The Dream of the Olympis

The Dream of the Olympics

中国梦奥运梦

The earliest involvement between China and the Olympics dates back to 1894 when Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern event, and the then Greek prince issued an invitation to Qing Dynasty rulers through the French Embassy in China. They asked China to send athletes to the first Modern Olympiad, to be held in Athens in 1896, but the Qing government didn't reply due to their unfamiliarity with sports events. In 1904, some Chinese newspapers reported stories about the third Olympics, which were held in St Louis in the United States. In 1906, a domestic magazine introduced the history of the Olympic movement to readers. October 24, 1907, the renowned educationist Zhang Boling delivered a speech on the Olympics after a sports meeting in Tianjin. He said: "China should send their athletes to compete in the Olympics, regardless of the results." After the fourth Olympiad concluded in London in 1908, the Dream of the Olympics offically sprouted in China with the Tianjin Youth magazine covering the historic Olympic events and suggested China should hold its own versions. Some activists even showed slides from the

meeting was held, in Nanjing, as a part of the nations's effort to participate in and host the Olympics at an early date.

The Far Eastern Championship Games, originally named the Far Eastern Olympics, was launched in 1913. As one of the founders, China participated in all ten Far Eastern Championship Games held from 1913 to 1934. In 1915, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognized the games and invited China to join in the next Olympics and to attend IOC meetings. In 1922, Wang Zhengyan, chancellor of China University and sponsor of the Far Eastern Championship Games, was selected to be the first Chinese IOC member. In August 1924, the All-China Athletic Association was established as the first national sports organization. Later, China sent three athletes to participate in non-competition tennis events at the eighth Olympics in Paris. Four years later, China named Song Hairu as its observer at the Ninth Olympics in Amsterdam instead of sending any athletes. The IOC recognized the All-China Athletic Association in 1931 and China formally went onto the Olympic stage. In 1932, the Kuomintang government intended to send Shen Siliang, secretary

China's 1st Olympian Liu Changchun

London Olympics and gave speeches on the issue. Between October 18 and 24, 1910, the first Chinese national sports

general of the All-China Athletic Association, to visit the tenth Olympics in Los Angeles. The puppet government in Manchuria, supported by the Japanese, wanted to dispatch two athletes, Liu Changchun and Yu Xiwei, instead but Liu refused to represent them. The Kuomintang government finally sent a six-member delegation, including team leader Shen, coach Song Junfu and both Yu and Liu, who ranked fifth and sixth after the first rounds of the men's 100m and 200m races. Despite his failure in the qualifiers, Liu became China's first Olympic athlete. In 1936, a 139-member delegation was sent to the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin, consisting of 69 competitors for athletics, swimming, basketball, football, weightlifting, boxing and cycling, 34 observers and 11 demonstrators of traditional martial arts. None managed to make it to the finals except Fu Baolu, who finished with 3.80m in the pole vault. After the Olympics, the martial arts demonstrators toured Denmark, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria and Italy, where they were warmly

Statue of Liu Changchun, Built in Dalian on 2008

Zhang Xueliang, the Sponsor of China's 1st Olympic Athlete, Liu Changchun

Introduction

received and highly acclaimed for their performances. In 1939, Kong Xiangxi was selected as the second IOC member for China. After China won the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1945, Wang Zhengyan, Yuan Dunli, Dong Shouyi, together with other Chinese gymnasts, suggested China host the 15th Olympics in 1952. In 1947, Dong Shouyi was appointed the third Chinese IOC member. The 12th and 13th Olympiads had not been held due to the Second World War, but for the 14th Olympics in London in 1948, China dispatched a 52-member delegation, consisting of 33 contenders for track and field, swimming, football, basketball, as well as cycling

After Founding of PRC

events. The results were disappointing, as all were eliminated in the preliminary contests. What was more, the delegation had to borrow money to make it back home.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the All-China Athletic Association was reorganized into the All-China Sports Federation (Chinese Olympic Committee), and its headquarters moved from Nanjing to Beijing. In February 1952, the federation expressed its willingness to the IOC to take part in the 15th Olympic Games in Helsinki. But an obstacle appeared when some Olympic committee members who had fled to the island of Taiwan with the Kuomintang claimed that they should represent China at the Olympics. On July 17, just two days before the opening of the games, the IOC passed a resolution inviting athletes from the

