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China: Failure of Olympic runner Liu Xiang leads arduous debate |
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| Society & You - Social Critic | |||
| Tuesday, 14 August 2012 12:01 | |||
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This post is part of our special coverage of the 2012 London Olympics . No sports star has sparked a heated discussion in China in these Olympics that the hurdles runner Liu Xiang . The previous world record holder in the 110 meters hurdles Olympic champion and 2004 in the same discipline, retired [in] the Olympic Games in London without any hurdle to overcome in the race. Achilles injury As the first Chinese to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics, Liu instantly became the hero of the entire nation after the 2004 Athens Olympics, as well as the visible face of many commercials. In a field traditionally dominiado sprinters in North America and Europe, the Chinese finally let their voices heard. However, after producing a stir in 2004, Liu never met Chinese aspirations to regain Olympic gold medal in track and field. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Liu retired from his preliminary round with injuries to the Achilles tendon and disappointed billion Chinese fans. Many assumed that the 2012 London Olympics would be the time of claim, but on Tuesday August 7 was out of the qualifying again, due to the same injury to the Achilles tendon. Instead of going directly as it did four years earlier, this time Liu jumped on one leg along the track [in] and kissed the fence could be the end of this Olympic race before getting help with a wheelchair. Below a video of Olympic Game YouTube Liu Xiang, loaded lokjoe2011: Chinese netizens' reactions The incident immediately sparked heated discussions in Sina Weibo, a leading social media platform in China. Some firmly believed that Liu was faking, referring to the scene where Liu returned to kiss the last hurdle. A news director of Hong Kong wrote in his account of Weibo [zh] (the post has been deleted):
@ 酱缸 外 的 秦枫 four years. The Shanghai athlete is more mature - in 2008, just left the game on behalf of the injury. Now is also injured but knows how to act! Others showed compassion and support for Liu Xiang. The famous blogger Li Chengpang sympathizes with Liu [zh]: @ 李承鹏 Most people never in their life have been standing on a plastic track. Less than 5,000 people in this country practice fences. And some cities have no formal athletics track. So it's unfair to assume that what Liu Xiang in 1300 millions of people would not assume. It's like China, which has more than 10,000 people who play football and you want the Chinese team wins the World Cup. The gold medal is not the most important, while the popularization of the sport itself. If the mahjong [traditional Chinese game] was one of the Olympic disciplines, China finally win the gold medal, no matter how unfair they were the referees. Liuxiang, life must go on. Some blamed the failure of Liu to the endless commercials, media interviews and political officials who may have spent their energy: @ 师北宸 [zh] [original post deleted] We are the taxpayers who fund the training of Liu. They took money without our permission or announce the amount. Liu is also a member of the Political Consultative Conference of China. What bothered, we criticize and point out the problems when you cry and feel sorry for him. Are there reactions responsible for these? Indeed, many netizens have the idea that Liu should take responsibility for their performance, having received all their training free of taxpayers. In Tianya BBS, netizens also expressed regret. For example, 晓枫残月1984 [zh] said: @ 晓枫 残月 1984 No one would say anything if Liu had not taken a penny from the people. But all the money that is used by taxpayers. Only money for food could mean a year of lunches for a thousand children in rural areas of China. Taxpayers have the right to criticize the performance of Liu. Some noted that "Juguo tizhi" of China - literally the system of sports 'all over the country' [in] - the athletes are pushed towards demasido gold medals.
@ 陆天明 [zh] What are the authorities doing sports? Why let the hero end up like? I think people will not ignore the responsibilities assigned. They should be held accountable for this! Used and an athlete and shamed in public. It's so cruel! Liu Xiang, you are so pathetic! Our athletes are totally controlled by the state. I just hope that our athletes can be themselves and use their talents. The system sports 'nationwide' Following withdrawal of Liu Xiang of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, concern about the condition of Liu dominated the news. He underwent surgery in the U.S. and returned to the sport in 2010, after changing his technique at the start. Difficulties encountered by back pain and foot last month, and although he had received good medical ciudados the Achilles injury was still there. In August he was sent to a renowned private hospital in London for surgery on his right Achilles tendon, which was reported successful [in]. Indeed, days before the defeat of Liu Xiang, in some blogs, people had noticed that Liu was not at his best and expected to fail. Others wondered why the coach hid the truth about the problems. The Chinese sports system 'whole country' has received wide criticism from the Western media. Bloggers bonded to several scandals involving Chinese Olympians in the country blind rush for medals at all costs. Young talent, once elected by state or provincial teams, he is shut in training schools closed thereafter and deprived of almost all the time to learn other skills of daily life. Despite the criticism, officials in China who rely on the system to produce champions that can enhance national pride, have been annoyed with the criticism. Guoqi Xu, professor at the University of Hong Kong and Chinese sports expert, pointed out [in] that "while the Chinese do not have sufficient confidence in themselves in the world, while the regime's legitimacy problems, will continue its' juguo tizhi. '" This post is part of our special coverage of the 2012 London Olympics . Written by Gloria Wong · Translated by Gabriela Garcia Calderon Orbe · View original post [en] · Comments (0)
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