Eyes full of Chinese red! The music of "Singing the Motherland" appeared in the finale of the Chinese delegation

February 4, 2022, the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, Li Chun. The opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was grandly opened at the "Bird's Nest". As the host, the Chinese sports delegation finally debuted, under the leadership of the double flag bearers Gao Tingyu and Zhao Dan, the Chinese athletes walked into the national stadium with their heads held high and heroic, and the Chinese red once again ignited the passion of the scene, pushed the atmosphere to a climax, and filled the pride!

As is customary, the Chinese delegation, as the host team of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, made its final appearance at the opening ceremony of the athletes' entrance ceremony. Speed skater Gao Tingyu and steel frame snowmobile athlete Zhao Dan served as double flag bearers for the Chinese Winter Olympics delegation. Gao Tingyu won the bronze medal in the men's 500m event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, becoming the first Chinese male athlete to win a medal in the speed skating event at the Winter Olympics. Zhao Dan, a post-00s generation, won the seventh place in the women's steel frame snowmobile competition at the 2020 Swiss Youth Olympic Games, becoming the first Chinese athlete to participate in the women's steel frame snowmobile at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.

After confirming that he had become the standard-bearer of the Chinese sports delegation, Gao Tingyu said: Playing at home is an extremely exciting thing, and the identity of the flag bearer makes me more powerful. It's also a role I've always dreamed of. I will certainly live up to this trust and strive to show my best side on the field.

Zhao Dan also feels lucky and has a sense of mission, to be able to participate in the Winter Olympics at home, has made me feel very lucky, and now I have an additional identity, which makes me feel more responsible and mission. I will cherish this trust, stimulate the great potential in my heart, and strive to show my best self on the field.

At 21:24, the Chinese delegation walked into the bird's nest to the melody of "Singing the Motherland", and the athletes in the first half of the team were dressed in red, and the scarf read: China! The second half of the athletes wore white down jackets and red scarves printed with "China". Members of the Chinese delegation waved the five-star red flag in their hands and greeted the enthusiastic audience in the stands.

Our home, here we come! (Liu Xiyao)