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with quan hongchan officially taking on the role of "guangdong cultural tourism promotion ambassador", the trend of olympic champions supporting cultural tourism continues. after the olympics this summer, olympic champions have become the "golden signboard" of tourism in various places, and the battle for "talent" continues. olympic champions supporting tourism in their hometowns has become a phenomenon.

on september 25, the department of culture and tourism of guangdong province announced the invitation of four outstanding people from guangdong, hong kong and macao to serve as "guangdong cultural tourism promotion ambassadors". among them, olympic diving champion quan hongchan was hired as the "guangdong cultural tourism promotion ambassador" and promoted guangdong's cultural tourism: "here we have blue sea, green mountains, green water, hot springs, folk customs, and paradise. we are delicious, fun, and beautiful. welcome everyone to guangdong and come to my hometown to take a look."

after winning two diving gold medals for the chinese dream team at the paris olympics, the 17-year-old quan hongchan single-handedly boosted the economy of the entire village. her championship halo attracted many visitors to the local villages and towns, and even caused negative controversy over self-media influencers and photographers harassing her family's life without any bottom line.

when an athlete achieves brilliant results in top competitions, his or her personal charm and influence often transcend the arena and affect wider fields. this "sports +" spillover effect is particularly evident in sun yingsha.

after the olympics this summer, sun yingsha took the stage as the only athlete representing asia at the closing ceremony, and extinguished the olympic flame together with ioc president bach, paris olympic organizing committee president toni estanguet and other athlete representatives, which was of great significance. for this reason, hebei tourism bureau "took action" early and hired sun yingsha as the "spokesperson of hebei tourism bureau", and took her to visit the ancient city of zhengding to feel the charm of the thousand-year-old city. the media joked that "the olympic champion has become a tourism official so beautifully".

in addition to being a cultural and tourism ambassador, sun yingsha, who has a heavy workload, was also invited to serve as a physical education teacher and principal. recently, in a classroom at beijing zhongguancun no. 3 primary school, sun yingsha and her mixed doubles partner wang chuqin, as "special teachers", gave the children a "champion physical education class" and played table tennis with the young athletes, which made many netizens who love sasha envious: "when i am a child, i also want teacher sun to teach me."