How much does the City of the Two Olympics mean to China? The Chinese story behind the Olympics

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There are some things that we should keep in mind for a lifetime, and today we will share with you the Chinese story behind the Olympic Games. A hundred years ago, in the land of China, someone raised three questions:

1. When will China be able to participate in the Olympic Games?

2. When will China win an Olympic gold medal?

3. When will China host an Olympic Games?

Do you know the name of the first athlete to represent China at the Olympics? Liu Changchun. In order to participate in this Olympic Games, he not only had to avoid the pursuit of the little devils, but even the round-trip fare for the participation was made up by well-meaning people one by one. It was the period when the 10th Olympic Games were about to be held (the 10th Olympic Games in 1932 were about to be held), the Chinese land was in turmoil, the people's livelihood was in ruins, and After the September 18 Incident (the Japanese Kwantung Army stationed in northeast China suddenly attacked Shenyang on the night of September 18, 1931 and invaded northeast China by force), Japan brazenly supported a puppet regime, and the Japanese Kou in puppet Manchukuo at that time wanted to expand their influence. Liu Changchun, a sprinter from Northeast China (from May 31 to June 2, 1929, liu Changchun broke the national records for the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters in the 14th North China Games in Shenyang, with a time of 10.8 seconds, 22.4 seconds and 52.4 seconds, respectively) and coerced him to represent Puppet Manchukuo in that Olympic Games (the 10th Olympic Games in Los Angeles). Not only that, but also insidiously spreading rumors in newspapers and periodicals, trying to package Liu Changchun as a pseudo-Manchukuo athlete. But as a boy in the northeast, he is full of enthusiasm and let me be a traitor? It was absolutely impossible, so he risked being assassinated by Little Japan, escaped from the northeast region, and issued a statement in the Ta Kung Pao, which was then a strong advocate of the War of Resistance: I am a descendant of the Yellow Emperor of the Chinese nation, I am a Chinese, and I will never represent puppet Manchukuo at the Tenth Olympic Games! (I am a Chinese athlete, this single knife to the meeting, wanli guanshan, at this moment the national fortune is difficult, hope to move forward courageously, let my descendants away from such suffering "One Man's Olympics" !!! ）

On July 8, when Liu Changchun stepped on the steamship bound for the Olympic Games, the docks were crowded with people sending him off, and the scene was speechless, although the Land of China was facing the destruction of the country and the death of the family, but the Chinese nation was still alive. Everyone has always believed that this dragon of the East is just tired, and when it opens its eyes again, it will be the day of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

After answering the first question, it comes to the next question, when will China win an Olympic gold medal? Do you know who won China's first gold medal? Xu Haifeng. After the founding of New China, we used one five-year plan after another to build this land, the economy is developing rapidly, the people's living standards are constantly improving, China's sports industry, the development is even more rapid, what basketball, football, table tennis, fencing, gymnastics, bicycles, is no longer a luxury sport, as long as you want to play, everyone can participate, after all, who does not have a bicycle? So it is in the environment of national sports, many good seedlings have begun to work secretly since childhood, including the man who will win the first Olympic gold medal for China in the future, Xu Haifeng. When Xu Haifeng was a child, like every boy, what cats and dogs trampled on centipedes, aimed at insects and birds and stabbed wasps, can not be said to be proficient in everything, but it is also one of the best. Especially on shooting is quite obsessed. Legend has it that he also set a record of 200 sparrows in one night, and was called the king of slingshots and sparrow busters by neighbors. Especially after he saved up money to buy an air gun, the guy's affairs escalated, and at one point he reached the unity of man and gun, and the sparrow had to take a detour when he saw it. It was under the talent bonus of the sharpshooter, Xu Haifeng successfully entered the national shooting team, and stood on the podium of the 23rd Olympic Games on July 29, 1984, when the five-star red flag was raised, the eyes of the Chinese athletes present were moist, and everyone seemed to recall the lonely figure of Liu Changchun 52 years ago, saw the unwillingness after the loss of the competition, and saw the desire for the gold medal, but at that time, the national fortune was difficult, and we could only fight alone, but 52 years later, the land of China already had enough economic foundation This Olympic Games, the motherland sent 225 athletes, won 15 gold, 8 silver and 9 bronze results, ranked fourth in the medal table of participating countries, every Chinese athlete can proudly say, I, not alone in the battle, because the motherland has always stood behind us. May this body be long to serve the country, why should he be born into the Jade Gate Pass.

