Earth Day Snooker World Championships Flight of Doves of Peace

(By May Zhao) April 22 is Earth Day, and the Snooker World Championships are in full swing. The Snooker Championships coincide with Mother Earth's birthday. Thinking about it carefully, the link between the two is close.

Today, the World Snooker Championship is in its seventh day, and the players have entered the second round of the competition. This is a unique game day, with big players gathered together in a group with rising stars. O'Sullivan, Williams, Selby, Allen, etc. are on stage, and all styles are included. Two Chinese teenagers, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, appear in the same match, both tall and slim. This year’s youngest player, 20-year-old Paige, competes with Jin’s left hand on the same stage, in a master-apprentice duel... The battle of the quarterfinals, the highlights are frequent...

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However, none of them became the biggest bright spot, for a pigeon stole the limelight.

The theme of Earth Day is caring for the earth, going green and loving peace. In snooker, there is no calorie consumption, no heavy exhaust emissions, no pollution and no noise, and even the snooker table is green.

If Mother Earth must commend a low-carbon, environmentally friendly and green sport on her birthday, it must be snooker; not to mention that snooker uses the World Championships, which are in full swing, to celebrate the birthday of Mother Earth. .

And today (April 22), when the defending champion and the Chinese teenager were inextricably linked, a pigeon flew into the Crucible Arena, surprising Yan Bingtao and Selby. Immediately, the "spectator" who had not bought a ticket was encouraged out.

The Crucible Theater is small and compact, with a concentrated atmosphere and is closely guarded. Admission is by ticket, and it is difficult for other people to enter. So how did this chap fly in? It's baffling.

It is said that the snooker competition is not only fascinating, but also attracts many animals to watch, but whereas before there were some small flies, small mosquitoes, small bees, small moths, etc., this time a big pigeon was invited.

But in my opinion, this uninvited guest is more like a messenger of peace, a special representative of Earth Day, with good wishes, fluttering his wings into this strictly controlled and hard-to-fly theater.

In the end, Selby and Yan Bingtao drew 4:4, ending today's game peacefully.