CCTV news: At the time of spring, riding on a romantic snowflake, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics set off warmly; after the rain, accompanied by brilliant snowflakes and lanterns, this ice and snow event came to a successful end. This Winter Olympics coincides with the Chinese Lunar New Year, from pasting the Spring Festival, eating dumplings and then to the "ice piers" that are popular all over the world, when "Chinese red" meets "ice and snow white", the story of the Winter Olympics has become more exciting.
Inside the arena, Chinese ice and snow athletes stepped on the ice to chase their dreams, rode the snow, won 9 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze, and achieved the best results in the history of the mainland participating in the Winter Olympic Games; and outside the arena, the Chinese wisdom displayed by the "City of The Two Olympic Games", the intimate service of the volunteers of the Games, and the smooth and orderly progress of epidemic prevention work also made this "simple, safe and wonderful" ice and snow event stunning the world and left a strong Chinese mark in the history of the Winter Olympics.
At the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the Chinese sports delegation achieved the participation of 7 major events and 15 sub-events for the first time, of which 35 minor events stood on the stage of the Winter Olympics for the first time. Athletes dare to fight and work together, and their youth strength is unstoppable. Among them, there are not only the high-profile Gu Ailing and Su Yiming, but also the Main Torchbearer of the Beijing Winter Olympics and the first person in the Nordic biathlon of the Chinese Winter Olympics; Gao Hongbo, who participated in the competition with injuries but still smiled brightly; Jung, who broke into the final of the women's big jump in snowboarding but did not brake when the competition landed. But success or failure is wonderful, dare to fight is victory. Youth is strong and fierce sometimes; China's ice and snow, the future can be expected.
Su Yiming:
I am particularly proud to be a Chinese and then to represent my country at my own doorstep to the Winter Olympics.
In this Winter Olympic Games, the Chinese team's ice and snow projects "fly together" and blossom at many points. The short track speed skating team won 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze, and the glory remained the same; the speed skating team won the men's first gold medal at the Winter Olympics. In addition, the Chinese figure skating team performed well in the pair skating, and won the gold medal for the Winter Olympics again after 12 years. In the snow event, the Chinese team performed well in freestyle skiing, winning medals in all aerial skills, and there were medals in the other 3 sub-events. In terms of snowboarding, the Chinese team achieved a breakthrough of zero winter Olympic gold medals. The breakthrough was also achieved by the Chinese steel frame snow team, and the male athlete Yan Wengang won China's first Winter Olympic medal in the steel frame snowmobile event, creating history.
It's not just steel-framed snow teams that make history. For many Chinese ice and snow athletes, they can stand on the Winter Olympic field, which is itself writing history. When the Chinese men's ice hockey team is not afraid of strong enemies, works hard, scores the first goal of the Winter Olympics, when the 12 sub-disciplines of cross-country skiing have a Chinese figure that never gives up and perseveres to the end, every breakthrough and improvement, every step to move forward, contains the infinite possibilities of China's ice and snow.
Inside the arena, The Chinese players lived up to expectations; outside the arena, the story of the Winter Olympics was equally exciting. From the winter Olympic torch that connected the world with a slight fire at the opening ceremony to the phoenix nirvana and gorgeous turn of many "double Olympic venues", from the strong protection of more than 100 medical points covering three competition areas to the silent dedication of more than 18,000 volunteers, in the context of the global new crown pneumonia epidemic, China has fulfilled its commitment and dedicated a "simple, safe and wonderful" ice and snow event for the world.
IOC President Bach: In the midst of such a severe COVID-19 pandemic, we have hosted a great Winter Olympics. It's arguably the safest place in the world, at least one of the safest.
According to the data, since Beijing and Zhangjiakou successfully bid for the Winter Olympics in 2015, the number of residents participating in ice and snow sports has reached 346 million, with a participation rate of 24.56%. The beautiful vision of "bringing 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports" has become a reality. The data shows that in the 2020-2021 snow season, the number of ice and snow leisure tourism trips on the mainland exceeded 200 million, and the income of ice and snow leisure tourism exceeded 390 billion yuan. Ice and snow sports are playing an increasingly important role in achieving economically sustainable and high-quality development.