The world-renowned Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics kicked off on February 4, with a beautiful opening ceremony and a wonderful competition that attracted widespread attention from people from all over the world. Thailand is tropical, but it is never absent from snow sports. The Beijing Winter Olympics have once again ignited the Thai people's enthusiasm for winter sports, and also opened a new chapter of "China-Thai family affinity" to be good and pro-pro.
Princess Sirindhorn is a Thai guest of honor who came to China to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics. She is a symbol of Sino-Thai friendship, once won the "Friendship Medal", and is an old friend and good friend who is familiar to the people of Chinese. In 2008, she came to China to attend the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. In the New Year of the Tiger, she once again came to China to cheer for the Beijing Winter Olympics, not only setting off a "whirlwind of the Winter Olympics" in Thailand, but also writing a good story for Sino-Thai friendship.
On the day of the opening ceremony, Thai people also sat in front of the TV to witness history. Many Thai netizens praised the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and they excitedly said that we were very proud when they saw the Thai athlete delegation enter, especially Princess Sirindhorn waving to them! Thailand is also a member of the Winter Olympics family, thanking China for providing a broad stage for Thai athletes to show their style and surpass themselves.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Thailand's participation in the Winter Olympics. At the Winter Olympics, Thailand sent four athletes to participate in two events, alpine skiing and cross-country skiing, of which Karen Shanglong and Mark Shanglong, who participated in cross-country skiing, are also brothers and sisters. Thai athletes competed and fought the field, vividly interpreting the Olympic spirit and striving to write the Winter Olympic Chapter belonging to Thailand. As a messenger of Sino-Thai friendship, Thai athletes also actively show netizens the happy life in the Winter Olympic Village through social media, and convey the enthusiasm and friendship of the host China to the people of Thailand and the world. They particularly appreciated China's closed-loop management measures, believing that they not only guaranteed normal training and competition, but also made everyone feel safer.
Compared with other cold and temperate countries, the development of ice and snow sports in Thailand does not have a unique natural advantage. But this does not affect the Thai people's love and yearning for winter sports in any way. Thailand has long established the Ski and SnowboardIng Association, the Ice Hockey Association, the Speed Skating and Figure Skating Association, the Curling Association, etc., and actively cultivates ice and snow sports talents. Thai Minister of Tourism and Sports, Phi Pa, who came to China to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, said that the people of Thailand and China are brothers and sisters, and in the future, Thailand will send more athletes to China for exchange and training, promote the strengthening of sports cooperation between the two countries, and add icing on the cake for Thailand-China friendship.
In the scorching sun of Thailand, people's enthusiasm for the Winter Olympics is like the weather in the middle of summer, and the heat does not diminish. Not long ago, the Chinese Embassy in Thailand and the Bangkok Tourism Office launched a series of activities on social platforms such as "Together to the Future - Prize Answers" and "Walking with the Beijing Winter Olympics" online painting competition for young children in Thailand. People of different ages in Thailand enthusiastically signed up to participate in the Winter Olympics and imagine the future. Among them, 175 paintings created by Thai teenagers have become the "top stream". At present, these works are being exhibited at the Bangkok Modern Art Center, and the beautiful Winter Olympic mascots "Ice Pier" and "Snow Rongrong" are also on the stage. After visiting, many Thai people excitedly expressed their great concern for the Beijing Winter Olympics, which not only narrowed the distance between the hearts of the Thai and Chinese peoples, but also promoted the friendship between the people of China and the world.
At the same time, the topic popularity of the Beijing Winter Olympics has continued to increase on major media platforms in Thailand. Thai olympic organizing committee member Patama said that China's successful hosting of the Winter Olympics has demonstrated its determination to promote world peace and promote global prosperity, and ignited the flame of hope for all mankind. Former Thai Deputy Prime Minister Gong Taparansi said the unity and friendship forged at the Beijing Winter Olympics would inspire and lead people of all countries to "move together for the future". Thailand's "Public Opinion Daily", "Tailat News", "Timely News" and other reports said that in the context of the epidemic, the safe, simple and wonderful Beijing Winter Olympics arrived as promised, highlighting China's responsibility as a big country, but also showing the unity and resilience of mankind, bringing joy and hope to the world.