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People's Republic of China. Of them, only Wu Chuanyu got passed the qualifiers with a time of 1min 12.3s in the men's 100m backstroke, in swimming. The Chinese football and basketball teams played friendly games with their Finish counterparts. In May 1954, the IOC recognized the All-China Sports Federation as the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) with 23 votes for and 21 against at its 50th session in Athens. In June 1955, Rong Gaotang, the then vice president and secretary-general of the COC, stated at the Third Meeting between the IOC's Executive Board and national Olympic committees that the inclusion of a Taiwan sports organization in the IOC was

illegal and that they should withdraw its recognition. However, the then IOC President Avery Brundage turned down the demand, saying that sport has nothing to do with politics. In 1956, some senior IOC officials continued to raise the "Two Chinas" problem and insisted that Taiwan solely participate in the 16th Olympics in Melbourne. The COC lodged a strong protest with the IOC and withdrew from the games. On August 19, 1958, the All-China Sports Federation announced a stop to all relations with the IOC. The COC and the sports associations affiliated to it withdrew from 15 international organizations one after another during June-August. The then IOC member Dong Shouyi also resigned. The IOC then recognized a sports organization in Taiwan as a national Olympic Committee and selected its local official Xu Heng as an IOC member in 1970. During this period, athletes from the Taiwan Province participated in five summer Olympic Games, of whom Yang Chuanguang became the

first Chinese Olympic medal-winner when he grabbed the runner-up in the men's decathlon events at the Rome Olympics in 1960. Ji Zheng was the first Chinese woman to get a medal after ranking third in the women's 80m hurdles at the 1968 Mexican Olympics.

In 1973, the Chinese Olympic Committee became a member of the Asian Olympic Council. With China's increasing recognition in the world, in 1979 the Chinese Olympic Committee supported suggestions to the IOC to reinstate the country's rightful status. In October

PRC in the Olympics

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1979, at a meeting held in Nagoya, the IOC Executive Board passed a resolution on the problem of China's representation, confirming the COC as the representative of the Olympic Movement in the whole of China using the national flag and national anthem of the People's Republic of China, while the Olympic committee in Taiwan, as one of China's local organizations, could only use the name of "Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee" with its flag, anthem and emblem different from the original ones pending the IOC's approval. The resolution was passed by the IOC members with a vote of 62 for, 17 against and 2 abstentions. In 1980, China took part at the Lake Placid Winter Olympic Games, sending 28 athletes to compete in a total of 18 events, such as speed skating, figure skating, and cross-country skiing. Wang Guizhen finished 18th in the alpine skiing women's slalom – China's best results at the games. China lodged a protest with the Soviet Union for its invasion to Afghanistan and thus didn't participate in the 22nd summer Olympics in Moscow. In 1981, He Zhenliang was elected IOC member, and then a member of the IOC Executive Board in 1985 and Vice President for 1989-1993. The Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee became a member of the Asian Olympic Council in 1982. When the 23rd Olympics were held in Los Angeles in 1984, China sent a delegation of 353 members consisting of 224 athletes for gymnastics and another 15 events. China's first gold medal at the L.A. Games was won by Xu Haifeng, a sharpshooter who also became the first Chinese to win such an honor in Olympic history. Wu Xiaoxuan won the title in standard small-bore rifle shooting,

Emblem of the Beijing 2008 Olympics

becoming the first Chinese woman to win an Olympic gold. Gymnastic star Li Ning won three gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze. Altogether, Chinese athletes took 15 gold, eight silver and nine bronze medals, standing fourth in the gold medals tally. The Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee sent a 67-member delegation, consisting of 57 athletes, and won 2 bronzes. It was the first time China and Chinese Taipei both attended the Olympics since 1948. In 1988, at the 24th Olympics held in Seoul, 299 Chinese athletes of the 445-member delegation competed in a total of 21 events and accumulated five golds, 11 silvers and 12 bronzes, dropping seven

Chinese Olympic Mascots, Fuwa

places to 11th place in the golds tally. Gymnast Lou Yun for the second time took the gold of the men's vault, becoming the first Chinese to win two golds in a row. In the same year, Wu Jingguo, member of Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee, became an IOC member.

During 1991 and 2001, Beijing made two Olympic bids, one for 2000 and the other for 2008. In its first bid it lost to Sydney by a narrow margin of two votes, but in the second it beat another nine cities to win the right to host the 29th Olympic Summer Games in 2008, thanks to its great potential for economic growth and the remarkable achievements in sports made by China over the previous decade. At the 25th Olympics held in Barcelona in 1992, the 380 member Chinese delegation, including 251 sportspeople, collected

16 golds, 22 silvers and 16 bronzes to place fourth in gold medal standings behind the Commonwealth of Independent States, the United States and Germany. Swimmer Lin Li won the women's 200m individual medley with 2'11''65 and became the first Chinese to break the world record. Gao Min pocketed the women's 3m springboard gold again after the Seoul Olympics, becoming the first Chinese woman to consecutively win golds at two Olympics.

At the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, China sent a delegation of 495 members consisting of 309 athletes for 22 out of the 26 events and

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maintained its fourth place with 16 golds, 22 silvers and 12 bronzes, behind only the United States, Russia and Germany. Lee Lai-shan, a women's sailing athlete, won Hong Kong's first Olympic gold at Atlanta 1996, one year before Hong Kong returned to the motherland. Also in 1996, Lu Shengrong, the then president of the International Badminton Federation, became the first Chinese woman to hold the post as an IOC member.

