Sports Big Business No. 2817, welcome to pay attention to the leading sports industry information platform
Wen | Fu Zhenghao
Sports big business reporter
Snowflakes fly gracefully, the sacred flame is slowly extinguished, athletes from all over the world wave their hands and cherish each other in a reluctant way, the world is open at this moment looking forward to the next meeting, and the Beijing Winter Olympics are successfully concluded in a warm and peaceful atmosphere. The 16-day Beijing Winter Olympics have brought hope and joy to the world in the post-epidemic era, and the Olympic spirit of "higher, faster, stronger and more united" has successfully crossed the mountains and seas, broken barriers, and brought people from all over the world together in Beijing. Today, athletes from all over the world will embark on the journey home with this beautiful memory and continue to spread the Olympic spirit in all corners of the world.
At the closing ceremony, the world more and more lamented that this Winter Olympics is so special and unforgettable: this is the highest-rated winter Olympics in history, but also the most watched by digital media platforms, the world is expected to be watched by 2 billion people; the Chinese sports delegation playing at home won a total of 9 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze, ranking 3rd in the gold medal list, thus creating the best record in the history of China's participation in the Winter Olympics; this is the most successful global sports event in the post-epidemic era. It provides a more scientific and rigorous and replicable operation idea for global sports events; this is one of the most abundant Winter Olympic Games in history, Beijing has officially become the only city in the world with two Olympic games, the Olympic Games have achieved carbon neutrality for the first time, and the market development revenue has created the largest in the history of the Winter Olympic Games...
Looking back on this unparalleled ice and snow event, there are too many heroic and glorious moments worth celebrating. Behind this, Chinese ice and snow athletes have sharpened a sword for seven years, sharpened themselves, persisted with injuries, and left too many touching stories that can be sung and wept. Sui Wenjing/Han Cong has undergone 3 surgeries in the past 10 years with 8 serious injuries, and Sui Wenjing has been suspected of having her career interrupted more than once; Jia Zongyang, the "Elder of the Four Dynasties", who helped China win the silver medal in the Freestyle Skiing Aerial Skills Mixed Team Competition, has implanted 22 steel nails and 2 steel plates in his left leg; another "Elder of the Four Dynasties", Xu Mengtao, who won the gold medal in the women's aerial skills of freestyle skiing, is also injured and has undergone surgery and removed the meniscus four times... It is precisely because of the Continuous Challenge of Chinese Ice and Snow Athletes that the Chinese sports delegation finally achieved the best results in history.
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From the first time the mainland participated in the ice and snow event in 1980, to the first time the mainland achieved a breakthrough of zero gold medals in 2002, and then to the first ice and snow event held by the mainland in 2022 and created many historical records, along the way, China has continuously broken through itself, showing the world the great potential of the Chinese nation in ice and snow sports. It should be pointed out that the home enthusiasm and national pride that were completely ignited by the Beijing Winter Olympics are being transformed into the motivation and vitality of the whole people to participate in ice and snow sports, helping the mainland to achieve the grand goal of "300 million people participating in ice and snow sports" in advance. According to a survey by the National Bureau of Statistics, the number of people participating in ice and snow sports in the country has reached 346 million. This is one of the most important achievements in the development of ice and snow sports in the mainland, and it also marks that the process of comprehensively building a sports power in the mainland is accelerating.
Achieve three historic breakthroughs! The Chinese sports delegation ignited the passion for celebration
For a long time, due to the limitations of the ice and snow development environment such as the Climate of East Asia, the mainland is not an ice and snow power in the traditional sense. Prior to the Beijing Winter Olympics, the mainland began to participate in the 11th Winter Olympics at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics in 1980 but only won 13 ice and snow gold medals, and this time at home, the Chinese sports delegation achieved three important breakthroughs:
In terms of the number of participants, the scale of participation of the Chinese sports delegation this year is the largest in the past, with a total of 177 athletes participating, and a total of 104 minor events and more than 190 seats are qualified, accounting for more than 95% of all 109 small events, basically achieving the goal of participating in all projects.
In terms of participation results, the Chinese sports delegation won 9 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze, ranking third in the gold medal list, creating the best result in history. Prior to that, the mainland's best result at the Winter Olympics was set in Vancouver in 2010, winning a total of 5 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze, tied for seventh.
At the level of strength pattern, the Chinese sports delegation successfully rewritten the traditional strength pattern of "ice strong and snow weak". Ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics, 12 of The 13 Winter Olympic gold medals China won came from ice and only one from snow. At this Winter Olympics, the number of gold medals in China's snow sports (5) exceeded that of ice events (4) for the first time, and a large number of snow sports achieved major breakthroughs: the first gold medal in women's snow sports, the first gold medal in men's speed skating, the first snowboard gold medal, the first men's and women's gold medals in aerial skills... China's rapidly rising snow projects have given the world a taste of China's determination and strength to become an ice and snow power.