"In order to smash the conspiracy of the Japanese and promote the spirit of our nation, I have decided to donate 8,000 silver dollars and send Liu Changchun, a fresh graduate, to represent China at the Tenth Olympic Games."
This passage was announced by Zhang Xueliang at the fourth graduation ceremony of UTokyo on July 1, 1932. The tenth Olympics are less than two months away.
Before that, Zhang Xueliang had called Liu Changchun to his mansion and encouraged him: "Now that our hometown is full of aggression by the great powers and the country is in trouble, we need a hot-blooded young man like you to go to the Olympic Games to win glory for Chinese the country. ”
After Liu Changchun listened, he nodded vigorously and said, "I will work hard to prevent you and your countrymen from disappointing." In fact, before Liu Changchun, China did not really participate in the Olympic Games, as "China's first Olympic person", Liu Changchun's pressure can be imagined.
The reason why Liu Changchun was able to have the opportunity to go out for the country had a great relationship with his own physical quality and superiority.
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Liu Changchun is a native of the north, he has a good physical fitness since childhood, taller than his peers, and he is also more powerful.
When he was a child, Liu Changchun studied at Shahekou Primary School in Dalian, where he and his classmates often fought with the students of the Japanese Overseas Chinese Primary School, because of their physical superiority, every time they fought Liu Changchun rushed to the front, and the Japanese classmates who hit him fell into the water.
For this reason, Liu Changchun was often retaliated against by the Japanese, and the Japanese teachers in the school often found excuses to slap him in the mouth, and even trip him up on the way out of school.
After a long time, Liu Changchun thought that if he fought with Japanese students, if he won, he would be retaliated against, if he lost, it didn't matter if he lost, it didn't matter, the important thing was to embarrass Chinese.
Liu Changchun was on the field
So he thought of a way, feeling that he could win the war and continue to fight, if he couldn't win the fight, he would run quickly, and absolutely would not eat the immediate loss. So at the entrance of their school, you can always see a Chinese student being chased and beaten by a few or even a dozen Japanese students.
But those Japanese classmates were not Liu Changchun's opponents at all, and every time he could break through the siege and leave those "little short legs" far behind.
Although Liu Changchun has good physical strength and does not suffer losses in fights, it is difficult to survive the days of always being retaliated against, in order to be able to justifiably beat Japanese students, he simply signed up to play football, and as long as he seized the opportunity on the field, he would kick Japanese students fiercely.
The innate advantage plus the acquired exercise has made Liu Changchun's sprint speed effectively exercised. At the age of 14, in the Field of The Sino-Japanese Academy Athletics Competition, Liu Changchun's 100-meter performance had exceeded the 11-second mark, far higher than the sprint level of his peers.
In middle school, Liu Changchun continued to practice sprinting skills, almost to the point where no one could match.
Liu Changchun
In 1927, Liu Changchun once again ran an impressive 11 seconds at the Spring Games hosted by the Dalian Huaqing Association. In the winter of the same year, Liu Changchun attracted the attention of Song Junfu, a physical education teacher at Northeastern University.
Song Junfu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Boy, how about you come to our school to study in sports?" ”
Liu Changchun, who originally loved sports, was so happy to close his mouth when he heard this, he nodded desperately and said: "Yes."
In this way, Liu Changchun, who did not have a high academic qualification, was admitted to the Physical Education Department of Northeastern University. After entering UTokyo, Liu Changchun threw himself into intense training.
Every day at five o'clock Liu Changchun got up on time, the morning exercise time is up to 100 minutes, in addition to him to practice starting and sprinting, each run is always 40 ~ 60 meters, the exercise intensity is very large.
At the same time, in order to quickly improve Liu Changchun's personal grades, the school also sent special personnel to train him individually. Although the process is very hard, Liu Changchun has not slackened off in the slightest, and he hopes more than anyone that he can win glory for Chinese on the runway.
Scientific, arduous and continuous training, in exchange for Liu Changchun's good results on the track.
