Beijing, February 16 (Xinhua) -- "Faster, higher, stronger and more united" is the true meaning of the Olympic spirit, and Gu Ailing has also said that sports can unite everyone. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, many small stories showing the "fate" between Chinese and foreign friends occurred.
The different Chinese feelings of German athletes
Moritz Müller, the captain of the German men's ice hockey team, ended his Journey to the Beijing Winter Olympics on the 15th, but he had already formed a fate with China because of candy.
Mueller lost his mother at an early age. Twenty years ago, at the age of 15, he went to Cologne to pursue his love of ice hockey, but had nowhere to settle. "I couldn't find a place to live, and I ended up living with three Chinese, who gave me a lot of candy that I ate before I could survive." Mueller recalled.
In the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team played against the German team and finally lost to the German team by a score of 2:3. Speaking about this competition, Mueller said: "It can be seen that the Chinese team cooperates very tacitly, we play very hard, and it is not easy to win the game."
On February 12, the men's hockey group game of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Beijing National Gymnasium. China (White) lost 2-3 to Germany. Photo by Cui Nan, a reporter from China News Service
Swedish curlers who rushed to the hot search
These days, the story of Swedish curler Armida de Waal is talked about. She asked the company for a written leave of absence, and when she won the Olympic medal, she was discovered by a surprised Chinese colleague that she had gone to the Beijing Winter Olympics. It is reported that she will return to Sweden this week and return to work.
In response to the enthusiasm of Chinese netizens, the athlete said: "When a friend told me that I became popular on Weibo in China, I was surprised, and I searched on the Internet to find that I was really 'popular'. ”
At the same time, Armida spoke highly of the Winter Olympic village, sports venues, international atmosphere, as well as the organizers' orderly organization and excellent handling of the epidemic.
The picture shows the ice pier souvenirs awarded by the winners at the scene. Photo by China News Service reporter Tomita
A trip to the Winter Olympics of India's "seedlings"
As the only Indian athlete to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics, Muhammad Arif Khan competed in the men's giant slalom and slalom events of alpine skiing.
Arif has been exposed to skiing since childhood and is very passionate about skiing, which is very rare in a low-latitude country where most people prefer cricket as their preferred sport. Among them, Arif's father, Yassin, is indispensable: "When Arif was only 4 years old, I took him to the ski resort. ”
The support of his family gave Arif great courage, and Yassin invested most of the profits from a ski equipment store he ran on his son, allowing him to run on the Winter Olympics. As Arif puts it: "My family has never backed down in providing me with financial help. (End)