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1. Olympic Story: Liu Changchun was the first person to enter the Olympic Games.

1932 On July 3rd/Sunday 15 in Los Angeles, USA, the men's 100 meter sprint preliminaries were being held on the track and field. Before the starting line, among those tall and burly European and American athletes, a short, dark-skinned China player suddenly appeared, which attracted the curious eyes of all. He was the first person from China to enter the Olympic Games, and also the person who represented 400 million people in China at that time-Liu Changchun. At this time, his hometown northeast has been under the iron hoof of the Japanese invaders 10 months.

The starting gun rang. Only 1 1 second later, this strange China youth was eliminated. Among the six players, he only won the fifth place. History will always remember this moment. After the game, Liu Changchun returned to the motherland with the help of overseas Chinese.

In the long years since then, whenever anyone wants to look back on China's arduous journey to participate in the Olympic Games, he will definitely mention this name: Liu Changchun.

2. Olympic story: Zheng created a miracle in the women's high jump.

When thousands of "Xiang fans" rushed to present countless flowers and applause to Liu Xiang who created 12.88 seconds, did they know that a girl named Zheng, under more difficult conditions, created a miracle no less than that of Liu Xiang in the 1950s? 1957, Zheng jumped 1.70m seven times in one year, and his performance was almost equal to the world record at that time-1.76m, which attracted worldwide attention. 1957 10, the premier accompanied foreign guests to watch Zheng's performance. As a result, she couldn't dance well and shed tears. The Prime Minister encouraged her: "You are still young and have a long way to go. You should continue to work hard to create good results. " Twenty-seven days later, Zheng surpassed the world record with a score of 1.77 meters. At that time, critics called her "a swallow who announced the arrival of spring in China".

3. Olympic story: bronze medal in Olympic women's 80-meter hurdles

At the 1968 Mexican Olympic Games, Zheng Ji, a female athlete from Taibei, China, left a bunch of European and American strong players in the women's 80-meter hurdles competition with her unique dexterity and tenacity, and won the bronze medal with a score of 10.4 seconds, becoming the first Olympic medal won by China people at the Olympic Games. Foreign media used "Oriental Antelope" to praise her speed and dexterity. By 1970, Zheng Ji had set seven world records, even surpassing Pele, who won the World Cup that year. The international sports media called that year "the year of Zheng Ji".

4. Olympic story: Rong Guotuan, the founder of "Table Tennis Kingdom"

He is the founder of Ping-Pong Kingdom and the first world champion in New China. His name is a milestone-Rong Guotuan.

1937, he was born in a worker's family in Hong Kong. 1957, like many overseas, Hong Kong and Macao patriots of that era, he returned to Chinese mainland with a pure heart. 1959 At the 25th World Table Tennis Championships, Rong Guotuan broke through eight hurdles surrounded by the mighty Japanese and Hungarian players at that time with his unique pen-and-hold fast attack, and the "descendants of the dragon" stood on the highest podium of the World Table Tennis Championships and world competitions for the first time. From then on, the history of sports achievements in New China began with this name.

5. Olympic Story: Zhuang Zedong, the men's singles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships.

Even if his name is compared with countless world champions in the history of world table tennis, it is also the brightest one. The glory of the men's singles champion in three consecutive World Table Tennis Championships has not been copied so far. More importantly, his "fast, accurate, hard and changeable" fast break near Taiwan Province has influenced several generations of China table tennis players and has become a magic weapon for China table tennis for decades. Unfortunately, he was active in an era when table tennis was not an Olympic sport.

6. Olympic story: Qiu Zhonghui, the first women's world champion.

China's first men's world champion was Rong Guotuan, and the first women's world champion was Qiu Zhonghui. Her brilliance was created in the Beijing Workers' Gymnasium on the evening of April 196 1, which was the women's singles final of the 26th World Table Tennis Championships. Qiu Zhonghui calmly chased the score to 9-9 in the face of Hungarian star Gao Ji 'an, who was 0-4 behind in the deciding game. After that, the two men fought to 18. At the crucial moment, Qiu Zhonghui boldly served and grabbed the attack, winning with a score of 2 1 ratio 19, which opened the curtain for the long-lasting women's table tennis in China for more than 40 years.

