Athletes of different identities, the same Olympic dream

Aiming for the goal and chasing the dream (Guanlan in sports)

With the Opening of the Winter Olympics just around the corner, athletes from all over the world are coming to Beijing for the same Winter Olympic dream. The Beijing Winter Olympics have set up an ideal stage for the participants to realize their dreams

The "protagonist" of the sports film "Light On Ice" is about to appear again. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, the Jamaican Snow Team overcame many difficulties to enter the Winter Olympic stage for the first time in history. Their deeds have been adapted into a movie, and the energy to fight for their dreams is touching. On January 29, stephens led by the Jamaican Snow Team arrived in Beijing and will embark on the Winter Olympics. In the past 34 years, it is still difficult for the team to train and prepare, but the team's dream of the Winter Olympics has never changed.

With the Opening of the Winter Olympics just around the corner, athletes from all over the world are coming to Beijing for the same Winter Olympic dream. The Beijing Winter Olympics have set up an ideal stage for the participants to realize their dreams.

The dream of the Winter Olympics is the dream of struggle. For a long time in preparation, the two basic elements of snowmobiling and personnel became a problem for Stephens and his teammates to solve. Without a snowmobile, they pushed a car on the road for training, and because they were isolated at home due to the epidemic, they set up a simple fitness facility in their backyard to insist on physical training. It wasn't until September 2021 that the members of the Jamaican Snow Team got together for a cooperative practice. "We want to prove at the Beijing Winter Olympics that the Jamaican Snow Team is not just that movie!"

The dream of the Winter Olympics is also the dream of perseverance. After "pressing the whistle" won the ticket to the Beijing Winter Olympics in December last year, the British female curler Wright fell into the "entanglement" of how to balance his job and training preparation. She is a nurse at a hospital in Scotland and "I love caring for patients, and that's what the Olympic spirit taught me." On January 6, local time, after the last shift, Wright met with his teammates to make final preparations for the Winter Olympics. Two identities, two "arenas", she has performed her best self.

The dream of the Winter Olympics is still the dream of hope for more people. "It is my greatest pride to inspire the younger generation in Africa through the sport I am engaged in!" IkePefan, from Nigeria, will be the only African athlete on the cross-country skiing field at the Beijing Winter Olympics. With the goal of promoting skiing to Nigeria and africa, Ekpefan headed for the Winter Olympics.

Under the support of the common Winter Olympic dream, each participant aims at a different goal and stands on the field of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. The struggle, perseverance and hope behind these dreams interpret the connotation of the Olympic spirit.

(People's Daily)