China News Service, Beijing, October 4th (Reporter Bian Liqun) On the 4th, the "Fengpu Gathering Brilliant" cultural exchange event was held in the exhibition hall of the National Stadium "Brilliant Chasing Dreams - Double Olympic Road Chinese Sports Culture Exhibition".
China's first Olympic gold medalist Xu Haifeng and Beijing Winter Olympics men's freestyle skiing aerial skills champion Qi Guangpu shared sports stories.
Qi Guangpu also donated snowboards that witnessed his rise to the China Sports Museum on the spot. He hopes to show the power of sports to more people.
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At the Los Angeles Olympic Games 38 years ago, Xu Haifeng won the first gold medal for Chinese sports in history, achieving zero breakthrough for China in the Olympic Games.
Xu Haifeng's competition uniforms, observation mirrors and other sports cultural relics at that time are now collected in the China Sports Museum.
Speaking of participating in this cultural exchange activity, Xu Haifeng said that he wanted to do his best to promote Chinese sports culture.
"China's sports are at the forefront of the world in many aspects, and holding an exhibition of sports cultural relics is also conducive to the education of the next generation."
"Everyone has always paid attention to sports, but great changes have taken place now. Sports is not only competitive sports as we understood it in the past, but with the improvement of material life, it is more about people's yearning for a better life, so the development of mass sports is very Extensive. Young people don’t know much about the hardships and development of Chinese sports at that time, so I also hope that more people can tell that history, so that young people can cherish the good conditions and opportunities now.” Xu Haifeng said.
Xu Haifeng, China's first Olympic gold medalist.
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Sports is not only transcendence, but also a spiritual inheritance passed down from generation to generation.
Qi Guangpu, the champion of the Beijing Winter Olympics, is the winner of the men's air skills Grand Slam in freestyle skiing, and the first athlete in the world to successfully complete the 5.0 difficulty movement in the competition.
Qi Guangpu has a deep affection for sports and cultural undertakings. At the event, he donated the skis that accompanied him to the China Sports Museum. Deputy Director Jin Jin received the donation and issued a collection certificate on behalf of the China Sports Museum.
"At that time, China was relatively backward in this project. We wanted to use the difficulty of the movements to defeat foreign players and upgrade the equipment. In layman's terms, the 5.0 difficulty factor means that I turn 8 laps in 1 to 2 seconds in the air. Because No player has completed this action before, so there is no one for me to learn from. It all depends on my own failures and explorations. I have practiced this action for 8 years. After doing this action, our Chinese team won the international competition. More attention and respect, and the right to speak has also increased." Qi Guangpu shared.
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Qi Guangpu said that this pair of skis not only witnessed his growth history, but also witnessed the growth of Chinese freestyle skiing aerial skills.
He hoped that this snowboard could play its residual heat in the China Sports Museum, let more people know the story behind the development of sports in China, and show more people the power of sports.
Huang Jin, deputy director of the China Sports Museum, said that the purpose of holding this event is to let everyone have a deeper understanding of the culture and stories contained in sports in the field of contact with Olympic champions and sports cultural relics, reflect the achievements of the new China, and at the same time better Inherit Chinese sports culture and spirit.
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