Beijing, August 8, 2019 Author Zhou Yujiazi Wei Xintong Zhang Xueqi Bai Shiyu
In 1984, Los Angeles participated in the Olympic Games for the first time after the founding of new China. At that time, Zhu Jianhua, a 21-year-old high jumper, went out with the team with the achievement of "three brushes world record" and became a prominent figure in the athletics field, and was pinned on high hopes.
However, he played abnormally during the game, winning only one bronze medal. After "only winning the bronze medal", he was criticized and even received a blade that was sent.
37 years have passed. The time comes to 2021.
In the mixed doubles final of table tennis at the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese duo Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen defeated the Japanese team Ofomi Hayabusa Mizutani / Mishimasa Ito 3:4, regretting to win the silver medal. Photo by Tomita
Also with high hopes, the "national ball" table tennis is expected to sweep the hardware at the Tokyo Olympic Games. However, Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen started the mixed doubles match unfavorably, losing to the Japanese player and winning a silver medal. Accompanied by Liu Shiwen's tears, it is the voice of domestic netizens: "You are already great! ”
Up to now, the Chinese delegation has achieved 38 gold medals in the Tokyo Olympics, but there will still be many athletes who will bid farewell to the field with regrets. "Do athletes need to apologize for not winning the gold medal?" It has become one of the hot topics in the social media public opinion field during this time.
"Regardless of the outcome, you are all proud of China"
After the table tennis mixed doubles final on the evening of July 26, Liu Shiwen apologized to the team and fans with tears in her eyes, and her partner Xu Xin also looked lonely, poking the tears of many people for a time. Although it failed to achieve the expected opening, there was not too much harsh criticism and criticism, and instead it was full of warm encouragement from netizens.
In an instant, #Liu Shiwen cried #Entry quickly appeared on the hot search list, reading 530 million, netizens have left messages in the comment area "Xiao Jujube does not cry!" "You don't need to apologize!" At the same time, on the hot search, there are # every medal is not easy to come by#, #silver medal is also a hero # and other topics, all of which affirm the Olympic spirit of athletes working hard and winning glory for the country.
The topic #You are all proud of China# has a staggering 820 million views and 574,000 netizens. Although it is a silver medal, the efforts of athletes are also extremely "gold-rich". From the media, self-media to netizens, social media is all about the encouragement and blessing of "Xinwen Simulcast".
Zhu Jianhua once sighed that the audience saw only the crossbar in their eyes (at that time), jumped over them happy, and could not jump over them to throw soda bottles. The experiences of Zhu Jianhua, Li Ning and even Liu Xiang are not unique, and there are many examples of putting invisible gold medals on players before the game and pushing them off the altar after the game. But today's audiences are still proud of winning gold, but they are no longer "ashamed" of losing gold.
With the Tokyo Olympics in full swing, a familiar name appeared on the hot search list and caught the public's eye - #Liu Xiang said that everyone did not need to apologize to him.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Liu Xiang, who was regarded as a "national idol", stood on the track amid the shouts of 90,000 spectators, but withdrew from the race due to a recurrence of a right Achilles tendon injury. After the incident, the overwhelming criticism and ridicule were stacked in front of him.
13 years have passed.
When netizens recall that they owed Liu Xiang an apology, Liu Xiang said: "There is no need for everyone to apologize, I understand." In fact, I am an ordinary person, but I may have run faster before." Liu Xiang's atmospheric response was touching, and a group of netizens replied to him, "No matter how long it takes, you will always be a Chinese flyer!"
This is a reflection on each other's past, a reconciliation that spans time and space.
The Olympic Games, a humanistic thinking
In today's China, gold medals and even sports are increasingly returning to their own values, and the value of "not talking about heroes with gold medals" is becoming more and more popular. In particular, the rise of social media has made society think more humanistically about the Olympic Games in the collision of views.
"Yang Qian's pearl nail art", "Learning the skills of speaking with Fan Zhendong", "Daley knitting sweaters in the audience"... Open the social media platform, "dominate" the Hot Search List of olympic topics, most of which are the poking highlights caught by this session of netizens, rather than a single "xxx gold/silver".
