The Olympic Games have a long history and are one of the most famous and influential sports events in the world, originating in ancient Greece for more than 2,000 years. After the suspension of the ancient Olympic Games for more than 1,500 years, the Frenchman Coubertin proposed to host the Olympic Games again at the end of the 19th century, and established the Olympic Committee in 1894 and hosted the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, thus beginning the development of the modern Olympic Games for a hundred years. In this global sports event, the world's best athletes are gathered, and the reason why this sports event has such a great influence is inseparable from its Olympic spirit, the Olympic fire is like the fire of human hope and spirit, circulating all over the world and living in the long river of history. The touching deeds of countless athletes and the spirit of courage to fight have also added luster to the Olympic spirit, which is worth remembering and circulating for all of us. Today we will take stock of the top ten most touching deeds in the Olympic Games, in no particular order.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="32" > Sullivan, daughter fights for gold, father fights for health</h1>
The first athlete we want to talk about is SuLlivan from Taipei, China, Sullivan was not in good physical condition when she was young, and was even called 'sick straw man', so her father helped her apply for a taekwondo training class in order to enhance her physical fitness. And it is precisely because of this move that changed Sullivan's life, Sullivan was deeply attracted by this sports at the moment when she first put on the taekwondo suit, and began to train hard. Because of the hard work of training, sometimes I would practice crying and vomiting, but even so, she would never stop, crying and kicking, spitting and hitting, she was such a strong girl. When Sullivan was 28 years old, the bad news came that her father was tested for nasopharyngeal cancer, and in order to make his father happy, she tried her best to win a gold medal and wanted to make his father proud of her.
So that year in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Su Liwen worked so hard, but the fate was not good, Su Liwen was injured during the exercise before the game, her left leg ligament strain could hardly stand, but even if she stood on her right leg alone, she was looking for opportunities to attack. After repeated falls, she clenched her fists and tried to shout for herself to stand up, in this case, and persevered until the third set. And when she fell to the ground for the tenth time, she finally cried bitterly, because she was unable to get up. In the diagnosis of the doctor after the game, Sullivan injured the ligament in her left knee and almost broke it, but she still insisted on participating in the resurrection match, and fell to the ground 7 times in the first battle of the resurrection match, and the bronze medal fell to the ground 11 times, and the audience and the coach could not help but shed tears. After the end of the game. The reporter was also amazed, saying that this is the true Olympic spirit. And SuLlivan also said the reason why she insisted, on the one hand, she wanted to win a gold medal for the country, on the other hand, it was also because of the agreement made with her father that her daughter fought for gold medals and her father fought for health. This is a miracle girl who stands on one leg and still completes the competition continuously, an athlete who truly has the Olympic spirit, and a good daughter who is kind and filial piety.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="59" > Dutoit, the toughest one-legged mermaid</h1>
Born in South Africa, Toyt trained professionally with the national swimming team at the age of 14 and is a south African national team swimmer. But after a day of swimming training, on the way home, she was unfortunately in a car accident, and her left leg was amputated from the knee to the knee. However, even after suffering such bad luck, she did not leave the arena. She resumed her training just three months after the operation, and then won five gold medals alone at the Athens Paralympic Games, and was also awarded the title of 'one-legged mermaid'. Later, he participated in the 10 km open water swimming at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and won the 16th place in that race, once again proving his strength to the world, being the first athlete to qualify for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the first disabled athlete to participate in the Olympic swimming competition. Dutoit's success proves to the world that fate cannot bring down a strong person, even if a person is physically disabled, but after having enough mental strength, he can do many things that normal people can't do.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="61" > Luan Jujie, a veteran who never gives up, just to return to the motherland</h1>
