Competitive Communication Beyond Victory and Defeat (Winter Olympics Vision)

Pictured: Cai Xuetong in the game. Photo by Jiang Yushi, reporter of this newspaper: Wang Shiyue (left) / Liu Xinyu in the competition. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yuwei: Chloe King at the game. Photo by Li Ye, a reporter of this newspaper

In the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the challenge to the limit is not limited to the refresh of speed, but also the pursuit of higher difficulty. This makes ice and snow sports more attractive, and also allows the enthusiastic personalities of the players to be highlighted.

At the same time, the Winter Olympics is also a platform for athletes from delegations from different countries and regions to enhance their understanding, and everyone can achieve transcendence in mutual exchanges and mutual encouragement.

Pursue the limit to break through yourself

With two perfect 1080-degree moves, Chloe King, a master of women's U-shaped tracks in snowboarding and a player from the United States, can almost ensure that the Winter Olympic gold medal is in hand. Subsequently, the arena became a stage for her to challenge herself, and the 1260-degree reverse foot action and the continuous 1080-degree rotation action caused a series of exclamations, and although she failed to succeed, her extreme challenge still won the respect of her opponents and the audience. "I'm only 21 years old and I'm going to keep working hard in the future." She said.

In the same field, China's Cai Xuetong also challenged herself to the highest difficulty, but unfortunately there was a mistake in the 900-degree landing of the reverse foot, and she failed to stand on the podium. "If I had the ability to constantly push my limits, or to reach my potential, I would continue." Cai Xuetong said.

In recent years, challenging difficult moves has become one of the trends in figure skating, especially in single-player sports. In the 2015 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating China Cup, Jin Boyang of the Chinese team completed his signature action - hooking hands around and then jumping on the outside ice for three weeks, becoming the first athlete in the world to complete this action in the international arena. Since then, the world's top players have increased the difficulty of free skating, and the 4 four-sided jump has begun to become "standard".

Revitalize the nascent project

A total of 7 new events have been added to the Beijing Winter Olympics, among which the freestyle ski men's big jump and the freestyle ski women's big jump are popular among young people with their strong ornamentality and visual impact. Gu Ailing, a Chinese team player who won gold in the women's event, also issued a call to young people: "I hope to use my experience to attract more young people, especially girls, to participate in skiing." ”

The changes in the setting of the Winter Olympics program are the embodiment of the IOC's quest for innovation. IOC President Bach stressed on more than one occasion: "We want to push sports to young people, and we can no longer expect them to take the initiative to come to the door, but should take the initiative to get close to them." As a result, the project is fresher, more diverse, more cool, and has become the direction of the Olympic movement.

The "history of the evolution of the Winter Olympics" in snowboarding can be the epitome of the Winter Olympics' initiative to open up to young people. The event, which originated in North America in the last century and quickly swept the world, only entered the Winter Olympic family at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, the number of snowboard events increased from 4 to 6, the Sochi Winter Olympics added men's and women's slope obstacle courses, and the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics included the big jump.

Snowboarding is born with a "trendy" gene, and its technique, style, and expressiveness are very different from traditional skiing. Moreover, it does not originate from the needs of human production and life, but is closely related to entertainment and challenges. The setting of Olympic events such as slope obstacle skills, U-shaped field skills, and big jumping platforms are all related to the events of the Winter Extreme Games. After years of hard work, many commercial events have gained a large number of loyal fans, and attracted more young people to pick up snowboards and take to the ice and snow arena.

How much young people love snowboarding is evident from the women's steeplechase finals at the Winter Olympics that ended on February 6. Of the 12 players who finally qualified, the post-00s accounted for most of them, and the new Zealand team that finally won the championship, Zoe Sadowski Sinnott, was only 20 years old, and the Australian team Tess Cody, who finished third, was only one year older than Sinnott.

Communication conveys friendship

In the winter olympic snowboard men's slope obstacle course final, China's Su Yiming successfully challenged 1800 degrees in the official competition for the first time, and his interaction with his idol, Canada's McMorris, was even more touching. McMaris unabashedly expressed his love for Su Yiming: "I am proud to be his idol. ”

Aiming at idols is the driving force for Su Yiming to continue to forge ahead, and the Winter Olympic Games have provided an opportunity for athletes from all over the world and regions to learn from each other under the epidemic. On the evening of the 12th, in the figure skating ice dance rhythm dance competition, the Chinese team's Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu have been sitting in the stands watching other players compete after completing the competition. In the past two years, due to the impact of the epidemic, they have not had many opportunities to compete abroad. During the Winter Olympics, they hope to seize the opportunity to learn more from players from all over the world. The French team combination that ranked first that night achieved a high score of 90.83 points, and Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu said that the French team combination was their learning goal, although it may not reach their height, but it clarified the future direction.

Pursue victory and defeat on the field, and convey warmth off the field. After Gu Ailing won the gold, he and the third place Mathilde Grimor comforted the runner-up winner together, surpassing the victory and defeat, touching the audience.

Since the beginning of the tournament, the friendship and warmth conveyed in the arena have been everywhere. From the athletes' lounge on the freestyle ski jump to the end of the snowboard slope obstacle course, athletes from different countries and regions cheered for every wonderful move and regretted every mistake.

On the stage of the Beijing Winter Olympics, people saw the unity and friendship between athletes from different countries and regions, and felt the charm of ice and snow sports. Using ice and snow sports as a link and condensing the power of "more unity", these scenes are deeply moving and interpret the Olympic spirit.

People's Daily (2022-02-14 13th edition)