Figure skating and other sections are called "Kiss & Cry", netizens: very romantic!

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Since the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics, attention to figure skating, one of the highlights, has continued to heat up. While the audience feasted their eyes on the various "fairy fights", the equal division "Kiss & Cry" (meaning "kissing and crying") that recorded the joys and sorrows of the contestants also quietly "became popular", and netizens shouted: Romantic!

Japanese figure skater Yusuke Yusuke competes in the men's singles free skating competition on February 10. Photo by Cui Nan, a reporter from China News Service

"Kissing and Crying"

On February 10th, the figure skating men's singles free skating competition came to an end, and Jin Boyang, Yu yusho, Uno Masama and other players showed their superb skills. And the footage of them nervously waiting for the score to come out between games is equally impressive.

Japanese figure skater Masama Uno and coach Lambier are in the same section on Feb. 8, with Lambier wearing a sign with the words "Kiss & Cry" on his chest.

Sharp-eyed netizens found that when they were equally divided, many players and coaches carried a sign with "Kiss & Cry" on their chests, and asked their souls: The literal meaning is understood, but why do you want to cry in this kiss?

On February 10, Chinese figure skater Jin Boyang was in the same division.

In fact, it's an official term used in figure skating that athletes and coaches wearing the sign can enter the equal section – the "Kiss & Cry area".

This area is usually located in the corner of the ice rink, which has a seating area and a screen for displaying scores.

As it literally means: players experience many emotional fluctuations when they are equally divided.

American figure skaterS Jock and Bates (right) hug passionately on Feb. 7.

When the scores are read out, viewers often see players and coaches kissing and celebrating after success, as well as crying after disappointment. This small corner records the little truth of the players.

It stemmed from a coincidence

As for why the name was given to the equal division in the first place, there are many theories. At present, the most widely circulated is due to a coincidence.

On February 10, Japanese figure skater Yu yusuke was in the same division.

Before the 1983 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, television technicians, who did not know the specific names of the equal divisions, asked elko, the Finnish figure skating officer at the time.

Elko improvised and replied casually, "This is the corner where you kiss and cry." ”

After that, "kissing and crying" spread in the figure skating world and eventually became the official term of the International Skating Union.

Canadian figure skater Madeleine Scillas cheered with the team after learning the score on Feb. 7.

Netizen comment: Romantic!

@Chai Xiaoduo: Very romantic!

@olymmmm: I saw the "KISS AND CRY" written on the player's sign, which was moving

@Ling goose is a goose is not a ne: figure skating and other divisions of the original so beautiful, KISS and cry, too image!

@ Small Flower Pot: Figure skating is beautiful, and the athletes in the KISS AND CRY area interact so cutely

@Seven Purple Date Cakes: No wonder Yu Sheng is crying here

@MeowThow Sauce: This area is as exciting as the game!

@ Li Xiaomao's mushroom: Whether it is joy or regret, whether it is kissing or tears, it is an integral part of competitive sports and the Olympic Games

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