In recent days, the number of Olympic medals in Chinese sports has been constantly updated, and many athletes have received good news belatedly. First, Su Bingtian, Wu Zhiqiang, Xie Zhenye and Tang Xingqiang confirmed the success of the bronze medal in the men's 4×100m relay at the Tokyo Olympic Games (the British team had athletes who used doping to cancel the silver medal, and the Chinese team's ranking automatically rose by 1 place), and After participating in the Women's 20 km race walking competition at the London Olympic Games, Cheyang Shijie, Liu Hong and Lu Xiuzhi won gold, silver and bronze medals respectively. Subsequently, due to the invalidation of the Rio Olympic Results due to the use of doping by Kazakhstani athletes, weightlifter Lu Xiaojun successfully won the gold medal in the men's 77 kg category.
In just a few days, Chinese athletes have received 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze, accumulating 5 Olympic medals, which can be said to be a full harvest. In fact, Chinese athletes in recent Summer Olympics have more or less made up medals. In the six Summer Olympic Games since 2000, only the 2004 Athens Olympic Games have not won medals, and the remaining five have won. Among them, the 2012 London Olympic Games is the most medals awarded so far, reaching 8, including the gold medal of Cheyang Shijie. Although the Rio Olympics and the Tokyo Olympic Games have fewer supplements, because the urine test samples sealed in the two Olympic Games have not yet started doping testing, it is possible to increase in the future.
From the Sydney Olympic Games to the Tokyo Olympic Games, Chinese athletes have accumulated 2 gold, 7 silver and 9 bronze. In addition, Chinese athletes at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games also received 1 silver and 2 bronze.
However, it must be admitted that although Chinese athletes have received many Olympic medals in recent years, there have been more than one case of being deprived of medals.
In August 2016, three chinese weightlifters, Chen Xiexia, Cao Lei and Liu Chunhong, tested positive for doping in urine test samples sealed at the Beijing Olympic Games, and in January of the following year, all three were stripped of their gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee. At the same time, being deprived of 3 Olympic gold medals not only had a very bad impact on the reputation of mainland sports, but also caused the Chinese women's weightlifting team to be banned and punished. In 2010, the Chinese women's gymnastics team was stripped of the bronze medal in the women's team at the Sydney Olympics. However, the reason for the deprivation was not the use of doping, but one of the contestants, Dong Fangxiao, who was under the age of 16 at the time. Born in 1986, Dong Fangxiao was only 14 years old when she competed in the Sydney Olympics, but the Chinese gymnastics team qualified her by falsely stating her age.
Anti-doping technology always lags behind doping research technology, in order to find out as many doping users as possible, in recent years, the Olympic Games will seal some athletes' urine test samples (especially those that have won medals), and then test after the progress of anti-doping technology. The sealing time is generally 8 years, so Cao Lei and 3 others were found to be doping in 2016, while Si Tianfeng, who was a man's race walker, won the silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics in 2020. With the significant improvement of anti-doping technology and strength, there has been a significant increase in doping violations detected in recent Olympic Games, especially the London Olympic Games. The test time for sealed urine samples at the Rio Olympics and Tokyo Olympics is expected to be in 2024 and 2028, when it is estimated that many violations will also be detected.
The use of doping not only tarnished the spirit of sportsmanship and the Olympic spirit, but also had a negative impact on the project itself. Athletes should be better educated and encouraged to resist doping from the heart.
List of medals medals awarded by Chinese athletes at recent Summer Olympic Games
Tokyo 2020: 1 bronze
Rio 2016 Olympics: 1 gold award
London 2012: 1 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze
2008 Beijing Olympics: 2 silver and 3 bronze, deprived of 3 gold
2000 Sydney Olympics: 1 silver and 2 bronze, deprived 1 bronze
1988 Seoul Olympics: 1 silver and 2 bronze