Fang Lishen's personal visit to the Tokyo Olympics could not hide his excitement
Fang Lishen (center) serves as the host of TVB's Live Broadcast of the Tokyo Olympics
Fang Lishen punch card swimming pool
Many small flowers participated in the "Star Games"
On the evening of July 23, the Tokyo Olympic Games officially kicked off. Fang Lishen, who represented Hong Kong at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, attended the Tokyo Olympics this year as the host of TVB's Olympic live broadcast. Recently, the Yangcheng Evening News reporter exclusively connected with Fang Lishen, who is in Tokyo, to listen to him talk about his feelings about the Olympic Games. Fang Lishen admitted that he "very much wants to personally participate in this different Olympic Games", so he proposed himself to TVB as the host. It is reported that he also pushed off a joke for this.
Arrive in Tokyo a week in advance and punch in the video at each venue
On July 16, Fang Lishen departed for Tokyo. He shared his mood on social platforms: "Departure for the Tokyo Olympics! This time I want to work hard, big and small, see what to do! endeavor! This time, Fang Lishen followed TVB's Olympic interview team to Tokyo as the host of the Olympic live broadcast. He told the Yangcheng Evening News reporter: "A few days before arriving in Tokyo, I mainly visited various competition venues and took some introductory videos. ”
Fang Lishen was not idle. Before the official opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games, he had clocked in a number of competition venues such as swimming pools, water polo halls, BMX arenas, rowing arenas, etc., and diligently updated a number of short videos on social platforms. In these videos, he uses the camera to take the audience to see the true appearance of the Olympic venues, while introducing the Olympic knowledge. He revealed: "For the interview of the Olympic Games, the program's information team helped to do a lot of information collection work, such as the new projects of the Olympic Games, some interesting science related to the Olympic Games, etc. ”
Fang Lishen said that after the official opening of the Olympic Games, his itinerary will become more hectic: "After the opening, I have to get up at least 7 o'clock, because at 8 o'clock I have to take a car to the broadcast center or the competition venue." The schedule is tight, with swimming competitions, for example, usually starting at 10 a.m. and mostly being finals; there is another round between 7 and 9 p.m. He revealed that after the competition, he will also participate in checking interview clips, dubbing, writing and other work, "these TVBs did not deliberately let me do it, but because we also knew that we could go to Tokyo to interview around May, so the program team is actually not enough in terms of manpower, I hope my amateur knowledge can help."
When the Olympics host three times, he has thrown away the burden of "embarrassment"
Fang represented Hong Kong at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and broke the then Hong Kong record in the 200m backstroke and 400m medley. Shortly after the sydney Olympic Games, Fang Lishen was photographed by his agent and joined the entertainment industry, and at the same time enrolled in the University of Hong Kong, opening up the "three-habitat life" of athletes, artists and students. His career as a professional athlete ended at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, but swimming always had a place in his life. In 2019, Fang Lishen challenged Hong Kong to swim around the island in a record 10 hours, 43 minutes and 06 seconds.