7. Olympic story: Guo Yuehua, the "desperate Saburo" of men's table tennis.

This famous table tennis player, who won the world championship eight times in six years, is not only superb in skills, but also worthy of praise for his daring to fight and fight. In a training session, Guo Yuehua kicked off a three-inch thick floor because he jumped too high and too hard. By the time the coach and teammates pulled his leg out, it was already bloody. However, before the team doctor could dress him up, he limped into training again. It was with this "kick-off" that Guo Yuehua stepped into the door of the national team and created the second peak of table tennis in China. Later, this desperate Saburo was awarded the medal of honor for sports five times by the state.

8. Olympic story: Yang, silver medal in decathlon.

17 Rome Olympic Games, 1960, Decathlon is the most competitive event in track and field, with American La Johnson, former Soviet Union star Wa Kutz and China Taipei athlete Yang. Although Yang, who was full of vigor and vitality at that time, did not have the absolute strength to compete with La Johnson and Wa Kutz, he was already a very threatening figure for these two famous people in the future. At the beginning of the game, the competition among the three became fierce immediately. In the competition, I joined hands with Yang Qiangqiang and bit very tightly. Finally, although Yang scored more than Johnson in seven of the ten events, Johnson still broke the Olympic record with a total score of 8392 and won the gold medal. Yang won the silver medal with a score of 8334, which was the first Olympic medal won by China people.

9. Olympic Story: Sun Jinfang, a broad-minded female volleyball player.

1In the summer of 979, in the last game of Japanese women's volleyball team's visit to China, China was in adversity in the third game, and the novice Lang Ping repeatedly failed in her smash. Sun Jinfang reminded her: "Lang Ping, pay attention to the attack line!" Lang Ping didn't respond. After a while, Lang Ping shouted at her: "Give the ball higher!" A trace of unhappiness crossed Sun Jinfang's mind. In the end, China lost the game because of improper cooperation with the attacker. Later, after understanding, Sun Jinfang realized that the stadium was very noisy and Lang Ping didn't hear what she said. From then on, Sun Jinfang began to hone his will and eventually led his teammates to win the world championship.

10. Olympic story: chandy is a diving world champion.

Chen, who was praised as "diving queen" by American World Swimming magazine, became the first diving world champion in China at the 1978 Universiade. Unfortunately, at the Olympic Games, she became a tragic figure. 1980 At its peak, China did not participate in the Olympic Games. 1984 at the los Angeles Olympic games, she was out of shape again because of psychological pressure, and only won the fourth place, thus losing the last chance to win the gold medal in the Olympic games. Fortunately, her defeat made Zhou, who was then 19 years old, still not run out of the hands of China people.

1 1. Olympic story: the "positive model" of the men's soccer team Rong Zhixing.

Among the men's soccer players in China, Rong Zhixing is one of the few "positive typical" figures. His "ambitious style" is well known in the football circle. Although the 1982 Singapore play-off is a permanent pain in the hearts of fans, those hearty victories have made people see the wonderful performance of the national football captain Rong Zhixing: 4-2 victory over North Korea and 3 assists in 4 goals; Beating Kuwait 3-0, he dragged his calf, which had just been stitched for more than a dozen stitches and wrapped in gauze, and set the first record. At the end of the game, all the audience stood up and applauded, shouting "The motherland thanks you and the people thank you". Unfortunately, in the 1980 Moscow Olympic soccer qualifier, China team led by him was eliminated in the 2-win, 2-draw/kloc-0-0 group match. In particular, the loss to Singapore, a weak country in the last world war, probably set a precedent for China's football.

