The Chinese delegation tied the best results of overseas participation
On July 23, in an almost empty stadium, the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games, which was postponed for one year, met with a global audience. The Associated Press said at the time that it was a very wonderful but unusually quiet opening ceremony and set the tone for the Olympic games under the epidemic.
IOC President Bach said: "The impact of the epidemic has made the Tokyo Olympics different from what we imagined, but let us cherish this moment because in the end we can get together here. Reuters commented that although the opening ceremony is difficult to call amazing, the hope it brings is still worth celebrating.
On August 8, the Tokyo Olympics closed. According to the Qatar Al Jazeera website, 11,000 athletes fought for honor, and we join them in witnessing glory, disappointment and controversy. In the final medal table, the United States topped the table with 39 gold medals, the Chinese delegation ranked second with 38 gold medals, and the host Japan won 27 gold medals. The Number of gold medals and medals of the Chinese delegation is second only to that of the United States, matching the best overseas participation in the London Olympic Games, and the 14 major gold medals also set a new high.
The Chinese diving team won a total of 7 gold and 5 silver, and the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) said that the Chinese diving team continued to be brilliant, and their every dive would make a deep impression. Whether it is a veteran who is about to retire or a newcomer who has just entered the Olympic arena, they all have the strength to become the protagonists of China's diving power.
Equally strong is the Chinese table tennis team, which NBC says is usually sufficient to write "China" for the preview, review and summary of table tennis events. From 1988 to the present, they have taken 32 of the 37 Olympic gold medals in table tennis. Despite missing out on the mixed doubles gold medal in Tokyo, the team still has full dominance.
Despite not winning the gold medal, Su Bingtian still let the "China Speed" shine in Tokyo, breaking the Asian record with a time of 9.83 seconds, becoming the first Chinese to reach the Men's 100m Final of the Olympic Games and leading the Chinese men's 4x100m relay team to 4th place. Lu Xiaojun, who participated in the Olympic Games for the third time, won the gold medal in the men's 81 kg weightlifting category at the Tokyo Olympic Games, which was also his second Olympic gold medal, and the "God of War" became the oldest Olympic champion in the history of weightlifting and the weightlifter who won the most Olympic medals in China. In addition, Yang Qian, Zhang Changhong, Jiang Ranxin and Quan Hongchan and other "post-00s" players have blown up a storm of youth, making the future of Chinese sports promising.
Other delegations also had their own memorable moments: Jamaican Hera won gold medals in the 100m and 200m in two consecutive Olympic games in the women's sprint; Felix of the United States won his 11th Olympic medal in Tokyo, becoming the most medallist in the history of American athletics; Indian javelin thrower Chopra made history in Tokyo, winning the country's first Olympic gold. Skateboarding was officially unveiled at the Tokyo Olympics, with Japan's Nishiya Kishi winning the gold medal in the women's skateboarding street competition, and the 13-year-old became Japan's youngest Olympic champion.
In addition to the moments of glory at the Tokyo Olympics, there were many "accidents": the withdrawal of the American women's gymnast Beyles from the team final due to psychological problems became a hot topic; the German women's gymnastics team wore a full-body gymnastics suit to criticize the "objectification of women" remarks. The Wall Street Journal of the United States said that for American audiences, the live broadcast of the event encountered a time difference, and the audience's demand for watching the game in prime time was difficult to be met.
The Economist in the United Kingdom said that although many Japanese people were worried about the spread of the epidemic before the game, they could see the players in the outdoor competition, which made them feast their eyes, and japan's domestic TV viewership data has been strong. In this way, people witnessed an extraordinary Olympic Games with mixed joys and sorrows.
The training week ended successfully, and the world "met in Beijing"
There are less than 40 days left before the opening of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and the relevant preparations have also entered the sprint stage. Russian satellite news agency said on the 29th that the National Biathlon Center of the Zhangjiakou Division of the Beijing Winter Olympics ushered in the International Training Week, which is the final event of the "Meet in Beijing" series of winter sports events, which will last for 4 days. The National Biathlon Center will host the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, of which the Winter Olympics will produce 11 gold medals and the Winter Paralympic Games will produce 38 gold medals.
Although athletes do not participate in testing activities, experts from national Olympic committees have been analyzing track conditions, measuring temperatures, checking ski areas, and analyzing the characteristics of each lot. It is worth mentioning that December 31 is the last day of the international training week, and the end of the training week means that all four competition venues in Zhangjiakou have completed the testing work. At the same time, 10 international competitions, three international training weeks and two domestic testing activities held in the three major competition areas of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games from October 5 to the end of December this year have come to a successful end.
