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Preface
In 1932, Liu Changchun went to the meeting alone and went to the United States alone to participate in the Olympic Games, but because of the poor conditions, he was eliminated in the first round.
This is the first time that Chinese have participated in the Olympics, and although it failed, it has aroused the dream of a sports power among the Chinese people.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country vigorously developed the cause of national fitness, and a large number of outstanding sports athletes emerged.
Among them, there are four outstanding ones, who have contributed to the sports industry of New China and become China's new business card.
Who will make the list?
01 Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang achieved a breakthrough in Chinese men's track and field, breaking the traditional concept of "yellow people can't do track and field".
Liu Xiang's contact with the track and field industry was a very accidental thing, when he was in the second grade of Shanghai Guanlong Primary School, and it happened that the school's track and field team was recruiting, so Liu Xiang went to give it a try.
Unexpectedly, he was quite talented, so he joined the school track and field team, and at the beginning he learned high jump.
His parents didn't expect him to make any achievements, so they let Liu Xiang exercise.
Unexpectedly, he has been out of control since then.
Half a year later, Liu Xiang was favored by the coach of the sports school and wanted him to train as a professional athlete, but he was opposed by most of the family.
Because Liu Xiang's academic performance is very good, his mother hopes that he can be admitted to a prestigious university.
Fortunately, with the support of his father, who likes sports, Liu Xiang followed the coach and began formal training.
But as he got older, the coach found that he was unlikely to be able to do much in the high jump.
Because he's too tall.
However, Liu Xiang's secondary event 100 meters was very well practiced, which attracted the attention of the coach and came into contact with the 110-meter hurdles.
Liu Xiang is willing to practice, and smart, able to practice in a targeted manner, coupled with the care of Coach Sun Haiping, Liu Xiang has made great progress in the practice of 110-meter hurdles.
In 2002, Liu Xiang broke the Asian record and equaled the world junior record for American athletes.
The coaching staff formulated a plan for Liu Xiang to "train with battles", and since then, this whirlwind from China can often be seen in major track and field competitions around the world, and his reputation has become more and more famous.
The Olympics is the biggest event in the world of sports and the dream stage for all athletes, and Liu Xiang is no exception.
He went to the Athens Olympics with the most passionate goal - to win a gold medal.
Before that, no Chinese, or even Asian, had ever won the championship in this event in athletics.
The general belief in the world is that Asians don't have explosive bodies, don't have the same talent as blacks and whites, and that the muscle fibers of the yellow race doom us not to be the king in straight track and field.
But Liu Xiang didn't believe in this evil.
On August 27, 2004, after several rounds of preliminary rounds, Liu Xiang successfully entered the final and became the first Chinese to break into the straight track and field finals.
He has made history, but Liu Xiang's goal is more than that.
In the preliminaries, Alan Johnson, the king of the event, was unexpectedly eliminated, leaving all the finalists nervous and unexpectedly before the start of the competition.
Liu Xiang was not affected in the slightest, and after the starting gun sounded, he was the first to rush out.
12.91 seconds, a new Olympic record, also tied the world record, and he won the championship with a brilliant attitude.
This is a miracle that belongs to all yellow people, Liu Xiang waved the five-star red flag, announcing to the world that yellow people can beat black and white people in sprint events alike.
Although Liu Xiang later retired due to injury, this Olympic gold medal is enough to establish Liu Xiang's historical status, he is an eternal milestone and an eternal sports hero.
02 Rohei
Lang Ping is not only an excellent athlete, but also a palace-level coach.
In 1978, Lang Ping, who had studied volleyball since childhood, entered the national team and followed the most brilliant women's volleyball team at that time, winning 5 world championships in a row.
The Chinese women's volleyball team has become the world's first team to win five consecutive championships, and the spirit of the women's volleyball team has spread in the hearts of people across the country.
This period was the heyday of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and it also became a symbol of the rise of Chinese sports.
After the women's volleyball Grand Slam, Lang Ping retired, and then sat in the position of deputy director of the Beijing Sports Commission, and it stands to reason that she can have no worries for the rest of her life.
