The uniforms of the torchbearers of the Beijing Winter Olympics debut for the first time, with the main tone of white highlighting “China Red”
The fire for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics (hereinafter referred to as the Beijing Winter Olympics) was successfully collected at the ancient Olympia site in the Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympics, on the 18th local time. As the first torchbearer, Greek alpine skier Giannis Antoniou completed the torch relay wearing the Beijing Winter Olympics torchbearer uniform that debuted in public for the first time.
The design elements of the Beijing Winter Olympics torchbearer uniforms include the Olympic rings logo, the torch relay logo, the core graphics of the torch relay landscape, etc. The full uniform includes clothing, knit hat, headband, gloves and sneakers.
In terms of color selection, the main colors of the Beijing Winter Olympics torchbearer uniforms are taken from the red and yellow colors of flames, and highlight the Chinese red color on the white main tone, and are lined with yellow to reflect passion, enthusiasm and joy. Qing’s torch relay characteristics. The red lines from the cuffs and sides to the soles of the feet connect with the torch to form a complete line, creating a sense of movement and fully demonstrating the high-spirited attitude of the torch bearers chasing forward.
At about 12:00 local time on the 18th, in front of the ruins of the 2,500-year-old Temple of Hera, the Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou, who played the highest priestess, lit a fire with a concave mirror.
Georgiou has a close relationship with Beijing. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she participated in the fire gathering ceremony as a priestess for the first time. She served as the High Priestess of the Fire Gathering Ceremony for the first time at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games, and will assume this role again at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Fire Gathering Ceremony.
Also closely related to Beijing is the live choreographer Artemis Ignatius. Since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she has been the artistic director of the fire-gathering ceremonies for all summer and winter Olympics.
After a dance performance, the highest priestess passed the lit torch and the olive branch symbolizing peace and glory to the first torchbearer, Antonius. At the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, he served as the first torch bearer in the fire gathering ceremony.
Holding the “Flying” torch, Antoniou ran all the way to the monument to Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympics, and passed the fire to the second torchbearer-Chinese former short track speed skater Li Jiajun.
At the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, Li Jiajun won the silver medal in the men’s 1,000-meter short track speed skating competition, becoming the first Chinese male athlete to win a Winter Olympics medal. Li Jiajun said that as an “Ice Man”, it is a sacred thing to be able to come to Greece and become a torchbearer.
On the 19th, the Greek Olympic Committee will carry out three torch relays at the Marble Stadium (Panathinaiko Stadium) in Athens and then transfer the fire to the delegation of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee.
Greek President Katrina Sakraropoulou, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, Greek Olympic Committee President Spyros Kapralos and the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee’s Special Representative-Beijing Winter Olympics Yu Zaiqing, vice chairman of the organizing committee, attended the collection ceremony that day.
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