Only a few places in Vietnam have snow, but it is snow of ice, not snow that is pure white and can be used for sports. Therefore, not many people are interested in the Winter Olympics taking place in Italy. Another "version" of the Olympics, smaller, colder, less noisy. But still very beautiful. Beautiful to the heart.
If the Summer Olympics is a festival of sweat drops, then the Winter Olympics is the sound of smoky breaths, like a silent dialogue between humans and nature.
Summer sports are a feeling of openness, harmonious sunshine, vibrant atmosphere, with universal beauty. Winter Olympics are painted by costumes, flags, technical movements in a clear space or prominent on a white snow background.
If the Summer Olympics honors strength, speed and endurance in a direct sense, the Winter Olympics highlights sophistication and precision. The beauty of "cold sports" is not necessarily "faster" or "further", but also "more accurate" and "more beautiful".
In terms of scale and spread, the Summer Olympics is superior. The Winter Olympics is more modest, partly because of limited natural conditions, partly because of costs and infrastructure. But that limitation makes each Winter medal feel "expensive" in a different sense. It is the result of a unique ecosystem, from climate, geography to training culture.
If summer sports can burn everything about emotions, winter sports have something, slower, deeper. Those are the "stops" of athletes when jumping into the air, the moments recorded as proactively lonely, or the auditorium silent to the point of hearing the sound of a tongue slipping through the ice...
Sports are still beautiful because of the context and how people face challenges, as well as finding ways to survive and shine in harsh conditions. Perhaps because of that, the Winter Olympics do not need to be "like" the Summer Olympics to be loved.
Amidst the cold, people feel more clearly the warmth of human will. Overcoming the cold, overcoming fear, overcoming oneself, that is beauty that does not need commentary.
