The Beijing Olympics brought the level of human competition to a new height. According to statistics,*** there were 38 world records and 85 Olympic records rewritten, and the number of countries and regions that won medals reached 87, greatly exceeding the previous 75. Panama, Mongolia, Bahrain and other countries harvested the first Olympic gold medal in the history of their countries.
Looking back at the 16-day race, there were many impressive sports wonders: American swimming genius Phelps won eight gold medals, plus six gold medals from the Athens Games, making him the athlete with the most gold medals in the history of the Olympics; Japanese Yasusuke Kitajima became the first athlete to win four gold medals in the Olympic breaststroke; and 22-year-old Jamaican flyer Bolt challenged the limits of mankind by breaking the men's 100-meter and 200-meter world records. and 200 meters world record ......
It seems needless to say that the Beijing Olympics is definitely a high-level games, where athletes are creating their own legends. Beijing has become a "city of miracles".
What's even more exciting than breaking world records is the athletes' drive. For example, China's weightlifter Liu Chunhong has won the gold medal in the case, broke the world record, staged a 6 times on the field, 5 times to break the world record of the show; Russian pole vaulting beauty Isinbayeva locked the gold medal early, but still to give themselves a boost, bravely sprinting to a new height of 5.05 meters. The Olympics need this kind of fighting spirit.
The high level of competition and outstanding achievements of the Beijing Olympics are also rare in the century-old Olympic history. In addition to the athletes' own efforts and high-tech equipment, the good services and venue conditions provided by the Beijing Olympics are also very necessary. It can be said that Beijing did its best to "escort" the athletes to break the world records and Olympic records.
Spain's Abecedarian newspaper said in an article on August 19 that the Sydney Olympics broke 15 world records in swimming, the Athens Olympics broke seven, and the Beijing Olympics rewrote 25 world records, which is mind-boggling, and that "the Water Cube, this amazing swimming pool, will go down in history".
Highlight two: the unique charm of the Orient touched the world
A fine scroll slowly opened, the four great inventions of ancient China in which ...... the opening ceremony of the scene made the country proud, so that foreign friends moved. The U.S. Newsweek described it as "breathtakingly beautiful."
The spectacular opening ceremony of the Olympic Games especially made the dusty guests from all over the world to marvel. South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported that the opening ceremony featured vibrant colors, strong contrasts, beautiful imagery and an avant-garde attempt to combine physical objects with special effects to present a sweeping historical picture. Brazil's Globe said on its home page shortly after the opening ceremony that China had given the world one of the most beautiful Olympic opening ceremonies with the essence of thousands of years of culture and colorful pyrotechnics.
Famous scholar Ge Jianxiong commented that the essence of Chinese culture was expressed in a popular and wonderful form, whether it was martial arts, kites, flying, kunqu, puppets, Confucius' "Analects of Confucius" and 3,000 disciples seeking to learn.
Not only that, the shadow of Chinese culture is everywhere, making foreign friends feel new. There are ancient poems, calligraphy and Chinese paintings in the newsroom, images of the Forbidden City and courtyards in the restaurant, kites and theaters in the park, and easy-to-use Chinese textbooks issued by the relevant authorities, and Xiu Shui Street welcomes streams of foreign visitors every day. ......
Walking on Guijie, listening to kunqu opera and Peking Opera, sipping Chinese green tea, shopping for Chinese goods, riding on a pedicab Even learning a single Chinese character can make a foreigner happy. In order to let guests from afar enjoy Chinese culture in a short period of time, the Capital Museum launched the "Memory of China - 5000 Years of Civilization Treasures Exhibition", which mobilized 169 treasures from 55 museums in 26 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country. The Palace Museum and the Olympic Cultural Square also organize various cultural activities for foreign guests from time to time.
Roger, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), commented, "The 2008 Olympic Games will not only be a high-quality sports event, but also a stage for cultural exchanges between the people of China and the world."
Jin Yuanpu, a professor at Renmin University of China who specializes in humanistic Olympics, said hosting the Olympics is a major opportunity for China to go global and an unprecedented exchange and collision of eastern and western cultures. The hospitality of the Chinese people, China's vitality, openness and tolerance, and the unique and charming oriental culture have left a deep impression on people all over the world.
