Gu Ailing won the Lawrence Award, why is she dual national? Why the national system did not win the Lawrence Award

The Laureus Sports Awards are known as the Oscars of the sports industry, the Nobel Prize in the sports industry, can be said to be one of the most authoritative awards in the sports industry, and every athlete is proud to have the Lawrence Award. After all, there are many championship gold medals, but the Lawrence Award is only a few each year.

The Laureus Sports Awards are organized by the Lawrence International Sports Institute, which is part of the Laureus Sports Foundation, which was established in 1999 by the founding patrons Chrysler Group of the United States and Richemont Group of Switzerland. The Foundation's mission is to use the power of sport to end violence and discrimination and advance the world.

The word Lawrence is of ancient Greek origin and means laurel tree. In ancient Greece and Rome, the laurel tree was synonymous with victory and glory. The regular awards of the Lawrence Awards are Best Male Athlete, Best Female Athlete, Best Team, Best Newcomer, Best Comeback, Best Limit, Best Disability, as well as non-conventional awards such as Lifetime Achievement Award, Best Sportsmanship Award, and Outstanding Achievement Award.

The six candidates in each category are selected by well-known figures and organizations in the sports world, as well as various sports media and editors. In the end, the 71 members of the society voted to determine the final winner. There are 5 members of this society, namely Deng Yaping (table tennis), Yang Yang (short track speed skating), Li Xiaopeng (gymnastics), Yao Ming (basketball), and Li Na (tennis). Our numbers are second only to 13 in the United States and 10 in the United Kingdom.

In history, there are five people and one group that have won the Laureus Award in the mainland, including Yao Ming won the Best Newcomer Award in 03, Liu Xiang won the Best Newcomer Award in 05, Li Na won the Outstanding Achievement Award in 15 years, Yao Ming won the Sportsmanship Award in 15 years, Xia Boyu (a mountaineer who can climb Mount Everest with both legs amputated) won the Best Honorary Award in 19 years, and Gu Ailing won the Best Extreme Athlete Award in 23 years. And the best team in '09 is the Chinese Olympic team, after all, the gold medal count beats the multi-time champion American team. Look, the American team has always been the champion without a prize, and the Chinese team has only won the first prize in the gold medal table once, which shows that the Lawrence Award is still friendly to us. This matter should be put on the mainland, and it must not be fiercely resisted by the Lawrence Award.

The closest we came to the most valuable Best Male Athlete and Best Female Athlete was Li Na's Best Female Sports nomination in 15 years. It is a pity that Ethiopia's middle-distance runner Dibaba won the best female athlete, so give Li Na an outstanding achievement award, it is estimated that there is not much difference from the number of votes for the best female athlete, give a consolation prize to encourage.

This outstanding achievement award has only been given to 3 people except Li Na, one is Phelps (swimming), who has the most Olympic gold medals, and Bolt, who loses. Roma's Prince of Football Totti (football), lost Federer. Poland's World Footballer of the Year Lewandowski (football), lost F1 champion Verstappen. So this award is still very valuable.

Gu Ailing, who won the best extreme athlete, said she was the first freestyle ski winner, and although yes, there were two best female athletes in alpine skiing in front of her.

On Weibo, which only Chinese people watch, Gu Ailing has always emphasized that she is Chinese to win the award on behalf of China. But on the Instagram that Chinese people can't see foreigners can see, there is no mention that they are Chinese they are awarding on behalf of China.

Let's first clarify the facts, Gu Ailing is definitely a Chinese national, she represented China in the competition to win the gold medal, she must hold a Chinese passport. But she is also definitely an American, because she never said in the interview that she renounced her American citizenship, and the list of renunciations in the United States did not include her. I think Gu Ailing loves Chinese culture, after all, she was brought up by a Chinese mother. But she's also a smart person who knows how to maximize her interests.

The United States recognizes dual citizenship, so it is perfectly fine for her to win a gold medal as an American representing China. But China does not recognize dual nationality, and our law stipulates that once a person of Chinese nationality has foreign status, then Chinese identity is automatically renounced. But because Teacher Luo Xiang said well, our biggest law is the leader's view.

Therefore, as long as we can give us face, there is no obstacle to giving up a few naturalized players who are unwilling to give up their national identity and give them dual citizenship by default. On the contrary, some ordinary people also believe that some privileges for these people who have won glory for the country are reasonable. It can be seen how the rule of law, the cornerstone of a modern civilized country, is on the mainland...

As we all know, our sports are selected by the national system, all for the gold medal. But looking at the people who won the Lawrence Award, it has little to do with the national system.

Yao Ming entered the NBA, a commercial league, to play international influence after leaving the domestic system, and gave him the award entirely because he was a Chinese, otherwise Yao Ming's basketball performance would be far from winning the award.

Li Na also broke away from the domestic system and took the road of professionalism on her own, and there were many troubles that year. If not for later achievements, absolute negative characters.

Gu Ailing, people are completely trained by the United States, and have nothing to do with our sports policy.

I don't know about Xia Boyu, but a person with two legs amputated, I don't think we will give him the opportunity to enter the national system.

Finally, Liu Xiang, which has to be said, was cultivated by the national system, and it can only be said that Liu Xiang is an outlier. There is no person of Liu Xiang's level in front, and it is difficult to have it in the back.

The winners of the Lawrence Award are basically commercial mature sports, such as tennis, golf, F1 racing, football, skiing, etc., which are projects with high exposure, high brand value, and sponsors are willing to throw money. There is also a track and field that does not belong to these, but athletics is the oldest and most challenging sport of human beings. There are also sporadic sports, such as swimming, gymnastics, which have to be very good to win the prize.

We've never seen weightlifting, diving, table tennis, win awards, because these projects have no impact, no one watches, and no commercial value.

Our sports gold medal policy is to compete differently with Western sports powers. It is that we invest resources on a large scale in unpopular sports in the West, so that we can easily win gold medals. After all, how can we be professional players in the national system not be able to get other people's amateur players. As for popular projects in the West, that is, the strong points of commercial value in the West, we have a growing gap.

We engage in sports, first, not for the people's health, second, not for the people's entertainment, third, not to make money as an industry, we are to win gold medals and have face. Westerners engage in sports, one is to make money as an industry, and the other is to pursue interest. The gold medal will be proud at once, but the degree is far worse than ours.

So in the end, what exactly is sport for? Our future sports policy direction is to continue to throw a lot of money in order to compete with foreign amateurs for gold medals? Or do we treat sports as an industry, drive economic development and cultural entertainment, and let people fall in love with physical exercise and sports?

I hope it's the latter, there is no money left, don't spend it in those wronged places.