One body turned to fight for three thousand miles, and one sword once served as a million divisions.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, while cheering for the young "post-00s" who raced on the ice and rafted in the snow sea, we were touched by the tenacious struggle of the veterans who participated in the Winter Olympics three, four or even eight times. New and old athletes share their faith and learn from each other.
Freestyle skiers Xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu – they are all veterans who have represented China in the Winter Olympics four times; Claudia Peschstein, the standard-bearer of the German delegation at the opening ceremony, is already the "elder of the Eight Dynasties" of the Winter Olympics; Shaun White, an American who has participated in the Winter Olympics for five consecutive years, is the "king of snowboarding U-shaped venues"...
Get on the field and put on your robes. The individual's sports life cycle is extended under the illumination of the five rings. What supports the veterans may be a sense of mission and honor, but more than that, it is the sincerity and love from the heart.
The Winter Olympics will come to an end tomorrow. "My legs are old, but my heart is still young." The veteran covers his armor and doesn't say goodbye. The legendary road, the farther and farther away.
Although he is over 35 years old, he is still majestic in the "fastest ice", breaking the Olympic record in the women's speed skating 1500 meters and winning six Olympic gold medals in his career. Photographed by Deng Wei, a reporter of this newspaper
Qi Guangpu In the freestyle ski men's aerial skills final, China's Qi Guangpu added another gold to the Chinese team. This is the first time that Qi Guangpu, the "elder of the four dynasties" of the Winter Olympics, has reached the Olympic podium in his personal event. Photo by Pan Zhiwang, a reporter of this newspaper
Claudia Pechtstein German speed skating legend "Grandma Skater" Claudia Pechtstein, who will turn 50 and is the first female athlete in the world to participate in eight Winter Olympics, happily said that "this tournament is the pinnacle of my career". Photographed by Deng Wei, a reporter of this newspaper
Wu Dajing Chinese short track speed skating leader Wu Dajing played in the Winter Olympics for the third time, and this time the Beijing Winter Olympics won the gold medal in the short track speed skating mixed team relay. He posted late at night, will not retire, will not admit it. Photo by Liu Ping, a reporter of this newspaper
Xu Mengtao After winning the silver medal in the freestyle skiing aerial skills mixed group, Xu Mengtao, who fought in the Winter Olympics, finally realized her gold medal dream, and she cried with joy and shed tears of excitement again. Photo by Pan Zhiwang, a reporter of this newspaper
Sean White The 35-year-old Legend of the United States, Sean White, competed in the men's U-shaped track skill event in snowboarding at the Winter Olympics for the fifth time. He is the oldest Olympian ever on the event. Photo by Pan Zhiwang, a reporter of this newspaper
(Original title: Don't Say Goodbye)
Source: Beijing Daily Reporter: Geng Nuo
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