All About London Olympics and Paralympics 2012
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concern2:
Oh dear! Again! Haven't seen the replay. So unlucky for him :lightrod:[/quote]
Quite a disaster, don't you think? He also failed to run in the last Olympics due to leg injury. I was also looking forward to see how he do this round as I heard he's good. So disappointed. You know, some people say he's got the whole Chinese Nation on his shoulder as his number is 1356, interpreted by the Chinese as a population of 13 billion and 56 ethnic groups.
Found this video for you. It is in Mandarin though. After the fall, he got himself up and limped to complete the race that he didn't get to race in, helped by other runners who had completed the race. He left in a wheelchair. A Chinese commentator stopped short and started crying when he fell. According to sources, he gave his dad a call on the phone and after saying \"Papa\", he broke down and wept uncontrollably. Sources had it that his leg had never recovered, and he took anesthetic to stop his pain to complete the race, but the accident caused his injury to worsen. Looks like it could be his last race. :sad: Before he left the track, he planted a kiss on a hurdle.
http://v.ifeng.com/special/olympic/index.shtml[/quote]
Thank you Concern2. So sad for him. But he still finished by one legged jumping! What a farewell! He has been under tremendous pressure. Wish he be alright and run a good race, not in race track, but in the track of life! :salute: -
LOLMum:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:中國羽球隊员林丹 and his mum
:rotflmao: as reported by foreign reporters
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Wiping my tears now ... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: -
Way2GO:
中國奧運選手命運大異 焦劉洋PK吳景彪
Anybody knows whether China Olympic champions r given pension for life?
【大紀元2012年08月05日訊】舉國體制下的運動員接受艱苦訓練從不單純為競技，肩負的政治壓力更是千斤重。奧運成績直接影響到選手的命運，在朝鮮，奪金可獲國家獎車獎樓，敗給美韓可能要送勞改 。在中國，運動員的奪金壓力同樣如大山壓頂，成功與失敗的命運截然。
一名投奔到韓國的朝鮮前運動員金耀韓說，金牌運動員回國後會獲得國家豐厚獎賞，包括獎金、房屋、汽車，還有冰箱和電視機等一般平民家庭負擔不起的電器，社會地位大躍升，並會獲封為「英雄」或「人民運動員」。如果落敗，特別是敗給美國、韓國等死敵，後果將非常嚴重。類似情況也讓同樣舉國體制的中國運動員身有感受，如拿不到金牌，退役後生活比普通人艱.
2012年倫敦奧運會游泳比賽女子200米蝶泳決賽中，世錦賽冠軍、焦劉洋以2分04秒06的成績奪冠，並打破奧運會紀錄。焦劉洋接受直播採訪，在接受採訪時她透露，將升正團職，當選軍方出席十八大代表。
與此形成鮮明對比的是中國舉重選手吳景彪，因未獲金牌，連累年邁父母被地方官員冷漠對待。在雲南一賓館會議室，幾十名記者和體育局官員，從山裡接來他的一對年邁父母，但當吳景彪未獲金牌，剎那間人去樓空，只留下老人，沒人送他們回山村。壓力巨大的吳景彪發揮失常最終獲銀牌。賽後，吳景彪曾數度痛苦流淚，並鞠躬致歉。
中國前體操國家隊選手張尚武表示，因為中國的體制就是這樣，它就是誰拿到金牌，誰就會受到重視，不管在財力上，或是物質上，如果中國選手拿不到金牌，就會像他一樣，沒有生活保障，比普通老百姓生活更艱難。 運動員成績是陞官重要砝碼
曾就讀北京體育學院體育基礎理論系的方政指出：唯金牌論實際是經濟的唯GDP論，舉國體制實際是國家花錢養一批體育僱傭兵營造官員的政績工程，這對體育是一種異化。
方政表示：「中國的唯金牌論跟中國各地方的唯 GDP論是異曲同工，都是作為政績指標。比如說在國內，哪個省有幾個人拿了奧運金牌了，這個省的體育官員，就是他的政績，是他陞官的重要砝碼。國家也是， 國家體育總局在中央的面子和經費是跟金牌掛鉤的。」
方政指出： 「中國每個省有奧運金牌戰略的重點項目，比如說，廣西、湖南幾個省有體操，可能河南省就沒有體操隊了；比如安徽省連籃球隊可能都沒了，安徽發展另外幾個項 目。舉國體制就是中央財政撥款，拿納稅人的錢，重點傾斜，完全搞金牌戰略。好傢伙，學校沒有體育設施了，現在好多中小學體育課基本是不上的，一個學校連一 個籃球框子都沒有，連一個乒乓球桌子都沒有。」