But Lang Ping was not satisfied with this.
Lang Ping didn't like life in the system, and she didn't want to indulge in the glory of the past, so she chose to resign from her position and study in the United States.
In order to support herself, she studied while doing part-time work as a volleyball coach.
In the 22 years abroad, except for the 90s, when he was invited to return to the Chinese team, the rest of the time Lang Ping has been in various countries.
She went from assistant coach, to amateur team, to professional team, and finally became the coach of the national team, relying on her real hard power, rather than the old book of five consecutive championships.
In 1999, Lang Ping came to Italy and became the head coach of the Modena women's volleyball team.
Volleyball is very popular here, there are many volleyball teams, but the Modena women's volleyball team has never won the championship.
In the second year of Lang Ping's tenure in Modena, Modena ended its history of zero championships, and Lang Ping became a hero of Modena.
In 2002, Lang Ping joined Novara, where he won the Super Cup and the league two years later.
The victories are enough to prove Lang Ping's strength and make her a hot coach all over the world.
In 2005, Lang Ping took charge of the U.S. national team, and three years later led the U.S. women's volleyball team to the Beijing Olympics, where they won the runner-up.
This equaled the best result in the history of the American women's volleyball team, proved Lang Ping's strong strength, and also put Lang Ping in the center of public opinion.
She led the American team to play against the Chinese team, which was a "traitorous act" in the eyes of many Chinese people at that time.
But Lang Ping knows that she is for the development of volleyball and for the eternal spread of the spirit of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
In 2012, the Chinese women's volleyball team suffered Waterloo in London, and the Chinese people were heartbroken, where did the team that won five consecutive championships go?
The Row Management Center sent an olive branch to Lang Ping, but Lang Ping put forward many requirements, and she wanted to change the original training model.
After careful consideration, the Discharge Management Center agreed to Lang Ping's request, and gave Lang Ping the green light and gave full support.
As soon as she took office, Lang Ping began drastic reforms, leaving only a few old players, and at the same time boldly promoted young players such as Zhu Ting.
She has to make sure that there are several people competing at the same time in every position, both old and young, not only to help the players grow, but also to make her tactics elusive.
Lang Ping attaches great importance to logistics management and support, and has changed the original semi-military management model, so that the management is full of human touch, and the team members are more relaxed and harmonious.
In 2013, Lang Ping led the Chinese women's volleyball team back to the podium of the World Series.
In 2015, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the World Cup again after 12 years.
In 2016, Lang Ping led the young women's volleyball team to compete in Rio, and the last place in the group stage made the hearts of the people of the whole country hang.
In the last game, Hui Ruoqi's violent dunk established the champion status of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and the whole country was boiling.
The spirit of the women's volleyball team has once again entered the sight of the Chinese people, and head coach Lang Ping has also become a new monument.
For more than 20 years, Lang Ping has coached all over the world and achieved excellent results, allowing the world to see the excellence of Chinese coaches and bringing a positive impact on China's sports industry.
The spirit of hard work and hard work of the women's volleyball team inherited by her has also spread to the world with her travels to various countries.
03 Li Na
She was the first Chinese athlete to win a Grand Slam tennis tournament and the first Asian player to win a Grand Slam, and she has had a profound impact on the development of tennis in China.
Before Li Na's victory, tennis didn't really have much influence in China, and it was even called an "aristocratic sport".
In fact, tennis is the second most popular sport in the world after football.
In 2005, more than 25 million people in the United States were exposed to tennis, with a penetration rate of more than 8 percent, and countless more watched tennis matches.
But in China, this figure was only 0.7% in 2009.
The broadcast of tennis matches is even more crowded, and the singles champion of a game has a prize of only a few thousand yuan.
Compared with the large number of viewers of football and the high popularity of table tennis and badminton, tennis is very unpopular.
In 2011, Li Na won the French Open, becoming the first Chinese athlete to win a women's Grand Slam and becoming a sought-after sports star.