12. Olympic Story: China Ball King raised funds to participate in the Olympic Games.

China sent 69 athletes to participate in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, including the football team led by Li Huitang. Due to the financial difficulties of the national government at that time, the football team had to go to Southeast Asian countries for an exhibition match two months in advance. In 27 games in the past two months, he won 24 wins and 3 draws, raised nearly HK$ 200,000, and solved the funding problem. However, the two-month campaign also exhausted the players' physical fitness. In addition, the accommodation conditions in these two months are extremely poor. After arriving in Berlin, many players suffered injuries and physical difficulties. In the first game, they lost 2-0 to England and were eliminated. However, China's performance was recognized by the whole of Europe. At that time, the French professional football team, the Paris Red Star team and the British Arsenal team all invited Li Huitang to join, but they all refused. The picture shows King Li Huitang of China.

13. Olympic story: Zou, the "myth" of track and field in China.

Remember the Japanese saying that "China's cabbage steamed bread beats foreign buttered bread"? It was Zou who created this myth. In 198 1 the third World Cup track and field competition, Zou shined brilliantly and won the runner-up in the triple jump with a slight gap of 0.03m. In the last jump, Zou jumped out of the new Asian record of17.34m.. This record, until 26 years later, is still asleep. At that time, Zou's daily living expenses were 65,438+8 0 yuan cents. Besides, there are no nutritional supplements and few modern training facilities. Only the belief of "winning glory for our country" supported him to defeat foreign "bread and butter".

14. Olympic story: Song Xiaobo won the bronze medal in the women's basketball team at the 84 Olympic Games.

She is the first world-class player in the history of women's basketball in China. 1976, Song Xiaobo, who was only 17 years old, was selected for the national team. In the final of the Asian Championship that year, she beat the world-class South Korean team in a suffocating game and stood at the top of Asia for the first time. 1984 China women's basketball team won the European multi-country qualifiers, and China, DeUEX and Song Xiaobo won the title of best player. In the final stage of the Olympic Games, Song Xiaobo participated in the world competition for the last time as a player, and a bronze medal ended successfully.

15. Olympic story: Wu Chuanyu, the first swimming champion in New China.

Wu Chuanyu, a male swimmer from China, was born in Saratega, Indonesia from 65438 to 0928, and his ancestral home was in Fujian. He is the first athlete in New China to win a gold medal in an international competition.

195 1 Wu Chuanyu returned to the motherland, 1952 participated in the swimming competition of the 15th Olympic Games as a member of the China sports delegation. 1953 In the first International Youth goodwill games Swimming Competition held in Bucharest, Romania, she won the 100-meter backstroke championship with an excellent score of 1: 8.4, which was the first time that New China won a gold medal in an international sports competition and the first time that the five-star red flag was raised in an international competition. Unfortunately, however, in June, 1954, 1954, Wu Chuanyu was killed in an air crash on his way to study in Hungary, at the age of 26.

16. Olympic story: Chen Jingkai broke the world weightlifting record many times.

Chen Jingkai is the first athlete in China to break the world record. 1On June 7th, 956, in the Sino-Soviet weightlifting friendly match, she broke the 56kg clean and jerk world record held by American athlete Wen Qi with a score of 133kg. But in the west, people think that Chen Jingkai is from China, so it is impossible to break the world record and refuse to recognize it. Chen Jingkai said that he was very angry at that time and decided to compete with world athletes in the Olympic Games to prove his strength.

1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, the government of China decided to formally organize a delegation to participate. However, at that time, a handful of people from the International Olympic Committee planned two Chinas at the Olympic Games, and the China delegation withdrew from the Olympic Games, which dashed Chen Jingkai's dream of Olympic gold medal. After that, he broke the world record four times, but never set foot on the Olympic Games again.

17. Olympic story: China Olympic Games breaks through Xu Haifeng.

1July 29th, 984 is a day to rewrite history. In the men's pistol slow-fire 50-meter competition, when all 60 bullets of Xu Haifeng were fired and the target announcer reported a score of 566 rings, many people in China were so excited that they burst into tears. People remember the word "zero breakthrough" and the national pride Xu Haifeng who created these four words. No one expected that Xu Haifeng, who participated in the competition for the first time, won the championship in one fell swoop, so that the United States did not prepare the China flag at all, and the flag-raising ceremony was postponed for 45 minutes because it could not find a five-star red flag ... Now, this gold medal that inspired a whole generation of China people is treasured in the Chinese Revolutionary History Museum and the hearts of everyone in China.

