The curtain of the Youth Olympic Games slowly opened in Nanjing, with more than 3,700 athletes from five continents gathering together. Rich and colorful cultural and educational activities, enthusiastic volunteers "Little Green Lemons", actively participating citizens and students, together with the hot events, will make this place a place where young people from all over the world can integrate into the Olympics, share diverse cultures, ignite youthful dreams, and create wonderful things. The starting point of life.

In Nanjing in summer, jasmine is fragrant. Whether walking along the Qinhuai River, beside the Ming City Wall, or in the streets, the atmosphere of the Youth Olympic Games everywhere is telling people that the "Youth Olympic Moment" is here!

Since its successful bid to host the second Summer Youth Olympic Games in February 2010, the city has been carefully preparing for the Youth Olympic Games.

Today, the Youth Olympic Games are slowly opening, and more than 3,700 athletes from five continents have gathered here to participate in sports events and share diverse cultures. Nanjing is also well prepared. From August 16th to 28th, Nanjing will present a feast of sports, culture, and education to the world, adding luster to the Youth Olympic Games and helping young people pursue their dreams.

Cultural and educational activities are also exciting

Red lanterns, guzheng playing, and various pendants with Chinese elements hanging on the walls... Enter China in the Nanjing Youth Olympic Village In the cultural cabin, you can immediately feel a strong atmosphere of traditional Chinese culture.

The builder of the Chinese Culture Hut is from Nanjing Jiangning Senior High School. Nie Junmiao, a student at the school, told reporters that here, in addition to interactive activities such as paper-cutting, printmaking, and seal cutting, interactive sports games with Chinese characteristics such as shuttlecock kicking, diabolo shaking, and hoop rolling are also arranged. "We hope that through these games, foreign athletes can deepen their understanding of Chinese culture." Nie Junmiao said.

There will be no medal list during the competition, downplaying the competitive nature, and encouraging young people to participate in cultural and educational activities and develop a healthy lifestyle. This is a major feature of the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games.

“All participants in the Youth Olympic Games do not leave after the competition, but participate from beginning to end during the entire Youth Olympic Games.” Xu Ning, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the Youth Olympic Organizing Committee, said that for this reason , the organizing committee specially planned a series of colorful "cultural feasts", including 20 cultural and educational activities such as Youth Festival, World Cultural Village, Shining Youth, and Touching Nanjing.

Ecuadorian athlete Macarena Chiriboga Granja will participate in the equestrian competition. She has learned Chinese folk dance since arriving at the Youth Olympic Village on August 11. She also wants to take a nutritional cooking class and learn to cook Chinese dishes. She said excitedly: "This is great for me, I can't believe I'm here."

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said that the Youth Olympics is dedicated to young people The world's top events are a platform for them to learn skills and share experiences, as well as an opportunity to achieve breakthroughs and test their creativity both inside and outside the arena. By carrying out a variety of cultural and educational activities, Nanjing will become a starting port for the world's youth to integrate into the Olympics, share diverse cultures, ignite youthful dreams, and create a wonderful life.

"Little Greens" add color to the Youth Olympic Games

The summer in Nanjing is extremely hot, but in every corner of Nanjing, 20,000 "Little Greens" are using their smiles and enthusiasm for the thousands of athletes, officials and news media workers participating in the Youth Olympic Games.

"Little Green Lemons" is the nickname for the volunteers of the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games. They wear green uniforms and are ready to provide help to everyone in need.

Lin Wuping, deputy director of the Volunteer Department of the Nanjing Youth Olympic Organizing Committee, said: “Since the recruitment of volunteers for the Youth Olympic Games was launched on October 15 last year, ***103,000 people have registered in the registration system. More than 30 interviews were held, and 20,000 competition volunteers were finally recruited, including more than 18,000 local volunteers in Nanjing and about 2,000 volunteers from Nanjing and overseas. These volunteers were distributed in audience services, competition organization, concierge services, and catering services. , medical services and more than 400 positions."

A "special" volunteer team is active in the major venues of the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games. They are dedicated to providing guidance to various people in the venues. Brand protection volunteers who "put logos (trademarks)" on branded items.

According to the brand protection agreement of the Youth Olympic Games sponsors, these volunteers must not only put logos on all tea cups and backpacks in the venue, but also on wooden doors and chairs. In other words, whenever there is a non-sponsor brand trademark, it must be posted.

Wang Ziwen, a student at China Pharmaceutical University, is a volunteer in this team. His daily job is to accompany stickers and "fight" with various logos. He is known as the "Youth Olympics Sticker Brother" ". Compared with the splendor and dignity of other volunteers, his work is much ordinary, but Wang Ziwen said: "Although what I do is only very simple and small things, I still feel happy when I think that we are also participants in the Youth Olympic Games."< /p>

Since the launch of volunteer training in March this year, volunteers have gone through four stages: general knowledge training, professional knowledge training, venue job training and joint debugging and joint test drills. In addition, the Volunteer Department of the Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee also maintains a strong passion for work by establishing and improving incentive mechanisms, organizing a series of cultural activities, and vigorously promoting volunteer models.

Bringing the event back to sports and the public

Let athletes enjoy the joy of sports and let the competition truly return to the origin of sports. This is a highlight of the preparation process for the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games.

Lin Feng, director of the Competition Management Office of the Sports Department of the Nanjing Youth Olympic Organizing Committee, told reporters that the Youth Olympic Organizing Committee has innovatively set up 17 mixed team competition events regardless of nationality and gender, breaking through the youth competition. The restrictions on the number of participants in the Olympic Games allow participating athletes to participate in more competitions and enjoy more sports fun.

Not only athletes can gain friendship and joy, but the general public and students can also enjoy the charm of sports while participating in the event.

The "Nanjing 2014 Sports Laboratory" located in Yuzui Wetland Park is a brand-new project established based on the proposal of International Olympic Committee President Bach. Wang Xiqiu, executive director of the sports laboratory, said that the sports laboratory has introduced four sports with a wide range of participants, including martial arts, rock climbing, roller skating and skateboarding, for performances at the Youth Olympic Games. “After the Youth Olympic Games, the sports laboratory will still be open to the public for free. , so that citizens and students can also experience it.”

In the past few days, many college students in Jiangning University Town, Nanjing, have chosen to return to school early to watch the Youth Olympic Games. Because the Olympic Games are really here! The University Town Venue Area, one of the three major venue areas for the Youth Olympic Games, consists of Jiangning District Sports Center and other venues. 200,000 teachers and students from 15 universities can fully experience the charm of the Olympics.

Han Dong, assistant director of the Marketing Department of the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee, also said that the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games will also include triathlon, road cycling, mountain biking, rowing, kayaking and track and field events. Six events including the 8×100-meter mixed team relay can be watched for free, “allowing low-income people or students who love sports to watch the Youth Olympic Games on site and participate in this sports event in person.”

The different Nanjing Youth Olympic Games will bring different excitement to the world. Yang Weize, Executive Chairman of the Nanjing Youth Olympic Organizing Committee and Secretary of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee, said: "Nanjing in August will definitely bring the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games to the forefront. This sports, cultural and youth event was successfully held with Chinese characteristics. We look forward to seeing the integration of youth dreams, Chinese dreams and world dreams in Nanjing under the guidance of the Olympic values ??of 'excellence, friendship and respect'. p>