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Preface
Today's sports world is turbulent, but it is still that group of veterans who can really guide the country.
Supposedly, people with experience and qualifications will give better advice to young people, and it is a good thing to make sports stronger in China.
But there is such a figure in the sports world, at the age of 88, who still wants to point out the country and scold Fang Xuan.
If your opinion is correct, everyone will not be so opposed.
But on the contrary, every proposal is a constraint on others everywhere, and this kind of behavior, no matter how great your contribution is, no matter how deep your qualifications, you will not win the respect of others.
He is Wei Jizhong.
A person who has plunged the Chinese women's volleyball team into a dark period for a long time.
Who is Wei Jizhong?
What does he have to do with the Chinese women's volleyball team?
Why can you still criticize Chinese sports at such an old age?
Wei Jizhong
Speaking of Wei Jizhong, although he has not made great achievements in sports, he still has a great background.
From 1958 to 1994, he served as a staff member, deputy director, director and director of the International Department of the General Administration of Sports of China.
From 1986 to 1997, he served as Secretary-General of the Chinese Olympic Committee.
In 1986, he served as the vice chairman of the Chinese Volleyball Association.
In 2004, he was appointed as an honorary member of the All-China Sports Federation.
In 2002, he was appointed as an executive member of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee.
In addition to his position in China, Wei Jizhong is also internationally renowned.
In 1984, he served as Director, Vice-President and First Vice-President of the International Volleyball Federation.
From 1986 to 2009, he was a member of the Executive Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia and President of the Sports Games.
In 2000, he served as a member of the Executive Committee of the World Taekwondo Federation.
In 2015, he became Chairman of the OCA Ethics Committee.
In 2019, he became the vice president of the Global Esports Federation.
It is simply too easy for such a person who is "in the limelight" in sports to judge Chinese sports.
It is precisely because of Wei Jizhong's "guiding the country" that the Chinese women's volleyball team is turbulent, and even lingers at the darkest moment, which makes Lang Ping infamous for a while.
What's going on here?
As the main player of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the 80s of the 20th century, Lang Ping achieved the "five consecutive championships" with other team members, and has the title of "Iron Hammer".
The tenacious fighting and courageous women's volleyball spirit she created has inspired many people to struggle.
In terms of playing, I have to say that Lang Ping is a good player.
But after retiring, she is not likable with her straightforward personality.
Although her coaching level is very high, she still failed to mix in the Chinese workplace, just because of Wei Jizhong's exclusion.
Later, Lang Ping left the United States and served as the coach of the American women's volleyball team.
Even in 2008, at the Beijing Olympics, Lang Ping's American women's volleyball team won the gold medal, and Lang Ping once again attracted the attention of the Chinese people.
Although Lang Ping won the game, she also ushered in a scolding: "traitor".
Many people don't understand why Lang Ping helped the U.S. team suppress the Chinese team.
In the face of criticism from the outside world, Lang Ping said that she only chose a job from the perspective of a professional coach, and her daughter is still young in the United States and needs her to support her.
is such a person who is scolded by the Chinese people for being incomplete, when the country needs it, she will not hesitate to give up the high salary in the United States and return to the embrace of the motherland.
In Lang Ping's own words: she is a Chinese at all times, no matter where she is.
Yes, Lang Ping is herself first, and then an athlete.
She also has a family, as well as children and the elderly, all of which need her to support and choose the right job, which is normal.
Before 2016, the Chinese women's volleyball team can be said to be in the darkest moment, from the world's top level in the 80s, to now unable to enter the World Series.
In desperation, the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China could only invite Lang Ping back.
In 2016, Lang Ping led the Chinese women's volleyball team to win the world championship in one fell swoop at the Rio Olympics.
At that moment, everyone was boiling, aggrieved for many years, as if they had finally been released at that moment.
You must know that the Chinese women's volleyball team has experienced a lot of darkness over the years, and it is unimaginable to be able to win the championship.
It was under the leadership of Lang Ping that they broke through the darkness and ushered in the dawn.
For this reason, the movie "Chinese Women's Volleyball Team" was specially filmed to record the Chinese women's volleyball team from darkness to counterattack.
But no matter how great Lang Ping's achievements are, it is not good in the eyes of Wei Jizhong, he still doesn't like Lang Ping, and even during the renewal of Lang Ping's contract, he still wants to get in the way.
