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American bobsleigh skaters are fascinated by Chinese culture: play tai chi with their teammates and love dumplings

On February 3, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Yanqing Bobsleigh Event ushered in the second official training day, and athletes and coaches of all teams seized this few precious opportunities to adapt to the "Snow Dragon" of the National School Car Bobsleigh Center located on Xiaohaituo Mountain at an altitude of 2198 meters to make all preparations for the official competition that began in two days.

American bobsleigh skaters are fascinated by Chinese culture: play tai chi with their teammates and love dumplings

American women's singles sled star SummerBridge played solidly in two trial runs tonight. In her second attempt, she finished second among the 18 players with a time of 59.78 seconds, showing excellent competitive form. Don't look at Britcher's meticulousness in the game, but off the field she is a short video blogger who is good at funny.

American bobsleigh skaters are fascinated by Chinese culture: play tai chi with their teammates and love dumplings

I believe that netizens who pay attention to social media have seen a short video of "Surprised that the athletes in Beijing Winter Olympic Village have such a high-tech bed" posted on TikTok (Douyin International Edition) a few days ago. In the video, she experiences the various relaxation and comfort functions of her bed with a remote control in her hand, in order to answer the questions raised by fans about whether the bed is made of cardboard. You know, Before Britcher came to Beijing to participate in the Winter Olympics, she only had 30,000 fans, but this video alone made her countless fans, and the number of likes has exceeded 55,000 times.

American bobsleigh skaters are fascinated by Chinese culture: play tai chi with their teammates and love dumplings

In the past two days, she has taken a number of interesting stories about her and her teammates' lives in the Winter Olympic Village. Among them, there is both her envy of a well-known international fast food chain in China's chicken rolls that are too delicious than the United States, and an interesting scene where she learns tai chi through interactive experience facilities in the Cultural Center of the Winter Olympic Village. In the short video, Bridger and two teammates accompanied by soothing Chinese style music, making Tai Chi movements such as golden rooster independence and white crane bright wings, and marked in the caption: "Chinese Kung Fu".

Of course, there's more to the 27-year-old sister than that. According to her, she has now begun to be obsessed with Chinese culture, whether it is the ubiquitous Spring Festival, Fuzi and the Year of the Tiger mascot in the Winter Olympic Village, or traditional cultural treasures such as traditional Chinese medicine, she has been photographed in short videos.

According to the reporter's statistics, the ice pier that followed her most in the film was the mascot of the Winter Olympics, because she felt that the ice pier with a cute attitude was somewhat similar to her own. At the athletes' restaurant, Britcher said she had tasted more than 20 varieties of Chinese food, and her favorite food, like most Chinese, was dumplings.

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