Qianjiang Evening News hourly news reporter Zong Qianqian
Today (August 30), which was originally the last day of quarantine after Li Lingwei returned from Tokyo, was supposed to be able to "get out" happily after the last nucleic acid test, but she was blocked by a message - former IOC President Jacques Logue died at the age of 79.
As vice president of the Chinese Olympic Committee and a member of the International Olympic Committee, Li Lingwei, the "Queen of the Feathers", has been friends with Luo Ge for many years, and suddenly received this news, Li Lingwei was saddened. In Li Lingwei's eyes, Logue is not only a serious and rigorous chairman, but also a kind and easy-going big brother.
The lights in the venue were still dimmed, and he had already taken his place early
Logue (first from left) and Bach (second from left)
Li Lingwei and Logue first met in 2007, the year when Chairman Logue personally nominated her as a member of the IOC's Program Committee. It is a very important committee to analyze and assess the status of the Olympic Games, existing problems and improvement initiatives, in addition to sports, but also to the political, cultural and economic aspects.
"When we met, he stressed the importance of the committee to me and told me that I believed that I could do a good job, and I felt very solid in my heart." Although Logue officially stepped down as IOC president in 2013, as honorary president, he sat next to Bach at every IOC plenum, as usual. Every time I met with Chairman Logue for more than ten years, this sense of solidity has always followed Li Lingwei.
In 2018, Li Lingwei, as the chairman of the Coordination Committee of the Argentine Youth Olympic Games, wanted to make a statement at the IOC plenary, in order to familiarize herself with the venue, Li Lingwei arrived at the scene early, "As a result, I saw the middle of the rostrum, he was already sitting there, the lights of the venue were not turned on, he was sitting there upright." ”
Li Lingwei, Vice President of the Chinese Olympic Committee and Member of the International Olympic Committee
This scene made Li Lingwei deeply impressed until now, "In fact, his body was not very good at that time, and if he changed others, he might have symbolically attended it, but he was always very serious and very rigorous, from beginning to end, sitting upright." ”
In March 2012, as a candidate for the IOC, Li Lingwei was supposed to meet with President Rogge in Lausanne. "I wanted to bring him a souvenir and give him a racket that had been used that year." Chairman Logue felt very valuable, and immediately asked the secretary to take a pen for Li Lingwei to sign, and after signing the name, he put it in the Olympic Museum.
Li Lingwei smiled and had to say that next time she would send an ordinary racket. "At that time, I told him that I hoped that he would retire and play badminton in the yard with his wife and children, and he was very happy and said that it was good." The racket that Logue put into the museum was the one that General Secretary Xi Jinping held when he visited the Olympic Museum in 2017.
Being in a high position but not at all like a big brother in the family
Logue has competed in three Olympic Games as a sailing athlete
Logue is an all-rounder: a belgian rugby national, a three-time Olympics sailor, fluent in six languages, earned a doctorate in medicine, and became a plastic surgeon.
He once said that at his most, he had more than 200 surgeries a year. It's hard to imagine that all of this resume is focused on one person, who is such a very admirable person, but he has no shelf at all, not at all. I've never seen him get angry or angry. ”
Li Lingwei recalled every time they met in the past, Logue would always call her "lingwei" very affectionately, ask her if she was okay, ask her if her family was good, "just like a big brother, like a family member." ”
After the crotch surgery, Logue would joke with Li Lingwei: "I used to always operate on others, now it's someone else's turn to operate on me." "Li Lingwei's cervical spine is not good, and Logue has also seen her cervical spine films, giving her advice and telling her where to pay attention." He was so gracious that all the IOC members spoke highly of him. ”
Li Lingwei last met Logue before the epidemic, at the Youth Winter Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland, in January 2020. After more than a year and a half of not seeing him, and experiencing the epidemic, Li Lingwei and other members of the committee were very much looking forward to seeing him in Tokyo, but they failed to do so, "I thought I could see him at the Beijing Winter Olympics, but I didn't expect ... It was too sudden. ”
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