In addition to the organizers of the event, Chinese ice and snow athletes who are looking forward to showing their skills at their doorstep are also making full preparations before the Winter Olympics, and getting tickets is the first step to realizing their dreams. On the 27th, Huang Zhiyong, deputy director of the Winter Sports Management Center, said in an interview: "At present, the Chinese ice and snow sports team has 28 teams and more than 1,100 people preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics. Of the total 109 events, China has qualified for 92 events, of which 26 are the first time in history that they have qualified for the Winter Olympics. ”
In the preparation process of the competition, the Chinese ice and snow athletes performed brilliantly: in the four races of the short track speed skating World Cup this season, the Chinese team scored 7 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze, wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei stood on the highest podium of individual events; the freestyle skiing aerial skills World Cup Lucca station two weeks before the competition, the Chinese team won the mixed team championship; Su Yiming won the snowboard big jump world cup in the United States Steamboat Station, becoming the first Chinese men's snowboarder to win the World Cup Geng Wenqiang won the first World Cup title for Chinese steel frame bobscars in the men's single competition of the Steel Frame Ski World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria; Gu Ailing won the freestyle skiing World Cup USA big jump and the US Copper Mountain Station women's U-shaped venue championship in a week...
Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao believes that Gu Ailing has made the Chinese team have a new gold medal in the freestyle ski event. According to the data website "Gracenote", the Chinese delegation will receive 6 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The preparations for the Winter Olympics by foreign players are also proceeding in an orderly manner. Taking figure skating as an example, Japan and Russia recently both concluded the national championships and winter Olympic trials. The Japanese team announced the beijing Winter Olympics participation list directly after the game, and the winners such as Yusuke Yui and Hanori Sakamoto were listed. The official website of the International Skating Federation said on the 27th that two-time Winter Olympic champion Yusei Yushin returned to the arena and contributed two fascinating performances, and even challenged the "Axel Four-Week Jump (4A)". In Russia, the top two players who win the women's single skating of this tournament will go straight to the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the third Winter Olympic quota will be decided by the Coaching Committee of the Russian Figure Skating Association.
NBC's Olympic Channel previously said that American skier Gus Kenworthy, Czech "ice queen" Este Ledeka and Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris will appear at next year's Beijing Winter Olympics. The Associated Press said figure skating men's singles star Chen Wei, the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics alpine skiing women's slalom gold medal and the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics alpine skiing women's giant slalom gold medalist Mikaela Shivlin is expected to travel to China. The "Gracenote" website also predicts that Norway, Russia, Germany and Canada will rank in the top 4 of the Beijing Winter Olympics medal table with 22 gold, 12 silver and 12 bronze, 11 gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze, 12 gold, 9 silver and 7 bronze, and 6 gold, 7 silver and 13 bronze respectively. Team USA will finish 5th with a report card of 7 gold, 7 silver and 8 bronze.
In 2022, there will also be the World Cup and the Hangzhou Asian Games
2022 is a big year for sports, and the World Cup that football fans are looking forward to is just around the corner. At present, 13 seats have been confirmed in the Qatar World Cup Round of 32, in addition to the host Qatar, brazil and Argentina from South America, as well as Germany, Denmark, France, Belgium, Croatia, Spain, England, Serbia, Switzerland and the Netherlands from Europe.
FIFA President Infantino said at the one-year countdown to the opening of the World Cup: "I have never met a country like Qatar that is preparing for the World Cup, according to the official website of FIFA. In terms of infrastructure, everything is in place, which means that all visiting fans next year can have an incredible experience. Qatar will not only host the best World Cup ever, but it will also be a one-of-a-kind World Cup. ”
ESPN analysis said that the Qatar World Cup will be staged to dominate, no team has an absolute advantage: Brazil's talent needs to be cashed in, Germany is in a transition period, Belgium needs to cherish the "golden generation", and Spain needs to find reliable strikers, England has a good squad but needs to prove itself in the big game... In contrast, the Argentine squad is aging and urgently needs to explore reserves. In addition, in the World Preliminary Round of 12 in Asia, the Chinese men's football team accumulated 5 points after 6 rounds, ranking 5th in Group B.
In addition to the World Cup, the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games will also meet with the audience. The completion ceremony of the 19th Asian Games In Hangzhou 2022 and the media open day activity of the 29th came to an end, which marked the smooth realization of the construction goal of the functional building during the Hangzhou Asian Games Village.
Located in the north of Qianjiang Century City in Hangzhou, Hangzhou Asian Games Village is the largest non-competition venue for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou in 2022, consisting of an athletes' village, a technical official village, a media village, an international area and a public area. During the Asian Games, Hangzhou Asian Games Village will provide accommodation, catering, medical and other services for more than 10,000 athletes and accompanying officials, 4,000 technical officials and 5,000 media personnel.