With the opening of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, athletes from all over the world showed their cool and heroic posture on the field, and outside the arena, international friends also felt the warmth of home. Lori Nickel, a reporter for the Milwaukee Sentinel, shared many heart-warming details during the Beijing Winter Olympics in an article on the 8th, lamenting that "these helpful and warm-hearted people are amazing."
Gifts prepared by Nikkor
Before leaving, Nikkor deliberately prepared posters, hats, T-shirts, sunglasses, brooches and other peripherals for the 2021 NBA champion Bucks, "these gifts occupy half of my space in one suitcase." Nikkor can be said to have "come prepared".
"Hi, I'm from Milwaukee and have covered NBA championship teams, thank you for your help." This is the first time that Nikkor has participated in the Coverage of the Winter Olympics, and she has been a broadcast reporter for NBA events before, and she learned that there are many Chinese spectators watching NBA games, and she specially prepared many gifts before leaving, and also attached sticky notes in Chinese and English.
A gift that Nikkor harvested during the Beijing Winter Olympics
"Unexpectedly, those young people also gave me gifts back." After giving away his own gifts and sticky notes, Nickell also received an "unexpected surprise". "You can give me $10,000 to spend here, but it's far less memorable than these precious gifts, and the cute young faces I met when I exchanged them," she said.
Nikkor also shared some of her unforgettable experiences at the Beijing Winter Olympics: "As a token of gratitude, I left a tip at Pizza Hut, and the three young men simply chased me out to say no; when I bought lunch at the media center, I accidentally paid double the money, a young lady came to me and refunded the overpaid cash, I wanted to pay some money to thank her for her honesty, she did not accept; because I was too tired, I missed the scheduled new crown virus test, and the staff came to the room to help me do the test..." Nikkor saw, Whether it's traffic managers for the Winter Olympics, food preparers, or media venue organizers, they are always ready to help those in need.
In fact, since the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, foreign athletes, journalists, etc. have expressed their feelings of goodwill and warmth from China. Georgian alpine skier Nino Zikory said that "Chinese volunteers are very enthusiastic and pass on their happiness to all athletes"; Japanese "Daily" reporters also praised the warm service of volunteers and medical staff, saying that "all are kind staff, under the heavy protective clothing is a pair of smiling eyes."
"A few years later, when I came to China during the pandemic to cover this Winter Olympics, I think of the snow skills of the athletes, Jordan Stoltz (an American speed skater), the huge international stage and news team, and all the staff who helped us." Nikkor wrote at the end of the article.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Qin Hong Text Editor: Dong Siyun Title Image Source: Xinhua News Agency Photo Editor: Yong Kai
Source: Author: Overseas Network