他說：「國家花錢養了一批僱傭兵，養著這批人，從小就幹這個，與老百姓沒有關係。這對體育是一種異化。」
那些昔日奪冠，領獎臺上風光無限的中國冠軍們退役後又在何處，境況如何？
舉國體制下 還有幾個人記得昔日的冠軍
近日有網民在微博發文，【還有幾個人記得昔日的冠軍！】聚焦近期出現在網絡上幾位運動員所遭遇的悲劇，作者痛斥：中國的運動員只是一條傳送帶上的機器人，沒有自己的生活，不上學，不能戀愛，連父母生病甚至死了都不知道，唯一存在的目的就是為政府拿金牌。拿到了又怎樣，退役了還不是帶著一身傷病無人問津，沒拿到金牌的就更不用說了。
亞洲第一力士才力一生共獲得全國冠軍40多個，亞洲冠軍20多個，是名副其實的亞洲第一力士，但33歲時因患「呼吸睡眠暫停綜合征致肺內感染呼吸衰竭」病逝，死去的當天，家裏只有300元錢。
前國家隊體操選手張尚武在受傷退役後街頭乞討引發媒體議論。
才力，亞運會舉重冠軍。1985年9月在全國首屆青運會舉重比賽中，獲得110公斤以上級冠軍；1990年第十一屆亞運會上，才力摘取了亞運冠軍，打破亞洲記錄……才力一生共獲得全國冠軍40多個，亞洲冠軍20多個，是名副其實的亞洲第一力士。
吉林運動員鄒春蘭曾手握九塊舉重金牌，退役後因生活無著落，要去公共浴池幫人搓背為業。她更自曝當運動員時長期吃禁藥「大力補」，導致結婚近10年至今無法懷孕，她體內的男性激素比普通男性還高。
趙詠華曾經是1997年全國高山滑雪冠軍賽4枚金牌得主。嚴重腎病纏身的她在 退役後不得不長期在醫院住院治療，每月僅有200多元錢低保收入，還不夠打三天針的。家裏為給趙永華治病，借遍了所有的親戚朋友，現在家裏吃飯都成問題。趙永華甚至想要賣掉心愛的金牌。
徐偉利原來是遼寧省專業鉛球運動員，曾奪得亞洲鏈球比賽冠軍。目前，徐偉利的人事檔案都在人才市場上托管著，沒有正常工作和經濟來源，也沒有醫保等保障。胸腔積水嚴重的他因一時無法支付治療費，只能隔一週到醫院抽取一次胸腔內積水，然而就缺400元而望醫興嘆，只能拖著這個病身子一天天往前走了……
國際馬拉松冠軍艾冬梅先後奪得包括北京國際馬拉松、大連國際馬拉松和日本千葉公路接力賽冠軍在內的19枚獎牌。退役後，因訓練導致雙腳殘疾，無以為生，靠在街邊擺地攤賣雜貨過日。為換錢養家，公開表示願將自己所有的獎牌出售。
well, some prosper and others died a pauper . -
concern2:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:LOLMum:
中國羽球隊员林丹 and his mum
:rotflmao: as reported by foreign reporters
Wiping my tears now ... :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
me too when i saw this :rotflmao: :rotflmao: ..goodness gracious me....his \"mum\" lol.
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LOLMum:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:concern2:
[quote=\"LOLMum\"]中國羽球隊员林丹 and his mum
:rotflmao: as reported by foreign reporters
Wiping my tears now ... :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
me too when i saw this :rotflmao: :rotflmao: ..goodness gracious me....his \"mum\" lol.[/quote] :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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LOLMum:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:concern2:
[quote=\"LOLMum\"]中國羽球隊员林丹 and his mum
:rotflmao: as reported by foreign reporters
Wiping my tears now ... :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
me too when i saw this :rotflmao: :rotflmao: ..goodness gracious me....his \"mum\" lol.[/quote]Really 乌龙！Must be Eason's hair lah, so aunty :laugh:
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Raising an Olympian - Lin Dan
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Olympians' Parents Pay the Cost of Achieving Gold
(source: http://gma.yahoo.com/olympians-parents-pay-cost-achieving-gold-175505931--abc-news-savings-and-investment.html)
Extracts from the article:
\"For the mother of two time gold medal-winning U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas, the cost was bankruptcy. In court filings first reported by TMZ, it was revealed that Douglas' mother, Natalie Hawkins, filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy earlier this year in Virginia, where she lived while Gabby, a 4-foot-11, 16-year-old nicknamed \"Flying Squirrel,\" lived and trained in Iowa.
