Referring to the famous poet Ai Qing's sentence "Why do I often have tears in my eyes, because I love this land deeply", everyone must be familiar with it, and this poem also expresses the author's greatest and deepest patriotic feelings that are unforgettable and unswerving to death! In the sports arena, when the five-star red flag is rising, we read in tears the feelings of home and country carried by sports, stirring patriotic feelings, when countless athletes are flying at the top of the arena for the five-star red flag to the wind, there are still some people, in order to live a so-called "happy" life, do their best, even do not hesitate to change their names, give up Chinese nationality, and "defect" to foreign countries!
Advocating foreigners, since ancient times, the sports world is no exception, today we will talk about 6 athletes who are eager to hand over the "foreigner" to the "foreigner":
1. Weightlifter - Yao Li
Yao Li, an authentic Chinese, was born in Liaoning, a major sports province in 1985, was discovered by the coach in 2000 when she was in middle school, entered the sports school weightlifting team, and later was discovered by the provincial team coach, entered the provincial team training, and then surged all the way, entered the national team, became a glorious member of the national weightlifting team, after entering the national team, in order to improve her performance, the national team selected her to Kazakhstan for exchange and study, after going abroad, Yao Li's excellent results attracted the attention of the Kazakhstan weightlifting team, A very good salary was then offered, hoping that she would stay and play for Kazakhstan. Unable to resist the temptation, Yao Li finally decided to stay, gave up her Chinese nationality, represented Kazakhstan in the Beijing Olympics, and then represented Kazakhstan in the World Championships, winning a double world championship. Since then, Yao Li has changed her name to Maia Maneza.
Athletes change their nationality and represent other countries to participate, which is not uncommon all over the world, Yao Li's behavior, it is said that there is nothing to blame, but Yao Li's words and deeds in another international competition completely angered the Chinese people: in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, Yao Li was in good shape and won the gold medal, facing the Chinese reporter who interviewed her, Yao Li chose to turn a blind eye, when the reporter tried to interview her with Chinese, Yao Li unashamedly claimed that she did not understand Chinese, bluntly saying that her weightlifting career had nothing to do with China. She was born in Kyrgyzstan and trained abroad.
There is an old saying in China, "Come out to mix, sooner or later you have to pay it back", for Yao Li, it is no exception, in the subsequent investigation of the International Weightlifting Federation showed that Yao Li tested positive for doping, she was also withdrawn from the competition medal, and was also banned, since then, Yao Li has no longer been beautiful, becoming a laughing stock for domestic and foreign sports fans.
2. Women's basketball player - Li Mingyang
In the women's three major ball events, the women's basketball team has always had a dominant position in Asia, and the women's basketball team members are also talented, born in 1994 Li Mingyang, 1.96 meters tall, the main player inside when the Chinese women's basketball team won the bronze medal in the 2010 U17 World Championship, such an excellent seedling, in the domestic fans once thought that with the growth of age and ball skills, it was logical to become the mainstay of the national team.
However, in October 2010, Li Mingyang lost contact after leaving Beijing Shougang Club under the guise of medical treatment, and after the Chinese Basketball Association concentrated on preparing for the U19 World Youth Women's Basketball Championship in early October, Li Mingyang did not report on time. Later confirmed by her teammates, she has been poached by a Japanese club to play in Japan, it turned out that at the World Championships, the Japanese club noticed Li Mingyang, under the club's sugar-coated shells in turn attack, Li Mingyang finally chose to betray his promises, quit the Chinese team, joined the Japanese club, and recognized the owner of the club as a godfather, the nationality also became Japanese, and the name was also changed to Miyuki Sugiyama, this matter also caused an uproar in China at that time, Subsequently, Li Mingyang did not play as he wished, and later due to injuries and other reasons, he also retired early, not only failed to go further on the career path, but also left a reputation as a traitor in China.
3. Men's basketball player - Zhang Bentianjie
In recent years, the Japanese men's basketball team has gradually risen in Asia, and the teams with two NBA players as the core of Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe have gradually attracted the attention of fans. The player Zhang Bentianjie in the team makes everyone even more puzzled, how this name has a bit of the taste of a Chinese name, yes, Zhang Bentianjie's original name is Zhang Tianjie, born in Liaoning, his father Zhang Jian (now changed to Zhang Benjian) was originally a basketball player in Liaoning Province, and his mother Qiang Shuping (张本淑平) is a volleyball player, and after retiring, he went to Japan to study; His grandfather was the head coach of the fencing team in Liaoning Province, and his uncle was a member of the provincial badminton team, so Zhang Bentianjie is from a family of athletes with high athletic talent and full potential.
He moved to Japan with his parents when he was 11 years old, relying on his excellent genetic genes and good basketball talent, he played early and was selected for the Japanese national team.
Aside from the intricate national feelings between China and Japan, competitive sports should be pure, not mixed with any political factors in it, Zhang Bentianjie has repeatedly shouted in public that the team he most wants to beat is the Chinese team, and he has repeatedly used unsportsmanlike actions to hinder the young men of the Chinese team during the game, after causing the men's basketball team's Zhou Qiwei foot injury, Zhang Bentianjie was unapologetic and refused to apologize, this bad performance was naturally criticized by domestic fans, on China's search website, The relevant searches for Zhang Bentianjie still stop at keywords such as "traitor", "rejected after returning to China", and "Chinese netizens scold Zhang Bentianjie".
IV. Concluding remarks
The above are a few athletes who gave up their Chinese nationality and joined other countries "defectors", at present, in the world sports circle, the trend of "naturalization" is prevalent, what do friends think about this phenomenon? Welcome to discuss in the comment area!