France's "patriotic fervor" and the Paris Olympics sparked a "collective frenzy"!

01 France's patriotic enthusiasm is high

Whether it is the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, or Olympic events, sports atmosphere, have attracted the attention of the world's media and political circles, the global public, evaluation.

Germany's center-right mainstream media "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" (FAZ) on August 3 to "collective carnival spread in Paris" as the title, through the French swimmer Léon Marchand (Léon Marchand), French table tennis player Félix Lebrun (Félix Lebrun) in the Olympic Games to obtain outstanding results, note that France "fervent patriotic sentiment". France's "fervent patriotism" is noted.

Félix Lebrun, 17, of France, won the men's singles bronze medal, beating Brazil's Hugo Calderano 4-0 in the men's singles. (AFP photo)

The media commented that the joy shown by France and its love for the Olympics had even "forced the surrender" of those who had predicted traffic chaos in Paris during the Games, major security problems, and successive losses by French athletes.

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung also said that, as in the case of the 1998 World Cup in France, the context of the pessimists did not match the atmosphere of fanaticism. In addition, after learning of the lucrative benefits of a successful Olympics, Germany announced in late July that it was officially bidding to host the 2040 Summer Olympics, which will coincide with the 50th anniversary of German reunification.

02 "Paris Becomes a Party Town Again"

The New York Times (USA), for its part, said that Marchand's excellent results in every swimming competition triggered out-of-control revelry not confined to the Paris Olympic Swimming Pavilion, but throughout Paris; and that at the 25-meter pistol shooting competition at the Invalides Stadium, France's Camille Jedrzejewski's success in winning silver in the 25-meter pistol competition at the Stade de l'Invalides could have awakened Napoleon.

▲ French 25m pistol shooter Camille Jedrzejewski. (AFP photo)

The New York Times added, "This may surprise even Parisians. In the weeks and months leading up to the opening of the Paris Olympics, there was a steady stream of complaints and concerns," and "just before French judoka Teddy Riner and former track and field star Marie-Jose Perec lit the Olympic pyre, the sadly fatalistic, apathetic atmosphere toward the Games had dissipated. The rain stopped at the opening ceremony and Paris was once again a party town".

03 Paris Olympics as a role model

The German media outlet "RND" (German Editorial Network) also headlined that France "shows how it's done", stating that "Paris has shown how sports can be perfectly integrated into a metropolis", and that "the French capital is the model for the new Olympic Games". "The French capital is synonymous with the new Olympics, and no longer spends huge sums of money on building one-off stadiums for Olympic events only".

"France (the grumbling) seems to be on vacation of its own accord", Spanish media outlet El Pais reported on August 5. "Pessimists have been preparing for the worst for years," but in the end, the city had a "relaxed and happy atmosphere," even with smiles on the faces of police officers on duty.

04 "With feminist overtones"

The women's supplement of Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland's largest national daily, paid tribute to an Olympics with a feminist twist, praising "the equal competition between men and women at the Paris Olympics," and highlighting the first-ever crèche in the Olympic Village, the telling of women's stories, and, among them: Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez. Egyptian-Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez, who revealed she is seven months pregnant after finishing in the round of 16, and Brazilian fencer Nathalie Moellhausen, who fought to the end despite her battle with cancer.

▲ Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez. (AFP photo)

05 Chinese public highly concerned

The French media also observed that the Chinese media have reported extensively on the Paris Olympics and that the Chinese public is highly enthusiastic about the Paris Olympics. Chinese athletes have dominated the results since the start of the Paris Olympics event. Up to now, China is at the top of the medal table, with the total number of medals second only to the United States.

Chinese athletes have excelled in gymnastics, table tennis, shooting, swimming and other sports, generating enthusiasm among the public, especially Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle, who dominated the men's 100-meter freestyle race and broke the world record in the event.