At the 2024 Paris Olympics, table tennis veteran Ma Long and synchronized swimmer Feng Yu served as the flagbearers of the Chinese sports delegation at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
Whether it is the qualifications of the Grand Slam or the popularity in the world, Ma Long is undisputed as the flag bearer, and I believe that everyone is more looking forward to and curious about this goddess of flowers.
After all, except for the Olympics, almost no one pays attention to synchronized swimming, and the popularity of the synchronized swimming athletes pales in comparison, and Feng Yu participates in team events, and it is difficult to reflect individual honors.
In 2018, Feng Yu's sports career ushered in the peak, and he won the synchronized swimming team championship with the team at the Jakarta Asian Games and won the title of "International Athlete".
At the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Feng Yu won the silver medal in the team free option.
In 2024, the Chinese synchronized swimming team will break out, and Feng Yu and his team will win the championship in the three events of collective skills, collective skills, and collective free selection at the World Championships.
This Huayou "mermaid" is an authentic Beijing girl, very athletic talent since childhood, practiced gymnastics, martial arts, table tennis when she was a child, and was later photographed by the Beijing Huayou team, and began her own Huayou career.
Feng Yu was born at the age of 25 and is 171cm tall, Ma Long is 175cm tall, and the two partner flag bearers are also very coordinated in terms of height.
This also makes Feng Yu the first Huayou flag bearer in history, and China's eighth female Olympic flag bearer.
In the past, most of the world's Olympic teams were male athletes, but in recent years, most countries have advocated equality between men and women.
Looking at the opening and closing ceremonies of the previous Summer and Winter Olympic Games, let's take a look at which sassy and heroic girls have won this award.
1. China's first ever female Olympic flag bearer: Yang Yang
During the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, a movie "My Heart is Flying", adapted from the Yang Yang incident, was boycotted by the whole network as soon as it was released, because the audience all thought that the heroine Meng Meiqide was unworthy and unsuitable for playing Yang Yang's cinematic role.
This is enough to prove the status and reputation of Yang Yang, who is from a border town in Heilongjiang Province, Tangyuan County, in the history of the Olympic Games.
In order to get out of this remote town, Da Yang Yang has nothing else to think of in his life except skating.
In 1998, the 23-year-old Yang Yang lost her first participation in the Nagano Winter Olympics, and after consulting about the retirement placement, she found that she retired with her current results and did not have a good job at all, so Yang Yang chose to continue to strengthen training and continue to compete.
At the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, Yang Yang won the runner-up again, although he failed to win the championship this time, but Yang Yang got the opportunity to study at Tsinghua University, entered the School of Economics and Management, and went to United States University of Utah to study the following year.
In 2005, when short track speed skaters were out of gear, the national team invited Yang Yang to play again in Turin, Italy, and Yang Yang chose to return to the team without saying a word, and served as the flag bearer at the 2006 Turin Olympics.
The 31-year-old Yang Yang lived up to expectations, not only the first women's Olympic flag bearer, but also won the championship in the women's 1000m event and won the first gold medal in the history of the Chinese Winter Olympics! A grand slam was achieved.
In fact, Yang Yang has won a total of 59 world championships, making him the Chinese athlete with the most world championships, and this Olympic victory has also drawn a successful end to his sports career.
2. Zhang Ning of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
This Olympic Games at home is naturally the most memorable and participatory Olympic Games in the country, but most of the audience only remembers Yao Ming, or Lin Hao, a 9-year-old child next to Yao Ming.
The Chinese team won 48 gold medals at this Olympics (three were later cancelled due to drug tests), including badminton star Zhang Ning, who defended the women's singles title in Beijing after the Athens Olympics.
In the women's singles final, Zhang Ning and Xie Xingfang's derby battle was wonderful, and in the end, Zhang Ning won the championship 2-1 and became the first defending Olympic badminton singles champion.
At the closing ceremony, Zhang Ning, as the flag bearer, drew a perfect end to his badminton career.
3. Xu Lijia at the 2012 London Olympics
For ordinary people, the Olympics are actually just a passing scene, everyone is gone, everyone goes home, and of course most people go on vacation instead of going home.