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In 1929, at the 14th North China Games, Liu Changchun set new records in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters respectively and stood on the podium of the champion, which can be said to be "famous in one battle".
After the game, Zhang Xueliang also encouraged him: "Not only to compete with the Chinese people, but also to dare to compete with foreigners." ”
Soon Liu Changchun ushered in the opportunity to compete with foreigners. In the 100-meter race of the Sino-German-Japanese Athletics Games, he not only ran a good time of 10.6 seconds, but also created the best time in the Far East at that time, and Liu Changchun also became the athlete who was most likely to represent China in the Olympic Games.
Fast forward to the summer of 1931, just a few months before the 10th Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932, when the International Olympic Committee issued an invitation to the National Government to participate in the Olympic Games.
However, this invitation was not taken seriously by the Nationalist government, and in the end they refused to participate in the Olympic Games on the grounds that "time is tight and it is too late to prepare".
Shortly after the Nationalist government issued the announcement letter, the "September 18" incident that shocked China and foreign countries broke out, Northeastern University was forced into exile in Beiping, Liu Changchun also followed his classmates through Tianjin, transferred to Beiping, and his family took refuge in Lushun.
At the beginning of 1932, the "puppet Manchukuo" was proclaimed, and in order to break the international isolation, Japan actually started Liu Changchun's idea, hoping that he and another athletics would mobilize the "puppet Manchukuo" to go to Los Angeles to participate in the Olympic Games.
At first, the Japanese found Liu Changchun's father and said, "We have the relevant information about your son, now please write him a letter to let him return to Dalian and serve Manchukuo, our Ministry of Education and Sports Department have many positions waiting for him to be competent." ”
Liu Changchun's father was fierce in his heart, and he found reasons to refuse to write a family letter to his son, and he could not do things for the Japanese. But a few days later, the Japanese came again, this time with a tougher attitude: "The Manchukuo government has decided that your son will go to the Los Angeles Olympics, and when he comes back, he can enjoy the glory and wealth. ”
Looking at the room full of Japanese and the bayonets in their hands, Liu Changchun's father could only write a letter to his son according to their request, and then handed it to the postman brought by the Japanese.
After the Japanese took the letter, they left satisfied, and in order to avoid trouble, Liu Changchun's father quickly took his family to another place to take refuge.
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Within a few days, the major newspapers of puppet Manchukuo reported that Liu Changchun and another athlete would represent Manchukuo in Los Angeles to participate in the competition.
After the news was sent, the People of the People of The People of The People of the People of The People of The People of the People of The People of the People Of The People of the People of the People's Republic of China were extremely angry, and some of them sprayed the anger of the pain of humiliation on Liu Changchun, saying that he had actually lost the patriots for money
After liu changchun saw these news, he was also furious. Therefore, he took the risk of issuing a statement in the Ta Kung Pao: "I am a descendant of the Chinese nation, and Chinese will never represent the pseudo-'Manchukuo' at the 10th Olympic Games." ”
After the news was sent, the Japanese conspiracy was successfully destroyed, and the gossip about Liu Changchun was not self-defeating. Later, Liu Changchun's Song Junfu and other sports colleagues approached Zhang Xueliang, hoping to fund Liu Changchun to represent China in the Olympic Games.
Zhang Xueliang, who has always loved sports, agreed without the slightest hesitation, and immediately funded 8,000 silver dollars. Upon hearing this news, Liu Changchun was extremely excited and vowed to win glory for the country.
Since the news of Liu Changchun's participation in the Olympic Games spread, the Chinese people were also very excited, and when he and his colleagues arrived in Shanghai, people from all walks of life in Shanghai showed great enthusiasm, and some people wanted to set up a banquet.
In the face of the warm invitation from the outside world, Liu Changchun, who is on a mission, is very calm, and he directly asks the director of his colleagues to attend various activities for himself, because he wants to use the time before going to the United States to concentrate on training.
