On February 20, Beijing time, the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will be held at the National Stadium, and the Chinese sports delegation has officially announced the closing ceremony flag bearers, namely Gao Tingyu, the men's speed skating 500m champion of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and Xu Mengtao, the champion of women's freestyle skiing aerial skills. It is worth mentioning that in the opening ceremony, Gao Tingyu served as the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation, and this time he was re-elected as the flag bearer of the closing ceremony, and also became the first person in the Chinese sports arena to be re-elected as the flag bearer of the opening and closing ceremonies in the same Olympic Games. Veteran Xu Mengtao became the standard-bearer of female athletes, and the elder of the four Olympic dynasties finally fulfilled his dream at the doorstep of his home after 20 years of waiting.
At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese sports delegation won 9 gold medals, breaking the record for the number of gold medals in the previous single Winter Olympics. This is also the second time that after the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the Chinese team has set a new record at home. For the flag bearers of the closing ceremony, in terms of the men's team, in addition to Gao Tingyu, the short track speed skating men's 1000m champion Ren Ziwei, the relay champion Wu Dajing and the freestyle skiing aerial skills men's single champion Qi Guangpu are all popular candidates. In the end, Gao Tingyu was re-elected.
In this Winter Olympics, Gao Tingyu won the championship in the men's 500 meters of speed skating by breaking the Olympic record, winning the olympic gold medal for Chinese speed skating, and the only gold medal won by the whole team at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Interestingly, after serving as the flag bearer at the opening ceremony, many netizens once ridiculed, "The flag bearer can't get the champion curse." With Gao Tingyu's riding, he also broke the law of "flag bearer without a crown". Gao Tingyu as the flag bearer represents male athletes and ice sports, while Xu Mengtao was elected as a representative of snow sports and female athletes.
Previously, the most vocal Chinese team's Olympic double gold king Gu Ailing, but Xu Mengtao is already a meritorious veteran of the Chinese Winter Olympic Army, let her serve as the standard-bearer of the closing ceremony, is her decades of hard work, chasing dreams without regrets affirmation and praise. In the beijing winter olympics freestyle skiing women's aerial skills final, Xu Mengtao won the gold medal with 108.61 points with a perfect jump. At the award ceremony, she was in tears and sang the national anthem, which is still fresh in people's minds. It is worth mentioning that the Chinese freestyle skiing aerial skills team shined at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
After experiencing many Olympic games, the famous players represented by Xu Mengtao and Qi Guangpu finally hung the heavy Olympic gold medal around their necks. At the next Milan Winter Olympics, several veterans may have a hard time persevering, but they all said in interviews that no matter what, they will continue to shine for China's freestyle skiing aerial skills cause. The closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics is coming, let us look forward to Gao Tingyu and Xu Mengtao, the two Olympic champions, once again leading the Chinese sports delegation into the "Bird's Nest"!
(Luo Treasurer)