An analysis by Forbes magazine found that the average annual cost of raising an Olympic-level gymnast totaled $15,000. Multiply that by the five to eight years it takes to train a world-class athlete and the total can reach $120,000.
\"I couldn't begin to guess the many thousands of dollars it cost,\" Miller said of her own training, which she began at age five at a recreational gym in her native Oklahoma. \"Once you start adding up the cost of uniforms, grips, tape, prewrap, gas, etc it can add up quickly. That's not even counting the actual training cost. Many times I was also the only gymnast traveling from my gym in Oklahoma so we had to cover the costs of travel for my coaches as well.\"
The news of the financial struggles facing Gabby Douglas's mom came just one day after it was revealed that the divorced parents of Douglas's fellow U.S. Olympian and gold medalist, swimmer Ryan Lochte, were facing foreclosure in Florida and being sued by CitiMortgage for the $242,239 plus interest on their house they owed the bank, according to TMZ.com.
While the Lochtes have not said how much they've spent on their son's swimming career, the parents of fellow Team USA swimmer and fellow gold medalist Missy Franklin, 17, will spend upward of $100,000 on swimming-related expenses for her this year alone, according to the New York Times.
Lochte, 28, has been swimming competitively since he was a kid so the cumulative total for his training could go beyond $1 million.
Easing that financial burden, however, is the fact that Lochte is an already heavily-endorsed athlete, a young, outgoing sex symbol in a high-profile sport. His lure will no doubt grow after his two gold, two silver, one bronze and a fourth-place finish in London and his announced plans to compete in even more races at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Likewise, Gabby Douglas stands out as a spunky teen and the first African American women ever to win the gymnastics all-around title. She inked her first deal to appear on Kellogg's Corn Flakes cereal boxes just hours after her individual win. Marketers say she could bring in up to $10 million in endorsements over the next few years.
\"Gabby Douglas is perfect for family-oriented brands that are looking for someone that portrays all of those classic Middle America values,\" Robert Tuchman, a sports marketing analyst, told ABC News.
The Cost of Olympic Gold
But for every Douglas and Lochte, where Olympic success breeds money, there are also podiums full of athletes like Jordyn Wieber, the U.S. gymnast who this year failed to qualify for the individual all-around competition, even though she had been the defending World Champion and hands-down favorite.
Wieber regrouped to win the team gold medal with Douglas and the rest of their \"Fab Five\" teammates but it's unlikely she'll receive anywhere near the endorsement money Douglas does, even though her parents probably spent just as much to get their daughter to London.
There are also the athletes in the less high-profile sports whose parents spend thousands to help them achieve their goals, only to return to everyday life soon after the Olympic flame is extinguished.
Fencer Maya Lawrence of New Jersey won a bronze medal in this year's Games with her Team USA teammates, but admits the cost of her Olympic ambition placed a strain on her family.
\"It did affect my parents,\" she told Forbes of the thousands of dollars spent each year once she picked up the sport in high school. \"Once I decided I wanted to go to competitions, they really supported me.\"
It's equally unlikely that you'll ever see the gold medal winner of the Olympic table tennis competition on the front of a Wheaties box, but their parents spend as much as $15,000 each year on coaches, custom-made equipment and competitions, according to Forbes. Training an archery star can cost $25,000 per year, but won't likely bring commercial endorsements.
These figures are in addition, of course, to the $12,000 to $14,000 a middle-class family can expect to pay to raise a child with no Olympic ambition each year, according to the USDA's annual report issued in June.
\"My parents didn't talk about how much money they specfically spent but I never took it for granted,\" she said. \"They both worked full-time jobs and did everything they could to allow me to train, but they wanted me to be well-rounded so that, no matter what happened, I would be prepared for life after sport.\" -
LOLMum:
you falungong member reading from falungong newspaper huh ?大紀元 ?
中國奧運選手命運大異 焦劉洋PK吳景彪Way2GO:
Anybody knows whether China Olympic champions r given pension for life?
【大紀元2012年08月05日訊】
well, some prosper and others died a pauper . -
no lah, very free today so google to find out more.
this is fulonggong papers?
i do read the articles in this papers as and when interesting topic popped up…
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