"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome Mr. Hu, President of China, and Mr. Yat Borg, Chairman of the International Olympic Committee..."

On the evening of August 24, 2008, fireworks rose above the Yanjing Bird's Nest National Stadium and the Water Cube Swimming Pool, which was far away from each other, illuminated the entire night sky.

In the Bird's Nest Stadium where 90,000 people were located, the three countries introduced each other in languages. The head of state and the president of the International Olympic Committee stood up and waved to the many spectators present.

Amid the sound of the host on the scene, "Please all the audience stand up, raise the Chinese flag, and play the Chinese anthem...", the audience left their seats, stood up and looked at the entire center of the Bird's Nest Stadium.

The solemn national anthem sounded, and the national honor guard in the center of the stadium raised the red flag. Many Chinese audiences who came to watch the closing ceremony of the Olympics spontaneously sang the national anthem loudly in the music.

The national flag was floating high, and the audience was filled with boiling sounds, and applause was thunderous.

From the opening ceremony of this Yanjing Olympics to today, China, as the organizer, has achieved perfection in all aspects. The more than 50 gold medals ranked first in the list make people see China's great power heritage and unparalleled sports strength.

Ye Qin stood in the waiting area outside the Bird's Nest Stadium, watching every move in the stadium through the large screen played to the athletes. When he saw the national flag rising and the audience cheered, he felt excited and could not control himself.

For him, this Olympic Games was not perfect. At least one 200-meter regret was not completed, but everything has passed now.

I never really thought it would be possible to participate in the world's highest competitive sports competition on my own country's territory from the day I stepped onto the track.

Now that the event is about to end, the results of two golds and one silver are still like a dream for him.

Alongside Ye Qin, Yang Yao, Zhang Peimeng, Su Bingtian and other athletes from other track and field teams couldn't help but tremble.

The Olympics are over!

We made our best efforts and did our best!

After so many days of competition, sometimes when I look back on it, it feels like it is not real, but he has happened so real.

This is our passion and youth. In this competition, there are honors of being cheered by the audience and podium, and there are also mistakes that fail to show our strength to the best.

Now it's coming to an end!

A short video of the promotional footage on the large screen of the Bird's Nest Stadium appeared in front of everyone. Then the music sounded, and the lights gradually dimmed. The actors who presented tribute to the closing ceremony on the stage appeared and started their performance.

The entire stands surrounding the stadium, countless spotlights flashed, and they kept taking pictures of various performances on the stage.

About twenty minutes later, several warm-up performances ended, and thunderous applause rang out in the entire Bird's Nest Stadium again.

Many athletes and coaches who had been waiting outside the field for a long time entered the Bird's Nest Stadium under the guidance of the front flag bearer and volunteers.

The atmosphere of the whole audience reached the highest level at this time!

Ye Qin and the people from the track and field team almost jumped and jumped in. When the cameraman pointed at him, he pulled Su Bingtian and Zhang Pei Meng to wink at the camera, and immediately made fun of all the viewers who saw this scene in front of the TV.

After many award-winning athletes and coaches entered the venue, they quickly lined up according to the guidance of the staff, and the hot atmosphere in the entire venue gradually became quiet.

In the closing ceremony, the most solemn award ceremony is about to begin.

Men's marathon award ceremony.

The three most popular track and field events in the Olympic Games are the 100-meter sprint, 4x100-meter relay and marathon.

On the big red carpet, three athletes who won the gold, silver and bronze medals in marathon at Xiangyun Podium were already standing there.

In this marathon, the legendary marathon athlete Haier Gebreselasi, the holder of the marathon world record and Ethiopian legend, did not participate. It can be said that this is the biggest regret of the men's marathon final.

However, the men's marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru still brought great surprises to Tiantan. At the age of 22, he became the first Kenyan athlete to win the championship in a marathon. This is undoubtedly a shot of a heart-warming shot for a traditional long-distance running power like Kenya.

Wanjiro's life experience is actually a typical example of sports changing the fate of people. Born in a poor town, he dropped out of school at the age of 12 because he could not afford the tuition. Later, he was attracted by people to move to Japan with his sports talent, received professional training, and won multiple cross-country championships. After breaking the world record for half a marathon three times from 2005 to 2007, he became a rising track and field star in the international field. (The reason why this Olympic marathon champion is mentioned here is because the other party fell from the balcony in Kenya in 2011 and died. Jingfang still cannot determine whether it was suicide or homicide. The peak of marathon athletes is usually after the age of 30. If they are still alive, Wanjiro may really be the first athlete to run for two hours.)

In the exciting awards music, the President of the International Olympic Committee presented awards to three contestants.

Compared with other events, there is no doubt that the marathon award ceremony is undoubtedly the highest-level and is very eye-catching, so many athletes still feel very excited when they see such a scene.

After the national leaders, mayor of Yanjing and chairman of the Olympic Organizing Committee delivered speeches one after another, the flag-raising ceremony came again on the track and field.

This time it is the national flag of the British, the organizer of the next Olympic Games. When the rice flag is raised, it officially means that Yanjing will hand over the hosting rights of the Olympic Games to the next city, London.

"Ye Qin, the next Olympics, London, I must go!"

"Yes, I must go to the semi-finals and to the third round!"

Su Bingtian and Zhang Pei Meng, who were standing beside Ye Qin, had their eyes slightly red, and they suddenly shouted loudly next to Ye Qin.

"good!"

Ye Qin reached out to hold his hands on the shoulders of the two. He had never attended the closing ceremony during the Athens Olympics, and he did not have such a strong impulse at that time.

And this time the Yanjing Olympics was presented to everyone with a completely different scenery.

The highest podium, the most powerful competitor, global attention, when you are in it, you will be nervous, excited and have many emotions, but when you look back, you will always find that you can do better!

"Four years later, let's go to London together!"

Ye Qin smiled and shouted loudly to the people, while also turning his head to look at Yang Yao not far away.

Yang Yao smiled and clapped his hands and applauded, looking at the three people who were extremely excited, listening to their young and heroic spirit, his eyes seemed to flash when he entered the national team and ran 200 meters.

At that time, no one of the Chinese team met the standards for participating in the men's sprint event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. At that time, Yang Yao was just starting out and set a goal for himself, that is, he must participate in the Olympics.

He ran into the second round at 200 meters in the 2004 Olympics, and he ran into the second round at 200 meters in the 2008 Olympics, and also won a silver medal with a 4x100 meters relay.

There may be regrets in life, but in the past few years, he grew from an ignorant boy to the big brother of the national track and field team. In fact, it was already very good to have arrived here!

Looking at the three people with high ambitions, they are the same as they used to be!

No, it should be said that it is far beyond my previous self!

May you all be well, may our track and field get better and better, and may our motherland get better and better!

Yang Yao looked at the lively scene in the audience, laughing at the corner of his mouth, and thought silently in his heart.
Chapter completed!