Sharing Glory Moments Freeze Frame Beautiful Moments (Winter Olympic Telephoto)

Above: The Chinese short track speed skating team at the medal presentation ceremony at the Beijing Awards Plaza. Photo by Li Gang, reporter of this newspaper: Freestyle skier snow skiller and Swedish player Walter Varberg at the medal presentation ceremony at zhangjiakou award square. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Peng Ziyang

On February 6, the award squares of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games in Beijing and Zhangjiakou began to be officially operated. The award ceremony was held for seven events, including the short track speed skating mixed team relay, cross-country skiing women's double chase, speed skating women's 3000 meters, and biathlon 4×6 km mixed relay.

The special awards plaza is an important cultural feature of the Winter Olympic Games. The Winter Olympics usually begin with a ceremony to award souvenirs in the arena, followed by a ceremony to the awards plaza for the winning athletes. It is reported that during the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Beijing Awards Plaza will run for 14 days and hold the award ceremony for 32 projects; the Zhangjiakou Awards Plaza will run for 14 days and hold the award ceremony for 49 projects.

As night falls, brilliant lights illuminate the night sky. The blue and white light is exactly the color of ice and snow.

Accompanied by exciting and majestic background music, the award ceremony of each project was held. The first was the award ceremony for the women's doubles event in cross-country skiing, which produced the first gold medal of the Winter Olympics, won by Norwegian athlete Tør Haug. Jo hauge stood on the podium, and she was in tears before she had received the gold medal. "I won the first Olympic gold medal in the individual event of my personal sport here and realized my dream." Johog, who has participated in three Winter Olympics, said.

When the short track speed skating mixed group relay award ceremony began, Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu, Zhang Yuting, Ren Ziwei and Wu Dajing stepped onto the award stage. "The Chinese team is the champion!" The moment the results were announced, the audience boiled over. Five Chinese athletes held hands and stood on the highest podium together. The team members had smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. Wu Dajing, who already has two Winter Olympic gold medals, said: "The moment I heard the national anthem, I was very excited. Attending the award ceremony 'on the doorstep' was a huge encouragement for me. We look forward to the next games we can continue to create such glorious moments." ”

"When you look back at your limits with a smile, joy spreads throughout the mountains in an instant." As the awards ceremony promotion song "Tribute to the Warriors" sang, ice and snow sports full of speed and passion will not fail to live up to the efforts of athletes. Persistence pays off.

The joy of The Netherlands' Irini Shaoten, who won the women's 3,000m in speed skating, was palpable. "It feels amazing and a great honor to be able to set a new Winter Olympic record." Shaoten's time was 3:56.93, and the gold medal "remembered" Schoten's smile.

Also making history was Sweden's Walter Varberg, who won Sweden's first Olympic gold medal in the event with a perfect performance in the final round of the freestyle ski men's snow skills final.

Located in the ice and snow town of Prince Edward City, Zhangjiakou Awards Plaza is called "Passion for Dreams", with smooth semi-arc lines, showing a graceful posture similar to athletes when skiing. During the Winter Olympics, Zhangjiakou Awards Plaza can set up a ceremony stage, audience viewing area, media mixed interview area, athlete rest area, media shooting area and other functional areas. After the game, Zhangjiakou Awards Square will be used as a town cultural square to meet the needs of transportation transfer, leisure and entertainment, cultural exhibitions, sports activities, etc., and become a sustainable use of the Winter Olympic heritage.

People's Daily ( 2022-02-07 10th edition)