The temperament of the Olympic athletes was instantaneous, and netizens relished it: 17-year-old diving girl Zhang Jiaqi wanted a Barbie doll after winning the championship, cutely and domineeringly said "I bought it myself"; the Olympic athletes who had returned to China and entered the isolation period "let go of themselves" and shouted "21 days without training!" ”
Not only Chinese athletes, but also many foreign players have attracted countless fans, such as Japan's "Happy Table Tennis Spokesperson" Niwa Takashi...
On July 27, local time, Chinese diving teenagers Chen Yaoxi and Zhang Jiaqi withstood the pressure and successfully won the women's double 10m platform championship at the Tokyo Olympics with 363.78 points. Photo by Han Haidan, reporter of China News Service
In fact, since the Rio Olympic Games, the audience has first seen the "other side" of the athletes' arena through social media, and that Olympic Games has been called "the most shining one of human nature". Today, five years later, netizens are more enthusiastic about the interesting stories of athletes, and behind the seeming "entertainment" is everyone's stride from "understanding" to "understanding" of athletes and competitive sports.
Sharing a moment of temperament is more than just superficial laughter. Under the heat, it is the heartbeat of the audience being pulled by the game. The athlete is first of all a three-dimensional and vivid person, the audience is excited by their hard work on the field, because of the real heart of the arena, as the bullet screen in the "Athlete Comedian" video said -
"I came here slowly because I was so nervous watching them play."
Behind inclusion is self-confidence
To a certain extent, social media hot searches have become a barometer of netizens' concerns. Here, we saw #Yang Qian win the first gold of the Tokyo Olympics#, and also saw how difficult it was to #Olympic first gold 10m air rifle#; saw #Wang Luyao did not win the 10m air rifle final#, and also saw netizens encouraging her to say #Wang Luyao is still a great girl in Zhejiang#.
While athletes' voices are becoming more and more personalized, it is inevitable to face public doubts. Of course, Wang Luyao had also encountered some excessive voices, but soon rational evaluations had the upper hand. Even after the men's 4x100m relay race, when the audience was overwhelmed by the appetite of the audience, but because of the flaws in the handover of the baton, there was only a voice of regret and encouragement.
Some netizens even said, "I want to add a medal to Su Bing."
As the Capital Institute of Physical Education pointed out in an academic work: "The concept of positive gold medals in competitive sports includes both a high desire to 'win the championship' and a calm acceptance of defeat; it includes both promoting the Chinese sports spirit and eliminating the wrong understanding of the value of competitive sports gold medals." This "positive gold medal view" can be felt empathy.
The encouragement of netizens to Su Bingtian, Wang Luyao and other athletes is showing the humanistic care behind competitive sports. Competition is a contest of athletes' abilities, and the variety of fields on and off the Olympic field shows the mature mentality of the people in a more comprehensive way. The audience's more comprehensive perspective, more rational discussion, and more warm tolerance better interpret the blend of competitive sports and humanistic care.
On August 6, local time, in the women's javelin final of the Tokyo Olympic Games, China's Liu Shiying threw 66.34 meters in the first test shot and won the gold medal in the event. Photo by Du Yang, a reporter of China News Service
More than a hundred years ago, China was called the "sick man of East Asia." Today, an inclusive and confident sports power has become another bright business card for China. Economic development and great achievements in all aspects have made the Chinese people more confident in culture.
Coubertin, the initiator of the modern Olympic Games, once said: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to participate, and the most important thing for mankind is not the gold medal, but the spirit of hard work." Women's basketball player Yang Liwei also said: "Sports is a spirit, not a result." ”
From Zhu Jianhua's blade to Su Bingtian's medal, the change in the concept of athletes is a mirror, reflecting the maturity of sports culture and even social culture, and the driving force of spiritual maturity is inseparable from the self-confidence brought by social development and the heroic arrogance of the people of a big country.
Data chart: Beijing Guangning Street Winter Olympics community held a national fitness day activities, citizens experience roller skating. Photo by Du Yang, a reporter from China News Service
The Olympic spirit is not equal to the gold medal complex, nor is it equal to the gold medal power. On the road to becoming a sports power, we still have a lot to do, but the fundamental starting point of these efforts is to "develop sports and enhance the people's physique", which is the fundamental task of China's sports work. (End)
Source: China News Network