Chasing light

Finally!

2021the evening of July 23rd.

Main Torch Tower of Tokyo Olympic Games

Light a flame

Previous Olympic Games

The way the main torch is lit is always the biggest secret.

however

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will be held on 202 1

Even if the main torch is lit in the simplest way

Will be a memorable moment in history.

In this long journey

Man has not reached the end of the tunnel yet.

But the Olympic torch

It is the light of hope that illuminates the progress of mankind.

It can't illuminate all corners of the earth.

But it can undoubtedly light people's hearts.

March 24(th), 2020

The Tokyo Olympics was postponed.

The man entered a dark tunnel.

We must unite.

* * * Win a battle.

Now, more than a year has passed.

The Olympic Games stubbornly restarted.

During this period

Global sports events

Are using the same method.

Go back to this world

Leave a gap

Restrict the audience

"bubble" competition

Every attempt in every corner of the earth

Full of courage and wisdom.

And isn't that what human beings have done in the long history?

Facing the unknown and challenges

Is it the epitome of overcoming difficulties and constantly seeking?

Now, the Olympic Games will begin.

There are new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tokyo every day.

It is still above 1000.

Cases of Olympic-related personnel infection have also appeared frequently.

But as IOC President Bach said,

"It was never our choice to cancel the Olympic Games."

"The meaning of the Olympic Games is to unite the whole world."

I've been through so much.

When the main torch is lit.

The emotions of all mankind should vibrate at the same frequency.

"Love and * * *"

This is also the slogan of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

This emotion transcends national boundaries and skin color.

It is the bond that binds human beings together closely.

Three days before the opening

The International Olympic Committee voted to pass

After the Olympic motto "swifter, higher and stronger"

Join "more unity"

(Calligraphy works by China artist He Jialin)

This is 1894.

"Father of Modern Olympics" Coubertin

After proposing the establishment of the Olympic motto

The first update.

Austrian writer Stefan Zweig said.

"Those decisive moments beyond the times.

Often happens in

One day, one hour.

Even if it's only for a minute

Such a moment

This is rare in the whole historical process. "

When the flame burns,

No matter where you are

Please look up at the stars.

Because at the moment

When the human stars shine

Copywriter: Wang Haoming

Produced by Xinhua News Agency Tokyo Olympic Games Reporting Group