Original title: Gou Taiming called on the government to win 100 million gold in the Olympics Well-known sports anchor: winning medals is not the goal
Tian Hongkui (left) believes that the purpose of the Olympics is not to win medals.
The Tokyo Olympic Games are in full swing, so far Taiwan has won a total of 1 gold, 2 silvers and 3 bronzes, today (31) Hon Hai Group founder Gou Taiming proposed that Olympians win gold medals, the government should give 100 million yuan rewards, if breaking the world record and adding 100 million yuan, although it is to encourage the performance of athletes, but the well-known sports anchor Tian Hongkui pointed out that "winning medals should not be the ultimate goal of sports competitions".
Gou said that Taiwanese athletes should be more encouraged to perform in the Olympics, and their medal and record-breaking significance are greater than sports, so he proposed that the government should massively increase the prize money for Olympic medals, "gold medal 100 million yuan, silver medal 80 million yuan, bronze medal 50 million yuan, fourth place 20 million yuan; If you can break the Olympic or world record, add another 100 million yuan."
In this regard, Tian Hongkui said frankly, "I am quite surprised that Guo Dong made such a suggestion." He believes that being able to stand on the Olympic stage is already at the top, and that "throwing all resources at medalists may not solve the problem of sports development up the pyramid", agreeing that sports are equal to the state, but that sports should not be revitalized by sponsoring medalists with high prize money.
Tian Hongkui revealed, "Winning medals should not be the ultimate goal of sports competitions, although we are very moved by the performance of Taiwan players in the past few days, and admire their dedication, but only if we truly love sports and participate in sports can we comprehensively enhance Taiwan's competitiveness on the world stage", and also thanked Gou Taiming for his attention and support, and hoped that Taiwanese sports can get better and better.