And Wei Jizhong's love for DISS people is not only aimed at Lang Ping, he is even more excessive towards Chen Zhonghe.
After Lang Ping left the women's volleyball team, Chen Zhonghe carried the banner of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Although Chen Zhonghe's reputation is not as big as Lang Ping's, he is definitely a strong and experienced coach.
Although many outsiders and media were not optimistic about Chen Zhonghe at that time, he was also staring at a lot of pressure to take office, plus there were few veteran players in the Chinese women's volleyball team at that time, and it was also a challenge to recreate the team.
But in this difficult situation, Chen Zhonghe still led the Chinese women's volleyball team to win an Olympic championship.
But luck will not always favor Chen Zhonghe, and the Chinese women's volleyball team lost one after another in the subsequent games, which plunged the Chinese women's volleyball team into a dark moment.
This gave Wei Jizhong a good outlet for venting, and he pointed all the fingers at Chen Zhonghe, saying that he was not good at employing people, his tactics were old, and so on.
As the remarks spread, a group of people soon believed the words of this sports authority Wei Jizhong, which finally led to the public's accountability of Chen Zhonghe.
In desperation, Chen Zhonghe had to resign to calm public opinion.
Chen Zhonghe, who stepped down from the Chinese women's volleyball team, recommended Cai Bin like the Chinese women's volleyball team with a serious and responsible attitude.
After that, Cai Bin took office smoothly and picked up the whip of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
But at this time, the women's volleyball team is like a plate of scattered sand, incapable players, and people's hearts are not aligned, even if there is a strong coach, it can't save such a team.
In this way, the Chinese women's volleyball team, under the leadership of Cai Bin, still failed to break the curse of failure.
After many changes of coach to no avail, the state finally decided to invite Lang Ping back to China to coach, although Wei Jizhong objected, but failed to stop it.
And Lang Ping also used his own strength to hand over a satisfactory answer.
Although Wei Jizhong still targeted and excluded Lang Ping everywhere, no one listened to his opinion anymore.
If Wei Ji has self-knowledge, then he will accept it when he sees it, and his evening can be saved.
But seeing that he couldn't stir up the storm in the volleyball world, he stretched out his hand to the table tennis world again.
Disrupt the world of ping-pong
Table tennis has always been the national sport of the mainland, and it has always had a stable performance.
Under his leadership, Chinese table tennis has won many trophies and trained countless outstanding table tennis players for China.
But Wei Jizhong was dissatisfied with Liu Guoliang, and even said that his power was too large and too centralized.
With Wei Jizhong's "guidance", Liu Guoliang became an empty commander and was even forced to leave.
You must know that Liu Guoliang's name is not in vain.
Liu Guoliang is not only an excellent coach, he is also an excellent athlete.
He won the men's doubles title at the 26th Olympic Games in 1996.
1996 Table Tennis World Cup Men's Singles Champion.
He is also the first Chinese winner to win a Grand Slam.
In 2012, he received the ITTF Outstanding Contribution Award.
In 2011, he was awarded the rank of colonel, and in 2013, he officially served as the head coach of the Chinese national table tennis team.
But Liu Guoliang, who has devoted himself to the cause of table tennis, has suffered such criticism, Liu Guoliang does not say, and the athletes below all use the "boycott" to seek justice for him.
In the end, Wei Jizhong apologized to Liu Guoliang, and Liu Guoliang also returned again.
After that, Liu Guoliang proved himself with the results of a game victory, and also slapped Wei Jizhong in the face.
At this point, Wei Jizhong can be said to be in a late season, and no amount of fame and fortune can get rid of his image in the hearts of the public.
In fact, when it comes to Wei Jizhong, although he has so many titles, he has not made any achievements in sports as an athlete, if he has to say that he has made any contributions, that is, he has participated in the Olympic bid three times, and actively worked hard to promote the success of China's Olympic bid.
It is precisely for this reason that he is well-known both internationally and domestically.
epilogue
From Wei Jizhong's body, many things are reflected.
In many cases, it is not that our athletes are not good, nor that our coaches are not good, but that there are many "excellent" people who "guide the country", coupled with "human sophistication", so that they have to leave the country and go to other places to make a living.
If you understand this, you can understand the athletes and coaches who play for other countries.
What do you think of people like "Wei Jizhong"?
Would you be free to judge athletes who play for other countries?
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