Born on September 14, 1958 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, he is a talented foil swordsman. In 1957, she was selected for the Jiangsu team, and in 1984, she won the women's foil championship at the 23rd Olympic Games, becoming the first Asian to win the fencing championship at the Olympic Games, creating history in one fell swoop. However, after Luan Jujie retired from the military, he ushered in the birth of his daughter in 1991, but because of his daughter's heart and intellectual development, in order to provide better medical conditions for his daughter, Luan Jujie was forced to immigrate to Canada, and Luan Jujie did not give up his fencing career after immigration. In 2008, at the age of fifty, she returned to the stage of the Olympic Games, known as the 'living fossil' of the Olympic Games, and when she took out the banner of "The Motherland is Good" on the field, countless spectators were touched by her, a veteran who never gave up. Her life is a life of struggle to tell the world that age and illness do not limit a person's struggle, as long as there is courage, you can shine the sword at any time.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="62" > Matthias Steiner, a few years of life and death, not thinking, unforgettable, real emotions</h1>
Steiner is a German weightlifter born in August 1982 in Ya vienna, Austria. At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Steiner staged a very wonderful weightlifting competition, especially the sincere feelings shown in it, which moved countless spectators. Originally, in 2000, Steiner was diagnosed with diabetes, so his grades have not been good, but after meeting his wife Susan, Susan constantly encouraged the sick Steiner and helped him through countless difficulties. And the two also made an agreement that Susan would come to the Beijing Olympics to cheer him up, and Steiner would definitely achieve better results. However, in July 2007, Susan died suddenly due to an accidental car accident, Steiner was sad, and decided to fight in the Beijing Olympic Games, with a roar, as if Susan in the spirit of heaven gave Steiner strength, Steiner finally won the gold medal of more than 105 kilograms. After the victory, Steiner could not help but cry bitterly, and constantly kissed the photo of his wife, hoping that his wife in the spirit of heaven could also be happy for him, this scene was touching and heartfelt, so that the world felt the power of true feelings.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="63" > Iraqi athletes, crossing difficulties and wars to serve their country</h1>
Iraqi athletes, the athletes introduced this time are not a person, but a team, iraqi athletes who have crossed many wars and obstacles to the country. As a result of the national turmoil in Iraq over the years, the war has been raging for years, which has also hindered the development of the Iraqi movement. At the time of the 2008 Olympic Games, due to the contradictions between the Iraqi puppet government and the International Olympic Committee, the International Olympic Committee even decided that Iraqi athletes could not participate in the Beijing Olympic Games. But even the fierce war and the obstruction of the Olympic Committee did not stop the determination of Iraqi athletes to participate in the Olympic Games, and this time there were three athletes representing Iraq. Among them, Dana Hussein could not afford a new pair of running shoes because she could not get the support of the state, and even wanted to wear her own second-hand running shoes to participate in the race, fortunately, before the race, a kind person donated a new pair of running shoes for her. Then there is Haider Nuzad and Hussein Jebel, who have been exercising on remote rivers without even competition props and costumes, but thanks to the support of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, they have obtained props and costumes. Their presence is far more important than winning a few medals, because they represent their country and prove to the world that their country should also be respected.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="64" > Mucciana Robina, who fought for women's rights and freedoms</h1>
Born in July 1986 in Kabul, Afghanistan, Robina is an Afghan track and field athlete who has suffered from serious inequalities between men and women due to years of war and historical reasons. Robbina was even notified by the Afghan Olympic Committee a month before the Start of the Olympics that she was ready to compete in the 100m beijing Olympics because the previously selected athlete, Ahadya, had suddenly disappeared. The disappearance of Ahadya also shows the seriousness of the domestic situation in Afghanistan, and Robina's expedition is also very dangerous. But Robina resolutely participated in the competition, in the Beijing Olympic Games, Robbina was the last of the 85 participants, her time was 14.80 seconds, even better than the average Chinese female student who had practiced athletics, and was the slowest athlete in olympic history. But the audience still applauded her warmly, because Robina's appearance was already a victory. The original intention of the Olympic Games in all countries in the world is also to let the countries of the world have an understanding of each other, we human beings are a community, I hope that all countries can be developed, freedom and equality will also be the common goal of all mankind.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="65" > Pattica, the one-armed 'Venus' of table tennis</h1>
