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Exactly 42 years ago, on February 13, 1980, the 13th Winter Olympics were held in Lake Placid, USA. That Winter Olympics was the first time that the Chinese Olympic Committee sent teams to participate in the Winter Olympics after the IOC restored its legal seat in 1979, but at that time, China's ice and snow sports were not yet popular, and in the end, none of the 18 minor events participated by Chinese athletes entered the top six. From the first time to participate in the Winter Olympic Games empty-handed, to the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, the Chinese delegation to achieve a breakthrough of zero medals in the Winter Olympics, and then to now Beijing has become a "city of two Olympics", Chinese athletes have won gold and silver in the field of the Beijing Winter Olympics, in the past 42 years, China's ice and snow sports have never stopped moving forward, and the spirit of generations of athletes who never give up has also been continuously continued and carried forward.
The flag bearer witnesses the flag bearer
On February 12, China's Gao Tingyu won the gold medal in the men's 500 meters of speed skating with a record-breaking Olympic record, which is also the first gold in the history of China's men's speed skating Winter Olympics. As the flag bearer of the Chinese sports delegation's first participation in the Winter Olympics in 1980, the 72-year-old Zhao Weichang witnessed the glorious moment of Gao Tingyu's victory in front of the TV. It is worth mentioning that at the opening ceremony of this Winter Olympics, Zhao Weichang was the first torchbearer to enter the "Bird's Nest", while Gao Tingyu was the flag bearer who walked in the front row of the Chinese sports delegation. When the flag bearer witnesses the flag bearer, behind it is the Olympic complex across time and space.
One of China's best ice skaters of the 1970s, Zhao Weichang won the men's national speed skating all-around championships 11 consecutive times, broke national records 26 times, and finished second in the men's 500 meters of speed skating at the 1975 World Championships in Oslo. In 1980, New China stepped on the Winter Olympics for the first time, and Zhao Weichang served as the flag bearer of the opening ceremony of the Chinese delegation, which can be described as the first person to be the flag bearer of the New China Olympic Games (including the Summer Olympics).
At that Winter Olympics, Zhao Weichang participated in three events: speed skating men's 500 meters, 1000 meters and 1500 meters. Although the three competitions he participated in were finally ranked 31st, 24th and 25th, and the Chinese delegation did not win medals in that Winter Olympics, Zhao Weichang still wrote a strong stroke for China's ice and snow sports, and faced the gap with the world's top athletes, and was able to catch up with the world in the future, which was also the harvest of the Chinese delegation at that Winter Olympics.
Looking back on the past, Zhao Weichang bluntly said that he was lucky, because his dream from 42 years ago shone into reality today, "Participating in the Winter Olympics in 1980, after entering the scene at that time, I heard the audience seats for the Chinese delegation, returning to the big family of the Olympic organization, giving a warm welcome, shouting China, China, China, China!" Our idea was when our country would be able to host the Olympics. ”
42 years have passed, and Zhao Weichang, who is 72 years old, has performed a "inheritance" about the Olympic Games with his own practical actions. For the young Chinese players who are now fighting on the field, Zhao Weichang also gave his advice, "This game is to fight with you, with this concept to play, in order to play their own technical level better."
In addition, the 81-year-old Luo Zhihuan won the 1500m world men's speed skating championships in 1963, and he is also China's first winter sports world champion, for Gao Tingyu's achievements, Luo Zhihuan recorded a video at home to congratulate the younger generation: "Proud of you! Proud of you! ”
Luo Zhihuan praised Gao Tingyu
The flag bearer witnessed the flag bearer, the first crown congratulated the first crown, and the two elderly people's air blessings moved countless netizens. In the past 42 years, the performance of generations of Chinese athletes has undergone earth-shaking changes, this Winter Olympics, the Chinese sports delegation has achieved all 7 major events, 15 sub-events of the "full project participation" goal, many projects to achieve leapfrog progress, the first half of the Winter Olympics, China's ice and snow in a number of projects to create the "first" or "best" in the history of participation, especially in the past slightly weak snow sports, as well as ice hockey, steel frame snowmobiles, bobsleighs and other projects, China has shown gratifying progress. Today, through the continuous efforts of generations of athletes, a "Chinese ice and snow dream" is gradually being realized, and generations of Chinese ice and snow athletes "together to the future" also tell the outside world about China's ice and snow stride forward posture...