At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, China sent a 311-athlete delegation and won an unprecedented haul of 28 golds, 16 silvers and 15 bronze medals. For the first time, China clinched a place in the top three, both in its gold medal tally and in overall medal achievement. On September 14, 2000, Yu Zaiqing, Vice President of the COC, was elected as IOC member, the seventh Chinese in history. Yu was

appointed a member of the IOC Executive Board in August 2004. At the 19th Olympic Winter Games held in Salt Lake City in 2002, short-track speed skater Yang Yang beat a strong field to win both the women's 500m and 1000m races. In 2004, China took part in the Athens Games with a strong delegation, with 407 athletes participating in 26 out of the 28 sports listed on the games program, except for baseball and time, China clinched a place in the top three, both in its gold medal tally and in overall medal achievement. On September 14, 2000, Yu Zaiqing, Vice President of the COC, was elected as IOC member, the seventh Chinese in history. Yu was

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appointed a member of the IOC Executive Board in August 2004. At the 19th Olympic Winter Games held in Salt Lake City in 2002, short-track speed skater Yang Yang beat a strong field to win both the women's 500m and 1000m races. In 2004, China took part in the Athens Games with a strong delegation, with 407 athletes participating in 26 out of the 28 sports listed on the games program, except for baseball and equestrianism. With a historic high of 32 goldin 13 sports and 63 medals in all, China broke its record Olympic medal haul and exceeded Russia to rank second in the gold medal tally, following the United States, and third in the overall medal tally. Chinese Taipei won 2 golds at the Athens: Chen Shih Hsin in women's taekwondo 49kg, and Chu Mu Yen in men's

58kg taekwondo. To date, China has participated in six summer Olympics since its reinstatement in the IOC in 1979, winning a total of 112 golds, 96 silvers and 78 bronzes. Meanwhile, Chinese athletes competed in seven winter Olympics and collected 2 gold, 12 silver and 8 bronze medals.

June 2016, International Olympic Committee (IOC) raised statements regarding to doping in the games. Base on these statements, the New York Times produced statistics, proving Chinese athletes suffered the most during the Olympic Games, as they were cheated out of their medals due to competitors doping. Chinese athletes were cheated out of 10 medals, but never had to surrender one because of doping, while Russia and the US were caught doping the most. With no stripped medals, China topped the list of net medal difference. When an Olympic medalist is caught doping, the medals were usually rewarded to the next finisher in line, the report said. But sometimes upgraded athletes won't get their medals until long after the Olympic medals ceremony. According to rules, the IOC can hold the athletes' urine samples for up to 10 years, and can have it retested any time during that period. The statistics shows that since

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1968, in at least 25 cases athletes didn't get their deserved gold medals until later. In at least 41 cases, athletes were upgraded to the silver medal and in at least 54 cases, athletes were upgraded to a bronze. One example is US track star Marion Jones, who was stripped of all five of her medals, three gold and two bronze, seven years after the 2000 Summer Olympics. That ultimately affected the standing of seven other athletes.

August 9, 2016, Day 4 of the 2016 Olympics, Chinese ace diver Chen Ruolin and teammate Liu Huixia made it perfect winning the diving gold of the day. At the age of 23, Chen has already become one of the best divers in history. The Chinese has etched her name in the Olympic record books as she has won all her competition at the Olympic Games. Chen claimed her fifth Olympic gold with Liu by winning the women's 10-meter platform synchro with 354.00 points. Chen made her Olympic debut at the age of 15. As the youngest diver in the

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team, Chen swept the individual and synchronised 10m platform titles in Beijing. Four years later, she repeated the feat in London. She became the first Chinese female diver who claimed all the gold medals in women's platform events in Olympic Games, World Cup and World Championships. She has five career Olympic gold medals in five career events, evening her with countrywoman Wu Minxia for the most diving golds won by an individual in Olympics history. "To me, Wu Minxia is so great, and I don't think I can compare with her," said the humble girl. On the same day, another girl, Deng Wei (邓薇) broke two world records in the women's 63kg weightlifting to win the Gold with a total of 262kg at the Rio Olympics here on Tuesday. Deng jerked 147kg on her second attempts to lift a total of 262kg, breaking the previous world record in jerk and total by one kilo respectively. Choe Hyo Sim of the friendly neighbor, the Democratic

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People's Republic of Korea clinched the silver medal at 248kg. As for the males, China won a third weightlifting gold. Shi Zhinyong lifted a total of 352kg in the men's 69kg category. Shi, winner at the world championships in 2015, snatched 162kg and jerked 190kg for the gold. Daniyar Ismayilov of Turkey claimed the silver at 351kg and the bronze went to Izzat Artykov of Kazakhstan with a total of 339kg.

