Athletes of ROC collide with athletes of Switzerland during the ice hockey Men's Preliminary round group B match between ROC and Switzerland at National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Li An)Athletes of ROC celebrate scoring during the ice hockey Men's Preliminary round group B match between ROC and Switzerland at National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Li An)Athletes of ROC celebrate scoring during the ice hockey Men's Preliminary round group B match between ROC and Switzerland at National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Li An)Athletes of ROC collide with athletes of Switzerland during the ice hockey Men's Preliminary round group B match between ROC and Switzerland at National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Li An)Athletes of ROC collide with athletes of Switzerland during the ice hockey Men's Preliminary round group B match between ROC and Switzerland at National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Li An)
Vinzenz Geiger of Germany celebrates after Nordic combined individual Gundersen normal hill/10km, cross-country at the National Cross-Country Skiing Center in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province on Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)Germany leads the Beijing Winter Olympics medal table with five gold medals.BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Germany jumped into the top spot of the medal table after claiming two gold medals on Wednesday through Vinzenz Geiger in Nordic combined and Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt in the luge doubles at the Beijing Winter Olympics.Geiger, gold medalist of the men's team at PyeongChang 2018, recovered a backlog of one minute and 26 seconds from ski jumping to claim the title with a time of 25:07.7.It's unreal, I don't know how I managed it. I tried to push hard and I had really, really fast skis. My service guys did the perfect job, said Geiger. I didn't imagine a medal. A gold medal is crazy.Joergen Graabak of Norway finished second, 0.8 seconds behind Geiger, followed by Austria's Lukas Greiderer, 6.6 seconds adrift of the leader.Zhao Jiawen, who lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony with Dinigeer Yilamujiang, became China's first Nordic combined athlete to feature at the Winter Olympics and finished 43rd.Zhao Jiawen of China competes during Nordic Combined Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Cross-Country at the National Cross-Country Skiing Center in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province on Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)Wendl and Arlt clocked a winning combined time of 1:56.554 from two runs, 0.099 seconds ahead of teammates Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken. Austrians Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller came third in 1:57.065.In Big Air Shougang, Birk Ruud bagged the inaugural men's freeski big air gold with two impressive runs, winning Norway's fourth gold at the Games.Ruud, who topped the qualification, opened his stunning performance in the final with a switch left 1980 mute, which earned him 95.75 points. Already securing a...
Workers produce Bing Dwen Dwen merchandise at a toy factory in Jinjiang City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Feb. 9, 2022. Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, has recently become a smash hit. A licensed manufacturer in Jinjiang has resumed the production of Bing Dwen Dwen merchandise ahead of schedule to ensure adequate supply for the market. (Photo by Lin Xiaoyan/Xinhua)Workers produce Bing Dwen Dwen merchandise at a toy factory in Jinjiang City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Feb. 9, 2022. Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, has recently become a smash hit. A licensed manufacturer in Jinjiang has resumed the production of Bing Dwen Dwen merchandise ahead of schedule to ensure adequate supply for the market. (Photo by Lin Xiaoyan/Xinhua)A worker produces Bing Dwen Dwen merchandise at a toy factory in Jinjiang City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Feb. 9, 2022. Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, has recently become a smash hit. A licensed manufacturer in Jinjiang has resumed the production of Bing Dwen Dwen merchandise ahead of schedule to ensure adequate supply for the market. (Photo by Lin Xiaoyan/Xinhua)Workers produce Bing Dwen Dwen merchandise at a toy factory in Jinjiang City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Feb. 9, 2022. Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, has recently become a smash hit. A licensed manufacturer in Jinjiang has resumed the production of Bing Dwen Dwen merchandise ahead of schedule to ensure adequate supply for the market. (Photo by Lin Xiaoyan/Xinhua)
The multiple exposure photo taken on Feb. 9, 2022 shows athletes warming up before the men's 1,500m short track speed skating final at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Xu Zijian)The Beijing Winter Games is the first one in history to power all its venues with green electricity, the first one in history to massively apply the carbon dioxide ice-making technology ... said a Brussels-based online media.BRUSSELS, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Winter Olympic Games is a grand event pursuing development and prosperity, a Brussels-based online media has commented.China has always upheld the vision of hosting a green, inclusive, open and clean Winter Olympics, which is highly identical to the reform of the Olympics, said the article titled Beijing Winter Games to write new chapter of peace, development.The Beijing Winter Games is the first one in history to power all its venues with green electricity, the first one in history to massively apply the carbon dioxide ice-making technology that generates almost no carbon emission, and the first one in history to comprehensively implement the IOC's sustainability policies in the realms of economy, environment and society, it said.The new development philosophy featuring innovative, coordinated, green, open and shared development demonstrated at the Beijing Winter Games will inject a strong impetus into sustainable development of the world, it added.
BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- In the time from Beijing 2008 to Beijing 2022, the Olympic commitment to sustainability has evolved tremendously, both in sport and in China and in Beijing in particular, said Marie Sallois, director of corporate and sustainable development of the International Olympic Committee.Sallois made the remarks during a press conference on Wednesday, adding that sustainability and climate action is at the center of the strategy for the future of the Olympic movement.On one hand we would like the Games to be at the forefront of sustainability. On the other hand, we would like the Games to act as a catalyst for sustainability development in the host territory, which means the approach has evolved, and the Games have to adapt to the local context and adapt to the leads of the host and not the other way around, said Sallois.Li Sen, director-general of the general planning department of Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee also introduced the green and sustainable commitment of Beijing 2022 and added that low carbon management and ecological conservation are the two key words.The concept of a green Games and sustainability have been embedded in the entire process and every aspect of our work to prepare and deliver the Games as one of the four major concepts, Li said.With carbon-neutral Games being one of the commitments as China bid for the hosting rights, Beijing 2022 has taken measures to reduce the emissions by using low carbon venues, renewable energy, low carbon transport and a low carbon office.We adopted carbon compensation methods such as forestry carbon sinks and donations of carbon credits from official partners to stage a carbon-neutral Games. These you can find in the Beijing 2022 pre-Games Low Carbon Management Report, Li said.Some of you may have visited the National Aquatics Center. It is not far from the MMC and used to host the aquatic events at Beijing 2008. And now it has become the venue for curling and wheelchair curling durin...
President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach (C) talks with Chinese athletes during luge doubles run at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Yanqing district of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach (C) talks with Chinese athletes during luge doubles run at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Yanqing district of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach (R) poses for a photo with Chinese athlete during luge doubles run at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Yanqing district of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach (R) thumbs up for Huang Yebo/Peng Junyue of China during luge doubles run at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Yanqing district of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach (C) reacts during luge doubles run at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Yanqing district of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach (C) reacts during luge doubles run at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Yanqing district of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach (C) reacts during luge doubles run at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Yanqing district of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)Huang Yebo/Peng Junyue of China greet President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach (R) during luge doubles run at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Yanqing district of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)
“I’m a ski track designer, not an expert on snowmaking, but I want to say that the conditions of snow along the alpine ski tracks here are perfect,” said Bernhard Russi, chairman of the International Ski Federation’s Alpine Committee.“When I first visited Yanqing in 2014, I saw literally nothing here, but now, when I look down from the mountain, I see snow everywhere and the view is beautiful,” Russi, who has designed tracks for alpine ski competitions for nine consecutive Winter Olympics, told a press conference held on Feb. 5 in Beijing.Karl Geiger of Germany competes during the Ski Jumping men's normal hill individual qualification at the National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)Because different snow-related competitions have varied requirements for the quality of snow, artificial snow becomes crucial for building high-quality ski tracks. As a matter of fact, artificial snowmaking technology was adopted several decades ago and multiple Olympic Winter Games have produced enormous quantities of artificial snow when preparing snow for the events. The Beijing Winter Olympic Games is no different.“The difference is that we pay more attention to the concept of recycling in snowmaking,” said Wei Qinghua, Chinese director of the snowmaking team for Beijing 2022. Wei is also a venue operation manager at the Guyangshu venue cluster located in Beijing 2022’s Zhangjiakou competition zone in north China’s Hebei Province.Wei explained that producing artificial snow is a process of turning water into snow, and in order to prepare water for this purpose, they would first store melted snow water collected from the ski resort into storing facilities and then filter the water so that it could be used again for snowmaking. Because no additives have been used throughout the snowmaking process, the melted snow water can later serve as a source for landscape greening and irrigation.Wei explained that a more ...