The Gu Ailing competition was postponed due to weather conditions
After Gu Ailing won her first Winter Olympic gold medal in her "sub-event" freestyle ski jump, the attention and expectations of the outside world for her reached its peak. It was originally planned that Gu Ailing should welcome the qualification tournament for the second event of his Beijing Winter Olympics at 10 a.m. on February 13, the freestyle ski women's slope obstacle course, but the day did not go according to people's wishes, because of the heavy snow in Zhangjiakou, Gu Ailing's competition was forced to be cancelled.
According to the IOC's official website, the women's freestyle skiing steeplechase qualification will be postponed to 10 a.m. on February 14, and the final will be postponed to 9:30 a.m. on February 15. In addition, the freestyle ski women's aerial skills qualification tournament, which was scheduled for the evening of February 13, will also be postponed to the 14th, and Chinese celebrities Xu Mengtao, Kong Fanyu and Shao Qi will attack the gold medal.
If it's a race on the snow, why avoid the snow? According to reports, the material of the competition site of the Beijing Winter Olympics Genting Ski Park, through the repeated crushing of the snow roller, the texture is harder, in line with the conditions of the athletes' competition, and the natural snowfall will affect the snow quality and snow temperature of the track, making the surface of the track soft, which is not conducive to the players. Athletes wax the snowboard before the race, and snowfall can also cause athletes to be unable to make accurate judgments about the type and amount of waxing. In addition, low visibility in snowy weather can affect the vision of athletes and referees, especially for athletes who need to complete difficult movements in the air, which is very dangerous.
In fact, in the history of the Winter Olympic Games, there is no shortage of postponements due to weather reasons. According to Shangguan News, before the Beijing Winter Olympics, only 4 of the past 23 Winter Olympics have not had any events postponed or cancelled due to weather conditions.
Of course, this sudden change will have a certain impact on the athlete's state of play and psychology, but objectively speaking, the weather conditions are fair to all the participants. I hope that the Chinese players can adjust their state and achieve the desired results after the game resumes!
Chinese women's curling has won two consecutive victories
On the afternoon of the 13th, in the 6th round of the women's curling round robin tournament, the Chinese women's curling team composed of Han Yu, Wang Rui, Dong Ziqi, Zhang Lijun and Jiang Xindi played against the South Korean team, the runner-up of the last Winter Olympics. After 10 rounds of competition and overtime, the Chinese team defeated the South Korean team 6-5, and the Chinese women's curling team ushered in two consecutive wins. Rui, a fourth baseman after the game, said, "Through the victory of these two games, our whole team has become more confident. No matter who the opponent is, we still have to do ourselves, to fight every game, to play every goal. ”
The crying American girl was gone
On February 13, American snowboarder Tesa Maud, who finished the race, took a flight back to the United States, and the day before leaving China, the 18-year-old girl, who had been moved to cry by Chinese volunteers, posted a photo with volunteers and captioned, "I will miss them very much!"
And in a selfie that day, she also introduced her last day of dress in China, followed by "I am sad," a few seconds of silence and "I'm going to cry on the plane, I'm going to choke, love you." In another video caption, she bluntly said that she "didn't want to go home".
After the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics on the 4th, Maud posted a video recalling the moment when volunteers shouted "Welcome to China" to themselves, and couldn't help but burst into tears. After the video caused a heated discussion, the volunteer brother who was "named" also wrote a warm reply letter for her, inviting her to come back to China after the epidemic. Although Maud failed to win a medal in the field of this Winter Olympics, in recent days, she recorded her first Winter Olympic trip with video to attract the attention of the whole network, and Maud shed tears in her deep love, which also made her the most popular athlete among Chinese netizens.
In fact, at this Winter Olympics, there are many foreign athletes like Maud who can perceive China with their hearts, when goodwill and goodwill meet, when sincerity and sincerity interact, this gathering in the name of the Olympics has written a chapter of youth and friendship.
The first Triple Crown is born
At the end of the Winter Olympics, Norway topped the medal table with 9 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze results, and norway's advantage was mostly from school. On the afternoon of the 13th, in the biathlon women's 10 km pursuit of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Norway's Matt Olseb Reseland won the gold medal, which was also her third gold medal at the Winter Olympics, and her teammate Trier Eckerhov won the bronze medal and the silver medal was won by Sweden's Elvira Eberri. Tang Jialin of China finished the competition in 53rd place.