Thanks to his athlete background and good hosting skills, Fang Lishen participated in the TVB hosting of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The Tokyo Olympic Games is fang Lishen's second time as the on-site host of the Olympic Games after 13 years, and he admits that his current mentality is very different from the past: "I don't have the 'pride' of athletes in the past. Interviewing other athletes used to be a bit awkward because I always felt like I was interviewing my peers. But now I don't have that baggage, and I only feel very appreciative of seeing athletes training hard and playing seriously. ”
It is worth mentioning that former American swimmer Michael Phelps also came to the Tokyo Olympics this year as a TV reporter, and he will serve as a live reporter for the prime time of swimming competitions and comment on each swimming competition with other guests. Fang Lishen said he hopes to interview him again: "At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, I witnessed him win 8 gold medals alone and had the honor of visiting him. If I have a chance this year, I hope to interview him again and show him pictures of that year. In recent years, after retiring, he has been very positive about his emotional problems, and I hope to talk to him about the experience of how athletes face a new page in life after retirement. ”
Cheer up the athletes and look forward to winning the medal in Hong Kong, China
This year, Hong Kong, China, sent 46 athletes to compete in 14 major events, including cycling, fencing, swimming, table tennis and so on, which is regarded as the biggest chance of winning the medal in history. Among them, Fang Lishen's most familiar swimming project has a total of 8 athletes participating. He revealed that he had met many athletes in advance to cheer them up. Fang Lishen looks forward to Hong Kong, China winning a medal at the Olympic Games: "Athletic performance can affect the sports culture of a place. If Hong Kong achieves good results in the Olympic Games, it will help encourage the public to actively participate in sports. ”
As a sports fan, Fang Lishen came to the Tokyo Olympic Games this time, and naturally hoped to see the style of sports stars. He said he personally cares most about basketball and swimming games: "The U.S. basketball team has a lot of stars, but they lost two games in the warm-up game at the beginning. I'd love to be able to watch a basketball game live. This year's swimming competition was also very exciting, and even Phelps was attracted to the scene. Under the epidemic, swimmers have finally been able to get on the field after hard training, and I would like to see their performance for myself. ”
There is something special about this Tokyo Olympics. Fang Lishen said: "This year's Olympic Games were held in a tense atmosphere, and some people in the Olympic village were diagnosed, so everyone did a lot of epidemic prevention measures. Fang Lishen also introduced some of the epidemic prevention measures of the Tokyo Olympics to reporters: "After we arrived, we had to do nucleic acid testing every day for the first three days, and then every three days; we also needed to comply with the 14-day 'epidemic prevention bubble' management, and we could not eat outside, and we could only walk within 15 minutes of the hotel." ”
Fang Lishen also admitted that the off-site atmosphere of this Olympic Games is not as good as in previous sessions: "The previous Olympic Games were really boiling in the whole city, wearing olympic signs on the road, there will be passers-by who will take the initiative to come and help." But this time is very special, the Olympic atmosphere on the streets of Tokyo has been affected by the epidemic. It will be better near the venue, and sports enthusiasts will come over to take photos and punch cards. But in his view, the Olympics are still a great event for all mankind. As a retired athlete, he understands the feelings of athletes very well, and also hopes that this Olympic Games can rekindle people's confidence: "Athletes must try their best to participate in the Olympic Games, because there may only be one chance in life, and they will come desperately." The success of the Olympic Games is a positive hope for the whole world. ”
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After 17 years, TVB held "Star Games" again
In preparation for the Tokyo Olympics, TVB has prepared a series of Olympic-related programs. In addition to sending a film crew to Tokyo to directly attack the Olympic Games, TVB also gathered artists from all over Taiwan to produce the variety show "Star Games". At present, all four episodes of the show have been launched on the Buried Pile APP.
The last time TVB hosted an All-Star Games was in 2004. In order to support the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, TVB organized the variety show "Number1 Red Star Games" to mobilize all Taiwanese artists to participate in sports competitions. At that time, the popular xiaosheng Ma Guoming, Lin Feng, Huang Zongze, Wu Zhuoxi, Li Nuoyi and Chen Jianfeng formed the "Olympic Six Stars", and many viewers still remember this vividly.
The "Star Games", which was held again after 17 years, has a total of boxing, archery, basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, swimming, football and athletics. Blue Team Captains Wang Haoxin and Zhang Zhenlang, Green Team Captains Fang Lishen and He Guangpei, Red Team Captain Tan Junyan and Huang Ziheng led the team members to compete with each other, and a total of more than 200 artists participated in the Games. It is worth mentioning that there are many young artists who make people shine. For example, Dai Zuyi, the sweet little flower who played Hui Yinghong's daughter in "Criminal Investigation Diary", and Chen Xiaohua, the 2018 Hong Kong sister champion, all had outstanding performances in the women's basketball competition, and the 2018 Hong Kong sister He Yongqian and the 2020 Hong Kong sister third runner-up Guo Baiyan participated in the swimming competition.
Source: Yangcheng Evening News