"The experience of participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics was fantastic! It's the best thing in my life. Everyone I met after coming to Beijing was very warm and courteous, and everyone was like a family. Ecuadorian alpine skier Sarah Escobar praised her experience at the Beijing Winter Olympics on her way home from Beijing.
Sarah was the first female athlete from Ecuador to participate in the Winter Olympics and the only athlete on the Ecuadorian delegation at the Winter Olympics, competing in the women's giant slalom event on alpine skiing. "Being the flag bearer of the delegation at the Beijing Winter Olympics is the greatest honor of my life. This honor belongs to all Ecuadorians, to my country, to my family, to my friends and to all those who support me. Speaking of the feeling of being the standard-bearer of the Winter Olympics, Sarah still can't hide her excitement.
"The Olympics is a unique place, it is the biggest competitive sporting event in the world. It is an honor for me to participate in this Winter Olympics. "The Olympic spirit unites everyone, no longer paying attention to our differences, we are all fighting for the sport we love and forming the Olympic family together." ”
February 1 is the first day of the first lunar month of the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese lunar calendar, and Sarah, who is preparing for the battle, celebrates her 20th birthday in Beijing. "It was also my first training day after I arrived in Beijing. When I returned to the athletes' rest room after training, the staff wished us a 'Happy Chinese New Year' and I told them that today was also my birthday. One volunteer gave me a Chinese knot and told me it was a symbol of good luck. "On the same day, Sarah also received a birthday cake and flowers prepared by volunteers, and other athletes in the Winter Olympic Village also wished her a happy birthday, which made her very happy." Participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics was my best birthday gift. She said.
Source Xinhua News Agency
Edited by Kang Dian
Process Editor Liu Weili