last sunday Hours before the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said: The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has significantly changed the face of winter sports.
Bach told China Media Group (CMG) that the Winter Olympics has given the world a new standard of winter sports heritage.
“Winter sports will change significantly after the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, which could attract more than 300 million Chinese people to participate in winter sports,” he said.
“The numbers are amazing,” he added.
More than 346 million Chinese people have participated in winter sports, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Since Beijing was chosen to host the Winter Olympics in 2015, it has shown that China has achieved its goals.
“The Olympics are above the political conflict”
Mr Bach said The Winter Olympics are held as the world faces The “high level of political tension” and the success of the tournament show that the Olympics are on top of political strife.
He told CMG that The event that impressed him most at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was when Ukrainian and Russian athletes embraced. Chinese athletes present commemorative pins to US athletes as a gesture of goodwill And the athletes applauded the Chinese volunteers.
“Everyone has shown the Olympic spirit,” he said. “Everyone is an ambassador of friendship. empathy and peace”
CMG news coverage “Unprecedented success”
On the occasion, the IOC president praised CMG’s coverage across all platforms, calling it an “unprecedented success”.
CMG’s coverage of the Beijing Winter Olympics has over 484 billion views as of February 17, three days before the end of the Games. That figure is higher than the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (held in 2021 due to the coronavirus situation), which had a total of 47.9 billion views.
In addition, Mr Bach said The IOC appreciates CMG’s role in promoting understanding of the Olympic Games among Chinese people.
“CMG can make Chinese people feel more enthusiastic about the Olympics,” he said.
last saturday The IOC has given the Olympic trophies to the Chinese people. To honor the Chinese people for their generous support of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
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