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On August 11, the closing ceremony of the 33rd Summer Olympic Games was held at the Stade de France in Paris. At the closing ceremony, representatives of athletes from five continents and refugees took the stage. Among them, Chinese table tennis player Sun Yingsha, as a representative of Asian athletes, appeared in the speech session and blew out the Olympic flame together with athletes from other continents.

On social media platforms, the term "Sun Yingsha blows out the Olympic flame" quickly became a hot search. Being able to represent Asia in the flame extinguishing session, many netizens praised Sun Yingsha as "the pride of Asia". The current world No. 1 female player can be called the "model worker" of the Chinese table tennis team during the Paris Olympics. She played from July 27 to August 10. After 14 games and 61 rounds, she finally handed in 2 golds and 1 silver.

On August 11, athlete representatives extinguished the Olympic flame at the closing ceremony (Photo source: Xinhua News Agency)

At the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, Sun Yingsha, who appeared on the Olympic stage for the first time, showed maturity and stability beyond her age. She defeated Japanese player Mima Ito twice, winning one gold and one silver, leaving a very deep impression on people.

Although she is only 23 years old, Sun Yingsha has already developed a "big heart" after countless trials on the court. She has a strong psychological quality on the court, balanced forehand and backhand strength, strong attacking style, and flexible and changeable play. In the past three years, Sun Yingsha has performed very well and became the first "post-00" player to win the women's singles gold medal in the World Table Tennis Championships, World Cup, and Asian Games. In the Paris Olympic cycle, she won 14 singles championships and ranked first in the world women's singles for more than 100 consecutive weeks.

This time, Sun Yingsha, who is going to the Olympics again, has a heavier task than three years ago. Fighting on three fronts, she shoulders the heavy responsibility of regaining the "lost ground" in mixed doubles for the national table tennis team, as well as the fans' expectations of her achieving a "Grand Slam".

However, to the regret of many fans, after fighting side by side with Wang Chuqin and winning the first Olympic mixed doubles gold medal in the history of Chinese table tennis, Sun Yingsha lost to her teammate Chen Meng in the women's singles final of the Paris Olympics table tennis, missed the singles gold medal, and missed the last piece of the "Grand Slam" puzzle.

However, in the eyes of fans, this round-faced girl with "a personality as uncomplicated as her playing style" still has a promising future. Everyone also hopes that she can be like the "table tennis grandma" Ni Xia Lian, who she faced in the singles round of 32, and improve her skills healthily while playing happily.

IOC President Thomas Bach (fourth from right) and Paris Olympic Organizing Committee President Tony Estanguet (fourth from left) at the closing ceremony with athlete representatives (Photo source: Xinhua News Agency)

It is understood that at the closing ceremony, the other five athletes who appeared on the stage with Sun Yingsha were the African athlete representative, Kenyan marathon champion Kipchoge, who is nearly 40 years old and is a two-time Olympic marathon gold medalist. This Paris Olympics is his fifth Olympic Games; the American athlete representative, 41-year-old Cuban wrestling legend Mihain Lopez, who is the first athlete in Olympic history to win five gold medals in the same event; the European athlete representative, French judo star Teddy Rinet, who is the 2012 London Olympic champion, the 2008 Beijing Olympic bronze medalist, and also the French representative The Australian Olympic Committee also included Emma McKeon, the flag-bearer of the Olympic delegation at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics and one of the two "legends" who lit the main torch of the Paris Olympics; Emma McKeon, the representative of Oceania athletes and an Australian swimmer. At the Tokyo Olympics, the Australian team led by her and two rising stars Titmus and Kelly McKeon won a total of 9 gold medals, which is more than half of the total number of gold medals of the Australian delegation; and Cindy Ngamba, the representative of refugee athletes, who won a bronze medal in the women's 75kg boxing competition. This is also the first medal won by a refugee athlete since the formation of the refugee delegation at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Jimu News integrates CCTV Sports, Hunan Daily, CCTV News, Yangcheng Evening News, Luzhong Morning News, Sichuan Observer, Beijing Youth Daily, China News Network, Olympic official website, Xinhua News Agency, Chao News, China Youth Daily, etc.

(Source: Jimu News)

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