The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has begun, the first sport of the Chinese team curling has begun the prelude to the round robin tournament, the Combination of Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan has won two consecutive victories over the Swiss and Australian teams, and ushered in the opening of the Chinese team. At the same time, the Olympic torch relay was also carried out in Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou, and due to the epidemic, the torch relay began behind closed doors, and the time was reduced from 130 days in the 2008 Beijing Olympics to 3 days.
Two-time Olympic torchbearer
As the flagship figure of the Chinese men's basketball team, a former NBA star and the current president of the Basketball Association, Yao Ming also participated in the torch relay of the Winter Olympics. This is the second time in his career as an Olympic torchbearer, in 2008 he participated in the Olympic torch relay as the leader of the Chinese men's basketball team, and now as the president of the Basketball Association, he has once again participated in the winter Olympic torch relay.
As a torchbearer, Yao Ming is undoubtedly extremely qualified. In 2008, Yao Ming, then yao Ming, was still the star of the NBA Rockets, the absolute main force of the Chinese men's basketball team carrying the banner, he served as the Olympic torchbearer; when he led the team to defeat Germany, almost defeated the powerful Spain, and finally led the team to the top 8, which can be described as the peak moment of the Chinese men's basketball team.
In 2022, Yao Ming served as the chairman of the Basketball Association, under his leadership, Chinese basketball tends to improve, youth training is solid, the era of small basketball has begun, young players with considerable strength have emerged in an endless stream, the attention of the CBA has been increasing, and the Chinese men's basketball team has steadily moved forward, these achievements are inseparable from Yao Ming's efforts.
Interestingly, some netizens P out of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2022 Winter Olympics Yao Ming as a torchbearer figure comparison, today's Yao Ming can be described as "a big circle", perfectly in line with the Winter Olympics "become stronger and stronger" concept.
I was in a good mood when interviewed, and laughed that I had practiced skating and my height was limited
A few days ago, Yao Ming, chairman of the Basketball Association, was interviewed by the media, and when asked what kind of winter sports he liked, Yao Ming said that he "likes to watch figure skating, whether it is Shanghai or Beijing, every year there is such a tour, and he likes to take the whole family to see it." It seems that Chairman Yao's interests are very consistent with everyone, and the figure skaters are all handsome men and beautiful women, and the ornamentation is very high.
The figure skating events of the Beijing Winter Olympics include figure skating pair skating, ice dance, men's singles and women's singles, and the Chinese players participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics include Jin Boyang, Zhu Yi, Sui Wenjing, Wang Shiyue, etc., looking forward to their performance; and the Popular Japanese player Yusheng Yuxian has also attracted everyone's attention.
When asked if he had tried skating, Yao Ming once again showed his humorous side, saying: he had tried skating, but his height was limited, his center of gravity was relatively high, and it was more difficult; he also tried to let his daughter learn to skate, which was better than himself.
Yao Ming entered the basketball professional team for training very early, I am afraid that his height is indeed difficult in skating; and his 11-year-old daughter Yao Qinlei is currently close to 1.8 meters tall, I am afraid that he is not as handy as basketball in skating.