Foreign media review: The wonderful closing ceremony draws a successful conclusion to the Winter Olympics
2022-02-23 10:45:59Source: Reference News Network
According to foreign media, the Beijing Winter Olympics, which were successfully held in a closed loop, are now officially over, and come to an end with the splendid closing ceremony.
According to a report on the website of Canada’s Globe and Mail on February 20, Isabel Weidman, the flag bearer of the Canadian team’s closing ceremony, said that for individual athletes who have been training a lot during the epidemic, just gathering at the same venue is not enough. It already feels like a big enough celebration.
On the evening of February 20, the closing ceremony of the 24th Winter Olympic Games in Beijing was held at the National Stadium. It’s a firework show.Xinhua
Unforgettable images from the Winter Olympics include masks and Canada’s Lululemon uniform. Then there’s Bing Dun Dun, the ubiquitous giant panda mascot at the Winter Olympics.
People will also remember the volunteers in blue and white coats at the Winter Olympics, the staff in hazmat suits, the daily tests that participants in the Olympic closed loop undergo, the fences outside every building and the only way to get from the bus Observing Beijing from the train.
From the “Ice Ribbon” to the Shougang Ski Jump, every venue is eye-opening and has unique lighting.
There, aspiring young players made headlines, from Gu Ailing to Su Yiming, from Max Parrott to the always fascinating Mark McMorris.
At the closing ceremony, the Olympic torch was slowly extinguished, and attention turned to the subsequent Olympic Games – the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and the 2026 Winter Olympics jointly hosted by Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.
According to a report by the Associated Press in Beijing on February 20, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics came to an end, bringing an unprecedented Asian Olympic event to an end.
Last summer’s Tokyo Olympics were the first to be held amid the coronavirus pandemic, and the opening and closing ceremonies were virtually empty. But the seats at Beijing’s “Bird’s Nest” had a small but energetic audience.
“We welcome China to become a major country in ice and snow sports,” IOC President Bach said at the closing ceremony. He said the organization of the Winter Olympics was “extraordinary” and praised the Chinese and their organizing committee “for such An excellent and safe way” to present the Winter Olympics.
By many standards, the Beijing Winter Olympics were a success. In fact, the Beijing Winter Olympics are quite safe. Local volunteers are likeable and helpful.
The venues have lived up to expectations. The new venue, the Shougang Ski Jump, built in the renovated steel plant, is a fascinating mix of winter wonderland and industrial landscape.
According to the report, streaming audiences are increasing: As of the 19th, data from the National Broadcasting Corporation showed that the streaming time of the Beijing Winter Olympics was 3.5 billion minutes, while the data of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea was only 2.2 billion minutes.
In addition, according to a report on the website of the Spanish newspaper Le Monde on February 20, more than 100 million Americans watched the game through NBC.
On the evening of the 20th, the “Bird’s Nest” once once more became the stage for the closing ceremony to bid farewell to the Olympic Games. Athletes waved their national flags and happily participated in the splendid closing ceremony.