August 10, 2016, Day 5 of the 2016 Olympics, Xiang Yanmei (向艳梅), winner at the world championships in 2013 and 2015, failed in her third attempt in the snatch competition when she put the 118kg barbell above her head. The barbell suddenly fell onto her head then down injuring her neck. "I saw little stars all of a sudden. I felt hurt when the barbell knocked my head." Xiang said. Nethertheless Xiang shrugged off the unexpected neck injury, the 24 year old still took the lead and kept the momentum to jerk 145kg with a winning total of

261kg. "I didn't think about my injury during the jerk, so it didn't affect my performance in the jerk," she said. Zhazira Zhapparkul of Kazakhstan, who has stood below Xiang on the podium at the 2015 worlds, claimed the silver with a total of 259kg and the bronze went to Sara Ahmed of Egypt at 255kg. "I didn't perform well today, but luckily, I made good jerks and won the Gold. Actually, my opponents were quite strong," Xiang said. "Now, I am going to prepare for the National Games next year, you know how fierce the domestic competitions are in China." she said. 26-year-old, Ding Ning (丁宁) defeated teammate Li Xiaoxia, the defending champion from London

2012, in the women's table tennis final, reversing the result from four years ago. Teamate, Li Xiaoxia got the Silver Medal. When Ding lost to Li in the final at the 2012 London Games, she broke down in tears. In Rio de Janeiro, there were tears again as she dropped to her knees in celebration. Chinese women have won every gold singles medal since table tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988. Lyu Xiaojun won Silver in men's 77kg weightlifting. He smashed the men's snatch world record with 177kg. Cheng Xunzhao won Bronze medal in men's 90kg judo class.

August 11, 2016, Day 6 of the 2016 Olympics, world champion Ma Long (马龙) defeated defending champion, Zhang Jike(张继科), winning his first Olympic table tennis gold, the one and only Chinese gold of Day 6. Not surprisingly, both were from China. Ma Long, the top-ranked player in the world, defeated his teammate in the men's final Thursday, winning four straight games to sweep the best of the seven series 4-0. Ma came into the tournament as the favorite,

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and the pressure was heightened by facing the older Zhang, a veteran known for showing up for big matches. But the gold-medal match was all Ma, who made a heart shape with his hands and smiled broadly after the last point. The win continued China's domination of table tennis. Despite a tentative early start in the men's final, with short points that often ended in an error or a decisive smash, Ma began to build confidence. As both players settled in, the rallies began to get longer, each man sending lighting fast backhand and forehand exchanges careening toward each other, the ball sometimes seeming to vanish in a blur of speed and power. During the long rallies, they slowly backed away from the table, crouching low but never slowing the speed of the ball. Although he showed flashes of brilliance, it was usually Zhang with the errors, and he looked visibly frustrated, shaking his head as the points

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mounted for Ma, concluding with the silver medal for Zhang. China has won all but four gold medals since table tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988 — and all the golds at the past two games. If its men and women can take the team titles, as expected, they will have swept gold in Rio de Janeiro, too. Ma's victory marks the third straight Olympics where Chinese men have taken both gold and silver. Chinese women have won every Olympic gold medal in table tennis. Both Zhang and Ma are hugely popular in China. In the shooting games, Female shooters Zhang Binbin won silver and Du Li won bronze in the women's 50-meter rifle three positions.

August 12, 2016, Day 7 of the 2016 Olympics, China claimed its first cycling Olympic gold after Gong Jinjie (宫金杰) and Zhong Tianshi (钟天使) won the women's team sprint in the Rio Olympic Velodrome. The Chinese dual defeated Daria Shmeleva and Anastasiia Voinova of Russia in the finals to take the gold, while the bronze went to Germany who defeated Australia. Gong and Zhong set a new world record of 31.928 seconds in the first round after breaking an Olympic record in the qualifying round. Four years ago in London, Gong and Guo Shuang picked up a silver medal in the women's cycling team sprint after being relegated from gold for making a lane change in the final. China won two silvers and one bronze in cycling in 2012 London Olympics and one bronze in Beijing 2008. As for the males, Wang Zhen (王镇) has won the men's 20-kilometer

racewalking gold medal at the Rio Games, with Chinese teammate Cai Zelin (蔡泽林) taking the silver. Wang's winning time was 1 hour, 19 minutes, 14 seconds. He beat Cai by 12 seconds, and Australian Dane Bird-Smith was by 23 seconds who came third in the race. In weight, Tian Tao (田涛) lifts 217kg to break olympic record in clean and jerk weightlifting, winning a Silver medal. Huang Wenyi and Pan Feihong won Bronze for rowing in the women's lightweight double sculls. In trampoline, World Champion, Li Dan (李丹), took the bronze with 55.885 points, while Beijing Olympic champion He Wenna (何雯娜) finished her third Olympic Games with a fourth place.

August 13, 2016, Day 8 of the 2016 Olympics, sprinter Xie Zhenye set a personal best time of 10.08 seconds in the heats of the men's 100m at the Rio Olympic Games on Saturday, becoming the second Chinese male sprinter after Su Bingtian to reach the semifinals of the blue-ribbon event in Olympic history. "It's unbelievable that I finished first in my heat and set my personal best time," an elated Xie said after the competition. "Hopefully I can improve on today's performance and make the final tomorrow," he

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added. Su, the first Chinese to qualify for the 100m final at the World Championships, clocked 10.17 seconds to go through to the semifinals as well. Four years ago, Su made history when he advanced to the 100m semis in London 2012. Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei wins in mixed doubles group match of Badminton by defeating Indonesia with a score of 2-0. Li Yuehong won the bronze in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol. Duan Jingli takes bronze medal of women's single sculls final of rowing. As for trampoline, defending champion

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Dong Dong took the silver medal with 60.535 points and the world champion Gao Lie got Bronze with 60.175 points.