The liveliness of the opening ceremony often sets off the coldness of the closing ceremony. And the closing ceremony is very simple, and there will be no full mobilization.
In the 2012 London Olympics, the United Arab Emirates led the men's basketball team to a temporary end, and the men's basketball team has missed the Olympics since then.
We also had a great time at the London Olympics, finishing second in the gold medal table with 39.
In the women's sailing laser redtier class, Xu Lijia won the first Olympic gold medal in the history of Asian sailing!
At the closing ceremony, Xu Lijia served as the flag bearer of the Chinese team.
4. 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Liu Qiuhong
At the Winter Olympics, the Nordic countries clearly have an advantage, with natural snow resorts and a large athlete base.
At the 22nd Winter Olympics in Sochi, the Chinese team won three gold medals.
Li Jianrou short track speed skating women's 500m champion, Zhang Hong speed skating women's 1000m champion, Zhou Yang short track speed skating women's 1500m champion.
The selected flag bearer for the closing ceremony of this Winter Olympics is Liu Qiuhong, who was taught by the same enlightenment coach Meng Qingyu as her fellow countrymen Wang Meng and Yang Yang, and entered the national team with Zhou Yang.
Unfortunately, Liu Qiuhong, as the favorite to win the championship, has been upset in two consecutive Olympic Games.
5. Ding Ning of the 2016 Rio Olympics
Standing out in table tennis and becoming a flag bearer is a bug within a bug.
In the women's singles final of the 2012 London Olympics, Ding Ning lost 1-4 to Li Xiaoxia and won the runner-up, but in the next women's team final, China swept Japan 3-0, and Ding Ning also won the first Olympic gold medal of her career.
In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Ding Ning finally defeated Li Xiaoxia 4-3 after 7 rounds of fierce battles, winning the Olympic women's singles championship for the first time, and also the fifth "Grand Slam" female table tennis player after Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining, and Li Xiaoxia.
This year, the Chinese team swept Japan 3-0 again, Ding Ning won two gold medals, and served as the flag bearer for the closing ceremony.
6. Zhu Ting at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
At the postponed Tokyo Olympics, women's volleyball player Zhu Ting and taekwondo athlete Zhao Shuai served as the flagbearers of the opening ceremony, and the flagbearer of the closing ceremony was Asian flyer Su Bingtian.
The Chinese women's volleyball team has never been absent from the Olympic Games, and after winning three gold medals around 1984, 2004 and 2016, three generations of players from the women's volleyball team played collectively, hoping to defend the championship.
Unfortunately, this year, the women's volleyball team won 2 wins and 3 losses, not only missed the top 8 of the Olympic Games, but also set the worst record in the team's history in the past 10 Olympic Games with a 9th place.
7. 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Zhao Dan at the opening ceremony, Xu Mengtao at the closing ceremony.
This time it is still the Olympic Games at home, Gu Ailing is undoubtedly the biggest highlight of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and she has lived up to expectations and won 2 golds and 1 silver, and is the biggest winner of the previous Winter Olympics.
Zhao Dan ranked first in the skeleton test stage, but unfortunately ranked fourth in the group in the comprehensive two-wheeled skating results in the main event, missing out on the medal.
In contrast, Xu Mengtao, as the flag bearer of the closing ceremony, has a more eye-catching record.
As early as the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics freestyle skiing aerials competition, Xu Mengtao won a silver medal.
In the freestyle skiing aerials event, Xu Mengtao won the World Cup 26 times, becoming the first person in the history of the Freestyle Skiing World Cup.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao finally won the gold medal in the women's freestyle skiing aerials and achieved a grand slam in this event.
At the closing ceremony, Xu Mengtao, the flag bearer of the Chinese team, rode on the shoulder of Gao Tingyu, which also became a famous painting in the history of the Chinese Olympic Games!
Who said that women are inferior to men, Xu Mengtao shows the new generation of women moving forward with their heads held high and blooming with the passion of youth without regrets.
And Gao Tingyu shows the sense of responsibility of oriental men standing up to the sky and moving forward with heavy loads.
As a representative, the flag bearer must not only have strength and influence, but also height and sportsmanship are also one of the criteria.
This article was originally edited by Art Rabbit Sports
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