Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 31st. The Winter Olympics are held as scheduled, showing China’s strength and global ice and snow sports open a new era——Interview with IOC President Bach
Xinhua News Agency reporter Ji Ye Luo Xin Dong Yixing
After arriving in Beijing on January 22, IOC President Bach had a very busy schedule, leaving his footprints in the Zhangjiakou competition area and major Winter Olympic venues. At four o’clock in the afternoon on New Year’s Eve, he took an hour to accept an exclusive interview with a reporter from Xinhua News Agency.
Before the start of the interview, Bach, holding the character “Fu” in his hand, sent New Year’s greetings to the Chinese people through Xinhua News Agency, wishing everyone a happy and successful Year of the Tiger. “The meeting of the Winter Olympics and the Spring Festival is a perfect combination. The tiger symbolizes courage, strength and success. This is also my blessing to the Chinese people during the Spring Festival.”
The picture shows Bach in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Xinhua News Agency.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Huanzong
The Winter Olympics are held as scheduled, once again demonstrating China’s strength
It was Bach who announced Beijing as the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia more than six years ago. In the past 6 years or so, even in the face of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics have not been interrupted, the intensity has not been weakened, and the standards have not been lowered.
Bach believes that the Beijing Winter Olympics were finally held as scheduled, especially when the Omicron virus strain is spreading around the world, which once again demonstrated China’s determination, efficiency and vitality. “We have seen China’s determination to deal with the epidemic and China’s success in epidemic prevention.”
“The preparations for the Winter Olympics have been excellent, which can be seen from the high praise of the athletes in the Winter Olympic Village. Everyone’s praise for the venues is not only in terms of sports, but also the architectural design; the praise for sustainability is not only because of The double Olympic venues in Beijing also use green electricity this time. Under the epidemic, closed-loop management has been successful so far, making Chinese people and Olympic-related personnel feel very safe. The method is full of confidence,” Bach said.
The Beijing Winter Olympics will leave a rich legacy to the world
In recent years, Bach has said on many occasions that China’s determination and strength to drive 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports amazes him. Today, this goal has been achieved ahead of schedule. Bach believes that this will not only allow the Chinese people to gain a healthier lifestyle, but also open a new era for global ice and snow sports.
“For the Chinese, this will greatly improve people’s physical and mental health,” Bach said, “and from a global perspective, the era of winter sports can be divided into before and after the Beijing Winter Olympics, because 300 million people Participating in ice and snow sports will open a new era for ice and snow sports.”
He further explained that for international winter individual sports organizations, they can better develop and develop their sports, and for athletes and sports, it can also attract more attention.
The picture shows Bach in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Xinhua News Agency.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Huanzong
From 2008 to 2022, China achieves huge development in various fields
From 2008 to 2022, from the Beijing Summer Olympics to the Beijing Winter Olympics, Bach praised China’s tremendous development in these 14 years.
In the past 14 years, Bach has lost count of how many times he came to China. He believes that compared with 2008, China has not only made great progress in sports, but also has undergone tremendous changes in economic and social aspects.
“During the preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games, you may sometimes feel nervous and uncertain. Now, China has achieved great development and changes, and has a pivotal position in the world in technology, culture, business, politics, sports and other aspects. status,” Bach said.
Last year, the Olympic motto added “more unity” after “faster, higher, stronger”, and Bach said it was good to see the Beijing Winter Olympics slogan “together to the future” echoed with “more unity”. “In today’s world, especially under the epidemic, only by being more united can we solve problems together.”
The picture shows Bach taking a group photo with a reporter from Xinhua News Agency.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Huanzong
Walking into the bird’s nest at the opening ceremony, I will think of…
The Beijing Winter Olympics will open on February 4. The grand opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games has left indelible memories for countless people. Therefore, people are also looking forward to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
As the head of the International Olympic Committee, it is impossible for Bach not to know the content of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. But when reporters asked him if he could reveal it, Bach kept it a secret.
However, he said: “I went to the Bird’s Nest this morning and met the director team. I know that the chief director this time also directed the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. I believe this time we can expect a completely different, but The same wonderful opening ceremony.”
“How would you feel when you walked into the bird’s nest on February 4th?”
Bach’s answer was: “I think I will recall the moment I entered the field as a fencer, I will focus more on the game, and transform all the difficulties I have experienced in the past and all the efforts I have put into it at this moment. To play well on the field. My coach at the time told me that before the game, we have studied all the possible problems, so if there is something on the field that we have not studied, those will definitely not stop us from getting Barriers to success.”