"We are united in our commitment to never use doping, never cheat, or discriminate in any form in sports..." At the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, cross-country skier Wang Qiang swore an oath on behalf of all athletes. Doping is a taboo in sports competition, and at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Dr. Zhang Jialiang from Tongren Hospital was a doping prosecutor. In our work, we must not only scrupulously fulfill our duties and shoulder the responsibilities of the "discipline inspection department." Because he can get close to many famous Winter Olympic players, behind the scenes, he learned more about the unknown hardships of athletes and had a deeper feeling for sportsmanship.
Zhang Jialiang experienced the support work of the two Olympic Games in Beijing. He provided medical care for spectators at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and in 2022 he became a doping inspector serving athletes. Zhang Jialiang said: "Comparing the two Olympic experiences, I was in the bank in 2008, and now as a doping prosecutor, my challenges are more complicated. ”
Zhang Jialiang likes to try new things. "Actually, I'm older on our doping team, and there's a difference between this job and my job." Zhang Jialiang works in the Neurosurgery Department of Beijing Tongren Hospital, and the doping examination work is a new attempt and breakthrough for him. "I've always thought of myself as not being a conformist person, and facing a new job, I feel like a new test of life."
Late at night on February 12, after a busy day's work, Zhang Jialiang accepted an interview with reporters. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, his "position" was the anti-doping checkpoint at the Capital Gymnasium. He introduced that anti-doping inspection is similar to the "discipline inspection department" of sports, what is needed is that the staff is meticulous, strictly abide by the operating procedures of anti-doping testing, and treat every tested athlete equally, otherwise it may trigger a great controversy. "To some extent, this work is to pick others wrong, and we must be able to withstand the criticism of others."
The process of athletes sampling and retaining urine is very rigorous, and each process has standards, Zhang Jialiang said, for example, the bathroom where urine is retained is mirrored on all four sides, and the purpose is to ensure that the urine sample is the subject of the examination. Veteran doping inspectors who conducted training said they had had 20 hours to get a urine sample. That's because weightlifters have to control their weight before the game, don't eat or drink, and lose the last bit of weight, so they have to wait a long time after the game before the athlete can urinate. Sometimes even living with athletes to make sure that the tested athletes do not leave the doping inspector's sight.
After several days of intense work at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Zhang Jialiang sighed: "Compared with our work, the athletes are really not easy! Because of my work, I also understand the greatness of sportsmanship more deeply than others. "Because of their work, doping inspectors have access to the "B-side" of various sports stars. Zhang Jialiang remembers that a few days ago, yusheng knotting string competition was later inspected, because the ice fans were too enthusiastic, Yusheng knotting string was "trapped" at the checkpoint. This can make the staff present take a few more looks at the Winter Olympic star. "Seeing him just off the field, walking is a little awkward, and careful observation only to find that his left ankle is actually swollen with a large bag!" Everyone sighed: "The swelling is so serious, still insisting on participating in the competition, still pursuing the '4A', no one behind the success is easy!" ”