The Fierce Battle at the Tokyo Olympics is in full swing, the faces of many athletes are familiar and unfamiliar, and we have found that many Chinese athletes are now participating in foreign countries, and we have also seen some foreign athletes mobilizing to represent China.
Perhaps we should look at the movement of athletes between countries with an inclusive mindset. The spirit of competitive sports should exist in all mankind.
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Yao Li is an athlete who changed her nationality earlier.
On July 31, 2012, at the London Olympic Weightlifting Competition in the United Kingdom, Kazakhstan's Maia Maneza won the gold medal in the 63 kg weightlifting category. This is already her Nth title for Kazakhstan. In fact, she is a Chinese girl, once named Yao Li.
Born in 1985, Yao Li was discovered by the coach of Fuxin Sports School at the middle school athletics meeting and was specially recruited into the school. Girls and families who have not seen many people in the world think that this is a good thing, and this is how Yao Li's sports career began.
In 2008, Yao Li, who had already been beaten in the provincial team, was given an opportunity to train in Kazakhstan, that is, this opportunity and the better treatment of the Kazakh side made Yao Li choose to stay in Kazakhstan. Later, many people said that she was mainly in China during that period of time when her mentality was not so good, and she had opinions about the coach.
The next move was quick, she changed her nationality and changed her name to Maia Maneza, officially becoming a member of the Kazakh weightlifting team. It is also true that she has more training resources and opportunities to play. The results improved all the way up to the London Olympics.
When receiving the award, she can still see her importance of the gold medal, and 12 years of training and dedication have brought her to tears.
Later, it was learned that a big reason for Yao Li's choice was due to the pressure of the family at that time, and her parents were seriously ill and needed high medical expenses, and as farmers, they simply could not afford it. The daughter was forced to leave.
Some people have also asked Yao Li's mother about this issue, she has a simple face, and she hopes that her daughter can win a gold medal for the country. However, it is obvious that there is a sense of helplessness.
Maybe she has unspeakable grievances, but we still hope that Yao Li will not forget the words Chinese.
Now, Yao Li is married to a Kazakh and runs a local Chinese medicine clinic
What we should think about is that since the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, china is at the top of the gold medal list, in fact, the strength has been fully proved, whether we should be more calm and confident, and whether the choice of athletes should be more inclusive.
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In fact, over the years, there have not been many Chinese athletes who have changed to foreign countries. Like table tennis players He Zhili, Song Haiwei and Feng Tianwei, gymnasts Li Donghua and He Xuemei, badminton player Huang Sui, basketball player Wang Cenjing and so on.
Among them, How Zhili, who was relatively quiet, was punished by disqualification from the Olympic Games because she was asked to concede the ball at the World Table Tennis Championships. In 1989, he quit table tennis, moved to Japan and became a Japanese citizen, changing his name to Tomori Oyama.
At the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, Japan, he defeated China's Qiao Hong and Deng Yaping to win the championship.
Li Donghua is a famous player of the same era as Li Ning and was once the main force of the national team. However, the training injuries were serious and at one point he was on the verge of not being able to play.
At this moment when the future is unknown, he met the Swiss girl Esplanza in Beijing, and Li Donghua chose to go to Europe for the sake of the girl he loved. He became a Swiss citizen a few years later and won a gold medal in Olympic gymnastics for Switzerland at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. For a time, he became a hero of Switzerland.
At present, Li Donghua is doing business in Switzerland and is said to have rich assets and a very happy life.
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Just as Chinese athletes are looking for opportunities when they join foreign countries, many foreign athletes are also seeking opportunities for development in China. Therefore, we say that in sports, there should be a more inclusive heart.
Recently, South Korean athlete Lim Hyo-joon naturalized China into a big news in the sports world.
People don't quite understand why this top-level speed skater left his country and desperately joined the Chinese nationality.
And this incident truly reflects South Korea's abuse of laws in the treatment of its own athletes and does not cherish the careers of athletes.
The whole incident is because of such a thing, in 2019, the short track speed skating team was doing climbing training, happy head, Lin Xiaojun jokingly pulled off Huang Daxian's pants, did not think, Huang Daxian did not wear shorts, sensitive parts were all exposed, and there were several girls present at the time.
Originally, this slightly embarrassing thing could have been stopped in the awkward laughter of everyone. However, this incident met Huang Daxian, who had a heart and a mind. He wanted to use this to overthrow Lin Xiaojun, so he took Lin Xiaojun to court in the name of sexual harassment. The court sentenced Mr. Lin to one year in prison for playing the piano indiscriminately with Korean characteristics.
After his release from prison, Lin Xiaojun had no possibility of turning back, he was extremely disappointed, and after a series of operations, he completed the operation of joining Chinese nationality. He's actually a 25-year-old guy. There's a lot to be done about professional things. After that, it will win glory for China.
In fact, this kind of thing is more than once, in the Korean short track speed skating industry, excluding dissidents and hitting their opponents is a common practice. Ahn Hyun-so, a former short-track speed skater, was forced to go to a foreign country.
After a period of time when he was fully responsible for his injuries and medical expenses, Ahn Hyun-so chose to go to Russia to develop.
So, let's say again, give tolerance and understanding to athletes, after all, they have their own grievances.
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In fact, there are not a few athletes who have given up their foreign nationality to return to China. Especially when China's sports power is increasingly emerging.
Over the years, there have been ice hockey athlete Zheng Enlai, football players Hou Yongyong and Li Ke, figure skater Zhu Yi, free ski valley Ailing and so on.
Zheng Enlai is actually the nephew of Zheng Fengrong, a famous senior high jumper in China, who wanted to return to domestic development in his early years, and finally got his wish in 2017. His sister Zheng Ninali, who returned to China two years later, appeared on the field of the Tokyo Olympics.
Her event is women's all-around heptathlon, while her all-time ranking is #1 in Asia.
The label of the first naturalized athlete in athletics has become the focus of people's attention. Born in Canada in 1998, Zheng Ninali is no stranger to Chinese audiences. In her early years, she was very active in expressing her desire to represent the Chinese team in the Olympic Games.
According to the IAAF regulations, April 12, 2021 is the starting time for Zheng Nina to play for the Chinese team, after which she is a Chinese player.
We can't actually read the reason for her return from this young man, but when it comes to her grandmother's wishes, it is easy to understand.
There were not many athletes who could be personally received by Premier Zhou in that era, and Zheng Fengrong was very honored, and compared with this honor, she would continue her dream more firmly.