Olympic enthusiasts welcome the Olympics in various ways

The Paris Olympics is coming to an end. In addition to athletes, ordinary people also participate in this sports event in their own ways. Some challenge the brand-new Olympic Marathon, and there are also Olympic enthusiasts from all over the world who bring their own collections of Olympic badges and pins to exchange collections with other like-minded people.

The much-anticipated Paris Olympics is coming to an end. In addition to athletes, ordinary people also participate in this sports event in their own ways.

Participating in the Olympic Marathon

Luan Yushuai from Jilin Province, China, learned on the eve of the Lunar New Year that he had won the lottery to participate in the Paris Olympic Marathon Mass Group. Luan Yushuai is not a professional runner. In order to prepare for this unique marathon, he doubled his original 10-kilometer training run every day and increased his protein intake.

Luan Yushuai, a participant in the Paris Olympic Marathon Mass Group:

When I crossed the finish line, I really felt a sense of accomplishment, and it also made me find confidence, including later I would go for a run after get off work. I especially like the feeling of continuous improvement and continuous self-transcendence.

Seven-time Olympic regular, delivering happiness and hope

Robinson, 66, is a regular at the Olympics. She is full of Olympic-related clothing, becoming a living signboard of the Olympics, attracting a lot of attention. Robinson was deeply touched by the Olympic atmosphere in Los Angeles 40 years ago, in 1984, and she couldn't stop.

Robinson, an Olympic super fan:

This is the best place in the world. Surrounded by athletes, tourists and monuments, feeling the fun of the Games is completely different from any ordinary day.

Pin exchange activities gain a lot of friendship

The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics started the pin exchange activities, which has since become another landscape outside the Olympic venues. Many collectors will take advantage of the Olympics to exchange collections with like-minded people.

An 80-year-old senior collector started collecting all kinds of pins when he served as a volunteer for the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.

Olympic pin collector, Liz:

I started 40 years ago in 1984, when I was a volunteer. I didn't know anything at the time, but I met a lot of people because of it, and I have friends all over the world. It's like a party during the Games to carry out our crazy little hobby.

Keifer from Canada participated in the Olympics as a volunteer for the first time this year. His favorites are the pins he gets from random people on the street.

Pin collector, Keifer:

I want more of those little memories, like I got this right here, or I remember I bumped into this person and we had this little pin exchange. So it's really just meeting people from all over the world, because that's what the Olympics are. It brings everyone together, and the pin exchange is just another way to do that.