Written by | Li Yan
On July 26, Hong Kong's Zhang Jialang won the men's foil individual championship at the Tokyo Olympics.
In the competition, the 24-year-old Zhang Jialang defeated the previous Olympic gold medalist and Italian star Daniele Garrozzo to win the first gold medal of the Olympic Games in Hong Kong, China.
Political Circles (WeChat ID: wepolitics) noted that this gold medal is the second gold medal won by Hong Kong, China at the Olympic Games, and the first after returning to the motherland.
Compared with the award ceremony of Hong Kong, China, which won the gold medal twice, the British flag of Hong Kong was raised and the British national anthem was played. Today, the flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China is raised and the Chinese national anthem is played.
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After Zhang Jialang won the gold, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor publicly said: "Jialang has outstanding technology, calm and composure in the competition, and successfully created history for Hong Kong, which is exciting." ”
Yesterday (26th), the Hong Kong delegation to the Tokyo Olympics received a congratulatory message from the Liaison Office of the Central Government in Hong Kong.
The congratulatory telegram reads: In the men's foil competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Hong Kong's Zhang Jialang fought tenaciously and won the first gold medal for Hong Kong athletes to participate in the Olympic Games, and the first Olympic gold medal after Hong Kong's return to the motherland.
During the live broadcast of the awards, the political circle noted that the flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, the Bauhinia Flag, was raised during the ceremony, and the Chinese national anthem, the "March of the Volunteers", was played.
According to the agreement between China and the United Kingdom at the time of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the Olympic Charter, Hong Kong, China, can serve as a member of the International Olympic Organizing Committee and participate in the Olympic Games as a separate region, and when the athletes win the gold medal, they will raise the flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China and play the Chinese national anthem.
The political circle also combed and found that Hong Kong, China, also participated in the Asian Games as a separate region, and after winning the gold medal in the Asian Games, the award ceremony also raised the Bauhinia flag and played the Chinese national anthem.
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But when Hong Kong won the Olympic gold medal for the first time more than 20 years ago, the awards scene was a different picture.
In the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Hong Kong windsurfer Li Lishan, known as the "Queen of the Wind", won the "First Gold medal of the Hong Kong Olympic Games". At the award ceremony, the British national anthem was played and the British flag was raised.
Public reports have revealed that when hong Kong's British flag was slowly raised, Li Lishan said she "felt numb." And when Hong Kong returned to the motherland a year later, at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, Li Lishan won the gold medal in windsurfing again, and the Chinese national anthem was played at the conference, and she was excited to tears.
"In 1998, I participated in an international competition as Hong Kong, China, and I was particularly excited to win the gold medal to win glory for the country and Hong Kong." Li Lishan once told the media that she listened to the British national anthem every day since I was a child, so I would feel numb. By the 1998 Asian Games, as a member of China, I heard the rousing Chinese national anthem on the podium, and my emotions were naturally pulled.
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The relevant regulations governing the participation of Taiwan and Macao of China in international competitions are similar to those in Hong Kong, China.
According to the data, after the IOC officially resumed the recognition of the Chinese Olympic Committee in 1979, although the "Olympic Committee" in Taipei continued to remain in the IOC under the name of "Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee", the IOC side banned the use of the "national flag" and "national anthem" of the so-called "Republic of China" by the Chinese Taipei side.
Then, after consultation and the consent of the Chinese mainland, the IOC decided that after the Chinese Taipei delegation won the championship, it would raise the flag of the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee and play the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee song.
Today (July 27), Chinese Taipei athlete Guo Wanchun won the gold medal in the women's weightlifting 59 kg category of the Olympic Games and presented the award.
The political circle also inquired and learned that since the IOC has no longer added regional Olympic committees to join (the regional Olympic committees that have been joined before are not affected), Macao, China has never been able to become a member of the International Olympic Committee, and it cannot participate in the Olympic Games in a regional capacity.
Previously, when the Macao delegation of China participated in the Asian Games in a regional capacity and won the championship, it raised the flag of the Macao Special Administrative Region in accordance with the regulations and played the Chinese national anthem.
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