The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics can be described as "scenery everywhere", from the semi-naked flag bearer from American Samoa at the opening ceremony, to the ice pier of the mascot "darling" of the hot world, to the runner-up winner who sat paralyzed in the snow after Gu Ailing won the championship. This Winter Olympics, both inside and outside the arena, all the time, will produce a new focus. In the freestyle ski men's big jump final, Norway's Ruder excelled, making a super difficult move in 1980, and finally won the championship with 187.75 points, and Stevenson of the United States and Harout of Sweden won silver and bronze medals respectively. Interestingly, Ruud was able to attract the attention of the world audience not because he won the Olympic gold medal, but because he completed the final jump with his country's flag in the competition.
This spectacle will also become a famous scene in the history of the Winter Olympics. In the Olympic arena, it has long been common for athletes to wear the national flag to celebrate after winning a gold medal or making a career breakthrough, but the scene of completing the competition with the national flag in hand is rare in history. In the long-distance running or marathon events of the Summer Olympic Games, athletes will choose to run the final schedule with the flag of their own country on the premise of ensuring race safety and performance ranking. The freestyle ski jumping competition needs to be vacated, flipped, and used both hands and feet, but also needs to control the center of gravity of the body, so as to avoid falling or even injury.
In this Winter Olympics, the Norwegian team Rude held the national flag to complete the final jump, which has also become a topic of conversation among netizens around the world. Some netizens said that the Norwegian players played well in the first two jumps, and in the case of ensuring that they won the gold medal, they suddenly wanted to take the national flag to the last jump, and this wave of operation creativity was full of points, which was enough to show off! Some netizens also said that during the game, it is necessary to invest in 100% state, although it is extremely proud to hold the national flag to complete the game, but it should also consider safety factors.
In particular, sports with a high risk factor, such as ski jumping, cannot be lost. It is worth mentioning that unlike Lu De, the champion of freestyle ski jumping, Ziwei, the director of the Chinese short track speed skating Olympic double champion, chose to point the national flag before the game and at the championship award ceremony to express his love for the motherland. At the award ceremony of the short track speed skating men's 1000 meters, Ren Ziwei deliberately left a picture of himself and the national flag pattern on the medal dress in front of the camera after standing on the podium, which also touched countless Chinese people.
Another short-track speed skating Olympic champion, Wu Dajing, also highlights the national flag on his race uniform before the race. Both said in interviews that raising the national flag and playing the national anthem is their biggest wish for the Winter Olympics. Norway's Ruud completed the final jump with the national flag in his hand in the men's big jump final, which triggered a discussion among netizens around the world, some people supported, some people opposed; some people believed that this behavior was caused by the natural expression of athletes' emotions, and some people ridiculed this as "doing a show". What do you think about that?
(Luo Treasurer)