Watching the athletes' heroic spirit of attacking the gold medal, when the first 10 year of the 20th century is coming to an end, I hope the whole society will shout loudly under the brilliant gold medal, let the glory of national sports shine on the earth, let the Olympic spirit further moisten the hearts of our whole nation, let physical exercise be integrated into the lives of hundreds of millions of China people for a long time, and make the physique of a great nation more perfect, healthier and more. Because this is the true meaning of sports.
We looked hopefully at the gold medal hanging around the athletes' necks in the sports field. It still plays a great role in inspiring people's aspirations, strengthening national confidence and inspiring the enterprising spirit of generations of young people. Our nation once cheered for the trophy in the hands of table tennis players, the five-star red flag on the world's highest peak for mountaineers, and the gold medal held high by women volleyball girls. Students from Peking University once shouted the slogan of "unite and revitalize China".
As a part of the whole sports cause, under the condition of insufficient national strength, we should concentrate on some advantageous projects with the "national system", concentrate on a number of projects with less investment and quick results, and a group of top soldiers rushed to the international sports arena to win gold and silver. The task at this stage, marked by last year's Olympic Games, can be said to have been basically successfully completed, and China has become an important sports power in the world today.
The road is to go step by step, and the advantageous projects are one step ahead. When winning gold and silver is becoming the norm, we should hold higher the banner of national sports and make our great country a country with all-round development of national sports and a solid sports foundation. We hope to maintain our advantages in the advantageous projects. Now we should pay more attention to sports with extensive mass influence, improve the level on the basis of improving the active participation of the whole people in physical exercise, and make the mental state of our whole nation more vigorous and the health level steadily improve.
As a grand undertaking, competitive sports is a part of it, and how many gold medals can be won is only a part of the standard of a sports power, not the whole. The scale of sports is huge and can only be developed step by step. Now, our economy has developed, people's living standards have improved, the proportion of urbanization in the country has increased, people have generally entered the "well-off era" and have more leisure time after work. At this time, we should put more efforts, including more financial resources, into mass sports, which is the essence of "developing sports and enhancing people's physique".
Competitive sports and national sports, the former is the vanguard, the latter is a strong foundation, which is a broad embodiment of the Olympic principles. The Olympic Charter stipulates that this principle is: "Everyone should enjoy the possibility of engaging in sports, without any form of discrimination, and embody the Olympic spirit of mutual understanding, friendship, unity and fair competition."
When you are involved, the beauty of sports is real. The pursuit of fairness and justice in sports can only be fully demonstrated if we have worked hard on the sports field. Physical training exercises people's will and strengthens the nation's physique. Only through the way of national fitness and national sports can its positive significance be fully demonstrated. Because of this, we inherit the slogan of "Faster, Higher and Stronger" and print the slogan of "Sports for the Public" on the Olympic flag.
"Emphasis on participation" explains the true meaning of the Olympic spirit.