Photo shows porcelain figures of Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (Photo/Wei Peiquan)China figures of Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon, the two cute mascots of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are made in Dehua county, Quanzhou city, southeast China’s Fujian Province.The porcelain figures of Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon are all hand-made by craftsmen in Dehua, a porcelain hub since ancient times.In the Song and Yuan dynasties (960-1368), Dehua ceramics were a major Chinese export along the Maritime Silk Road. Today, Dehua is China’s largest Western-style porcelain production and export center. The county, dubbed the “World Ceramics Capital,” exports its ceramic products to over 190 countries and regions.Workers make porcelain figures of Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, at a porcelain factory in Dehua county, southeast China’s Fujian Province. (Photo/Chen Xiaoyang)A worker works on a semi-finished porcelain figure of Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, at a porcelain factory in Dehua county, southeast China’s Fujian Province. (Photo/Wei Peiquan)A worker colors a porcelain figure of Shuey Rhon Rhon, the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. (Photo/Wei Peiquan)A worker puts newly-made porcelain figures of Shuey Rhon Rhon, the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games on the shelf. (Photo/Chen Xiaoyang)A worker puts newly-made porcelain figures of Shuey Rhon Rhon, the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games on the shelf. (Photo/Chen Xiaoyang)Photo shows porcelain figures of Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon, the mascots of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. (Photo/Chen Xiaoyang)Photo shows figures of Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon, the mascots of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, at a licensed official store for Winter Olympics merchandise in Quanzhou city, south...
The ongoing Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, as a window into China, has been widely applauded for its advanced competition venues and considerate arrangements.Three Olympic athletes rest after freeski big air training at Big Air Shougang in Beijing, Feb. 6, 2022. (People’s Daily/Li Ge)Over the past days, athletes and coaches of delegations to the Games have been full of praise for the facilities, venues, as well as personnel of the event. In fact, many athletes started to post videos of them trying facilities of the Olympic Villages for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games on social media platforms before the opening of the Games.In these videos, American luge athlete Summer Britcher pressed a button on the remote control and then the mattress of her bed in the Olympic Village was lifted to a proper height to better support the spine; Finnish ice hockey player Petra Nieminen opened a throw pillow with a pattern of Bing Dwen Dwen, the Games’ official mascot, and it turned into a blanket.Other thoughtful designs and arrangements for the rooms in the Olympic Village, such as backpack with the emblem of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Bing Dwen Dwen dolls, have all shown China’s sincerity in creating a comfortable living environment for athletes and pleasantly surprised them.Athletes take part in cross-country skiing training at the National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in the Zhangjiakou competition zone of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Feb. 2, 2022. (People’s Daily/Jiang Yushi)“I am convinced all the athletes will deliver their best performance,” said Masahiko Harada, general manager of the Japanese delegation to the Beijing 2022, at a recent press conference. He told reporters that the Beijing 2022 Olympic Village offers a comfortable environment.Olympics-related personnel and staff in the “closed-loop” management system for the Beijing 2022 are required to take nucleic acid test for COVID-19 every day.China has done a good job in epid...
With its origin coming from the Chinese character dong 冬 (winter), the emblem for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games integrates the profundity of Eastern culture with a modern and global style through Chinese calligraphy.The upper section of the emblem features a skater rushing forward, while at the bottom of the emblem is a skier. The dynamic lines in the middle represent mountains, competition venues, as well as trails in the snow and ice, while silk ribbons can be seen that are often used when Chinese people celebrate the Chinese New Year, which will overlap with Beijing 2022.The use of blue in the emblem represents dreams, along with the future and the purity of ice and snow, while the red and yellow – the colors of China's national flag – symbolize passion, youth and vitality.The words Beijing 2022 on the emblem are represented through the art of Chinese calligraphy and Chinese paper-cutting to enhance the cultural connotation and the expressive power of the words, while contributing to the harmony of the overall emblem.