August 14 2016, Day 9 of the 2016 Olympics, Wang Yihan wins 2-0 at women's badminton singles group match, defeating Karin Schnaase of Germany. Shi Tingmao (施廷懋) dominates her competition winning her second Gold in the Women's 3 Metre Springboard event on Sunday, with teammate He Zi (何姿) taking silver. Shi tied with He Zi in the first two dives, before the 24-year-old pushed ahead in her third dive to achieve 84 points, the highest score of the competition, and eventually scored a total of 406.05, 18.15 points ahead of He Zi. Shortly after the medal ceremony, the silver medalist received a marriage proposal from diving bronze medalist, Qin Kai, which she gladly accepted. He Zi also claimed silver in the event at the London

2012 Games. Chinese divers have won every gold medal in the women's individual event since the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Meng Suping (孟苏平) won Gold with a total of 307kg in the women's over 75kg weightlifting while Kim Kuk Hyang of the Chinese friendly nation, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, took the silver at 306kg.

August 15 2016, Day 9 of the 2016 Olympics, as the Chinese team continuues to compete in the games in Rio de Janeiro, China succefully lauched its very own invention to space, the world's 1st ever quantum satellite (量子卫星). The lauching took place at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gobi Desert at 1:40 a.m August 16 2016 which is 2:40pm August 15 2016 according to Rio de Janeiro time. In a cloud of thick smoke, the satellite, Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS), roared into the dark sky on top of a Long March-2D rocket. The 600-plus-kilogram satellite would circle the Earth once every 90 minutes after it enters a sun

synchronous orbit at an altitude of 500 kilometers. The sattlelite is nicknamed "Micius" after a fifth century B.C. Chinese philosopher and scientist who has been credited as the 1st in human history to conduct optical experiments. Within its two-year mission, QUESS is designed to establish "hack-proof" quantum communications by transmitting uncrackable keys from space to the ground, and provide insights into the strangest phenomenon in quantum physics -- quantum entanglement. Quantum communication boasts ultra-high security as a quantum photon can neither be separated nor duplicated. It is hence impossible to wiretap, intercept or crack theinformation transmitted through it. With the help of the new satellite, scientists will be able to test quantum key distribution between the satellite and ground stations, and conduct secure quantum communications between Beijing and Xinjiang's Urumqi. QUESS would also beam entangled photons to two earth stations,

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1,200 kilometers apart, in a move to test quantum entanglement over a greater distance, as well as test quantum teleportation between a ground station in Ali, Tibet, and itself. "The newly-launched satellite marks a transition in China's role -- from a follower in classic information technology (IT) development to one of the leaders guiding future IT achievements," said Pan Jianwei, chief scientist of QUESS project with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The scientists are expecting quantum communications to fundamentally change human development in the next two or three decades, as there are enormous prospects for applying the new generation of

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communication in fields like defense, military and finance. Meanwhile in the games, former Olympic Bronze Medalist, Zhang Wenxiu, threw 76.75 points in the women's hammer winning Silver. Table tennis powerhouses China have been ready to repeat the gold medal sweep for the 2016 Olympic Games, just as they did in Beijing and London, after both men's and women's team reached the finals on Monday. Earlier in the morning, the Chinese women's team claimed another 3-0 victory over former runners-up Singapore to set up a final clash on Tuesday with Germany. Tang Yuanting, Yu Yang won the women's doubles quarterfinal of Badminton defeating Indonesia with a score of 2-0. Hu Jianguan defeates Armenia's Narek Abgaryan in the men's fly (52KG) preliminary of Boxing. With Grand Slam winners Zhang Jike and Ma Long playing the opening two singles, the Chinese men's team beat last edition's silver

medalists South Korea in three straight sets. On the next day, for the comming finals, they will take on Japan, who outclassed former world and Olympic runners-up Germany 3-1 in the other semifinal on Monday. China have won the Olympic team title twice since the team event was introduced to Beijing 2008. Zhang drew first blood in Monday evening's semifinal against South Korean top-ranked Jeoung Youngish, who forced a 13-13 tie in the first set and won it 15-13 before Zhang pulled one set back 13-11. Overcoming a sudden injury midway through the third set which he lost 11-9, Zhang, who was declined a medical timeout, launched a late comeback with his

trademark backhand play and fewer errors to win the last two 11-8, 11-4. The following games went smoothly with Ma Long breezing past 36-year-old South Korean chopper Joo Saehyuk 11-1, 11-4, 11-4 and Zhang Jike pairing up with penholder Xu Xin to defeat Jeoung and Lee Sangsu 11-8, 12-10, 11-6.