It can be said that Li Na is a pioneer of Chinese tennis.
Her success has fueled the influence of tennis in China, with more and more Chinese people paying attention to tennis competitions, and some even trying the sport themselves.
In 2009, Chinese tennis began to reform.
Li Na became one of the first solo athletes, and they were able to arrange their own career plans, and only need to hand over one floor of prize money to the tennis center.
It was an attempt, and Li Na's success on the international stage cemented the Tennis Center's correctness of this new model and opened the way for those who came after it.
Li Na has promoted the commercial development of tennis in mainland China and promoted the improvement of the overall level of tennis technology in mainland China with the influence of star effect.
Most importantly, Li Na's personal success has led to the international acceptance of Chinese tennis culture, which has become a business card of Chinese sports to the outside world.
In 2013, Li Na was shortlisted as an outstanding female representative of China by Time Magazine, spreading the image of China with her own practical actions.
04 Yao Ming
Yao Ming is the first person in Chinese basketball, breaking the scene of European and American basketball players dominating the court, and is also the envoy of China's cultural exchanges with foreign countries.
In 1998, Yao Ming entered the Chinese national team and started his basketball legend.
At this time, Yao Ming's biggest goal is to lead the Chinese team to achieve good results in the Olympic arena.
In 2002, Yao Ming was selected by the Houston Rockets in the NBA draft and started his journey in the NBA.
Before going to the United States, Yao Ming promised that he would still represent the Chinese national team in the future, after all, it has always been his dream to lead the Chinese team to the Olympics.
He believes that fighting for his country is an honor in itself.
After Yao Ming arrived in the NBA, he became a household name in the NBA with his high fighting spirit and tenacious character.
Yao Ming is not the first Chinese star to play in the NBA, but he is the first star to play the prestige of Chinese and start the character of Chinese.
The United States is a country where individualism prevails, and even in a sport like basketball, which emphasizes collective cooperation, it is full of heroism.
Countless NBA stars who have shined are the best proof of this.
But Yao Ming is not in this style.
Yao Ming has strong individual strength, is a very good center forward, and is clearly the brightest star in the Chinese team.
But he put the team first in everything in the game, arranging his tasks according to the needs of the team, rather than putting his highlights first.
This is a completely different feeling for Americans.
Compared with the recklessness of American stars, Yao is obviously elegant, humble and gentlemanly.
He let Americans see the collectivist spirit in the bones of the Chinese and let them see the vitality of China's ancient civilization.
The coach of the Rockets once said:
"Yao Ming is a role model for professional athletes, and his dedication and sense of self-discipline are second to none."
Yao Ming has become a new spirit, a cultural symbol that belongs to China.
During his time in the United States, Yao Ming quickly integrated into the American cultural atmosphere, mingling with international friends from all over the world and spreading Chinese civilization to them.
When he first arrived in the United States, Yao Ming found that NBA stars are very fond of tattoos, and many people especially like to tattoo Chinese characters on their bodies.
But they didn't know what the words they tattooed meant, some of them had tattoos such as "I'm not brave", "I'm not motivated", and various slogans in the newspaper, which made Yao Ming laugh.
Under Yao Ming's leadership, the teammates began to try to understand Chinese culture and get in touch with this civilization, which is very different from American culture.
He brought huge commercial benefits to the Rockets, had countless fans at home and abroad, won a huge overseas market for the NBA, and also spread Chinese basketball culture to the world.
In 2008, Yao Ming finally led the Chinese team to the Olympic arena and achieved his long-standing goal.
Although it failed to break the best results, it let the world see the sportsmanship of Chinese basketball that never gives up.
Yao Ming's influence is obviously not only in the field of basketball, he is a messenger of cultural exchange, and the role of a Yao Ming is better than many propaganda methods.
Yao Ming has become a symbol of China, and he has established a sunny image of China around the world.
With his hard work and tenacity, he has set a benchmark in the field of sports, and has also broken the cultural differences between China and the United States, becoming a bridge for cultural exchanges between China and the United States.
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