As a famous sports host of CCTV, Duan Xuan's name can definitely be called "thunderous", starting from 1996 as a reporter of "Football Night", Duan Xuan has accompanied fans through the World Cup in France, South Korea and Japan, Germany World Cup and South Africa World Cup in the field of football, and he was also the host of the smash hit "World Football" But at the end of 2015, Duan Xuan officially bid farewell to CCTV, which had been employed for 20 years, and joined Banana Project Sports founded by Wang Sicong and served as the company's CEO
However, it was not until recently that he was officially found by the court to pay bribes of more than 9.5 million yuan to Liu Aijie, then director of the Olympic Games Preparation Office of the General Administration of Sports of China (who is also the chairman of the Chinese Rowing Association and the chairman of the Chinese Canoe Association) between 2018 and 2020 In the blink of an eye, he became a prisoner, and what is even more interesting is that according to the well-known financial reporter Li Weiao broke the news on social media and in his writings, Duan Xuan's bribery case may involve Wang Sicong and Gu Ailing
The well-known reporter Li Weiao first revealed on social media that after a few days and nights of overtime and staying up late, as many as forty or fifty phone calls, he finally wrote out the front and back of Duan Xuan's case, and Li Weiao also mentioned the names of 4 people in addition to Duan Xuan, namely Liu Aijie, who was arrested for accepting bribes, Liu Aijie's wife, Zhang Xiuyun, the former coach of the national rowing team, Wang Sicong, the actual controller of the Banana Project Sports where Duan Xuan worked, and Gu Ailing, a famous naturalized Olympic champion in China, then after the release of the long article written by Li Weiao about Duan Xuan's bribery case, it is clear why Wang Sicong and Gu Ailing are mentioned
As a top student of Communication University of China, Duan Xuan entered CCTV as soon as he graduated, and this stay was 20 years, during which he became a very well-known "celebrity" for football fans across the country with his professional football knowledge and hosting ability The two columns were once high-rated programs that football fans often waited for, but at the end of 2015, Duan Xuan officially bid farewell to CCTV and joined the Banana Project Sports founded by Wang Sicong, and Wang Sicong gave Duan Xuan a very high treatment, in addition to being the company's legal representative, chairman and general manager, Duan Xuan also holds 20% of the company's equity
However, when the time came to 2017, due to the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, which attracted global attention, the banana plan sports with a keen sense of smell began to make efforts in the field of ice and snow, and Duan Xuan, as the company's CEO, found Liu Aijie, who was then the director of the Olympic Games Preparation Office of the General Administration of Sports of China, and Liu Aijie was also the chairman of the Chinese Rowing Association and the chairman of the Chinese Canoe Association at that time
Between 2018 and 2020, Duan Xuan paid bribes of more than 9.51 million yuan to Liu Aijie and his wife Zhang Xiuyun in order to help the company get intermediary services for the selection of candidates for the Beijing Winter Olympics and the allocation of contract approval funds
And according to Li Weiao, Liu Aijie's biggest contribution before the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was the successful naturalization of the famous skiing world champion Gu Ailing to Chinese nationality and the official competition for the Chinese national ski team, which was rated as "remarkable achievement" after the Winter Olympics
Indeed, Gu Ailing won 2 gold medals and 1 silver medal for the Chinese team at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and with Gu Ailing's popularity, it directly drove the national ski market with a scale of hundreds of millions, and Gu Ailing herself won the 2023 Laureus Extreme Athlete of the Year Award
Then Duan Xuan was obviously confessed by Liu Aijie and Zhang Xiuyun, who were arrested earlier, and according to Li Weiao, Liu Aijie alone accepted bribes amounting to about 23.8158 million yuan, and Duan Xuan was only one of his bribes, and finally on December 20, 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Hebi City, Henan Province sentenced Liu Aijie to 11 years in prison and a fine of 2 million yuan for taking bribes, and Liu Aijie himself pleaded guilty and repented
Then the next thing is the trial process of Liu Aijie's wife Zhang Xiuyun and Duan Xuan, as for whether Duan Xuan's boss Wang Sicong, whom Li Weiao repeatedly mentioned, was implicated, we will continue to pay attention, and Gu Ailing's side, I personally think there should be no problem, after all, she is just a naturalized athlete, and it involves naturalization interests, and it is about the case of Liu Aijie, Zhang Xiuyun and Duan Xuan