The opening ceremony of the FLTRP Cup Athletic Games at the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) was held on April 22. The event was attended by Winter Olympics medal winners, including Qi Guangpu, gold medalist in freestyle skiing men's aerials; Zhang Yuting, who won in the mixed team relay short-track speed skating; and Li Wenlong, silver medal winner in men's 1,000-meter short-track speed skating.

The opening ceremony of BFSU’s FLTRP Cup Athletic Games is held on April 22 in Beijing. [Photo/bfsu.edu.cn]

Following the ceremony, a sharing session was held at the School of Chinese Language and Literature at BFSU. The three medalists talked about their training and competing experiences, how they won their medals, their mindsets, as well as their ideas about team spirit.

Zhang also thanked BFSU volunteers who provided language services for her.

Three Winter Olympics medalists attend the sharing session and talk about their experiences during the Games. [Photo/bfsu.edu.cn]

Volunteers at the university also shared stories of how they assisted and communicated with athletes. 

The Olympics gathers elite athletes around the world to compete but more importantly to foster the brotherhood spirit. The athletes show their respect for sports as well as their desire to excel. 

They said they hope to drive more young people to participate in ice and snow sports and wish BFSU students would keep their bodies fit and live up to the Olympic motto "Faster, Higher, Stronger—Together".

Su Dapeng, deputy Party secretary of the CPC BFSU committee, exchanges souvenirs with Winter Olympics medal winners. [Photo/bfsu.edu.cn]

At the end of the event, Su Dapeng, deputy Party secretary of the CPC BFSU committee, presented souvenirs to the guests on behalf of the university. Three athletes gave Bing Dwen Dwen toys, the popular mascot of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, with their signatures. They also signed their names on the 101 languages "Together for a Shared Future" scroll.

Winter Olympics medalists and BFSU students pose for posterity. [Photo/bfsu.edu.cn]