When the Olympic bid was successful in 2008, everyone wept with joy, celebrating this great moment and celebrating that we got rid of the title of sick man.
Subsequently, in various sports events, our athletes showed amazing ability, one medal after another was won by us, and one athlete after another won the cheers. At that moment, Chinese athletes became legends, and all of us were proud of Chinese athletes.
However, we may only focus on the glory moments of these athletes, but pay little attention to the behind-the-scenes careers of these athletes. In order to win the gold medal, in order to stand out from the thousands of horses, those athletes poured their lives into it, which led to a difficult victory.
However, after the victory, the lives of some athletes may not be as good as we think. They also encountered many practical difficulties, and even some were treated unfairly, so difficult that they needed to sell gold medals for a living. So what's going on here?
The athlete, who was treated unfairly, was named Ai Dongmei. She was born in 1981 and is a native of Yi'an County, Heilongjiang. Maybe everyone doesn't know much about her, but it is this excellent athlete who has won 19 medals for our country, including 10 international medals. In addition, this outstanding athlete is also a former international marathon champion.
Objectively speaking, Ai Dongmei is an excellent athlete and a hero who has won glory for the country, and she should be treated with courtesy by everyone. However, the athlete finally made a move, which sparked a fierce discussion.
On September 18, 2006, Ai Dongmei and three other former Locomotive Marathoners filed a lawsuit accusing their coach Wang Dexian of encroaching on his property. This move immediately caused a heated discussion.
Lü Buwei once said: The holy king of the ancients has not respected the master. In our tradition, the teacher is sacred, the fifth rank among the heavens and the earth, and the upper echelon of the moral section.
Suing the teacher as a student is really earth-shattering, and it is also a former international champion suing the coach. Therefore, at the beginning, many people accused Ai Dongmei and his teammates of not doing the right thing, because although the teacher had many things that were not, he still had to know how to respect the teacher. However, with the development of litigation cases, people are increasingly finding that things are not so simple.
In the lawsuit, Ai Dongmei lamented her sad past: although the coach was their teacher, he once helped them keep the ICBC passbook on the grounds of their young age. Since then, the money in the passbook has gradually been misappropriated, and Wang Dexian has refused to return it.
According to Ai Dongmei's statement, the total amount withheld by Wang Dexian was about 200,000 yuan, which had a huge impact on her life.
Not only that, in the subsequent accusation, Ai Dongmei also told her teammates about the past of corporal punishment. Although the coach gave them strict guidance, she had carried out the wrong training at the time of guidance, and because of the unscientific training method, her feet were seriously deformed.
What is even more poignant is that the coach often regulates them with various strict standards, and anyone who does not meet the standards will be subjected to strict corporal punishment. According to recollections, on one occasion, Ai Dongmei's teammate Sun Jieying's ribs were broken during corporal punishment, which left a deep impression on them.
Through repeated statements, more and more people know the ins and outs of the matter, and everyone's accusations against Ai Dongmei have gradually decreased. However, after all, this is a struggle between teachers and students, and everyone still watches it with the mentality of watching the drama, and has not really been substituted into it.
When Ai Dongmei filed a lawsuit, because it also involved the Locomotive Sports Association, the case was more complicated, and the lawsuit was also heard for a long time.
Due to the continuity of the lawsuit, Ai Dongmei also had to consider ways to solve the difficulties in front of her, in order to avoid the dilemma, Ai Dongmei said on Weibo that she wanted to sell all the medals to maintain a difficult life.
As soon as this remark was announced, it immediately aroused the anger of the masses, and more and more netizens began to join the discussion and began to understand Ai Dongmei's past in depth. After the reporter's interview, it was found that Since Ai Dongmei retired in 2003, her life has been extremely difficult.
First of all, Ai Dongmei has undergone high-intensity training, and her body has been damaged to varying degrees, so for some work, she can no longer try. In addition, due to the end of training, Ai Dongmei suddenly increased from more than 80 pounds to 150 pounds.
Immediately after, Ai Dongmei's bonus was withheld, so she suddenly lost the source of her life after retiring from the army. Although her husband has been supporting her, he has been like her after he retired from the army, with a salary of only 300 yuan per month.
Such a meager salary naturally could not sustain her life, and in order to survive, she even helped people sell clothes. However, because the profits were too bleak, the two could not even stay in the city in the end, and eventually had to return to their hometown in the northeast.
However, difficulties followed. Because Ai Dongmei's foot was seriously injured, she could not operate flexibly at all, and she could only stay at home silently, feeling difficulties and tears every day. Because of this, Ai Dongmei finally chose to sue her coach.
However, far from the water can not solve the near fire, the increasingly poor family is about to open the pot, Ai Dongmei came up with a way to sell gold medals. While selling gold medals can get some money, we can also feel a little bit of despair when an Olympic champion starts selling his medal of honor.
This scene completely angered the onlookers, netizens also supported the Olympic champion, and people from all walks of life began to help her.
On April 9, 2007, Huang Naihai, who had also been a gymnast, immediately took action, donating 20,000 yuan to Ai Dongmei and discouraging her from selling gold medals. Because as an athlete, he knows the importance of gold medals to athletes.
With Huang Naihai's move, people from all walks of life have also followed suit. On April 13, retired athlete Zou Chunlan also came to Ai Dongmei's side, and the two embraced warmly, bringing the warmth of Ai Dongmei's peers and donating 1,000 yuan to her.
Immediately after, a company in Nanjing also hired Ai Dongmei to make her an honorary employee, and a company in Xuzhou also invited Ai Dongmei to become an image spokesperson. With the help of these two companies, Ai Dongmei found a job, and also got 100,000 yuan in funding, and her life has been greatly improved.
By May 27, Ai Dongmei signed a contract with Beijing Tongzhou Wanyi Department Store, Ai Dongmei began to operate sportswear, and received two years of rent-free preferential treatment, and a company provided her with 30,000 yuan of goods, and even her daughter was accepted by the kindergarten for free.
With the help of people from all walks of life, the Olympic champion finally got out of the predicament, and her honor was defended in a warm way.
In addition, under the attention of the society, the lawsuit against Ai Dongmei has gradually come to fruition. On June 18, 2007, Ai Dongmei and others reached a settlement agreement with the coach, and finally won more than 200,000 yuan in reissued bonuses.
Good things came one after another, the Olympic champion also shed tears of joy, she cried with joy and thanked all the media and people from all walks of life, thank you for your help to her, and thank you for the warmth of the society, so that she can stand up again.
At present, Ai Dongmei's life has completely changed, she bought an old house in yanjiao area, and also started her own business. It can be said that this champion has been treated as he deserves, and once again let people witness the warmth of society.
Perhaps some Olympic champions have also encountered some practical difficulties, but we believe that Ai Dongmei is not the only one, and the future society will pay more attention to this area, so that all heroes who have won glory for the country will be treated as they deserve. After all, the efforts of these people are linked to China's honor, and their lives deserve our attention, which is the greatest respect for athletes from honor to life.
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