The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is to conclude on the evening of February 20. Throughout the Games, athletes have impressed us with their breathtaking performances as well as their warm and inspiring stories in the non-competition areas. Therefore, in addition to the glorious occasions, our correspondents from China Youth Daily have also captured with their cameras many moving moments among the players outside the competition arena.
In the following photos, players, whether they are teammates or competitors, all send their sincere congratulations to the victors and give cheerful hugs and encouragements to those who lose out. Athletes compete for the glories of their own, but their friendship is beyond their titles. On their way to act out the motto “Higher, Faster, Stronger, Together”, they are not only rivals , but also mutually supportive companions.
On the evening of Feb 5, at the Capital Indoor Stadium, the speed skaters of Chinese national team cuddle up to celebrate their first place in the Short Track Speed Skating Mixed Team Relay Finals. This is the first gold medal for the Chinese delegation in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. (Photo by Li Junhui, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
On the afternoon of Feb 5, at the National Cross Country Centre, Zhangjiakou, after Women's 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon finished, Chinese players support each other with their hands and hug each other. (Photo by Li Zhengni, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
At the Big Air Shougang, Feb 8, shortly after the final results were released, the champion skier in Women's Freeski Big Air Finals, Eileen Gu (Right) consoles Tess Ledeux (Left), her competitor from France. Ledeux missed the gold medal owing to her error in the final run, though she ranked first in the first two. The 20-year-old Ledeux has taken part in many worldwide games, and is skilled in freeski big air and freeski slopestyle, winning a number of titles. She is thought to be one of the most competent rivals to Gu. (Photo by Li Junhui, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
Feb 11, the German skeleton rider Christopher Grotheer (Left) celebrates his championship after Men’s Skeleton. (Photo by Li Junhui, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
At Wukesong Sports Centre, Feb 6, the Chinese goalkeeper Zhou Jiaying (Right) embraces her team member after winning against the Japanese team in the preliminary round of Women's Ice Hockey. (Photo by Li Junhui, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
Capital Indoor Stadium, Feb 16, Suzanne Schulting from Netherlands and Anna Seidel from Germany hold each other. (Photo by Li Junhui, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
On the evening of Feb 16, at the Capital Indoor Stadium, the Netherland player Suzanne Schulting hugs her coach tightly after the competition. (Photo by Li Junhui, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
At the Capital Indoor Stadium, Feb 16, the 31-year-old Italian veteran Arianna Fontana video-chats with her families after her semi-final. (Photo by Li Junhui, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
Big Air Shougang, Feb 15, Su Yiming (Left), who won the gold medal in Men's Snowboard Big Air, walks along with the Canadian bronze medalist, Max Parrot. Parrot had been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma after winning the silver medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea, but still returned to the winter sports arena after multiple treatments and achieved excellent results. (Photo by Li Junhui, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
At the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, Feb 15, the silver medalist Eileen Gu (Left) and the Swiss gold medalist Mathilde Gremaud (Right) hold each other at their shoulders after Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Finals. (Photo by Li Zhengni, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
At the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, Feb 14, the American skier Ashley Caldwell cuddles her Chinese counterpart Xu Mengtao to celebrate the latter’s long-awaited first place in Women’s Aerials Finals. (Photo by Li Zhengni, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
At the National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, Feb 9, 2022, staffers care for the exhausted Chinese athlete, Zhao Jiawen (second from the right) after the Nordic Combined Final. Zhao is the first Chinese player to obtain the Nordic Combined Qualification. (Photo by Li Zhengni, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
Genting Snow Park, Feb 10, Chinese athlete Qi Guangpu (Front) hugs his teammates Xu Mengtao and Jia Zongyang after his success in the second run of the Mixed Team Aerials Finals. In the end, Chinese team came in second thanks to the hard work of these three four-time Olympians. (Photo by Li Zhengni, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
At the Genting Snow Park, Feb 11, the Japanese skier Yuto Totsuka who ranked 1st at the World Championships, holds his coach tightly after Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe Finals of the 2022 Winter Olympics. (Photo by Li Zhengni, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
Genting Snow Park, Feb 15, Eileen Gu’s mother, who waited in the mixed zone, brings her Chinese steamed meat buns when Gu finished her Women’s Freeski Slopestyle runs. (Photo by Li Zhengni, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
Feb 7, after collecting the gold medal in the Short Track Speed Skating Women’s 500m Finals, the 31-year-old Italian reigning world champion Arianna Fontana kisses her coach and husband Anthony by the rink to celebrate her victory. Beijing Olympics is her fifth Winter Olympic journey. (Photo by Li Junhui, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
At the Capital Indoor Stadium, Feb 7, Short Track Speed Skating Men's 1000m Finals, Hungarian speed skater Shaolin Sandor Liu (Right) embraces his younger brother Shaoang Liu after crossing the finishing line. (Photo by Li Junhui, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
Capital Indoor Stadium, Feb 17, Kaori Sakamoto looks out from the entrance of the athlete passage to care for the weeping ROC figure skater Kamila Valieva in Women Single Skating - Free Skating. (Photo by Li Junhui, Correspondent for China Youth Daily and cyol.net)
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