Guangming Network News (reporter Liu Xiyao Zhang Xiaorong) On the evening of February 19, with the conclusion of the award ceremony for the biathlon women's 12.5 km collective departure project, Zhangjiakou Awards Plaza successfully completed all the awarding tasks for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Zhangjiakou Awards Plaza has been officially operated for 14 days since February 6, held the award ceremony of 49 events of the Winter Olympic Games, awarded 234 medals to athletes from 21 countries such as Norway, Germany, the United States, the Netherlands, Sweden, China and other countries, and raised the five-star red flag six times during the operation of the Zhangjiakou Awards Square, playing the march of the Volunteer Army three times, and also witnessed the excellent achievements of the Chinese legion in this Winter Olympic Games.
Zhangjiakou Awards Plaza undertakes the heavy task of awarding, the customer base is large, the weather is cold at night, but the team members ignite the cold with a smile, warm the world with enthusiasm, with the joint efforts of everyone, all the award ceremonies are accurate, smooth, zero mistakes, solemn and glorious ceremonies, wonderful and active performances, warm and meticulous service has been widely praised by athletes, extended family members, media and other stakeholders.
Image source: Zhangjiakou Awards Square
Prince Albert II of Monaco presented awards to the biathlon women's 15 km individual athletes at the Zhangjiakou Awards Plaza on 8 February. Zhangjiakou Awards Square presented the Prince with a Chinese paper cut in the Awards Square, and the Prince left a message for the Awards Square: "Thank you for organizing such a wonderful award ceremony, and thank you for the warm hospitality you provided in Zhangjiakou Awards Square." ”
On February 10, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Vice President of the International Olympic Committee and Chairman of the Coordination Committee of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games of the International Olympic Committee, presented medals to the award ceremony for the men's steeplechase and the women's U-shaped track skills of snowboarding, and left a message to the Olympic family "Thank you for your perfect work, good luck".
Gail, a ceremony expert of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, sent a letter of thanks to the award square, giving high praise to the work of the Zhangjiakou Awards Plaza, she said: "Thank you and your respective teams for presenting us with a wonderful award ceremony and leaving the most memorable highlight moments for the winning athletes. ”
Australian athlete Scott James, the silver medalist in men's U-shaped course skills on snowboarding, shared on social media the fun experience of volunteers introducing the award process in English to the athletes as they received the award and reminding them of the fun experience of maintaining a social safety distance of two meters.
The media operation team is an important window for receiving global media reporters, their work has been tested in practice, warm and enthusiastic spirit, rigorous and meticulous work attitude, comprehensive and solid business capabilities, to provide high-quality services for domestic and foreign media, has been widely praised by press officers and media reporters from all over the world. The guestbook was full of thanks and praise, and the Norwegian team wrote: "Thank you very much for your warm, friendly and flexible service, your excellent running method should be taught to every Winter Olympic participant"; the German reporter left a message saying "Thank you to every staff member, thank you for your friendly service and support." ”
Picture shows the reporter's message Image source: Zhangjiakou Awards Square
The volunteer team carefully prepared Spring Festival blessing characters, handwritten postcards and three-dimensional greeting cards for the winning athletes. The postcard was handwritten with Lantern Festival lantern riddles, Chinese and English bilingual Chinese poems and 24 solar terms; the greeting card depicted the healthy posture and sensitive steps of two Chinese-winning athletes, Xu Mengtao and Gu Ailing, during the competition. The athletes admired the exquisite gifts and also showed great interest in lantern riddles, ancient poems and twenty-four solar terms, which not only expressed friendship and kindness to athletes from all over the world, but also promoted the excellent traditional culture of the mainland.
Xu Mengtao received a greeting card from a volunteer Image source: Zhangjiakou Awards Square
It is understood that the next Zhangjiakou Awards Plaza operation team will continue to complete the conversion period. The Winter Paralympic Games will run for 7 days, hold 44 award ceremonies, the single-day award task is heavier, the work of serving disabled athletes is more challenging, so the venue will carry out corresponding training and drills for the Winter Paralympic Games, prepare for the Paralympic Games to provide high-quality services, extend the enthusiasm and warmth of the Winter Olympics to the Paralympic Games 16 days later, and compose the Song of the Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou Awards Plaza with a perfect ceremony.