Competition is like climbing, because every height of the climb leaves a new scale for the latecomers!
In today's Nordic two-sport individual ski jumping standard table competition at today's Winter Olympics, China's Zhao Jiawen ranked 43rd. Zhao Jiawen's appearance means that for the first time, Chinese figure appeared in this event.
At this Winter Olympics, there are many athletes like Zhao Jiawen who made their debut on behalf of China. From Feng He from China who competed in the women's steeplechase qualification for snowboarding, to Wang Peixuan from China who competed in the single-person bobsleigh event, to Jung from China who competed in the women's steeplechase preliminary competition for snowboarding... Each first time inspires Chinese ice and snow athletes to achieve new breakthroughs.
Looking back at the development process of China's short track speed skating, it is also from the breakthrough step by step to become a strong team. Standing on the podium is a breakthrough, standing on the Olympic field is also a breakthrough!
At this Winter Olympics, the Chinese delegation participated for the first time in 35 small events, achieving a "breakthrough of zero". Breakthroughs are not only reflected in the range from 0 to 1, but also in the best results in history again and again.
In the men's 1500m speed skating event held on the evening of the 8th, China's Ning Zhongyan ranked 7th, and although he said that he did not present his "best self" on the field, this achievement still created the best result of the Chinese athletes in the Winter Olympics in this event.
In the figure skating team competition, the Chinese figure skating team won the fifth place; in the cross-country skiing men's double chase, China's Liu Rongsheng finished 38th... They did not stand on the podium, but they all achieved the best results of the Chinese team at the Winter Olympics. This alone is worth celebrating, and even more worthy of congratulations!
General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed: "The most touching thing about major events is not necessarily to win a gold medal, but to embody the Olympic spirit. This is exactly what Chinese talks about self-improvement. ”
We see that Zhao Jiawen, in order to achieve good results, "dies with himself", others practice hard for 20 kilometers, he practices hard for 30 kilometers; Kong Fan, a Chinese athlete who participated in the women's alpine skiing competition, revealed that he was tired during the race and "almost smoked", but he never gave up, "with a belief, he must reach the end". Whether it is the increased hard work before the game or the high morale during the game, this spirit of struggle is commendable, which is a vivid footnote to the Chinese's unremitting self-improvement, and it is also a concrete interpretation of the Olympic spirit.
After China's Xu Mingfu finished the men's downhill competition, IOC President Bach gave him a signed watch and said: It is not easy for Chinese athletes to complete the downhill competition, and I hope that the future competition will be more hard. Obviously, this watch is not a medal, but it has the deep meaning of a medal, it is a reward for Xu Mingfu, and it is also an incentive for the fighters.
To participate in competitive sports, you have to pursue medals, but medals are not all. Showing the spirit of struggle in participation and surpassing oneself in the struggle, this spiritual style not only reaches the connotation of the Olympic spirit, but also reaches the hearts of the people, which is touching.
Paying tribute to every breakthrough, every step of the Chinese athletes' struggle has made a new historical annotation for the leap of China's ice and snow sports, and Chinese ice and snow sports will surely pick up the level and run to a new peak in the inheritance and breakthrough of generations!