The Beijing Winter Olympics will close tonight, and athletes from all over the world have bid farewell to the Winter Olympic Village where they have lived for many days and embark on a journey home.
As the "home" of the Winter Olympics, they remember the wonderful experience of the Winter Olympic Village: delicious food, comfortable beds, heart-warming service... Some athletes who have returned home after the competition have also begun to miss their days in China and in the Winter Olympic Village. In various ways, the athletes expressed their love and reluctance for the Winter Olympic Village and China.
Warm: The restaurant is closed 24 hours a day
"If I stay in your village for three days, I will grow another ten pounds, and the food here is so delicious." IOC President Thomas Bach said this about the dining at the Beijing Winter Olympic Village.
Beijing Winter Olympic Village is the largest non-competition venue for the Winter Olympic Games, the "home" of athletes during the Games, and one of the venues with the longest service guarantee time during the Winter Olympics, where the team operates 24 hours a day to provide services for athletes and accompanying officials.
Athletes are picking up meals. Image source: Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee official Weibo
Like previous Olympic Games, athletes' restaurants and meals at the Beijing Winter Olympics have attracted much attention. "Since it's called 'home,' there's no such thing as 'closing.'" Shen Qianfan, director of the Olympic Village Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said that the Beijing Winter Olympic Village Athletes' Restaurant is open 24 hours a day, and there are world tables, Asian tables, Chinese food tables, halal tables and other tables, with healthy cooking methods and good colors and aromas. This Winter Olympics coincides with the Spring Festival of the Chinese lunar calendar, during which the restaurant also specially added landscape arrangements with related elements, serving Specialties such as Peking duck and dumplings, so that athletes can enjoy the competition while feeling the strong "New Year's flavor".
29-year-old Maltese athlete Janice Spitery, who developed a great "passion" for Chinese cuisine during her days in the Winter Olympic Village, called herself "Bean Bun Sister" in Chinese: "This red bean stuffed bun is my favorite food in the Winter Olympic Village, and I eat 6 of them every day." ”
Warm: "Building chief" on demand
The "multi-functional bed" is one of the many surprises prepared by the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee for athletes, and has been well received by athletes from all over the world. American athlete Shamo Bridger showed netizens her room in Beijing's Winter Olympic Village on her social media account. She said: "The bed in the Winter Olympic Village room has multiple adjustment angles, just like the seats on the plane. ”
"In order to ensure the sleep quality of athletes and let them have a better state to participate in training and competition, each bed is equipped with a remote control, which can be adjusted into different modes such as sleeping posture and sitting posture to provide the best support for the human spine." The bed is also equipped with a foot stool, so that the length of the bed can be adjusted to 2.2 meters or even 2.4 meters. Shen Qianfan introduced.
The Village received letters of thanks from delegations. Photo courtesy of the Beijing Winter Olympic Village operation team
In order to achieve full service scores, each athlete has his own personal "housekeeper". Each building in the Winter Olympic Village is equipped with a "building manager", whose job is to turn on the mobile phone 24 hours a day, whether it is late at night, early in the morning or at dinner, as long as the athletes have needs, they must rush to the front at the first time. It is precisely because of their enthusiasm and enthusiasm that they have received a word of appreciation and thanks from the "villagers".
Warm: One stop for relaxation
What are athletes doing besides playing and resting? In order to meet the fitness and leisure needs of athletes, Beijing Winter Olympic Village has specially set up a fitness center and entertainment center. The fitness center has a number of areas such as strength areas and stretching areas, and a variety of fitness equipment is free for athletes to choose from.
"Beijing Winter Olympic Village also has a comprehensive outpatient clinic, including physiotherapy rehabilitation, treatment, dentistry, psychological counseling and other departments, providing daily basic outpatient clinics and 24-hour emergency medical services to ensure that professional medical and psychological services are provided to athletes at the first time." Shen Qianfan said.
Athletes and volunteers pose for a group photo at the Winter Olympic Village Fitness Center. Photo courtesy of the Beijing Winter Olympic Village operation team
In addition, in the Winter Olympic Village Square area, in addition to licensed shops, convenience stores, fast food restaurants, cafes, hair salons, bookstores, athletes can also enjoy one-stop photo development, dry cleaning of clothes, flower reservations, parcel delivery and other commercial services. The square area also has an immersive experience exhibition hall such as the traditional Chinese culture exhibition experience area and the traditional Chinese medicine exhibition area.
Warm: Thanks for having you, I love you
Lars Bjorand, press officer of the Norwegian sports delegation, wrote a message to the volunteers with a pen and paper as he drew to the end of his trip to the Winter Olympics: "All the people are very kind, friendly and helpful. At the end of the message, he affectionately wrote "I love you" and drew a "love heart" at the end.
In addition to the unforgettable Chinese food and comfortable rooms, the "villagers" feel more Chinese warmth and enthusiasm in the Winter Olympic Village.
In the square area of the Winter Olympic Village, volunteers launched the "Friends from Afar Activity", they spontaneously learned tutorials from the Internet, personally made paper mini bouquet brooches, and gave them to the "villagers" of the Winter Olympic Village who came to the square area to shop and relax. The "villagers" were pleasantly surprised to receive this special gift and took the initiative to leave a blessing on the autograph book. On the day of the Lantern Festival, the Winter Olympic Village held a variety of activities, writing blessing characters, hanging lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, watching lion dance shadow puppets, tasting special foods, "villagers" experienced a Chinese Lantern Festival, and felt the warmth of reunion and unity under closed-loop management.
The "Shadow Puppet Lantern Festival" event held in the Winter Olympic Village. Photo courtesy of the Beijing Winter Olympic Village operation team
This winter sports event is coming to an end, and the athletes are taking away faster, higher and stronger competitive results. The "villagers" also went away with a more united Story of the Winter Olympics, and the warmth in the Winter Olympic village will spread and remain deep in their hearts...