By 1990, China's GDP had reached 1.89 trillion yuan, and Beijing hosted the first comprehensive international sports competition in Chinese history, the Asian Games, that year, when Xu Haifeng lit the Asian Games flame in the workers' stadium, the world re-recognized the land of China, Beijing, and panda Panpan. This is also the first time that we have linked the countries of the world with sports, and all of this is inseparable from the rapid growth of China's economy and the tenacity of the Chinese nation, so after the successful hosting of the Asian Games, some people shouted out the call for the Completion of the Asian Games and the Olympic Games. The following year, the Beijing 2000 Olympic Bidding Committee was established, and China officially embarked on the journey of bidding for the Olympic Games. This is also the motherland's first bid for the Olympic Games, but the difficulties and obstacles, twists and turns no one thought of, simply put, before the Western media banded together to smear China, and then there was Australia to buy tickets for shady transactions, even so we also got close to the final round, when China's biggest competitors were, the United Kingdom (Manchester), Australia (Sydney), Germany (Berlin) and Turkey (Istanbul). There were four rounds of voting in the final, and the first three rounds of Votes won by Beijing, China, which was ahead of other countries, but when the United Kingdom, Germany and Turkey were eliminated, when they entered the fourth round, Beijing vs Sydney, there was a problem. First of all, Australia and the United Kingdom used to wear a pair of pants (Commonwealth countries), so these two goods began to collude, instigating the relationship between China and other countries, but this is all on the surface, there are dirty deeds behind the ground, so unfortunately, after the fourth round (September 23, 1993), China lost the right to host the 27th Olympic Games with a slight difference of 43:45, but until a few years later, the world did not know that we were not losing in strength, but in the dark. Many athletes also joked that Australia only used 70,000 yuan to buy an Olympic Games, after this matter was exposed, the Australian people at that time were like eating a fly, full of black lines (keywords: Australian Kaoz, Olympic Games 70,000 US dollars in red envelopes), of course, this shady screen is also very interesting, interested in the first point to pay attention, after I single out a single issue, pickpocketing Australian shady video.

This time the bid failed, although everyone was very frustrated, but did not let us give up, the dream of hosting the Olympics, by 1999, China's GDP with more than 9 (1.09 trillion US dollars, exchange rate of 1: 8.28) trillion yuan, this year (April 7, 1999: the International Olympic Committee officially accepted Beijing's application) Beijing once again sounded, the 2008 Olympic bid clarion call. As the influence of the Olympic Games in the world becomes more and more serious, the process is gradually becoming more and more rigorous, especially in this "Bidding Report", we must use the most professional knowledge to answer a series of questions of the International Olympic Committee, which involves political economy, culture and sports, urban planning, broadcast technology, emergency plans, etc., which involves more than 150 departments and units. It can be said that the difficulty of writing the "Bid Report" is no less than that of compiling an encyclopedia. But we are no longer willing to repeat the regrets of 1993, in order to write this "Bidding Report", hundreds of elites and countless volunteers were sent by various departments to join the Olympic bid war, some of them provided data for field research, some of them wrote materials for selfless work, some went to communicate with various departments to discuss whether the plan could be implemented, and some of them calculated the specific funds for the implementation of the plan. On January 16, 2001, after countless days and nights of painstaking efforts, the 3-kilogram and 596-page-thick bid report was finally written. After the IOC completed the field visit to the countries, finally came to the final competition link, the first round, Beijing won 44 votes, while the last Osaka only 6 votes, naturally eliminated (Toronto 20 votes, Istanbul 17 votes, Paris 15 votes, Osaka 6 votes) to the second round, miracles happened, Beijing directly exceeded half of the total number of votes, 34 votes higher than the second place Toronto (Beijing 56 votes, Toronto 22 votes, Paris 18 votes, Istanbul 9 votes) can be described as pressing the opponents to the ground friction, this result is quite uplifting, think back to 1993 only because of the black curtain of two votes, we lost the right to host the Olympic Games, but 8 years later, we crushed all the opponents with a result of 34 votes more than the second place, a statistic expert said: "The gap between the winner and the second place is as high as 34 votes, which also broke the world record in Olympic history." ”

But the heartache of the application, who knows? When the reporter interviewed Liang Lijuan (Mrs. He Zhenliang, the first person in China's sports diplomacy), she personally said that in the process of compiling the "Bidding Report", some comrades fainted while talking in the office, and everyone was very hard. Every day until two or three o'clock, Lao He is also (He Zhenliang video), after finishing work, he went to the hospital. But everyone is proud, because the infrastructure mentioned in the report (5 major ring roads + 100 km expressway + 109 km subway) greening (12 million green trees and 10,000 hectares of green ecological isolation belt) The supporting facilities needed for the Olympic Games (130,000 star hotels + 28 projects provide 37 major competition venues and 59 supporting training venues, 53% of the venues to the Olympic Village are within 10 minutes by car) and the Bird's Nest, known as the miracle of modern architecture, undoubtedly show our self-confidence. And the strength of the motherland.

On July 13, 2001, Beijing won the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games without suspense. That night, countless people on television shed tears of excitement, that night, the celebration of firecrackers all over the country resounded throughout the sky, that night, in front of Tiananmen, the gongs and drums were noisy, the voices of people were boiling, and everyone was excited and could not sleep. A thousand words, less than one sentence, 2008, see you in Beijing, Beijing welcomes you!!!