18. Olympic story: Zhou, diving queen of the 84th Olympic Games.

Now many people know that Zhou is because of her feud with the diving prince. But back in time 23 years, at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, Zhou was a diving queen with more grace than. In the 10-meter platform competition, when the world champion Chen was out of order, Zhou, who was only 19 years old, conquered the referee with her breathtaking artistic beauty and charming oriental smile, conquered the audience on the other side of the ocean and won the gold medal. This gold medal pioneered the diving "dream team" in China.

19. Olympic Story: China Women's Volleyball Team "Iron Hammer" Lang Ping

Lang Ping still clearly remembers that 1984 before the women's volleyball final of the Los Angeles Olympic Games, she saw an American TV screen made in advance at the entrance of the athletes: on the screen, the heads of American team coach Salinger and the three main players Hyman, Green and crockett had already hung up the Olympic gold medal! At that time, Lang Ping pointed to the screen and said to his teammates around him, You see how much they want to win the gold medal! We have to hang the gold medal around their necks! "Sure enough, they took the gold medal from the neck of the Americans. Until today, the most commonly used number in Lang Ping's life is 1984.

20. Olympic story: Chen Jing, the first Olympic gold medal in women's table tennis.

At the 1988 Olympic Games, Chen Jing's gold medal is of special significance, not only because she won the first women's singles gold medal in Olympic history, but also because this gold medal is even more precious in the context of "the defeat of Seoul", and even more because the day when Chen Jing won the championship was People's Republic of China (PRC)'s National Day! At the award ceremony, watching the five-star red flag raised in Ran Ran, Chen Jing cried. She said: "This is the best gift for National Day."

2 1. Olympic story: "diving queen" Gao Min is invincible.

Since 1986, almost none of Gao Min's world championships are owned by others. /kloc-The 0/8-year-old "diving queen" still stands proudly on the women's 3m springboard of Seoul Olympic Games in the grim situation that opponents from other fronts in South China have lost their halberds. When she came last in the eighth round, no one surpassed Gao Min's score in the first seven rounds. Even if Gao Min didn't jump in the last jump, she was still the champion. At 1992, Gao Min, who was riddled with injuries, failed in the first jump, and once ranked 1 1 among 12 athletes. However, after ten rounds, the champion is still Gao Min. At the award ceremony, Gao Min, known as the "Laughter Champion", cried because of the difficulty of her last gold medal and her 22 years of hard work.

22. Olympic story: China gymnastics "Olympic myth" Li Ning.

The day before the gymnastics final of the 23rd Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Li Ning accidentally pulled his pectoralis major muscle in practice, so that he couldn't even lift his hand. He couldn't sleep at two or three in the middle of the night, but in the final, Li Ning was determined to fight to the end, win glory for the country and let the five-star red flag fly high in the Olympic Games. In the competition, he completely forgot his pain and showed a lively momentum. He jumped into the air, flipped and spun, and his movements were amazing. He won three gold medals and let the five-star red flag fly in the Olympic Games many times. After receiving the award, Li Ning said in response to a reporter: "We have done our best to repay the people of the whole country, and one billion people will laugh like us."

23. Olympic story: Lou Yun, the "vault king" who turned the tide.

At the Seoul Olympic Games, the China Gymnastics Team suffered an unprecedented fiasco, with both team and individual all-around competitions falling out of the top three. At this grim moment, Lou Yun, the "King of Vaulting Horse", saved the day and defended the face of China Gymnastics with a gold medal of vault. At that time, his first jump was not ideal, and he had to score more than 9.975 points in the second jump to win the championship. Under great pressure, Lou Yun kept calm, ran up and took off, conquered everyone with his original "somersault 540 degrees", scored 9.975 points, and won the vault championship in the Olympic Games. Suddenly, all the humiliations of the China gymnastics team in the past few days were swept away.

