The tinder collection ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics was successfully held in Greece on October 18. The Flame of the Winter Olympic Games ignited the enthusiasm of all the people who paid attention to and promoted the development of the Olympic Movement, and everyone expressed their congratulations on the collection of the flames of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and their expectations for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
As the first speed skating world champion in New China, Luo Zhihuan had an outstanding performance that broke the world record in the 1960s, but he has not been able to participate in the Winter Olympics, which has become the biggest regret of his sports career. "We had very good results at the time, but we couldn't participate in [the Winter Olympics], which is a great pity. Since the 1980 Winter Olympics, Chinese athletes have worked hard and forged ahead in the Winter Olympics, achieving good results, winning championships and runners-up, and many athletes have created national records and world records. These are the glory of China's winter sports, the result of the hard work of athletes, and the results of the great importance attached by party and state leaders to winter sports. "With the successful completion of the collection of fire seeds for the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Beijing Winter Olympics have also come to a very important moment." Although I left the team and am no longer an athlete, I also hope that I can participate in the Winter Olympics and play a part for the Winter Olympics, which is my greatest honor. Looking forward to the early arrival of the Beijing Winter Olympics, we look forward to the good results of Chinese athletes and adding glory to the motherland and the people. ”
"The spark of the Beijing Winter Olympics is lit in Greece, and as a ski veteran in China, I am very happy and believe that the Olympic fire will become more and more prosperous in these days in China!" Shan Zhaojian said excitedly: "As China's 'old iceman', we will do our best to help burn the torch and make it shine." Shan Zhaojian, who is more than 80 years old, still adheres to the front line of ice and snow culture promotion work, he is the first national ski champion in New China, all the way from athlete to coach, ice and snow sports management personnel, has served as the secretary general of the Chinese Ski Association, the leader of the Chinese ski team, etc., has been engaged in ski culture promotion work after retirement, and was awarded the "Ski History and Culture Research Lifetime Achievement Award" by the International Ski History Association. Shan Zhaojian said: "Olympic culture and Chinese culture will be integrated and developed here. The fire collection and torch relay of the Beijing Winter Olympics symbolize that the Beijing Winter Olympics have entered a new stage, and the heat of ice and snow sports will gradually heat up. The Winter Olympics not only mean that athletes must work the field, but also take the opportunity of the Winter Olympics to make China's ice and snow sports more popular, and the ice and snow cultural traditions can be passed on for a long time. ”
"The torch relay is a process of sharing the Olympic spirit with more people. I've been to a tinder gathering ceremony before and it feels very solemn and sacred. With the start of the Beijing Winter Olympic Torch Relay, I believe that more people will feel the enthusiasm and happiness brought by the Winter Olympics. Yang Yang, China's first Winter Olympic gold medalist, pays close attention to the collection of fire seeds. Yang Yang, who served as the first baton in the torch relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is still very excited in retrospect. She believes that through the torch relay, everyone will feel the inspiration and encouragement that the Winter Olympics will bring.
At present, Yang Yang, who is also the chairman of the Athletes Committee of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee and the vice chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency, also expects the athletes to prepare for the final stage, "to be prepared in terms of psychological state and competitive state, understand their own state, be mentally aware of it before the Game, and make plans before the Winter Olympics to cope with temporary problems and conditions, reduce psychological pressure, achieve meticulous management, and be orderly in the game." Yang Yang also said that in the case of huge uncertainty in the global epidemic, Beijing's hosting of the Winter Olympics will arouse the world's attention." I am very confident that we will have a successful, safe and wonderful Winter Olympics. ”
China's first gold medal in the speed skating event of the Winter Olympics was awarded to the rainbow, and more emphasis was placed on the cultural inheritance of the torch relay. "The torch relay carries on the spirit as well as the culture." As an athlete who has been engaged in ice and snow sports for 23 years, Zhang Hong has participated in the Winter Olympic Games twice, and she believes that participating in the Olympic Games is every athlete's dream, which is the highest stage for competitive sports. "My awareness of the Olympics has risen over the years. The Olympic Games is not only the world's largest comprehensive event, but also a platform for cultural exchanges, and the torch is one of the physical bearers of the Olympic culture, the ignition of the fire symbolizes the holding of an Olympic Games, and people's expectations for the Olympic Games are also ignited. "The process of the torch relay is the process of spreading the Olympic spirit, as well as the culture of the host city and the host country. Beijing is about to become the first "city of double Olympics" that has hosted both the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games, and with the torch relay and the hosting of the Winter Olympics, China's ice and snow sports culture will also be more widely disseminated.
The Beijing Winter Olympic Torch Collection campaign has also attracted the attention of many Olympic champions in summer sports, who are also cheering for the Winter Olympics. "The Olympic Games are a sporting event that symbolizes friendship and peace, and it is a great honor to be an Olympic torchbearer." Gao Min, winner of the women's springboard at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and barcelona in 1992, served as the torchbearer for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Recalling the scene at that time, Gao Min could not help but sigh: "The torch of the Beijing Olympic Games was passed to the north and south of the motherland, I participated in the Olympic Games as a torchbearer, and I also have a deeper understanding of the torch relay. For the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, Gao Min said, "I believe that the Beijing Winter Olympics will be held smoothly, and I look forward to the time of the Beijing Winter Olympics, through the effective epidemic prevention and control work, everyone can participate more at ease and successfully present a wonderful Olympic event." ”
"I wish the Beijing Winter Olympics a complete success!" Xu Haifeng, who achieved a "zero breakthrough" for China to achieve Olympic gold medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, ran into the National Stadium as the first torchbearer at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, "As a sportsman, I am fortunate to be born in this great era, and it is an honor to participate in an unparalleled Olympic Games as a torchbearer." "Although he has retired today, Xu Haifeng is still active in public welfare activities, passing on the power of sports and spreading the Olympic spirit." The tinder collection ceremony was successfully held, and the Beijing Winter Olympics are one step closer to us. I believe that the Beijing Winter Olympics will be wonderful, and I look forward to the chinese ice and snow athletes to achieve better results, and I look forward to more teenagers falling in love with sports because of the Winter Olympics. ”
Source: China Sports News