Patika is a Polish athlete born on July 27, 1989. She was born disabled and did not have the palm of her right hand, but she seemed to be a natural warrior and did not feel inferior because of cowardice. When she was 7 years old, she was first exposed to table tennis, and after just a few days, the coach was shocked and couldn't help but exclaim: "I have met the future Polish champion." "Although she is disabled, her training has always been no different from that of a normal person, high-intensity training time, but also need to exercise in deep water, endure great pain and fatigue, and never get any care because of disability." She won an individual gold medal at the Athens Paralympic Games, then competed at the Beijing Olympics, where she led Poland to a 3-1 victory over Germany in the table tennis team group stage, the biggest victory in the history of the Polish women's team competition and, without a doubt, a victory for Pattika.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="69" > Chusovykina, telling people all over the world how great maternal love is! </h1>
Chusovkina in 1975 in bukhara, the former Soviet Union, later became a women's gymnast of the Usbek national team, at the age of 16 won the world championships women's team and free gymnastics gold medal, vault silver medal, in the 1922 Olympic Games, won the women's team gold medal, is a valuable gymnastics genius. But Chusovykina is great not only because of her athletic talent, but because of her great maternal love. In 1999, Chusovykina's three-year-old son Arish was unfortunately diagnosed with leukemia, and in order to prepare for high medical expenses, Chusovkina had to choose to compete in gymnastics for a long time. And recently, at the age of 46, to compete in the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, the story of Chusovkina has moved countless people, in order to raise funds for her son's medical treatment, she repeatedly did difficult actions at such an advanced age, and she told us with practical actions that maternal love is a kind of strength.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="72" > Marten van der Weeden, a strong man who came out of desperation</h1>
The image of Marten van der Weiden is striking, he is 2.05 meters tall, has a shaved head, and has two coin-sized scars on the top of his head, but this is not a maverick, but a mark left after a fight against a terminal illness. Van der Wei was extremely talented in swimming at a young age, having already won the 2000 Open Water Swimming Championships, but it seemed that fate had played a joke on him, and in the spring of 2001, the disease found Van de Videng, one of the most terrible terminal diseases in the world, leukemia. After that, Van der Way actively cooperated with the treatment, while also exercising, and finally defeated the disease in chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation. After a gradual recovery, Van der Way participated in the 2004 25 km Horse-Drawn Swimming Championships and won the seventh place, and in 2008, he won the World Championships in Seville, Spain, and reached the fourth place in the world ranking. Referring to the incident, he said he had won two of the most important gold medals in his life, one was the first men's marathon swimming championship in Olympic history, and the other was his victory over the disease, which was the gold medal of his life.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="66" > Liu Xiang, carrying the dream of 1.3 billion Chinese people, the pain to kick the wall to paralyze the pain</h1>
Liu Xiang is definitely one of the most outstanding athletes in China and can be said to be a household name. Born in July 1983 in Putuo District, Shanghai, he is a 110m hurdle athlete of the Chinese athletics team. Liu Xiang's emergence broke many of the history since athletics, and was the only Asian athlete to combine the Olympic Games, the IAAF Grand Prix Finals, the Indoor and Outdoor World Championships, and the world record holder, and the first men's Olympic champion in China's athletics. If you make a ranking of China's greatest athletes, Liu Xiang can definitely rank among the top five.
But such a good athlete, an athlete who has won so many honors for the country, after falling down at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, has ushered in a lot of insults and slander. But did Liu Xiang want to fall? An athlete has worked hard for decades, training hard day and night, and the effort behind him is unimaginable to ordinary people. Liu Xiang has paid so much, he is the one who wants to win the most. Therefore, the insults of the Chinese people are the most chilling to him, but after hearing so many insults, he did not say a word, and still silently dedicated himself to the country. Each of us should learn to empathize, any athlete as long as they can do their best is good, whether winning or losing, we should give support and respect.