【One】
In my impression, this is the first time that the Chinese Olympic delegation has announced the participation list in advance by various sports teams before it was officially established.
In the past Olympic Games, the establishment of the delegation list has been thrilling. At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the women's 48 kg candidates were contested to the last minute, and this event was about the first Olympic gold. Before the official establishment of the delegation, Tencent Sports, as a cooperative media, took the lead in disclosing the Olympic list of the Chinese weightlifting team, and Yang Lian became a candidate for the women's 48 kg category.
This is also in line with the expectations of the media. I immediately sent a congratulatory text message to Yang Lian, and she quickly replied to me - "Thank you, I will cheer up." "It shows that she already knows she's on the Olympic list."
However, tencent sports's reports were quickly deleted, indicating that everything is changing. When the Chinese Olympic delegation was officially established, the contestants changed from Yang Lian to Chen Xiexia. Yang Lian never answered my phone calls or replied to text messages again, and after a few months, her cell phone number became empty.
The reunion was five years later at the Liaoning National Games. The final battle of her athletic career ended with no results. Talking about the failure of the Olympic Games that year, Yang Lian said: "After so many years, I can't remember the specific state, but now I still can't get back to god. ”
After losing the Beijing Olympics, Zhang Guozheng's anger was impressive. As if it was a reincarnation, Liao Hui, a weightlifting genius teenager who squeezed out Zhang Guozheng, did not qualify for the Rio Olympics, and it was more helpless and unwilling. Tian Yuan's defeat and Zhou Jun's selection caused a huge wave of elimination before and after the London Olympic Games.
Five years ago, before the establishment of the Chinese Olympic delegation, Ning Zetao's ability to be listed was also a matter of great concern. Olympic qualification means huge benefits, and there is a complex game involved behind it. Whether an athlete can qualify for the Olympic Games is never the only determinant, and fame is not a "death-free gold medal". This battle tests the strong "comprehensive strength" of an athlete, depending on whether he has strong strength behind him.
【2nd】
Before the Tokyo Olympics, before the establishment of the Chinese Olympic delegation, various sports teams successively announced the Olympic list. Have you improved? This must reflect the progress of the times. Especially after the announcement of the list of Chinese swimming teams, it has attracted a wave of praise on the Internet.
In the Olympic roster of the Chinese swimming team, the three famous players Ye Shiwen, Liu Xiang and Fu Yuanhui were missing (Sun Yang was not selected because of his four-year and three-month ban). The defeat of the three famous players has dimmed the stardom of the Chinese swimming team, but the release of the list strictly follows the relevant rules issued by the Chinese Swimming Association.
Both Ip and Fu Yuanhui failed to reach the Olympic A standard in the finals of the National Championships and Tokyo Olympic Trials, as well as in the subsequent supplementary competitions. Among them, Fu Yuanhui missed the final of the women's 100m backstroke in the selection competition because of fouls in the championships. Considering that Chen Jie and Peng Xuwei both reached the Olympic A standard in the final, Fu Yuanhui's participation in the supplementary race did not make much sense, and she eventually gave up participating.
Liu Xiang reached the A mark in the women's 50m freestyle in the championships, but only finished third. According to the selection rules, the top two athletes who reached the A standard in the final qualified for the Olympic Games, and Zhang Yufei and Wu Qingfeng locked their seats. Unless Zhang Yufei voluntarily gives up this sub-event, Liu Xiang will not be able to win an Olympic seat.
Compared with Fu Yuanhui and Liu Xiang, Ye Shiwen was even more regretful. She finished third in the championship 200m individual medley final and was just 0.01 seconds away from the Olympic A standard. Chen Xinyi, who won the second place and reached the Olympic A standard, was banned for more than 1 year because of a positive urine test. Whether it is based on past practice or the newly issued Anti-Doping Management Measures (Draft for Comment), she did not qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. Ye Shiwen swam to the Olympic A standard in the preliminary round of the re-election, but the selection rules were only based on the final.
Despite the existence of supplementary provisions in the selection method, the so-called "comprehensive assessment", Ye Shiwen still failed to catch the last train.
In the past, there was a range in the selection of Olympic A targets. By IOC standards, Ye Shiwen's achievements at the Gwangju World Championships reached the Olympic A standard. However, this selection is strictly limited to the final of the championship and the supplementary race, and the Olympic A standards swam in the preliminary or semi-finals are not counted.
In my opinion, this should be the most open and transparent selection of the Chinese swimming team for the Olympics. Regarding the failure of Fu Yuanhui, Ye Shiwen and Liu Xiang, there is no shortage of conspiracy theories. Fu Yuanhui had publicly attacked the physical testing system of the General Bureau, and Liu Xiang's excessive personal business endorsements were all considered to have left a bad impression within the General Bureau. But these are limited to the level of conspiracy theories, the selection criteria are placed here, Ye Shiwen, who has no slots, is not yet in Tokyo, and others do not have much to complain about.