Highlight 3: national mobilization and cohesion is surprising
The Olympic Games held in China is also an unprecedented test of China's national mobilization and cohesion. 2001 Beijing's bid for the Olympic Games was successful, a survey showed that more than 96% of the Chinese public support Beijing to host the 2008 Olympic Games, such a high public opinion base is surprising.
Jin Yuanpu pointed out that the fusion of the national spirit and the spirit of the times has a very powerful social cohesion and social integration function. In the recent Sichuan earthquake disaster, the Chinese government mobilized hundreds of thousands of rescuers in a short period of time, and all walks of life made extensive donations amounting to tens of billions of yuan in a short period of time, making it the most touching and warmest scene in 2008.
This spirit was also reflected and continued during the preparation and hosting of the Beijing Olympics, where the Chinese people showed unprecedented cohesion and centripetal force. Foreign media have marveled at the Chinese people's support and participation in the Olympics, which is so broad and deep. The French magazine Science and Life reported that Beijingers have been learning English in anticipation of the Olympics. Beijing has also mobilized 100,000 volunteers for the games, 400,000 city volunteers, 1 million social volunteers and 200,000 "cheerleader" volunteers.
In previous Olympics, the construction of costly venues has often slowed down the Games, with the Montreal and Athens Olympics failing to complete their stadiums on time. However, from 2005, the construction of the venues began, the Chinese people to the world to show the "Chinese speed", all the venues are completed ahead of schedule, as scheduled through the "Good Luck Beijing" test match test. At the same time, a large number of infrastructures, such as subway line 5 and line 10, have also been completed simultaneously.
The Beijing Olympics have been successfully organized, first and foremost because it is the hope of all people. Experts say, for example, in the grand opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the actors and actresses amounted to 18,000 people, if in the market-oriented operation of other countries, this may mean a huge amount of expenditure, the participants of the idea is not easy to unify, but in China this is not a problem.
Another obvious example is that, to ensure air quality during the Olympics, Beijing and its neighboring provinces and municipalities did everything they could to shut down potentially polluting businesses within a 300-kilometer radius, and millions of Beijing drivers consciously obeyed the "single- and double-numbered traffic restrictions, and yellow-labeled vehicles were banned from the roads. The Chinese people are not complaining about the inconvenience caused by their contribution to the Olympics.
British Economist reporter Yan Jin said she has always wanted to find out why China has such a huge appeal, organizing power and mobilizing power, and where this huge energy comes from. She believes she will have a preliminary answer after the Olympics are successfully concluded.
Highlight 4: The nation has gone from gold-medal revelry to enjoying the games
During more than half a month of sporting gatherings, 1.3 billion Chinese were baptized by one of the broadest Olympic spirits. What is appreciated is that Chinese people no longer simply reveled in the gold-medal revelry, but sensed the athletes' fighting spirit and great Olympic sentiment in the fierce competition.
China's modern sports are all imported, exploring the national gold medal complex, it is necessary to review China's modern history: the end of the Qing Dynasty, in the passive acceptance of Western education at the same time, China also slowly began to accept Western sports. At the earliest, it was just competitions conducted by foreign missionaries, merchants, etc., and watched by the Chinese. Later, Chinese education authorities reformed and adapted traditional sports and introduced Western tutorials, and modern Chinese sports began to take off.
After Xu Haifeng shot down his first Olympic gold medal in Los Angeles in 1984, all of China was abuzz! The spirit of the nation was lifted by the 15 gold medals won by a country that had been weak for a century and had gone through a life-and-death process. The gold medalists were invariably treated as national heroes, and there was even a "women's volleyball spirit" that inspired a whole generation.
In 1988, China's sports army was defeated in Seoul, winning only five gold medals. Some people were irrational, such as Li Ning, the "Prince of Gymnastics," who received razor blades and ropes. In those days, gold medals became an important symbol of whether an athlete loved his country or not. Since then, Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney and Athens four Olympic Games, the Chinese army's gold medals steadily increased in the ranking list of the position tends to stabilize. And the country's gold medal complex accordingly faded a lot.
