Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee: Focus on the power of women in the Winter Olympics encourage more girls to participate in sports

On February 14, the main media center of the Beijing Winter Olympics held the tenth regular press conference during the game. The press conference focused on "the power of women at the Winter Olympics" and was co-chaired by IOC Spokesperson Mark Adams and Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee Spokesperson Yan Jiarong. Yang Yang, Chairman of the Athletes Committee of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, Yianis Exachs, CEO of the Olympic Broadcasting Service Company, and Huang Chun, Deputy Director of the Epidemic Prevention and Control Office of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, attended the meeting.

The nearly 100-year history of the Winter Olympics is also the history of the development of "her power."

At the beginning of the press conference, Yan Jiarong, who pays close attention to the progress of the event, shared her experience, "The history of the Winter Olympics in the past hundred years is also the history of the development of 'her strength'. ”

In her eyes, there will be many dazzling women in this Winter Olympics, there are veterans who have participated in many Winter Olympic Games and still maintain enthusiasm and courage, and there are also young players who have debuted in the competition and are indestructible. Their appearance has made the Winter Olympic Ice and Snow Event more dazzling and moving, and its significance is extraordinary.

Yan Jiarong said: "They show women's beauty from different angles. Their appearance epitomizes that women have propped up half the sky on the sports stage. I hope that there will be more women in the future, going to the arena and walking to the front of the stage. ”

Yan Jiarong introduced: "The Beijing Winter Olympics is the highest proportion of female athletes participating in the Winter Olympic Games, reaching 45%. At the same time, female athletes also participated in the most projects in the past, and of the total 109 sub-events, 46 women participated in the projects. Among the 7 new sub-events, there are 2 women's single events and 4 mixed/team events, which fully reflect the concept of promoting gender equality in the Olympic Agenda 2020. ”

Promoting gender equality is something the IOC continues to do

Broadcasting is an important part of the Olympic Games, and as an Olympic broadcasting service that provides Olympic broadcasting services to Olympic rights holders around the world, it also plays an important role in promoting gender equality in the Olympic Games, and its CEO, Ianis Exacsachs, said, "We can see that throughout the event schedule, we have achieved gender equality. It is more important to show 'equality' through broadcasting, ensuring that female and male athletes achieve equality in terms of being reported. Ianis Exacs also mentioned that they are also committed to achieving gender equality in some details, such as the question of interviewing male and female athletes in the mixed picking area to ensure that they are similar, without any gender discrimination.

Mark Adams said the IOC has been working to promote gender equality during the Olympics. "From the perspective of the IOC, we want to send such a signal to the world that we need to strengthen the construction of women's teams and attract more female athletes to participate in sports."

Encourage more girls to participate in sports and discover better selves

As the chairman of the Athletes Committee of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Yang Yang expressed his feelings about watching the competition in recent days: "I have experienced the development of Chinese sports in the past 30 or 40 years. Growing up in my experience, female athletes must receive enough training support and training guarantees to have the opportunity to stand on the Olympic field. ”

Yang Yang is not only an athlete who has achieved dazzling results in the field, but also an excellent mother. She said that the performance of female athletes in this Winter Olympics not only showed the beauty of figure skating, but also showed the sassy like aerial skills. "After watching the performance of the Chinese delegation this time, I used the stories of many female athletes to inspire my daughter, hoping that she can be like these athletes, dare to break through herself and bravely pursue her dreams."

In her opinion, "for children, exercise can play to their potential and let them discover a different version of themselves." In fact, it is not necessary (needed) to be a professional athlete, but through sports, you can express yourself and make yourself better. I strongly urge girls to participate in sports. I'm a big believer in the power of sport, and I believe that sport will make more girls discover better versions of themselves. ”

Photo and text | the official website of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, Liang Lina and Wang Mengru