the persistence of chasing dreams. There are no regrets about bringing the spirit of sportsmanship to Compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao. ”
On this trip to Hong Kong and Macau, Gong Lijiao shared a story of her association with shot put at the age of 11, she laughed and called it "the story of a caddie becoming a player", "At that time, I was training with Fa Xiao, she threw shot put, I am a caddie." One day, when the shot put rolled over, I suddenly felt how the lead ball was so cute, so I picked it up and threw it..." Gong Lijiao said that this throw was seen by the physical education teacher, and he thought it was good and let her practice together. Later, Gong Lijiao changed from a caddie to an athlete and stepped into the national team.
"At first, I didn't really like shot put, but it gave me a different feeling. Of course, I also have times of pain and injury, and I will also ask myself in countless nights: Why practice such a boring and unspoiled project? ”
The answer is, anyway, hold out until the last minute. "It was because I kept my dream, so when I participated in the fourth Olympic Games, I finally realized my dream. I want to tell you that no matter what difficulties we encounter, we must grit our teeth and persevere. At this year's Tokyo Olympic Games, Gong Lijiao, the "Elder of the Four Dynasties", wrote his own "veteran legend". In the women's shot put final, she repeatedly set a new personal best, and finally won the championship with a good result of 20 meters 58. For Gong Lijiao, this is not the end, and the 32-year-old is looking forward to her next Olympic trip.
At the Macau Olympic Sports Center, Gong Lijiao once again said her motto, which also won applause from the scene. "People still have to have dreams, what if they come true?" So I won the Olympic gold medal, and there is no secret to success, that is, to persevere and never give up. ”
On December 21, at the Lok Man Family Service Center of the Macao Women's Federation, Gong Lijiao (first from left), a member of the Mainland Olympic athletes' delegation, took a group photo with children in the community. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jia Haocheng
Fight for a lesson
"Guess my age first?" During the trip to Hong Kong and Macao, Lu Xiaojun, the "god of war" who always had a smile on his face, let the citizens from Hong Kong and Macau guess their age. "In your perception and perception, are weightlifters the most energetic in their teens and twenties? I'm 37 years old, and that age may seem like a middle-aged uncle to many people. But weightlifting keeps me young and energetic. ”
Since practicing weightlifting in 1998, Lu Xiaojun can be regarded as the big brother in the weightlifting world. By the time he won the London Olympics in 2012, Lu Xiaojun had achieved various gold medal Grand Slams in his weightlifting career. "But I didn't choose to retire because I really loved weightlifting."
In both Hong Kong and Macau, Mr. Lu shared with citizens his story of standing on the podium at the Tokyo Olympics.
In 2018, the International Lifting Federation changed the level of competition after 20 years, participating in the Olympic Games, and the new level means that Lu Xiaojun is upgraded from 77 to 81 kg, which is not only an increase in weight figures, but also the physical importance of the rise into more stable technology, more powerful strength, and better physical fitness.
"One of the most impressive matches in preparation was the 2019 World Championships in Pattaya." At that time, the grasping trial lifting 165 kilograms was too hurried to get up, resulting in the misalignment of the small joints of his psoas muscles, "At the end of the grasping and lifting competition, my waist was completely out of place." At that time, it was difficult to walk, and the team doctor gave me emergency ice compressions. After I gritted my teeth and lifted 191 kilograms in the deadlift, the coach and team doctor advised me to give up the next two attempts. I was holding back tears, I had been practicing weightlifting for 20 years, and every game was hard-won, so I said I still had to lift. ”
The second lifted Lu Xiaojun to 205 kg, by which time his overall result had already set a new world record. And his teammate, Li Dayin, who is 14 years younger than himself, lifted 206 kilograms for the third time, "breaking the world record just created by my big brother." Recalling the experience at that time, Lu Xiaojun couldn't help but laugh out loud, and the audience in the audience also laughed non-stop.
"At this point, only my last attempt was left in the whole race, and I asked for 207 kilograms. It can be said that this is a weight that even 10 years ago, at the peak of my personal sports career, I have never challenged in international competitions. The moment I lifted this weight firmly above my head against my back injury and lowered the barbell, I almost fell, and the eyes of many people present were red. After the game, I wrapped my ice packs on stage to receive the award. The then President of the International Association, Agen, personally went to the back and shook hands with me to congratulate me. ”
Regarding "hard work", Lu Xiaojun used his own story to explain to the young people of Hong Kong and Macao who were present what Is China's Strength. "Junshen, what is your next goal, have you considered retiring at the age of 37?" At the Macau Olympic Sports Center, Some Macao citizens asked Lu Xiaojun questions.
"My sporting career is all in your problem. After 21 years of practicing weightlifting, I have too deep feelings for weightlifting, which is an inseparable part of life. As a sports person, no matter what my identity, I can't do without the weightlifting circle. Lu Xiaojun said.
On December 20, Lu Xiaojun, a member of the Mainland Olympic athletes' delegation, interacted with local young athletes at the Macao Olympic Sports Center. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Jinjia
Written by: Nandu reporter Dong Xiaoyan
Source: Xinhua News Agency