Not long ago, 29-year-old Dutch speed skater Kroll said that if only one country can host the Winter Olympics (in the current situation), it must be China, "we should be glad that the Winter Olympics will be held here." Recently, in an exclusive interview with the Global Times reporter, he once again lamented that China "is now the safest place in the world" and praised "the most beautiful ice rink in the world at the Beijing Winter Olympics".
Dutch speed skater Kroll recently won a silver medal in speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics. "I played very well and it definitely counts as my best 1500m this year. Although I was still a little disappointed because I didn't get the gold medal. Kroll told reporters.
When talking about his life and competition experience in the Winter Olympic Village, Kroll repeatedly lamented, "The ice rink in the Winter Olympic Village is the most beautiful in the world!" I'm not the only athlete to say that, almost every other Dutch player says so! This is the most modern ice rink I have ever seen! ”
He was also impressed by China's effective but rapid epidemic prevention measures. In the Winter Olympic Village, athletes from all over the world must undergo a nucleic acid test once a day, but they can choose when to test according to their own schedule. In Kroll's view, the epidemic prevention measures during the competition were very well organized, "China is very good at creating a new crown epidemic prevention 'bubble'. ”
"It's the safest place in the world right now." The Dutch athlete lamented to the Global Times reporter that he initially expected that China's epidemic prevention measures may be extremely strict, and athletes may be subject to many restrictions, but he then found that the actual situation is very different from what he imagined, "In the closed loop, in fact, we are very free to move and feel very safe." I didn't feel particularly harsh. The vast majority of athletes are negative and participate in the competition, which allows us to have a very fair competition. ”
Not long ago, Kroll told reporters that looking back at the past two years, we can see that the epidemic prevention measures taken by China are the best, and the number of infected people is very low. "As I said a few weeks ago, if only one country can host the Winter Olympics (in the current situation), it must be China, and we should be glad that the Winter Olympics are held here." Because all other countries encounter greater difficulties. ”
"In other countries, many people can't even celebrate the New Year, many places have to close their doors and people are forced to stay at home." Kroll told the Global Times, "We should all be happy that the Winter Olympics are held here." ”