Walking on the streets of Beijing, I suddenly saw an advertisement for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, reminding myself that it is the Olympic Year soon.
20 years ago in July 1, 200 13, the night when Beijing successfully applied for the Olympic Games for the first time. At 22: 00 that evening, the highly anticipated host city of the 2008 Olympic Games will be announced at the plenary session of the Moscow International Olympic Committee 1 12. Samaranch, then president of the International Olympic Committee, announced that Beijing would be the host city of the 2008 Olympic Games. After that, the whole Beijing was boiling. I still remember that the streets and alleys of Beijing were immediately crowded with revelers. People holding national flags and singing patriotic songs walked on the streets of Beijing, to Tiananmen Square and to the China Millennium Monument. There were thunderous cheers in Tiananmen Square, and many people shed tears with excitement.
In the following seven years, China's economy advanced by leaps and bounds, various undertakings flourished, and Beijing's urban construction also changed with each passing day. On August 8, 2008, on the night of the opening of the Beijing Summer Olympic Games, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games directed by Zhang Yimou was held in the Bird's Nest Stadium. Classic scenes such as String Songs, Historical Paintings and Movable Type Printing have been staged one after another, and people all over the world constantly exclaim about the wonderful performances: this is the most wonderful opening ceremony performance in the history of the Olympic Games, and there is no one.
After that, the achievements of China athletes in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games made us even more proud: 48 gold medals, 22 silver medals and 30 bronze medals, which were the best achievements ever made by China in the Olympic Games, and the total number of gold medals surpassed that of the United States, ranking first in the world. When we are short under the sky of other mountains. Our mentality will naturally change. In the next summer Olympic Games, Chinese people's attention to the gold medal list gradually decreased: the strength is there. Anyway, China and the United States are fighting for hegemony, and we must be in the top two in the gold medal list.
On July 3, 2005, the International Olympic Committee announced that Beijing had won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. At this moment, Beijing became the first city in the world to host two Olympic events, the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games. However, the response of this successful Olympic bid in the eyes of our people is far less than that of 200 1 Olympic bid. Are we not paying attention to the Olympic Games? No, we are used to hosting major international events, achieving good results in the Olympic Games and becoming the focus of the world. We usually have more to be proud of, so winning the right to host the Olympic Games is naturally less noticeable.
Expectation for Beijing Winter Olympics From February 4, 2022 to February 20, 2022, Beijing Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing and Zhangjiakou. Because of the high requirements for equipment and environment, ice and snow sports has always been a "noble" project monopolized by developed countries, and it is also in the ascendant in China. Our country's achievements in the Winter Olympics have always been average. However, with the improvement of people's income and living standards in China, more and more people are taking part in ice and snow sports in northern cities of China. In ski resorts and skating rinks, we have been able to see more and more "masters" emerge. This is the charm of ice and snow sports itself.
We don't have to care about the number of gold medals won by China athletes, and we don't have to prove anything to the world. We know that our achievements in ice and snow sports are average, but we are more confident that China's achievements will get better and better. We have done this in countless fields, and we will certainly do it in ice and snow sports.
In this winter, we can see experts from all over the world competing in the ski resort and skating rink in front of our house and speeding in the sleigh center. Isn't this pleasing to the eye? Let's enjoy the fun of ice and snow sports!