By 2008, China's GDP had exceeded 30 trillion yuan (4.59 trillion US dollars, exchange rate 1:7.3) and the Beijing Olympic Games can definitely be said to be the most successful in the history of the Olympic Games, it has created too many world records, first of all, the Olympic flame was passed in the hands of 21,880 people, after 130 days, it crossed five continents, climbed the world's highest peak Mount Everest, and the total mileage reached 137,000 kilometers, which is the longest torch relay distance in the olympic games. In addition, the number of volunteers for the Beijing Olympics also set a new record for the number of Olympic volunteers. The most classic thing is that at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on the night of the Bird's Nest, whether it is a Chinese picture scroll, or a song, a dream five rings, or a walk in the air, all the performances are completed in one go, and this iron is called the first of the Olympic opening, is it not excessive? Of course, that year, our total number of gold medals was also the first in the world.

So far, the Beijing Olympic Games have become an eternal classic, but the legendary story between the city and the Olympic Games has not stopped. Because in the hearts of all Chinese people there is still an Olympic ice and snow dream is not fulfilled, as early as 2002 Harbin City on behalf of the mainland to bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics, but ultimately failed to achieve the wish, and Beijing in fact also has the rare climatic conditions to host the Winter Olympics, after having the valuable experience of successfully operating the Summer Olympic Games, relying on strong venue resources and hardware support, it is completely strong to strive for the qualification for the Winter Olympics! If the Bid for the Winter Olympic Games is successful, then Beijing will become the only city in the world that has hosted both the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games, which can be called a miracle in human history, but creating miracles is not the only purpose, because this bid we must not only publicize the face of the national image, but also create the well-being of the people, the bid for the Winter Olympics, not only to drive 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports, but also to promote the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, after determining this concept, with the strong support of the Party Central Committee, On November 3, 2013, the Chinese Olympic Committee officially proposed that Beijing municipality and Zhangjiakou jointly bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

But this bid, the possibility of winning is very small, some experts said that in 2018 has been held in Asia South Korea (Pyeongchang) held a session, according to the law of continental rotation, even if Beijing is strong, it should be the turn of other states, but the experts have just dropped the voice, the three cities in Europe because of economic and political chaos (Stockholm in Sweden, Kraków in Poland and Lviv in Ukraine) withdrew from the group, did not play, so only Oslo in Norway was left, Almaty in Kazakhstan, and Beijing in China. At this time, the experts were again one-sidedly optimistic about Oslo, as long as I still have a city in Europe, you Beijing cannot succeed. But not long after, it was a slap in the face, and Oslo also withdrew from this competition because of financial problems! Watching the top six become a head-to-head of two Asian cities, this situation is very interesting.

On January 6, 2015, Beijing submitted a bidding report of nearly 120,000 words, which determined the three major concepts of "athlete-centered, sustainable development and frugality", and systematically elaborated the complete plan of our bid for the Winter Olympics, in simple terms, the first will be in accordance with the layout of Beijing- Yanqing - Zhangjiakou three large venue groups, and in order to follow the concept of sustainable development, in addition to the National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon" and Yanqing two snow fields, other venues as far as possible to use ready-made, for example, We can turn this "water cube" into an "ice cube", the original swimming pool, into the current curling rink, the original basketball court, into the current ice hockey rink, this idea can not only directly use the world's most advanced facilities, but also maximize the cost savings, after the plan was proposed, the Olympic Committee is greatly shocked, and Beijing has hosted the Summer Olympic Games experience, naturally in the traffic conditions, service facilities are impeccable.

But Almaty this side, the strength is also very strong, first of all, this city has a very deep foundation of ice and snow sports, what Asian winter games, big winter games, people have done, the venue is naturally not lacking, snow conditions are also good, and it has failed to bid twice, emotionally speaking, this third time will still have people in the human union!

Finally, the twin cities PK was revealed on the night of July 31, 2015, when the TV announced that we had passed the test at 44:40, at this point, the host city of the 24th Winter Olympic Games in 2022 - Beijing, finally ushered in the Olympic ice and snow flame, at this moment Beijing created a miracle in human history, truly became the only "double Olympic city" in the world that hosted both the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games.

Recalling a hundred years ago, the land of China was in ruins waiting to be rebuilt, although we had the ambition of the Olympic Games, but there was no power to participate, Liu Changchun's unwillingness, the helplessness of the people, as if vividly remembered. Until 1984 Li Haifeng's gold medal, completely inspired the confidence of the public, the successful bid for the Olympic Games in 2001, the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, the Winter Olympics in 2022, this road down, we are united in our hearts, bravely moving forward, majestic and exuberant, my generation should be self-reliant, rejuvenation in the East.

(This video is dedicated to all the relatives who have paid silently for the Olympic cause)