Chao News client reporter Yi Zhigang, Zhao Lei, Ying Luyang/text, Yao Yingkang/photo
Sand volleyball under the Eiffel Tower.
With the 330-metre-high Eiffel Tower in the background, the sun shining on the white sand and all kinds of action-packed music, the atmosphere is so good that everyone in the audience can't sit quietly, and men and women feel like they're part of the party – that's the scene of the beach volleyball match at the Paris Olympics on the Champ de Mars today.
Champ de Mars is a great place for Parisians to meet and celebrate, with thousands of people gathering here for major events. People who like to run will take a selfie with their phone and forget why they came here because it's so filmy. The Paris Olympics have saved newspaper and magazine editors around the world the trouble of choosing headline images.
This is only the group preliminary stage, and I can't imagine how lively the final can be. Many Olympic-level sports competitions need to be quiet, such as tennis, equestrian, modern pentathlon, etc., and the audience even applauds. When the drum is not right, some tennis stars find a place to vent. But sand volleyball is not used, this place will not let you stop for a moment, when the ears are not idle, as soon as the DJ plays music, you will feel sorry for this atmosphere if you don't twist your crotch twice.
The two sides of the match were Brazil and Japan, and the spectators didn't look like they were from either country. Soon the reporter found out that no matter who scored, they would dance with their hands. Later, the audience made a wave of Mexico, and it was very high. This shows that for the audience, watching the sand volleyball competition is like participating in an outdoor sports carnival with sports and music, and no one cares who wins or loses.
There are only two players on each side of the sand volleyball field, and the stands can seat about 10,000 people, and it is normal to be frenzied and entertain themselves, if these 10,000 people are sitting in danger and looking at the four people who are the least dressed, it is a funny scene.
There are all kinds of emotionally complex scenes in the Olympic competition, some are inspiring, some are sad, and some are moving, but there are really not many people like the sand volleyball competition under the iron tower, where the audience and the event are so integrated. Since its Olympic debut at Atlanta in 1996, Brazil and United States have been the two biggest winners of the event, taking home 24 of the 42 medals. These two countries give us the impression of being relaxed and casual, which goes well with the tonality of outdoor leisure sports.
When it comes to imagination, the France never disappoint. It's not the first time that the city has been covered with sandy beaches, and the last time Parisians dressed up the Seine as a beach and put up umbrellas to pretend to be vacationing by the sea. In the Olympics, their duty is to dress up beautifully and beautifully.
The idea of playing sand volleyball under the Eiffel Tower is an important part of the whole spectacle of the Paris Olympics, and one of the most Parisian images. There are many such sub-shots, such as archery in the Les Invalides, fencing in the Grand Palais, horseback riding outside the Palace of Versailles, skateboarding on the Place de la Concorde, Paris uses this way to "bundle marketing" between sports and scenery, and to this day the reporter has not heard a single negative comment, and his ears are full of the photographer's hungry shutter sound and heartfelt admiration.
Not many people may remember that when Beijing bid to host the 2008 Olympics, Paris was a competitor. At that time, Paris's promise was that if the bid was successful, the Olympic sand volleyball event would be held under the tower.
After more than 20 years, the Parisians have not broken their promise, and left a precious inspiration for the future Olympic host cities: sports competitions should be held in the landscape.
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