The Beijing Winter Olympics are in full swing, accompanying us to spend a different Spring Festival holiday.
The wonderful organization of the event makes us enjoy the eyes, and the fierce ice and snow projects make us thrilling.
When we watch the competition, the award ceremony is also a part that cannot be missed, especially when there are athletes from our country standing on the podium.
Looking at the rising five-star red flag, accompanied by the impassioned national anthem, the athletes completely released themselves at this moment and were proud to be able to win glory for the motherland.
In the speech of the award, there are often tears in their eyes, and their gratitude to the motherland is overflowing, and many athletes take the way of wearing the national flag to celebrate the way to express their gratitude for the cultivation of the country.
On the other hand, those foreign athletes who rarely appreciate their own country after winning the award, but more are grateful to their families, coaches, teams and their own efforts.
Compared with our athletes, it seems that foreign athletes' gratitude to the country is slightly weak, and their success is not the credit of the country? Aren't they patriotic?
Speaking of this different way of expressing the sense of honor, it is actually related to the training system of athletes.
We all know that for the training of domestic athletes, for many years, it has been supported by the national system, and governments at all levels have formulated growth plans for athletes.
From teenagers to youth, from local to national, the government has invested in training funds to support representative teams at all levels, maintenance of venue facilities, logistics and medical support, etc.
The success of domestic athletes is inseparable from the careful cultivation of the country and the huge investment of the government, so the athletes take the glory of the country as their goal.
Relatively speaking, foreign sports have been highly commercialized, the development of sports events is not directly controlled by the government, the funds, facilities, and guarantees needed for the development of various sports come from enterprises and media sponsors, the sales revenue of tickets and peripheral products, and donations from all walks of life.
Taking the United States as an example, the United States Olympic Committee provides support for American athletes to participate in world competitions, and each individual sports association in the United States independently organizes and trains the events of this event under the authorization and supervision of the American Olympic Committee.
Before the advent of world competitions such as the Olympic Games, the U.S. Olympic Committee will assemble athletes for unified training and management, and equip each team with a complete team to ensure that athletes achieve good results in the event.
In terms of athlete training and selection, the United States does not have a special policy, nor does it provide financial sponsorship, relying on market-oriented operation.
There is no multi-level athletic development measure like in our country, and their athletes are mainly from major universities, professional or amateur clubs in the United States, who have qualified for the Olympic Games through brutal selection competitions.
Some of them are still part-time athletes, sports are just personal hobbies, and they usually have their own jobs. American women's sprinter Gabby Thomas, who is also a Harvard student, received a master's degree in epidemiology, won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, and then returned to continue her research.
In the United States, becoming an Olympian is a very expensive undertaking, and the initial cost of the family is relatively high.
For beginners, there is no sponsorship of sponsor funds, athletes need to pay for coaches, pay for training, and participate in competitions at their own expense.
For example, Gu Ailing, who recently set off a whirlwind at the Beijing Winter Olympics, according to her mother, spent nearly $1 million on Gu Ailing's training process.
So in order to become an Olympian in the United States, you need a family to have a certain amount of financial strength to maintain upfront investment, or part-time earning money to maintain sports expenditure.
Athletes are highly recognized in American society, and participating in the Olympic Games can not only improve their social status, but also receive high bonus rewards from sponsors.
Therefore, after winning the award, foreign athletes will first thank their families, coaches and teams for helping them succeed.
In contrast, it is found that different sports talents training models and sports events have created different ways of expressing the sense of honor.
No matter what kind of expression, it is the embodiment of the Olympic spirit.