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on the morning of september 11, the opening ceremony for the 2024 undergraduate students of huazhong university of science and technology was held at the optics valley gymnasium.

chang yani, a 2020 undergraduate student majoring in sports training at huazhong university of science and technology, spoke on stage as a representative. photo/chang yani's weibo

at the opening ceremony, chang yani, a 2020 undergraduate student majoring in sports training at huazhong university of science and technology, spoke on stage as a representative. she introduced her preparations for the paris olympics to her juniors: "all success is by no means accidental, but comes from your infinite love and pursuit of your ideals." she used this to inspire her juniors, hoping that they would cherish their time studying at hust, live up to their youth, and work hard.

after chang yani finished her speech, cao yanan, a 2024 freshman from the school of journalism at huazhong university of science and technology, came on stage to present flowers to chang yani. cao yanan is the military training leader of her class and also a fan of chang yani. she told jiupai news: "i watched almost every game in the 2024 paris olympics, and i paid the most attention to the three-meter springboard and ten-meter platform diving competitions."

cao yanan said that students who present flowers need to be "student-like" and "relaxed". "i learned that i could present flowers to sister chang yani during the military training on the evening of september 9. i was really excited, but in order to give a surprise to all the students in the school, i kept it a secret in the days before the opening ceremony. on the day of rehearsal, a classmate asked me what i was doing, i suppressed my excitement and pretended to be calm and said, 'i was busy with other things.'"

cao yanan (left) and chang yani (right) took a photo during the opening ceremony rehearsal. photo/photo provided by the interviewee

"we did a good job keeping it secret. when chang yani entered the venue today, the whole venue cheered." cao yanan said, "my classmates bombarded me with messages after seeing me delivering flowers. so many people said they envied me. i felt very happy myself, as if i had succeeded in chasing a star. when i was presenting flowers, i kept telling myself to control my expression and not get too excited."

cao yannan said that she thought chang yani was a very lovely girl. "during the rehearsal for the opening ceremony yesterday, i took a photo with chang yani, got her autographed photo, and hugged her. when i presented her flowers today, she said she remembered me. our seats were quite far apart, but she also gave me a huge love gesture from a distance."

in the 2024 paris olympics diving women's synchronized 3-meter springboard competition, chang yani and her teammate chen yiwen teamed up to win the gold medal, helping the chinese team achieve the sixth consecutive olympic championship in this event. this is the first gold medal for the chinese diving team in this olympics and the second gold medal won by the chinese sports delegation. in addition, chang yani also won the bronze medal in the women's single 3-meter springboard diving event.

in this paris olympics, students from huazhong university of science and technology gained a lot. chang yani, zheng qinwen and sun mengya represented the chinese team and performed well in diving, tennis, canoeing and other events, winning a total of 3 gold medals and 1 bronze medal.

jiupai news reporter li yuncong

edited by wang jiaqing and wu di

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[source: jiupai news]