On February 20, Beijing time, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics ushered in the final competition day, all the chinese team's participation projects were officially completed, in the end, the Chinese team's medal harvest was 9 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze, of which 9 gold medals allowed the Chinese team to surpass the United States in the last moment of the medal table 8 gold, the Chinese team finally ranked 3rd, second only to Norway in the 1st and Germany in the 2nd. This is the highest ranking of the Chinese team since the history of participating in the Winter Olympics, as a comparison, the previous highest result was the 5 gold medals of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, which can be said that the Chinese team achieved a huge breakthrough. In addition, in terms of the total number of medals, the Chinese team has a total of 15 medals, ranking 11th among all participating teams.
At the same time, behind the new record of 9 gold, the Chinese team also broke a number of historical records, including Gu Ailing, Su Yiming and other outstanding athletes, in their respective projects are breaking the history of the championship, 9 gold medals, 7 gold are the first winter Olympics to win the championship, which more reflects the progress of China's ice and snow projects, is constantly achieving breakthroughs.
Entering the top three of the Winter Olympic medal table, the Chinese team's 9 gold record also broke the original Asian record of 6 gold held by the South Korean team, and the Chinese team became the Asian façade of the Winter Olympics. In contrast, the other two Asian teams in this Winter Olympics, South Korea and Japan, total 5 gold, the two teams combined are far inferior to the Chinese team.
In addition to the Chinese team to achieve a number of breakthroughs, this Beijing Winter Olympics, the biggest winner is the Norwegian team, the country of only 5 million people, in the Winter Olympics bloomed their own light, there are a number of athletes, personally won at least 3 gold medals, in the end, the Norwegian team won 16 gold, won the Winter Olympics medal table 1st. At the same time, in terms of the total number of medals, Norway is also the first, with a total of 16 gold, 8 silver and 13 bronze, with 37 medals, the same as the First Russian Olympic Committee team with 32 medals and the German team with 27 medals. It can be said that norway is the king of the Winter Olympics and is still the strongest team in the ice and snow event.
The traditional strong team remains strong, the progress of the Chinese team as a rising star is also commendable, this Beijing Winter Olympics, is the previous Winter Olympic Games to break the Olympic record and the world record of the most competition, which means that the Beijing Winter Olympics is a great success, to the Development History of the Winter Olympic Games to write a strong stroke, China as the host organizer, to create a perfect Winter Olympics.
For the Chinese team, this Winter Olympics has a number of surprises emerging, both Xu Mengtao, Qi Guangpu and other veterans have worked hard for many years to realize their dreams, Sui Wenjing, Han Cong's partner 15 years to finally win the Olympic gold medal of the beautiful story, but also Su Yiming, Gu Ailing's young and promising youth burst, I believe that China's ice and snow project will continue to develop in the future, truly become a strong team in the world, and continue to make great strides forward!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)