Article source: CCTV
Since the start of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, everyone has shared their Winter Olympic journey inside and outside the stadium, and also told a warm winter Olympic story.
At 8 a.m., there was a long line of souvenir shops in the main media center. Foreign journalists took advantage of the breaks in the competition coverage to come here to shop for souvenir gifts. Among the gifts chosen by Magnet, an audio engineer from the United States, was a special gift for su Yiming, an idol he "fell in love with at first sight" at the Zhangjiakou arena a few days ago.
American Audio Engineer McGnett: I want to give this to Su Yiming, this is the meaning of good luck, right, I also wrote here to congratulate you Su Yiming, I wish you a gold medal in the next game, a blessing from american fans. I especially like to ski, so when I see Su Yiming's small body on the ice and snow but can burst out so much energy, on the Great Wall built by snow, agile can be said to fly, it is simply too exciting. In fact, many Chinese athletes are challenging themselves for every glimmer of hope and fighting to the end, which I think is also the essence of the Olympic spirit.
After hard work, we passed on this special blessing from American fans to Su Yiming, who was training.
Gifts conveyed warmth from the Olympic family in the stadium, from various badges to commemorative medals, and souvenirs that carried the memories of athletes and media workers from all over the world were also delivered from the temporary post office of the main media center of the Beijing Winter Olympics to the world. Every day, hundreds of international mail are sent from here.
Xu Jian, head of the temporary post office venue of the main media center: The favorite of foreign journalists and friends is our postcard with Chinese characteristics. You see these are postcards sent abroad, like these two are our venues, and then this kind of Beijing characteristics, Chinese characteristics, like this kind of postcard, we probably have to receive at least 200 pieces a day.
"We are here to feel the passion of the Olympics. It was the swimming venue for the 2008 Summer Olympics, but it has now been turned into a curling venue. The hotel was excellent and the people around us were so welcoming, especially the lovely student assistants. I tasted a lot of dumplings and noodles." Compared with the souvenirs, many athletes and media workers say that the stories of the Winter Olympics they experienced here are the gifts they most want to share with their families.
American figure skater Jason Brown: I've been to China many times, I've been to the Great Wall, it's spectacular, and I love Chinese food. It was the Winter Olympics that made my wish to come back to China come true. China's event organization work is very outstanding, especially the Chinese volunteers, they showed China's enthusiasm, warmth, we also experienced the Chinese Spring Festival, everyone wished us a happy new year, everyone told us, I wish you good luck in the arena, all the spectators cheered for us, all of our athletes are grateful and proud to be part of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and these stories of mine will also be my gifts back to the United States.
Foreign media technicians: The whole world is reunited because of the Winter Olympics, even if there are some countries athletes who are not good at the sport, but we still see them to compete, to fight, to unite, to fight these spiritual strengths will be the story we want to tell the world.