August 16 2016, Day 10 of the 2016 Olympics, the Chinese Diving "Dream Team" reclaimed its dominance in the men's three-meter springboard as Cao Yuan wins Gold. The 21 year old, was the only Chinese diver in the final as hot favorite He Chao, winner of the event at the Kazan Worlds, was eliminated in the preliminary yesterday. Cao led the six-round final from the very start, ending with 547.60 points. Britain's Jack Laugher took silver with 523.85 points while Germany's Patrick Hausding claimed bronze with 498.90 points. It was Cao's second Olympic gold medal following his synchronized 10m platform title at the London 2012 Games. China has now won five of the six diving gold medals decided so far in the games. "I was under pressure," he said. "But when the final began, I have to focus

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on my dives and don't think about other things. Actually I enjoyed the competition very much and I knew I made a good last dive," he added. China lost this gold medal at the London Games four years ago when He Chong and Qin Kai lost to Russia's Ilia Zakharov, failing to make the semifinal. Cao also met difficulties in the 3m springboard. He only finished the 19th in the event at the World Cup in February. "I didn't make full preparation at that time, so I didn't expect so many things happened. I wasn't able to concentrate on my competition," he said. "We had outdoor training in Guangzhou before the Olympic Games and this time we have been prepared for all the conditions. The environment in Guangzhou is similar with here. It was a hard competition in the synchro springboard, but today, the weather is good, and I did enjoy the competition," he added. Cao won the synchronised 10m platform with Zhang Yanquan at the London Games and switched to springboard in 2013. "I was quite young back to 2012 and I was lucky to win a synchro gold at that time. When I first tried the springboard, I found it was not too hard for me. So it was a natural choice," he said. A second Gold medal was secured, when all-time leading Chinese team secured the third table tennis gold medal, after easily rounding up the team final against Germany in straight three games. It has been the 27th Olympic gold medal won by China in table tennis since the sport was introduced at the 1988 Seoul Games. With two Grand Slam winners and the current world No. 1 Liu Shiwen in the team, China' s head coach Kong

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Linghui, a Grand Slam winner himself 16 years ago, faced no dilemma in lining up his squad. Keeping in mind that German Chinese Han Ying is the top force on the other end of the table, Kong opted for Liu to follow up Li Xiaoxia in the opening two games, rather than newly crowned singles champion Ding Ning, who's not as good as the duo at playing choppers. The match turned exactly as what Kong expected as Li overcame fierce resistance from the seventh-ranked Han 11-9, 11-3, 11-7 before the 25-year-old Liu made short work of the local born German Petrissa Solja 11-3, 11-5, 11-4. China only conceded one set in the third and doubles game, as the pair of Liu and Ding surrendering the third set 11-9 to Solja and another German Chinese Shan Xiaona but came back on court with even firmer hands, wrapping it up 11-6, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7.

August 17 2016, Day 11 of the 2016 Olympics, China adds a men's team gold in the tally by sweeping titles of the Olympic table tennis competitions for the third straight time. The all-time leading Chinese men's team, twice champions at as many previous Olympic Games after the team events took the place of doubles since Beijing 2008, claimed a 3-1 victory in the final over Japan, who made history by reaching an Olympic final of men's table tennis. It was the 28th gold medal won by China since the sport was introduced at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. World No. 1 Ma Long, who came out the fifth Grand Slam man after being crowned at singles in Rio, scored two points in

Wednesday evening's final to lift the whole team up. The 28-year-old started strong as the first positioned singles player, overcoming a mid-way blast and some netballs from the 22nd-ranked Koki Niwa, just 21 years old, to win in straight sets, 11-6, 11-9, 11-6. To follow up Ma in the second game, Xu Xin, the sole penholder in this Chinese squad,

stumbled against Japan's top male paddler Jun Mizutani, conceding the first set 12-10 and the second 11-9 though having pulled back five scores in a row from trailing 5-1. The 26-year-old world No. 3 reopened the game in style, leading 6-0 into the third set before letting go just three points of 11-point format. Tying it 2-2 with a 11-7 fourth set, Xu led 10-8 in the fifth and decider but Mizutani, ranked sixth in the world, served to tie 10-10 before taking it 12-10 to force at least four games. The following doubles went also intense as Xu, pairing up with China's another active Grand Slam winner Zhang Jike, easily surrendered the first set 11-4 before launching a hard-working comeback 11-6, 11-9, 11-5. Ma then came up on court again to play Japan's 21st-ranked Maharu Yoshimura and just proved his flying form, rounding up the match with a 11-1, 11-4, 11-4 win. Later on, Zhao Shuai wins Gold for the men's

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under-58kg Olympic taekwondo, beating Thailand's Tawin Hanprab 6-4 in the final. Zhao, the bronze medalist in the 2015 world championships, led from the first score and had a 5-1 margin after two rounds. Hanprab reduced the deficit to 5-4 in the final round with a three-point head kick. But Zhao managed to stay calm and scored a point to hold onto his lead until the end. "I am really excited. I wasn't burdened with pressure because I was not considered the title favorite before the competition," said the Zhao.

