"Focus on participation" is a well-known Olympic saying, and its origin can be traced back to the London Olympic Games in 198. During the London Olympic Games, St Paul's Cathedral in London held a mass ceremony on July 19th. At this ceremony, Ethlelbert Talbot, Bishop of Pennsylvania, said: "Winning in the Olympic Games is not as important as participating." Coubertin was inspired by this and called it a "philosophical sermon". A few days later, on July 24th, Coubertin quoted this sentence in his speech at a banquet hosted by the British government, and called on people to "remember this powerful sentence". Because this sentence contains a clear and healthy thought, that is, "the important thing in life is not triumph but struggle;" The important thing is not to win, but to fight hard. "

In p>1936, Coubertin further improved this idea and made it more vivid. Coubertin himself didn't attend the 11th Olympic Games held in Berlin, Germany this year, but when the opening ceremony was at 5 pm, a giant stadium with 11, spectators was in the air, and Coubertin's recording came from the loudspeaker: "At the Olympic Games, the important thing is not to win, but to participate; The important thing in life is not to conquer, but to fight hard. " With Coubertin's old voice, an English translation of this passage appeared on the big screen.

a year later, a generation of great men died suddenly, but his famous saying left an indelible mark on the Olympic movement. After the Berlin Olympic Games, World War II stilled the two Olympic Games in 194 and 1944. In 1948, when the Olympic Games, which had been interrupted for 12 years, resumed its glory in London, England, the world witnessed the following scene: at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, when an athlete carrying the flame entered the main venue, it was Coubertin's famous saying that suddenly appeared on the huge scoreboard of the stadium. A photo in the official report of the London Olympic Organizing Committee recorded this precious historical scene with the following caption: "The last torchbearer entered the Imperial Stadium at the opening ceremony to pay tribute to the audience, and the words of Shun Baidan were displayed on the scoreboard of the Olympic team on three sides above him."

why should the Olympic movement emphasize "re-participation"? This is related to the fundamental goal of the Olympic movement. The Olympic Movement aims at promoting people's harmonious development and improving people's lifestyle through sports. As the International Olympic Committee said: "Olympism is a philosophy of life that strengthens physique, will and spirit and makes them develop in an all-round and balanced way. Olympism combines sports with culture and education, and seeks to create a lifestyle based on struggle, giving full play to the educational role of good examples and respecting basic public morality. " On this basis, the Olympic Movement tries to "contribute to the establishment of a peaceful and better world". To achieve these goals, we must have the participation of the general public. The Olympic Movement is ambitious, and its aim is not to hold a beautiful sports meeting and gather all the talented people in the world in one place, enter the dragon, for the public to watch and enjoy, but to attract people's attention through the splendid Olympic Games and inspire people's spirit of self-improvement and awareness of active participation, so as to actively participate in sports and improve their lifestyle. As Coubertin said: "In order to attract 1 people to participate in physical exercise, 5 people must engage in sports;" In order to attract 5 people to engage in sports, 2 people must receive special training; In order to attract 2 people to receive special training, five people must have the ability to create extraordinary achievements. " "Emphasis on participation" makes the Olympic movement avoid the danger of elitism and lays a solid social foundation for its development.

not only that, but also "focusing on participation" is indispensable for the Olympic Games, which emphasizes "faster, higher and stronger". Some people think that "focusing on participation" and "faster, higher and stronger" are contradictory, because the former emphasizes participation, while the latter emphasizes winning. In fact, from a dialectical point of view, the meanings of these two sentences are not only contradictory, but also complementary. Sports competition is a process, and as the result of this process, winning or losing only belongs to the faster, higher and stronger. However, the function and value of sports are mainly reflected in the process of competition, not its result. It is in the process of hard training and tenacious competition that athletes' bodies are exercised, their will is honed, and their moral character is improved. It is also in the process of competition that the audience appreciates the beauty of athletes' strength and skill and tactics, and their mood fluctuates with the ups and downs of the competition, thus meeting their cultural needs. Therefore, "the important thing is not to win, but to participate", which shows that the competition process is more important than the result. Because of this, there are countless warriors who know that there is little hope of winning in the Olympic Games and still try their best to compete with the world sports superstars, and there are tons of sweat left by athletes who have never won the championship in the arena. The reason why these people are not the foil of the stars and the denominator of the rare gold medals is precisely because "it is important to participate, not to win", and they have fully demonstrated their value in the process of "participating".