Some 150 personalities in the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing were awarded medals in the Chinese capital. Among those invited to the ceremony in the “Great Hall of the People” was the skier Gu Ailing, winner of two gold medals and one silver.
In the 50-minute speech, President Xi Jinping mentioned the importance of the Games in promoting Chinese culture, including its variety of local snacks popular with athletes. “Gu Ailing loves to eat Chinese cakes,” Xi said. The mention of the athlete caused applause in the auditorium.
It was showed that the ski champion sat in the audience, wearing her anti-covid mask. Gu Ailing competed for the United States where she was born, until June 2019, to then represent China, her mother’s country of origin, a decision that was very well received by the official Chinese media.
Xi Jinping urged to take advantage of “the valuable experience” in the process of seven years of preparation and celebration of the two Olympic mega-events. With China currently struggling with COVID-19 outbreaks, the Chinese president thought highly of the health protection during the Games. “With a positive rate of COVID-19 of only 0.45 percent in the closed circuit of the Winter Games, China provided a beneficial experience for the response to the pandemic and the organization of international events,” Xi said.
The ceremony and Xi’s speech came a day after a letter of appreciation from IOC President Thomas Bach to the Chinese volunteers. “You can be very proud of the fact that when Beijing made history as the first city in the world to host the summer and winter editions of the Olympic Games, you were an essential part of this great chapter in Olympic history,” Bach wrote.
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