At the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics held on Feb. 4, a children's choir from Fuping county, north China's Hebei province performed the Olympic Anthem in Greek, transmitting their beautiful voices to the world.Photo shows children singing at the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. (Photo/Beijing Daily)They all have tried hard and done their best, said Liu Kai, principal of a primary school in Fuping county, when the children were performing on the stage.Liu was always with the children when they rehearsed. He said their hard work in the past three months was worth it.In mid-September the last year, Fuping county was invited to send some of its children to sing the Olympic Anthem at the Beijing 2022 opening ceremony.By Sept. 28, more than 200 students had been recommended by five local primary schools, and 44 of them made it to the final stage after rounds of selection, including eight from a choir of the Malan village primary school.In the old days, Malan village was once the headquarters of Zinchagi Rhbao, one of the newspapers that later formed today's People's Daily. Deng Xiaolan, daughter of an editor of the newspaper, established a choir at the Malan village primary school after she retired to diversify students' cultural activities. As one who was born in the village, she volunteered to teach the students to sing and play instruments.The choir has performed in a number of big cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, and the children's enthusiasm for singing has aroused huge attention from the Chinese society.On Oct. 18, 2021, the 44-member choir established to perform at the Beijing 2022 opening ceremony gathered at Fuping county's Bayi primary school. What they faced was an arduous task - to master a challenging Greek song and be able to perform it a cappella in less than four months.Their potential lies in their innocence, a unique advantage of them, said Su Zhiyan, a music teacher from Fuping Middle School who then...
China’s Gu Ailing claimed a historic gold in the women’s freeski big air at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, becoming the country’s first female Olympic gold medalist on snow. Behind her run of success, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has played a crucial role.Photo shows Gu Ailing and Zhu Jiangwei posing for a picture. (Photo/sctv)Zhu Jiangwei, an attending physician from the Sichuan Province Orthopedic Hospital, is a member of the medical support team for the Chinese freeski big air and slopestyle athletes. Between October 2021 and January 2022, Zhu was with the Chinese athletes when they competed and received training in countries such as Austria, Switzerland, and the US, providing timely medical treatment for the athletes.During this process, Gu received rehabilitation treatment on several occasions from the medical team. Using Sichuan Zheng-style Traditional Chinese Medicine for orthopedics, Zhu performed physical therapy treatment for Gu based on her physical condition, instructed her to engage in functional training, and put forward measures for Gu to take so as to protect herself from injuries, laying a solid foundation for the young athlete to take part in the Winter Olympics in the best condition.Sichuan Zheng-style Traditional Chinese Medicine for orthopedics is an important school of Traditional Chinese Medicine for orthopedics. It is suitable for helping athletes to quickly restore their physical strength, and to effectively prevent and treat pain, according to Zhu.Zhu Jiangwei performs physical therapy treatment for Gu Ailing. (Photo/sctv)Gu and her coach were both very satisfied with Zhu’s services, having contacted Zhu several times for consultation. At Beijing 2022, Gu has her own medical support team. On the sideline of a competition, she recognized Zhu quickly, even though the latter was wearing a mask, and said hello to Zhu enthusiastically.The Sichuan Province Orthopedic Hospital launched medical treatment of athletic injuries in the 19...
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Combo photo shows the Olympic-themed dishes rolled out by a restaurant in Beijing. (Beijing Huatian Catering Group/Handout via Xinhua)BEIJING, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- There's nothing like munching on Olympic-themed foods while watching global athletes go for the gold.Many restaurants in Beijing, the host city of the ongoing Winter Olympic Games, have offered dishes in the shapes of sports and symbols as a novel way to celebrate the event.The famed roast duck is a hot gold medal contender for the most popular food in Beijing. To add some Olympic flair to its main course, Quanjude, a century-old roast duck restaurant, stacked their sliced yellow duck meat into a torch shape on the plate. For customers who have a sweet tooth, it made a snow mountain of lily, yams and cream, with two skier-shaped chocolate bars on it.Good sport-themed dishes should be realistic in shape and give customers associations, which tests the skills and ingenuity of chefs, said Zhang Gang, deputy head chef of the restaurant's Olympic Village branch. He and his colleagues have spent six months developing these dishes before the opening of the Games.Also, a time-honored brand restaurant, Tongheju, rolled out five Olympics-inspired recipes, including the Olympic Ring Pancakes. Instead of using food coloring, the chefs added blueberry powder, sugar beet, squid ink, and spinach powder for the blue, red, black and green rings. The pastry has become a colorful snack that is healthy enough for a real athlete to enjoy.Combo photo shows the Olympic-themed dishes rolled out by a restaurant in Beijing. (Beijing Huatian Catering Group/Handout via Xinhua)Other restaurants soon joined the trend with their own offerings, shaped like ice hockey pucks to curling stones, from the Olympics mascots to Games venues, attracting wide media coverage.The dishes are so cute, and I wanna try cooking them at home, a netizen remarked on Dazhongdianping, a Chinese customer review app.The Olympic fever has already inspired a...
