Jimu news reporter Hu Xiuwen
The Tokyo Olympics have come to an end, and the Chinese delegation has won 88 medals (38 gold, 32 silver and 18 bronze). However, most athletes' careers are short-lived. At the end of the Olympic Games, there will be a group of athletes who choose to retire, or decline in age, or are injured and unable to participate...
After retiring, some Olympic champions chose to be coaches, like Lang Ping, the "iron hammer", and Liu Guoliang, a "fat man who doesn't know how to play balls"; some went to the sea to do business, such as "Prince of Gymnastics" Li Ning; some entered the entertainment circle, such as "Prince of Diving" Tian Liang; some turned to writing, such as Zhao Ruirui, the "first highest in the Chinese women's volleyball team"; and some people went to politics, such as Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Xiong Ni, Jin Ziwei, Zhan Xugang, and so on.
Those Olympic champions who have entered the political arena have joined the Sports Bureau and some have become local leaders.
The "Prince of Diving" served as deputy director of the Provincial Sports Bureau to innovate the sports system
Xiong Ni, the Olympic champion of diving, is currently the deputy secretary of the party group and deputy director of the Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau. He has participated in four consecutive Olympic Games, winning 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze.
Xiong Ni was born in January 1974 in Changsha, Hunan. Xiong Ni began practicing diving at the age of 7, entered the provincial team at the age of 8, and was selected for the national team at the age of 12, winning a total of 16 world championships. As a child, he also participated in the 86th edition of "Journey to the West", playing a little monkey.
After the 2000 Olympic Games, Xiong Ni retired to work at the Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau. He first went to the Chaoyang Development Zone in Yiyang City for training, and then returned to work in the provincial sports bureau. In 2004, he became the dean of Hunan Sports Vocational and Technical College. In 2007, Xiong Ni served as the deputy director of the Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau, in charge of the most pressing competitive sports and youth training. During the period, he organized the 2018 Hunan Provincial Games, and he boldly reformed and achieved great results. The first is to reform the competition system, implement the concept of national fitness and health in Hunan, set up adult groups and youth groups, and hold competitions in Shaoyang and Hengyang respectively, which has effectively promoted the in-depth development of national fitness. Second, in view of the phenomenon of identity leave and age leave in the past in youth competitions, strict standards in the qualification review have changed the internal review of the sports department in the past to be fully open to the society through the network and subject to social supervision, thus eliminating this phenomenon, so that this provincial games has truly become a clean and healthy sports event.
Also an Olympic champion who joined the Sports Bureau was rower Jin Ziwei, who in July became deputy director of the Jiangxi Provincial Sports Bureau. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Jin Ziwei and three partners defeated the British team in the women's quadruple sculls final of rowing to win the championship. This is the first gold medal china has won in rowing since it participated in the Olympic Games. In November 2010, Jin Ziwei was appointed as the flag bearer of the Chinese sports delegation at the Guangzhou Asian Games, becoming the first female flag bearer in the history of the Chinese sports delegation. In 2013, Jin Ziwei retired.
Canoeing Olympic champion Meng Guanliang is currently the deputy mayor of a county-level city
At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Meng Guanliang won the gold medal in the men's 500m rowing final. This gold medal is of great significance, not only is it the first Olympic gold medal in China's kayaking event, but also the first gold medal won by Chinese water sports in previous Olympic Games. Meng Guanliang was 27 years old at the time and decided to retire, but soon he made a comeback. In 2008, the 31-year-old Meng Guanliang defended his Olympic title and retired again.
After Meng Guanliang retired from the military, he served as the deputy director of the Zhejiang Aquatic Center and the head coach of the Zhejiang Provincial Kayak Team. In 2017, Meng Guanliang took office as a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiande Municipal Party Committee of Zhejiang Province and vice mayor of the Municipal People's Government.
After the promotion, Meng Guanliang did not completely bid farewell to the sports world. Meng Guanliang, 44, coached the Chinese sports delegation's kayaking still water program at the just-past Tokyo Olympics. In the kayaking event, the Chinese team won 1 gold and 2 silver. In the interview, Meng Guanliang said: "The performance of our Chinese kayak team in the Tokyo Olympic Games this time is in line with expectations, and now we have won a gold medal, two silver medals, and a sixth place, which has fully demonstrated the overall strength of the Chinese kayak team." ”
Weightlifter Zhan Xugang was a former deputy county magistrate
At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, the 22-year-old Zhan Xugang broke the world record five times and won the 70 kg weightlifting championship.
At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Zhan Xugang lifted a weight of 5 kg in the last move to win the 77 kg category. He raised the barbell with wide eyes, and then the picture of him shouting was repeated on television.
"At that time, I really had the feeling of overnight fame, especially after returning to my hometown to open up, the feeling that everyone was around you, and now that I think about it, I think it's very good." 」 Recalling that moment, Zhan Xugang said that at that time, he also felt very remarkable, because that achievement had exceeded his limit.
At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the 30-year-old Zhan Xu just failed three attempts and burst into tears. That year, Zhan Xugang announced his retirement. After retiring from the military, Zhan Xugang mainly engaged in sports affairs management in Zhejiang Province, and was in charge of weightlifting, judo and taekwondo as the deputy captain of the Zhejiang Provincial Sports Team.
In 2005, Zhan Xugang entered Zhejiang Sports Vocational and Technical College as the director of the Department of Heavy Athletics, and continued to be responsible for the management of weightlifting projects. At the beginning of 2012, Zhan Xugang was promoted to vice president of Zhejiang Sports Vocational and Technical College, in charge of the training and preparation of the Training Department, the Finance Department and the Department of Competitive Sports, and also served as the director of the Seventh Department of Competitive Sports.
In July 2015, Zhan Xugang was appointed as a member of the Sanmen County Party Committee and a member of the Standing Committee of the County Committee of Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, and was proposed to be the deputy head of the Sanmen County People's Government. From Olympic champion to deputy county magistrate, Zhan Xugang once admitted that there was a lot of pressure. "After arriving at the post, I am constantly learning documents and turning over materials every day, and everything must be learned from scratch and started from scratch." Sitting on the podium, you can't always not know this, that is not clear. Zhan Xugang said in an interview.
The Qianjiang Evening News reported that Zhan Xu had just arrived at Sanmen less than a hundred days ago and had already run all over Sanmen's "361". 361 refers to three streets, six towns, and one township. Running down a lap made Zhan Xugang sigh a lot. "'A thousand threads above, a needle below', the township work is very hard. As county leaders, there is no reason not to set an example for them. ”
In 2018, Zhan Xugang was appointed as the dean of Zhejiang Sports Vocational and Technical College. At the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics, Shi Zhiyong, a disciple trained by Zhan Xugang, won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg category and broke the world record. At the Rio Olympics, Shi Zhiyong won the gold medal in the men's 69 kg category.
There are many other Olympic champions in politics, such as table tennis player Wang Nan, who is currently the director of the Cultural and Sports Department of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League. Wang Nan won the 2000 Sydney Olympic Singles Championship, Doubles Champion, and 2008 Beijing Olympic Team Champion, and then retired. In 2009, "Nan Jie" entered the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.
Also olympic champions in politics include diver Wu Minxia, who is currently the part-time deputy secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League; Zhou Suhong, a former member of the Chinese women's national volleyball team, and is currently the deputy secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League and a member of the party group. "Queen of Table Tennis" Deng Yaping was once deputy secretary-general of the People's Daily.
(Source: Xinhua Net, Zhejiang News, People's Net, Qianjiang Evening News)
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