Olympic moments that made us laugh, cry, and cheer at Beijing 2022
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First came Tokyo, and now, Beijing. Both a Summer and Winter Games have come to a close in a little over six months time.
Like Tokyo 2020, there's no doubt Beijing 2022 will be remembered for its amazing performances and top-tier competition. Sports fans are spoiled in the sense that we've come to expect those to happen at any Olympic Games. The enduring memories will come from the unexpected; the emotional moments which will be remembered long after the Olympic cauldron is extinguished.
Some of the world's greatest athletes dared to go the extra mile with their actions, giving us tales of perseverance, sportsmanship, closure, joy, resilience, empathy, altruism, and love.
There was a little bit of everything in the Chinese capital. Here are some of the moments that made us laugh, cry, and cheer at Beijing 2022.
It didn't take long for the heartwarming moments to begin. In fact, the opening ceremony set the stage for one of the most touching memories of the Games – at least for all the lovebirds out there.
Tournaments, training camps and COVID-19 isolation kept Team Canada members Blayre Turnbull and Ryan Sommer apart for more than three months.
The 90-day plus separation wouldn't be noteworthy given that Turnbull is a member of the Canada's women's hockey team and Sommer is a brakeman for the Canadian bobsleigh team. But there's one not-so-tiny detail: they got engaged this past April.
"Name a cooler place to be reunited with your fiance after spending the last 3 months apart….I'll wait," Turnbull wrote in an Instagram post showing the couple hugging during the opening ceremony.
Other than couples, Team Canada was also home to athletes with family ties. They also delivered when it came to moving people to tears.
Sisters and freestyle skiiers Justine and Chloé Dufour-Lapointe reminded everyone why sometimes there's nothing like a sibling bond.
When Justine crashed in the moguls competition on Day 2, 2014 Olympic silver medallist Chloé felt her younger sister needed her help to deal with the obvious disappointment.
WATCH l Justine Dufour-Lapointe comforted by sister Chloé after crash:
"I felt right away her pain. I was like, 'she needs me,'" Chloé said to CBC's Alexandre Despatie. "I want her to know that I'm proud of her and she must be proud of herself. What she achieved was big. She went for it, that's the main thing I wanted her to know."
"I was so grateful to have my sister down there," Justine said. "I don't think I would have been able to hold myself like I did. Having people that you can trust that much and look in the eye and truly express how you feel for a couple of minutes was really reassuring and felt like everything was going to be OK."
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