Research on the "Fans Circle" of Chinese Sports and the Transformation and Development of Retired Athletes
Abstract
With the development of network technology, China is moving towards a sports power. Especially in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, fans of athletes of different events on social media will have an impact on the network order, which is gradually said to be 'sports fans circle'. The theme of this study is the research on the transformation and development of the Chinese sports fans circle and retired athletes, and the research is carried out by means of data collection and literature search. Research shows that China's sports fan circle is not a disadvantage, to introducing relevant policies to guide. It mainly affects how to realize the flow of the sports fans circle to make retired athletes transform in a variety of ways to choose. Future research should focus more on how to make good use of the form of new media to help retired athletes develop better. How to make good use of the sports fans circle is a very important issue. Making good use of the flow can be realized, so that more people can participate in the activities of the national fitness, and can also better solve the problem of the transformation of retired athletes.
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