The Winter Olympics refused to just watch the hilarity

Highly recommend this "A Brief History of the Winter Olympics", of course, because of the occasion, when the Beijing Winter Olympics are in full swing, let's not just look at the liveliness, more understanding of the history of the Winter Olympics will help us understand the Winter Olympics at a deeper level, not just watch the hilarity and chase the stars; second, this book integrates the winter Olympic knowledge in many fields such as history, politics, sports, etc., integrates the Winter Olympics into human history and political situation, and is very readable, not just simply listing numbers and examples.

Throughout this book, we can see the wind of the Winter Olympics sweeping around the world. From the time chamonix hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924, hosting the Winter Olympics was initially the prerogative of powerful European countries. In 1932, the hosting rights of the Winter Olympics fell into the hands of the United States for the first time, for which the United States made great efforts, "the chairman of the organizing committee Dewey even donated his own private land for sled competition venues." The author calls it "the European system and ... A direct clash between American styles". The 1940 Winter Olympics were originally planned to be held in Japan, but the war of aggression against China disqualified Japan from hosting them, and it was not until 30 years later, in 1972, that Japan regained its qualifications. It was also the first time that Asia had hosted the Winter Olympics. China's debut at the Winter Olympics was in 1980, which was very late compared to Japan, which began to participate in the Olympic Games in the 1920s, and we had no hope of achieving results at that time. It was not until the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, that China's Ye Qiaobo achieved a breakthrough of zero for China and won the first medal.

The Winter Olympics move from Europe to the Americas and to Asia, and Chinese athletes from simply participating to becoming strong medal contenders all show the changing world pattern and the continuous growth of Asia, especially China. This growth includes all aspects: political status, economic strength, national quality, and so on.

In addition, this book also gives us the image of a strong and self-disciplined Olympic athlete. For example, the national hockey league NHL figure Vin Gretzky, his self-disciplined and responsible image has made Jobs a fan of him, Jobs quoted his famous words at the Apple product launch: "I want to slide to where the ball is going, not where it is already", expressing a vision for the future. Another example is the first athlete in history to open the summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games, the Tongan athlete Tauffatofa. As well as Wang Meng, Yu Sheng Jiexian, Jin Yan'er, Wu Dajing, etc., have all left a brilliant figure in the history of the Winter Olympics.

At this Winter Olympics, the situation of "strong ice and weak snow" on the mainland has also been improved, and Su Yiming and Gu Ailing, two youngsters, will stand on the podium of the Winter Olympics with the brave spirit of the newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, which is a very remarkable breakthrough. It is expected that the Olympic athletes will be able to achieve better results in the next competition.