24. Olympic Story: Luan Jujie won the foil gold medal in the 84th Olympic Games.

Twenty-three years ago, on the fencing stage of the women's foil final in the 23rd Olympic Games, Luan Jujie "proudly drew his sword", snatched a precious foil gold medal from the cracks of Europeans, and played the March of volunteers in the Los Angeles Olympic Games with blood and sweat. Today, 23 years later, half a hundred old swordsmen draw their swords again and fight for the qualification of Beijing Olympic Games. If her exquisite skills touched one generation in China, then her persistent spirit touched two generations in China.

25. Olympic story: Ma won the gymnastics Olympic champion with illness.

Ma's gold medal was also won at the Los Angeles Olympic Games. At that time, she had appendicitis and her teammates helped her. After the fight, she still shuttled between the uneven bars like a swallow, and finally finished the competition with her original "Ma Hongyan" and stepped onto the podium of the women's uneven bars champion. Recalling the scene of that year, Ma said, "I can't remember the appearance of the medal now, but I remember winning the championship." .

26. Olympic story: "The world's first deputy attack" Wong Kar-wai.

The "world's first vice attack" in the 1970s seems to have nothing to do with the Olympic Games. 1980, he led the China men's volleyball team into the final stage of the Moscow Olympic Games, but due to historical reasons, China finally boycotted the Olympic Games; 1984 On the eve of the Los Angeles Olympic Games, China men's volleyball team lost in the Asian regional qualifiers. Just as the men's volleyball soldiers were remorseful, a big pie fell from the sky-because the Soviet Union and other eastern European countries boycotted the Los Angeles Olympic Games, the China men's volleyball team got on the last bus. It's a pity that Wong Kar-wai retired to China after losing in the qualifiers, and missed the Olympic Games again. China men's volleyball team only finished eighth.

27. Olympic story: Wu Shude, the 84th Olympic weightlifting champion.

The battle for the gold medal in the 56kg weightlifting competition of the Los Angeles Olympic Games was held between two China players. Wu Shude has been losing weight before the game. He has lost 5 kilograms. On the day of the game, it rained continuously. He felt light and weak, and when he lifted it, he began to faint. Under the unfavorable situation of losing the snatch first, Wu Shude finally surpassed teammate Lai Runming in the clean and jerk, lifting the Olympic gold medal with a total score of 267.5 kg, and also lifting a gold medal in his life.

28. Olympic story: Wu, the first gold medal shooter in the women's Olympic Games.

Xu Haifeng is the first Olympic champion in China. His teammate Wu, also a shooter, was the first female Olympic champion in China. Twenty-three years ago, in the shooting field of the Los Angeles Olympic Games, she won the first place in the small caliber standard rifle competition with a total score of 58 1 ring under the condition of severe waist pain interference and air pistol failure.

29. Olympic story: 1984 Zhu Jianhua, bronze medal in the Olympic high jump.

Before Liu Xiang, the best performance of China men's track and field athletes in the Olympic Games belonged to another Shanghainese, Zhu Jianhua. 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, he won the bronze medal in the high jump. Before the competition, China people thought he could win the gold medal. After all, Zhu Jianhua broke the world high jump record three times in a year from1June 1983 to1June 1984. What's more, the men's high jump champion at the Los Angeles Olympic Games scored 2.35 meters, which is far from the world record of 2.39 meters held by Zhu Jianhua. Even in the Athens Olympic Games 20 years later, the men's high jump champion only jumped 2.36 meters, but Zhu Jianhua only jumped 2.3 1 that year. This competition not only became his lifelong regret, but also made China men's track and field fall into a trough completely until the birth of Liu Xiang 20 years later.

30. Olympic story: Chen Longcan/Wei is in danger.

What do you mean by hero? Destroying the front is sharp and extremely dangerous. At the Seoul Olympic Games, Chen Longcan and Wei won the gold medal in men's doubles, which is a classic interpretation of this sentence. They all hold the ball board directly, one positive and one negative, one hand holding the table near, the other hand holding the table in the middle, and the tacit understanding is flexible and unstoppable. More importantly, their champion was won in the overall background that the Great Table Tennis Wall in China began to collapse, and in the crisis that none of the men's singles in China entered the semi-finals of the Olympic Games. It is much more precious than the gold medal in the heyday of table tennis in the future.