【III】
When we praise the clear and transparent selection criteria of the Chinese swimming team for the Olympic Games, we must also face up to the "Sun Yang clause" that exists in it.
Before the National Swimming Championships and Tokyo Olympics Trials, the selection rules of the Chinese swimming team were changed three times. First, a "Selection Rule (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)" was introduced, followed by the "Supplementary Principles (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)", and the "Selection Measures" were finalized the day before the competition.
A new rule was added to the final version of the Selection Measures: "The winner of the 2019 Swimming World Championships directly qualifies for the Tokyo Olympic Games."
Clear-eyed people know that this is the straight rule specially set for Sun Yang. At the Gwangju World Championships, only Sun Yang and Xu Jiayu won the Championship on the Chinese swimming team. Xu Jiayu has dominated the 100m and 200m backstrokes for many years, and there is no opponent in China, and there is no problem of reaching the standard.
At that time, the second instance trial of Sun Yang's case had not yet been heard, and in principle, Sun Yang could participate in the National Swimming Championships. American track and field star McNeil participated in the U.S. Olympic Trials during the appeal period and qualified for the Olympic Games. However, her appeal was rejected by CAS, and she will still be banned for 5 years and ultimately missed the Tokyo Olympics.
According to the rules, Sun Yang is eligible to participate, but his participation is bound to become the focus of the media's attention. This compromise rule is wonderful and solves a variety of difficult problems. Once Sun Yang is lifted by CAS, he can fully participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games.
In view of the poor results of other domestic male athletes in the 200m, 400m freestyle and other events, Sun Yang's participation in the Tokyo Olympics will not affect the qualification of others. However, we cannot thus ignore the unfairness of this rule. If Zhang Ziyang and Ji Xinjie both reached the Olympic A standard in the 400-meter freestyle event, would Sun Yang's direct qualification be fair to them?
The other men's players are not angry, resulting in the above assumption not being true, but is the Gwangju World Championship champion straight to Tokyo, and is it fair to The two silver medal winners? Does this show that gold and silver medals have always been two worlds?
The "Sun Yang clause" is essentially a gold medal supremacy theory. The reason why Sun Yang enjoys the special case is that he still has the strength to compete for gold and silver at the Tokyo Olympic Games. And Ye Shiwen hated Tokyo with 0.01 seconds, the key is that she is no longer able to reach the Olympic podium at the Tokyo Olympics in her current state.
【Wanton】
Although there is a "Sun Yang clause" in the Olympic selection process of the Chinese swimming team, its fairness and impartiality are still commendable compared with other sports teams.
After the Chinese table tennis team announced the list, Liu Shiwen's lack of access to the women's singles caused a huge wave of public opinion; after the Chinese gymnastics team announced the list, the supernova Zhang Boheng's lack of chance of being selected was widely questioned; after the announcement of the Olympic list by the men's three-person basketball team with low attention, Zheng Yi's defeat triggered a heated discussion about justice or not; in the women's volleyball team, Lin Li's defeat was not without controversy.
More than ever, most associations have publicly explained the failure of famous players. After Liu Shiwen missed the women's singles, the CCTV Sports report also showed the voting process of the coaching team and the expert group. In the face of CCTV cameras, Wang Hongwei, head of the coaching team of the Chinese gymnastics men's team, also explained that Zhang Boheng was not selected because he was young and inexperienced.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Yi's failure caused such a big storm, and even the Chinese Basketball Association was reported. Zheng Yi did not qualify for the Olympic list, which is a typical river crossing and demolition bridge. Although it was not his single hand that brought Chinese three-person basketball to the Olympic Games, his contribution cannot be denied. The reason why he was replaced by Gao Shiyan still reflects the Chinese Basketball Association's eagerness for Olympic results. After the five-person basketball was folded, the three-person basketball became the final fig leaf, temporarily letting Gao Shiyan, a top guard from the CBA, take on the big responsibility, which means that it is a gamble for Chinese basketball tomorrow.
The reason why the failure of these personnel is so controversial is because of the lack of clear selection rules. What the quadrennial Olympic Games mean for athletes is self-evident. The unspoken absence always makes athletes dissatisfied and leaves room for corruption. Behind the Olympic gold medal, and even the Olympic qualification, is an invisible network of relationships. Many athletes fall prey to this network. Yang Lian's sentence: "Hate only hates chance and fate are a little bit worse." "It sounds so distressing.
In a nutshell, even if there are blameworthy points in the Olympic selection method, the Chinese swimming team is still more commendable than other teams that have not clearly determined the Olympic qualifications. Flawed rules can be gradually improved, but there are no rules or vague rules, but it can only make many athletes waste their youth and sweat.