Gold medalist Ren Ziwei (C) of China, silver medalist Li Wenlong (L) of China and bronze medalist Shaoang Liu of Hungary pose for a photo during the awarding ceremony of men's 1000m of short track speed skating at the Beijing Medals Plaza of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)Silver medalist Li Wenlong of China reacts during the awarding ceremony of men's 1000m of short track speed skating at the Beijing Medals Plaza of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)Gold medalist Ren Ziwei of China reacts during the awarding ceremony of men's 1000m of short track speed skating at the Beijing Medals Plaza of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)Gold medalist Ren Ziwei (C) of China, silver medalist Li Wenlong (L) of China and bronze medalist Shaoang Liu of Hungary pose for a photo during the awarding ceremony of men's 1000m of short track speed skating at the Beijing Medals Plaza of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)Gold medalist Ren Ziwei (C) of China, silver medalist Li Wenlong (L) of China and bronze medalist Shaoang Liu of Hungary pose for a photo during the awarding ceremony of men's 1000m of short track speed skating at the Beijing Medals Plaza of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)Gold medalist Ren Ziwei (C) of China, silver medalist Li Wenlong (L) of China and bronze medalist Shaoang Liu of Hungary pose for a photo during the awarding ceremony of men's 1000m of short track speed skating at the Beijing Medals Plaza of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)Gold medalist Ren Ziwei of China poses for a photo during the awarding ceremony of men's 1000m of short track speed skating at the Beijing Medals Plaza of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Hua...
Zhangjiakou citizens exercise in the Industrial Culture Theme Park by wielding a long whip attached to a yellow cloth dragon, which flutters in the air as it is swung in various patterns. The device is called a bodybuilding dragon and is popular among older people. [Photo by Xu Lin/China Daily]As the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games are underway, Beijing's co-host city Zhangjiakou in Hebei province is organizing various folk performances to celebrate the Games.Zhangjiakou citizens exercise in the Industrial Culture Theme Park by wielding a long whip attached to a yellow cloth dragon, which flutters in the air as it is swung in various patterns. The device is called a bodybuilding dragon and is popular among older people. [Photo by Xu Lin/China Daily]Zhangjiakou citizens exercise in the Industrial Culture Theme Park by wielding a long whip attached to a yellow cloth dragon, which flutters in the air as it is swung in various patterns. The device is called a bodybuilding dragon and is popular among older people. [Photo by Xu Lin/China Daily]
Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway reacts after winning the gold medal in the men's cross-country skiing sprint free final of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Zhangjiakou National Cross-country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)CHONGLI, Zhangjiakou, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway won his fourth Olympic gold after emerging victorious in the cross-country men's sprint free of Beijing 2022 at the National Cross-Country Skiing Center here on Tuesday night.Taking three golds from the team sprint freestyle, sprint classical and 4x10km relay at PyeongChang 2018, 25-year-old Klaebo finished the race in 2 minutes 58.06 seconds to add another Olympic gold to his profile.Klaebo's preparations for Beijing 2022 were disrupted after several of his teammates tested positive for COVID-19 at their altitude training camp in Italy last month, and only ranked 40th in men's skiathlon on Sunday.Klaebo attacked in the closing stages in the final, leaving behind Federico Pellegrino of Italy and Alexander Terentev of the Russian Olympic Committee to win the sprint.Veteran Pellegrino took the silver 0.26 seconds behind, and Terentev came third in 2:59.37.It is something incredible. I started to dream about this race eight years ago, and to reach this goal of a medal today is incredibly emotional, said Pellegrino.It's been a really hard year and this is incredible, all the people who work a lot for this were happy and this was the happiest thing for me, the Italian concluded.Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo (R) of Norway hugs with Federico Pellegrino of Italy after the men's cross-country skiing sprint free final of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Zhangjiakou National Cross-country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 8, 2022. Klaebo and Pellegrino claimed the gold and the silver medal respectively in the event. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)Gold medalist Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo (C)...