Before leaving, Liu Changchun attended the press conference, and he was always not good at words, but said at length: "To be able to participate in the Olympic Games, I feel deeply honored and have a great mission, and I will do my best to complete the task." ”
July 8, is Liu Changchun and others set off to the United States, that day's Shanghai docks, crowded with people, bunting flags fluttering, as lively as the New Year, at this time the national disaster is in the head, people hope that Liu Changchun can get the rank, so that the world people can see the speed and physique of the Chinese.
A newspaper in Shanghai even published a cartoon on the cover of Guan Yu's "single knife to the meeting" during the Three Kingdoms period to encourage Liu Changchun's Trip to the Olympics.
On the way, the ship of Liu Changchun and others briefly docked in Japan, and a Japanese reporter who learned of the news came to ask: "Are you representing China or Manchukuo?" ”
Liu Changchun replied in a loud voice: "I am Chinese, of course, representing China." ”
After 21 days at sea, Liu Changchun and others finally arrived in Los Angeles, the day before the Olympic Games, and many local Chinese beat gongs and drums and pulled banners to welcome them.
Liu Changchun, who was tired of boats and cars, did not have time to rest and adjust from time to time, so he participated in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. At the opening ceremony, there were 37 participating countries and more than 2,000 players, while China was only a team of six people, with only one athlete.
Looking at the mighty teams of other countries, Liu Changchun was sad from his heart and his heart was very bitter, but he still insisted on carrying the national flag alone and walked into the arena.
Three days after the opening ceremony, Liu Changchun officially stood on the track of the 100-meter preliminary round. With the sound of a gun from the starter, Liu Changchun rushed forward as if struggling, at first he was leading all the way, but because of the fatigue of the road, the jet lag did not arrive, and even in a hurry to buy a pair of formal running shoes, when the last 20 meters were left, he was finally caught up by the latecomers due to lack of physical strength, losing the qualification to participate in the final, but in fact, his true level was not played.
Only a few hours later, Liu Changchun dragged his tired body to participate in the 200-meter preliminary round, and he was helplessly eliminated. Liu Changchun's mood was very low after the game, but in fact, in that era, he was able to stand on the Olympic field was already a pioneering move.
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In 1936, Liu Changchun once again represented China at the 11th Olympic Games, a delegation of 69 people who had gone through 27 days of sea turbulence to reach the host country.
In the end, because the recovery was not timely, Liu Changchun and his teammates stopped at the 100-meter running preliminary round, liu Changchun's Olympic dream was completely shattered, but his sportsmanship was immortal.
In the second year of participating in the Olympic Games, that is, the year when the War of Resistance broke out in full swing, Liu Changchun finally ended his racing career due to injury. In the following ten years, due to war and other reasons, Liu Changchun's life was not good, and he was even poor for a while. It was not until after the founding of the People's Republic of China that he was able to return to the stadium as a physical education teacher, and he has been teaching in his hometown of Dalian for several years.
In 1979, China finally regained its seat on the International Olympic Committee, and as the "first person in China's Olympic Games," Liu Changchun served as vice president of the Chinese Olympic Committee and other positions.
In his post, Liu Changchun worked diligently and strived to promote the development of China's sports industry. After retirement, Liu Changchun did not enjoy his old age, but began to write "Sprinting".
At the end of February 1983, Liu Changchun suddenly felt unwell and was immediately taken to the hospital, not thinking that a month later, he died of illness at the age of 73, leaving no regrets before his death.
17 years after Liu Changchun's death, a gymnasium named after Liu Changchun in his alma mater was officially inaugurated, and outside the gymnasium was a statue of his figure...
Although the two trips to the Olympic Arena did not qualify for the final, the significance of Liu Changchun's participation in the Olympic Games has been realized, that is, to announce to the world that China has finally opened the history of impacting the Olympic Games...
Nowadays, our country's sports industry is booming, and athletes have won glory for the country countless times on the field, if Liu Changchun has knowledge underground, he will be deeply pleased!!!
(This article was originally first published, and plagiarists must be investigated!!! ）