(Beijing Winter Olympics) beyond winning and losing, The Chinese atmosphere inside and outside the Beijing Winter Olympic Games
Beijing, February 12 (China News Service) -- The Beijing Winter Olympics have entered its eighth competition day, and the speed and passion on the ice and snow continue to bring expectations and surprises to the world. Inside and outside the arena, not only medals and records shine, but also the Chinese arrogance of athletes and spectators.
Breaking records, more "eye volume" to break through themselves
The Winter Olympics is a sporting event in which all mankind competes on the same stage. Although competitive sports take achievements as an important yardstick, in the eyes of Chinese athletes, winning medals and breaking records is a dream, but it is no longer the only pursuit, and breaking through oneself has become a greater goal.
On February 8, Gu Ailing, the "top" Chinese athlete of the Winter Olympics, "jumped to the sky", and would be the top of the "Ling", completing the highest difficulty 1620-degree turn that the world's female freestyle skiers can complete, and won the first gold medal in the women's snow sports in the history of the Chinese Winter Olympics. After the game, she confessed, "I'm not here to beat other players, I just want to break my boundaries." ”
On February 8, In the final of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Freestyle Ski Women's Big Jump at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, China's Gu Ailing won the championship. Photo by Mao Jianjun, reporter of China News Service
This kind of self-breakthrough competitive sportsmanship, there are more Chinese athletes on the field to carry forward. Gao Tingyu won the first Winter Olympic gold medal in the men's speed skating men's 500 meters of speed skating with an Olympic record;Zhang Yangming created the best ever record of Chinese athletes in the alpine skiing all-around event at the Winter Olympics; Xu Mingfu successfully completed the race, filling the gap in China's Olympic results in the alpine skiing men's downhill event; He Jinbo completed the most difficult individual action of the freestyle ski jump; Wang Peixuan made his successful debut in the single sledding event...
"Wind and things should be looked at for a long time." Regardless of whether they win or lose, Chinese athletes do their best to compete and finish the competition, and they are proud to inspire a better version of themselves on the field. Such a wide "eye volume" is already a breakthrough.
In addition to medals, there is also warmth and friendship
If chinese athletes are composing "faster, higher and stronger" above the arena, under the arena, they play the strings of "more unity".
After Gu Ailing won her first Olympic gold medal, she hugged the runner-up winner who lived in the snow to hide her face and cry, france's Tess Ludd and comforted her. A hug in the snow and ice makes people feel that warmth.
In the curling mixed doubles round robin, Although Chinese players Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi were defeated by the American combination, they still smiled, blessed their opponents in English, and presented each with a box of "ice pier" Olympic commemorative badges. Ling Zhi said that curling is a social sport, and exchanging gifts is a tradition of the project, expressing friendship between athletes.
On February 5, in the mixed doubles round robin tournament of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team composed of Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi lost 5-7 to the American combination. After the competition, Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi gave the American curling mixed doubles group a box of 4 Winter Olympic badges per person. Ling Zhi said that the 4 Winter Olympic badges are not the same, and the American team likes this gift very much. Photo by Cui Nan, a reporter from China News Service
Friendly interactions have allowed athletes to harvest warmth and friendship while competing for ice and snow, and respect and appreciation have also been conveyed. In the men's singles competition of figure skating, the masters of various countries showed their skills, and Chinese figure skater Jin Boyang expressed his sincere admiration when he talked about his opponent and friend Yu Sheng after the 10th match. Jin Boyang said that Yusheng Yuxin constantly broke through himself, "his spirit is worth learning." Chinese teenager Su Yiming, who won the silver medal in the men's slope steeplechase competition in snowboarding, also happily hugged his idol, bronze medalist and Canadian mark McMorris on the podium.
Go beyond winning and losing and cheering all athletes
In the past large-scale sports events, the Chinese people's watching mentality has continued to mature and progress, not only focusing on their own athletes, but not on the success or failure of heroes. Foreign athletes such as Japan's Yu yusuke, several Figure Skating women's singles players in Russia, and 49-year-old German speed skating veteran Claudia Pehistein have attracted attention and are loved by Chinese netizens.
People are not "only win-lose", can look at success and failure, congratulate the winners, have a brilliant aura, and encourage the losers to give flowers and applause.
"Competitive sports have so much uncertainty that it's best to fight." When "Iron Man" Jia Zongyang choked up and blamed himself for missing the gold medal by mistake, some netizens warmly replied; when he was convicted of fouls and did not qualify for the final, Ren Ziwei responded that "it is acceptable, it is his own mistake", netizens commented "It doesn't matter, don't put too much pressure on yourself"; when Cai Xuetong, a snowboarder who has participated in the Winter Olympics four times, failed to win the medal, "persistence is worth admiring" became a high-frequency sentence of netizens, believing that she will do better next time.
On February 10, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Snowboarding Women's U-Shaped Track Skills Final was held at Zhangjiakou Genting Ski Park. China's Cai Xuetong came in fourth. The picture shows Chinese player Cai Xuetong in the competition. Photo by China News Service reporter Tomita
In fact, behind the game beyond winning and losing and watching the game with a normal mentality is the openness and tolerance of the new era Chinese to global sports competitions.
Looking at the Winter Olympics from a broader perspective, the ignition ceremony of "small snowflakes" in various countries surrounded by "micro-fire", the "ice piers" that represent China but are more oriented to the world, and the enthusiastic volunteers who have no nationality difference... Off the field, these details also have the meaning of openness and inclusiveness.
The athletes' breakthrough self, the friendly interaction between Chinese and foreign athletes, the audience cheering for the Olympic athletes, and the mentality of surpassing wins and losses inside and outside the arena all highlight the open and inclusive Chinese style. (End)