Xinhua News Agency, Buenos Aires, October 11
Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Yan Ni Ruijie
suddenly cooled down on the 11th day when it was about to enter the summer in Buenos Aires. The sky was drizzling. A few days ago, the dress of short-sleeved shorts suddenly turned into leather cotton-padded jacket, however, the entrance team of the audience in front of each venue of the Youth Olympic Games is not short at all, and the enthusiasm of the Argentine people to watch sports competitions remains the same.
Laura and Veronica ranked in the top ten of the team in front of the gymnastics hall. They said they had come over on Sunday, but no venue was lined up. They came to line up early while the company was off today. The gymnastics competition on that day started at 5 pm and the venue opened at 4 pm, but they had already queued up at 11 am.
The competition on that day was men’s individual omnipotence. In fact, no Argentine athletes participated in it, but the long queue was still more than 1000 meters long. Why are there so many Argentine people coming to see it? Laura’s answer was “because of beauty!”
And Norah, who began to line up around 01:30 P.M., with her 8-year-old granddaughter avillier, was almost at the end of the team, because the volunteers had repeatedly persuaded that there would be no chance to enter. Nora said: “We Argentineans just like gymnastics. The most popular ones in the Youth Olympic park competition area are gymnastics and swimming. Afril is learning to swim. I have seen swimming competition two days ago. Today we try our luck, see if you can watch a gymnastics competition.”
On the other side of the Natatorium, when the first Argentine swimming medal of the Youth Olympic Games was born, the cheers of the whole stadium could almost overturn the roof of the stadium, in the evening, almost all Argentine media had pictures of de er Fei na pinetiello, who won the silver medal in the 800-meter freestyle, stretching out his hand to pay tribute to her grandmother who passed away not long ago.
It seems to attract more Argentine people to watch swimming competitions. Outside the swimming pool, in order to avoid the long team affecting the queuing order of other venues, the open space in front of the stadium has been enclosed with railings for Serpentine queuing. After a light rain, the volunteers lined up the team on the covered Road. Although it was very cold, the audience insisted on waiting for admission.
Even if you can’t queue up to enter the venue, the audience can still concentrate in front of the big screen in the park, drag the chairs of the food stalls next to them or sit on the ground on the lawn, as if it were a large music festival.
In fact, Argentina’s love for sports can be seen in every corner of the city. There are large areas of green space and Street Park in the city of Buenos Aires. Every morning and evening, many people are running or practicing strength, and people who sweat can be seen in the gym on the street from morning to night.
Although Argentina is not particularly outstanding in the Olympic medal list, football, basketball and other major events have won the World Championship, while tennis and hockey are also constantly emerging world famous players.
This year’s Youth Olympic Games is free from the opening ceremony performance to all venues, with the aim of allowing more people to participate. Although Argentina is currently experiencing an economic crisis, the president of the Argentine Olympic Committee witterin believes: “The purpose of Argentina’s competition is not to make money, nor to build many large stadiums, but to make sports cheaper, more urbanized and closer to the people, because the Olympics should not only belong to the rich, but should be open to all and involve all.”