August 18 2016, Day 12 of the 2016 Olympics, China unfairly lost the chance to enter the women's 4x100 meters finals. This comes after the US successfully appealed its second chance to race alone. The US scored a time 41.77 seconds in their second race alone, sending China out of the original finalists, who scored 42.70 seconds. The

Chinese delegation said it tried twice to protest against the decision, adding that "it was absolutely unfair to allow the US team to rerun alone as running solo creates totally different conditions." Based on the protest, China requested 9 teams to jointly qualify and run in two groups for the final. However, it was later rejected by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). From this, we can see with in the olympics, we can see a growing essence of Western Imperialism that harming to the Chinese athletes and destroying the Olympic Spirit. However, all is not lost, as for the men's side, the Chinese clocked the second Asian best time of 37.82

Xioajing Liang (Left) and Manqi Ge (Right) who Unfaily Lost the Chance to Enter the Women's 4x100 Meters Finals because of Western Imperialism

seconds qualifying for the final race. Ren Qian wins China's sixth diving gold of the games while Si Yajie wins silver in the women's 10m platform final. The Chinese women's volleyball team keeps the nation's hope of winning a gold medal alive after defeating the Netherlands, 3-1 in the semi-finals. Gong Xiangyu, the youngest player in legendary coach Lang Ping's squad, burst into tears after pulling down the penultimate point with a spike to help China win 27-25, 23-25, 29-27, 25-23 in 116 minutes. "It's a tough battle today. We took all possibilities into consideration including falling behind and playing a full five-set. We told our girls to never quit and hang on to the last second, and they made it!" Lang Ping, head coach of Chinese team, said. "Games like today are very rare during my coaching life. It was amazing," said Lang. Zhu Ting had a match-high 33 points and captain Hui Ruoqi finished with 12 points and an ace out of 27 serves, while no other Chinese reached the double digit. After losing to the opponents in the group stage, China attached great importance to the game. "We were not fully prepared for our first match against Netherlands. But today's fight is too important to be careless. It matters so much and we have nothing to do but fight," Lang said. China suffered a

slow start in the semifinal clash, coming back from trailing 12-5 before scoring six points in a row to narrow the margin. They later overtook the lead 19-17 with a set fault from Laura Dijkema but had to see themselves denied four set points with some brilliant moves from the Netherlands, including an ace from Anne Buijs, before Zhu Ting spiked twice to earn China the 27-25 win. After winning the third round, China was drawn into an even more fiercely contested fourth round, exchanging leads with the Dutch after a heroic comeback from 1-7 and only rounding things up till 29-27 with a spike from Zhu. Leading no more than three points in the later proved

Women's Volleyball Spirit

decisive in the fourth set, the 2015 world cup winners scored a victorious score through Hui's spike to seal the win.

August 19 2016, Day 13 of the 2016 Olympics, Liu Hong's Dream for Olympic Gold finally came true when the Chinese world record holder won the thrilling 20km race walk. The 29-year-old clocked one hour 28 minutes and 35 seconds, beating Mexico's Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez by two seconds. Her teamate, Lu Xiuzhi, took bronze, who was just only seven seconds behind her. "It was hard because the weather wasn't that good," Liu said about the hot conditions. "The only thing I could do was keep going, do my best and try to make it perfect." Another teamate Qieyang Shijie came fifth in the race. Liu finished fourth in the race at both the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympics. She rebounded from those setbacks by posting a world record of 1:24:38 in Spain last year. "It means a lot to me. I have been doing this sport for more than 10 years now, This time I was doing my best to get a medal and I am pleased I could get the gold." said Liu. Meanwhile the men's team of batminton win another Gold for the day with Zhang Nan and Fu Haifeng defeating Malaysia in the men's doubles badminton finals.

August 20 2016, Day 14 of the 2016 Olympics, China won 4 Gold in one day, the most Gold medals won in a single team with in this year's games. Chen Long was victorious with Gold after defeating Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, 2-0, during the men's singles final of badminton. Zheng Shuyin defeats Mexico's Maria Del Rosario Espinoza Espinoza in the women's +67kg final of Taekwondo and wins Gold. Chen Aisen wins China's 7th diving Gold in the men's 10m platform. The nation's final and most important Gold of the games was won by Chinese Women's Volleyball team after defeating Serbia in the final with a convincing 3-1. The Rio gold is China's third Olympic title for the women's volleyball after its triumphs in 1984 and 2004. The final was

The Women's Volleyball Team and their Women's Volleyball Spirit

hotly contested as the two nations battled hard in each set of the match which last one hour and 37 minutes. China started slow again, losing the opening set at 19-25, but world class coach Lang Ping's girls clawed back to take the next three sets at 25-17, 25-22, 25-23. The Women's Volleyball Medal was China's final Gold of the Games but at the same time, it is the favorite Chinese Gold of the Games. These women pursue what the Chinese call the Women's Volleyball Spirit (女排精神). Women's Volleyball Spirit is based on the Chinese will never give up spirit (大不死精神), which means that even if the Chinese started off loosing, they will continue to battle on with the greatest effort and eventually get the final win. After the 2004 Athen's Games, the Women's Volleyball team has failed to get Gold leaving Brazil ton get Gold in both the 2008 and 2012 games. Within the 4 years, the team has train hard till 2016 when they finally defeated Brazil who had the home advantage. Eventually the team reached the finals where they fought Serbia for the Gold. With a rough start and losing the first round of a score 19-25, the Women's Volleyball Spirit never dimmed and the battle continued. In the next 2 rounds, the team continues to suffer a rough start but they always managed catch with winning scores of 25-17 and 25-22. The final round was even more tough, as Serbia was desperate to service but the Women's Volleyball Spirit continues to shine. Fighting the toughest battle with Serbia, they eventually won with a close score of 24-23. The Women's Volleyball Spirit have demostrated in front the world the strength determination for China to succeed as nation. As western imperialism as destroyed the Olympic Spirit, China has built and established a New Olympic Spirit based on their own Confucianist Values. The Women's Volleyball Spirit is the New Olympic Spirit.