A worker produces Bing Dwen Dwen merchandise at a licensed manufacturer in Qidong, East China's Jiangsu province, Feb 8, 2022. Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, has recently become a smash hit. A licensed manufacturer in Qidong has increased production of Bing Dwen Dwen merchandise to ensure adequate supply for the market. [Photo/Xinhua]Manufacturers of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics mascot products are quickly resuming operations after the Chinese New Year holiday to meet surging demand for the popular panda.The Beijing Winter Olympics organizers said on Tuesday that a special Chinese New Year version of the Bing Dwen Dwen doll will hit the market soon and sales of the licensed merchandise will continue to at least the end of June.In response to supply shortages of Bing Dwen Dwen products, the organizers have coordinated with manufacturers and licensed toy-making factories to resume work to boost production.Bing Dwen Dwen, a panda cub dressed in a full-body ice shell, has become a major attraction of the Winter Olympics, winning the hearts of athletes, politicians, media and audiences over the globe with its chubby appearance.The mascot has become so popular that all related products, including Bing Dwen Dwen miniatures, dolls and keychains, sold by licensed online retailers and brick-and-mortar shops have almost run out of stock since the Games opening ceremony on Friday.Members of the victorious Chinese women's team and support staff arrive in a designated quarantine hotel in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, on Tuesday, after winning the 2022 Asian Football Confederation Women's Asian Cup final in Navi Mumbai, India, on Sunday. GUAN YUNAN/FOR CHINA DAILYOn Monday, the Chinese women's soccer team, which won the AFC Women's Asian Cup final in India on Sunday, was swept up in the pandemonium. After the team's flight landed in Shanghai, captain Wang Shanshan said at a news conference, Everyone loves Bing Dwen Dwen, can someone send us one ...
Madeleine Egle of Austria competes during women's singles run of luge event at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Yanqing district of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)Hannah Prock of Austria competes during women's singles run of luge event at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Yanqing district of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)Trinity Ellis of Canada competes during women's singles run of luge event at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Yanqing district of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)Verena Hofer of Italy competes during women's singles run of luge event at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Yanqing district of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)Lisa Schulte of Austria competes during women's singles run of luge event at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Yanqing district of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)Natalie Corless of Canada competes during women's singles run of luge event at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Yanqing district of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)Julia Taubitz of Germany competes during women's singles run of luge event at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Yanqing district of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Gold medalist Gu Ailing during the awards ceremony of the women's freeski Big Air on Feb. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)From lighting the Olympic cauldron to excelling in their sports, China's post-2000s athletes have started to take center stage at Beijing 2022.BEIJING, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Top athletes are pushing the boundaries of what is physically possible to set new records at the Olympic Games, and the baton is always in relay from them to younger generations.As of Tuesday, the Chinese delegation has won three gold and two silver medals at the Winter Olympics, among which athletes born after 2000 have contributed one gold and two silvers.For the first time in an Olympic men's snowboard slopestyle competition, a triple cork 1800 was successfully landed on Monday, by 17-year-old Chinese boarder Su Yiming.With his highest score of 88.70 points, Su took a silver medal on his Olympic debut, also the first Olympic snowboard medal for China. The youngster saw his dream come true when he stood on the podium with his idols, Canada's Max Parrot and Mark McMorris.As a snowboard lover, I do not care much about the score. Instead, I pay more attention to making more brilliant tricks. The happiness comes from that, said Su.China's Su Yiming competes during the men's snowboard slopestyle qualification at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)The same may be said for Gu Ailing, who pulled off a 1620 performance she had never tried before to win the women's freeski big air gold, becoming the first female Chinese athlete to be crowned in a snow sport at a Winter Olympics.Before her final run on Tuesday, the 18-year-old sat in third place, 5.25-point behind leader Tess Ledeux of France, and 0.25-point behind second-placed Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland. While Gu could play safe and secure a podium spot, she decided to whip out the trick she had never done before.I made a decision in the last five minutes. In fact, I...
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