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On July 14, 1988, East German skating star Witt bid farewell to the Olympics
On this day, 37 years ago, on July 14, 1988 (June 1, 1988 in the lunar calendar), East German skating star Witt bid farewell to the Olympics. Witt's beautiful dance In July 1988, Witt received the Olympic Medal awarded by the International Olympic Committee Samaranch in Lausanne, bid farewell to her 10-year glorious Olympic career, and traveled west to the United States to partner with the famous men's figure skating star Poitano, involved in profitable commercial performances, and starred in the movie "Carmen". In the stadium of the Calgary Winter Olympics, the powerful music of "Carmen" was played twice. The German girl Witt, wearing a purple-red shirt and a black skirt, defeated Thomas, the American "black beauty" with her light and stretching dance., won the women's singles skating championship at the Winter Olympics. From Sarajevo to Calgary, Witt became the first female athlete to successfully defend her title in 52 years after Norway's Sonia Heni won three Winter Olympics gold medals. Since Witt and Thomas both chose the music of the opera "Carmen" as the soundtrack of the competition, it was called a "Carmen vs. Carmen" at the time. Born in Karl-Marx, Witt is 1.65 meters tall and weighs 52 kilograms. He is an ideal figure for figure skating. She has been practicing skating since the age of 5 and became a national junior champion at the age of 7. She won the national championship title in 1981. Since 1984, Witt has won the European championship six times and won the world championship gold medal three times. He is known as the "Queen on Ice". The figure skating competition time is only 4 minutes, but Witt practices for several hours in a ballet hall or ice rink every day. Hard training and her love of literature, music, ballet, and disco have quickly improved her ice dancing skills and artistic expression. In the "Battle of Carmen", Witt integrated sports and art with his superb and wonderful dance skills. The difficult spins, thrilling three-week jumps and passionate dance movements made tens of thousands of spectators present fascinated and amazed. Witt is not only good at skating, but also beautiful and charming, and can speak fluent English. She is not only the target pursued by reporters, but also the idol of young people. More than 40,000 letters from figure skating fans and suitors piled up at Witt's residence. The important thing is to dare to surpass yourself and dare to challenge life. This is Witt's belief in life. She wrote in her favorite song "Tell Me, Where Are the Flowers? Accompanied by the music of ", he embraces the Olympics with his soul time and time again to express his pursuit of the ideal of peace. On June 23, 1993, in Lausanne, Switzerland, the Olympic Museum located on Lake Geneva held a grand inauguration ceremony. Amid the warm cheers, the "Ice Queen" Witt, dressed in a white T-shirt, held the sacred fire from Olympia, Greece, climbed the steps, and ran gracefully to the sacred fire platform at the entrance of the Olympic Museum. In the solemn "Ode to Olympics" In the music, Witt lit the eternal Olympic flame in Lausanne. During his glorious sports career, Witt won two Winter Olympics championships in 1984 and 1988, four world championships and six European championships. In the Olympic Museum, Witt's name and various materials about his sports career are played repeatedly in the museum hall. In the Olympic short film "The Truth of Sports", Witt performs passionately for a while, and slides gracefully for a while... Life Photo: Best partner for ballet on ice Beautiful dance


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