Why did the Beijing Winter Olympics speed skating award ceremony lack medals and raise the national flag?

The Beijing Winter Olympics speed skating award ceremony did not include medals and flag-raising because the weather was relatively cold. The winning athletes would then award medals to the winning athletes and hold a flag-raising ceremony when they arrived at a specific awards area.

Different from the Summer Olympics where award-winning athletes are awarded immediately after the competition at the competition venue, due to the colder weather at the Winter Olympics, only souvenirs will be awarded to the winning athletes at the competition venue after the competition. Later, medals will be awarded to the winning players in a specific awards area, and a flag-raising ceremony will be held. This tradition has continued since the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.

Compared with previous Winter Olympics, the award ceremony of this Beijing Winter Olympics also added a new highlight, that is, when athletes receive their medals and are about to leave the stage, they can communicate with them through the screen on the side of the stage. The family interacted in real time for the first time and shared the joy of winning the medal, which lasted about 20-30 seconds per person. This link has appeared in the Tokyo Olympics and is the first time it has been used in the Winter Olympics.

Awards Plaza Stage:

1. The Beijing Awards Plaza stage is called "Meimei and ***". It is located between the National Stadium and the National Aquatics Center in downtown Beijing and is full of joy. Guests from all over the world have a good meaning in celebrating the Chinese New Year.

2. The Yanqing Winter Paralympic Awards Plaza stage is called "Tree of Life" and is located in the International Pavilion of Yanqing Expo Park in Beijing. It uses towering trees in the ice and snow as the main scene to showcase Winter Paralympic athletes. The spirit of hard work and endless life.

3. The stage of the Zhangjiakou Awards Plaza is called "Passion for Dreams". It is located in the central square of the Ice and Snow Town in Taizi City, Chongli, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. The design combines the skiing posture and the shape of the snow mountain to show the purity of ice and snow and the beauty of skiing. Dynamic.