An Open Letter from the Women's Volleyball Coach Lang Ping (郎平的一封公开信):

尊敬的各级领导、亲爱的全国人民以及各界朋友们：大家好！

在近日里约奥运会的赛场上，中国女排团结一致、奋勇拼搏，击败荷兰队进入决赛，又在决赛中击败塞尔维亚队夺得冠军。祖国的各级领导和社会各界给予了全队莫大的鼓励，也给予了全队极高的荣誉。在此，我谨代表中国女排的全体队员和全功能型教练、保障团队，对大家的关心、支援和鼓励表示衷心的感谢！

应该说，这个成绩的获得是情理之中、意料之外，来之不易，我对这个成绩是满意的，也是欣慰的。但是，现在社会上出现了一种将我无限拔高乃至“神化”的倾向，让我也产生一丝忧虑。

我必须强调：荣誉是国家的，功劳是领导的，汗水是集体的，只有奖金才是个人的。

首先，我要诚挚地感谢国家。“没有国，哪有家？”在离开祖国到美国的八年间，我什麽都不是了，甚至根本就不存在了。没有祖国关心的日子真心不好过，为了吃饱饭，我不得不清零人生、颠倒身份，哄一帮不会打球的孩子玩儿，甚至拖着伤腿在赛场上搏命。离开祖国，我是真的差点都没了。我好歹还是世界冠军的国家队主力，所以奉劝那些个抗日老兵、越战老兵和先进工作者、铁人劳模们，日子过得再艰苦，也千万别离开你的祖国。其次，我要诚挚地感谢体育总局领导。

没有总局领导的赏识，我不会有中国女排这麽大的一个舞台，来尽情施展自己在美国、欧洲学到的经验、才华。虽然他们这回没有象对待中国男足那样，事必躬亲、指手划脚、狠抓细节，但正是这种“放野”式的放权，才使得被体制的枷锁禁锢了数十年的中国体坛，终於透进了一缕新鲜的空气和明澈的阳光。

我始终相信，中国人天生是很聪明的，也是很勇敢的，稍给点阳光就可以灿烂。虽然目前灿烂的还不多，但从另一个角度看——在那麽厚的帷幕遮盖、那麽厚的围墙禁锢下，还能有几棵种苗破茧而出甚至穿石而出，这个物种就已不凡。

再次，我要诚挚地感谢原国家队队友们。在中国一直存在这样一种文化现象——“枪打出头鸟”。很多同事、同行、同学之间“桌上碰杯，台下绊腿”。当你强大到对方有求于你甚至惧怕你时，他们会“锦上添花”，否则就是“落井下石”、“墙倒众人推”。

而我们老女排的队友们之间，绝对不是这个样子的。我刚到美国的前几年，全国人民可能不知道我生活的窘迫，但原国家队的队友们是知道的。有一年我回国参加老女排的友谊赛，队友重聚，她们多已是体制内的副厅（局）级干部，只有我还是一个穷学生，甚至每天为填饱肚子发愁。我跟她们说我是“国际农民”，她们知道我好面子，很好地为我保守住了这个秘密；也知道我自尊好强，没有过多地介入、打扰我的生活。最後，我要诚挚地感谢大江南北、长城内外的爱国粉们。

众所周知，我在2008年北京奥运会上率领美国女排战胜中国女排，让祖国在家门口出丑。那时骂我是“叛徒”、“卖国贼”，甚至咒駡我“是美国人的妈”的爱国者们，请你们现在不要又改口赞美我，我受之有愧。我不止一次地问自己：如果在半决赛对阵荷兰时，中国队以一分之差未进决赛呢？四强，虽然已是中国女排十几年来的历史性突破了，可全国人民会象今天一样买帐吗？若此，那麽我的人生，是不是就永远没有被改写的机会了？

下图才是我的真实情感——
虽已宠辱不惊，但却悲喜交集、感慨万千。

我不是神，没有普渡众生的能力，甚至不能作为指导他人生活的范本。
是中国让我成为“铁榔头”。
是美国让我成为“铁人”。
是爱国粉让我成为“铁心”。
现在，面对大家的追捧，我只有成为“铁面”。
喧嚣过後，终将复归平静，一切如常。
大家都散了吧。

An Open Letter from the Women's Volleyball Coach Lang Ping

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