Jin Yuanpu said, if the Olympic gold medals in a special period of time does enhance the national pride of the people, played a great role in encouraging the spirit, so now people's attitude towards the gold medal appears more mature and sensible, the initial realization of the "gold medal mania" to "enjoy the game! "
"The gold medal is not everything," Kim said, "we have to congratulate others on their achievements and progress with due respect for a great nation."
At the Beijing Olympics, while the gold medals were still eagerly awaited and expected by China's sports teams, which led the way in the number of gold medals, the focus on the games themselves was unprecedented -- for example, after Liu Xiang withdrew from the competition and China lost the track and field gold it was most likely to get -- but attendance at the Bird's Nest remained unabated.
Cheng Mojie, deputy director of the capital's Civilization Office, said that at the Beijing Olympics, spectators applauded their own athletes because they were patriotic, but they also gave applause to foreign athletes for their outstanding performances. Chinese spectators are increasingly enjoying the games themselves, which shows they are trying to grasp the Olympic spirit.
Highlight 5: A model for serving the media and publicizing the Olympics
With more than 21,000 registered journalists and more than 5,000 non-registered journalists, China, and Beijing, have become the focal point of the global media in the Olympic cycle. The discerning eyes tested every detail of the media service work. Sha Wanquan, director of the main news center of the Beijing Olympic Games and the International Broadcasting Center, said before the opening of the Olympic Games that his team would earnestly carry out the commitment to bid for the Olympic Games, strictly follow the international practices and Olympic practices, sing the slogan of "Serving the media is to serve the Olympic Games, is to serve the country's image", and do a good job of media service work in a high-standard, high-quality and high-level. The company is also working on the development of a new media service.
In fact, treating the media well starts from the moment foreign journalists enter the country. The capital airport has set up a special "Olympic green channel", and the Olympic press center and broadcasting center provide not only abundant but also useful information. In the media village, journalists are well taken care of, for example, the total number of journalists in the Green Home Media Village is 6,000, and the number of related service personnel reaches 8,000.
Beijing had previously pledged in its bid report to provide first-class working and living conditions and transportation services for the media to ensure that journalists cover the Games quickly, efficiently and successfully. In addition, journalists will enjoy full freedom in their coverage.
Since the opening of the main press center, the international broadcasting center and the Beijing International Press Center on July 8, the three media service centers have not only provided comprehensive information terminals, live TV broadcasts and various information services, but also set up kiosks, libraries, and display counters for high-frequency information, which can provide more than 90 kinds of newspapers and magazines. A variety of information display, the organization of high-frequency, multi-thematic press releases, and arrange a variety of media group visits and interviews.
In addition, the Olympic Main Press Center also provides a variety of special life services, such as Chinese-style neck and shoulder massage, hairdressing, gym, etc., so that journalists can rest and relax after work. Of the more than 1 million volunteers for the Beijing Olympics, a significant portion are directly serving the media.
In order to publicize the Olympic Games and let the Olympic spirit penetrate deep into China, the Beijing Organizing Committee inherited and developed the concept of the Olympic Games and creatively put forward the Olympic Games of "Green Olympics", "Humanistic Olympics" and "Science and Technology Olympics".
The Beijing Organizing Committee has inherited and developed the Olympic concepts of "Green Olympics", "Humanistic Olympics" and "Scientific and Technological Olympics", which is another major contribution of the Chinese to the Olympic Games.
The popularization of the Olympics among young people is also a commitment that must be fulfilled by the countries hosting the Games. 79.1 percent of Koreans believe that the Olympics have broadened the international horizons of the people, especially young people, and increased their knowledge of the world, according to a survey conducted in South Korea after the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
During the seven years since the Olympic bid, a textbook condensing the core content of the Olympic movement has been introduced into Chinese schools in both urban and rural areas, and 400 million Chinese young people have been receiving Olympic education on all fronts, participating in the Olympic movement and spreading the Olympic spirit. During the Olympic Games, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games also organized a series of educational activities. Along with the fierce competition in the Olympic Games, the Olympic concepts of "faster, higher, stronger" and "participation" have y influenced every Chinese. (Cheng Yifeng)