一張動人的自拍 朝韓體操運動員微笑合影
SEOUL, South Korea — Lee Eun-ju was not expected to be one of South Korea’s big names at the Rio Olympics. She joined the country’s gymnastics team as a last-minute replacement after another athlete was injured. Indeed, she failed to advance to the finals.
韓國首爾——沒人料到李恩珠(Lee Eun-ju)會在里約奧運會上成爲韓國的名人之一。她是在最後一刻替換另一名受傷的運動員，加入該國體操代表隊的。實際上，她未能晉級決賽。
But Ms. Lee, 17, has found herself in the spotlight at home and abroad, thanks to a symbolically significant selfie.
但因爲一張具有重要象徵意義的自拍照，17歲的她發現自己受到了國內外的關注。
Last week, before the Games started, Ms. Lee approached a North Korean gymnast, Hong Un-jong, 27, during a training session. As the women from opposite sides of Korea’s divide posed, smiling, for a photograph on Ms. Lee’s phone, journalists snapped pictures of the moment, which has since been hailed as capturing the Olympic spirit.
上週，在奧運會開幕前的一次訓練期間，李恩珠走到27歲的朝鮮體操運動員洪恩貞(Hong Un-jong)面前。當這兩個來自對立國家的姑娘微笑着用李恩珠的手機自拍時，記者用鏡頭記錄下了這個時刻。人們紛紛稱頌這一刻體現了奧運精神。
“This is why we do the Olympics,” Ian Bremmer, president of the political risk consultancy Eurasia Group and a frequent commentator on Korean issues, wrote on Twitter.
“這就是我們舉辦奧運會的原因，”政治風險諮詢公司歐亞集團(Eurasia Group)總裁、經常評論韓朝問題的伊恩•布雷默(Ian Bremmer)在Twitter上寫道。
It is hardly unprecedented for athletes from the two countries, which have technically been at war for decades, to mingle at international sporting events. But in recent years, inter-Korean relations have been at a low point.
嚴格說來，韓國和朝鮮幾十年來一直處於交戰狀態。兩國運動員在國際體育賽事上交談並非沒有先例。但近年來，兩國關係一直處於低點。
So, when the two athletes put aside national differences in a friendly encounter, many found it unexpected and heartwarming.
因此，當兩名運動員在一次友好的相遇中暫時把國家分歧放在一邊時，很多人覺得意外和感動。
A South Korean news report said that despite Ms. Lee’s elimination, she was being “reborn as an Olympic icon.” Despite such sentiments, the photo has not led to a noticeable thaw between the two Koreas, and neither government has commented on it.
韓國的一篇新聞報道稱，被淘汰的李恩珠“正以奧運象徵的身份獲得重生”。然而，儘管激起了這樣的情緒，這張照片尚未促使兩國關係出現明顯的緩和。兩國政府均未就此發表評論。
