In the men's 69 kg weightlifting final on August 12, 2008, a scene that touched me extremely happened. ......
A foreign weightlifter (his snatch score was 153kg, ranking second in the snatch) failed to lift the barbell in the first clean and jerk, and the barbell fell and injured his right foot. At that time, he was badly connected, and the on-site emergency personnel immediately came to the stage for treatment.
1 minute later, he stood up with strong perseverance and limped off the stage. I thought he had a broken foot and struggled to walk, so how could he continue to take part in weightlifting! ?
About four minutes later, he stepped onto the weightlifting platform again in a strange posture even when walking. Although the barbell didn't even lift a few centimeters from the table during the clean and jerk, he still got warm applause from the audience.
About 2 minutes later, he stepped onto the weightlifting platform again. This time, when the barbell was lifted to about 30 cm away from the table, the whole person was thrown on the table with the barbell because of the foot injury.
Although he didn't succeed in the clean and jerk in the end, I was deeply moved and respected by his strong and persistent will and belief in fighting for the honor of the motherland, and also touched everyone at the scene, otherwise everyone would not give him such warm applause. China is a country of etiquette. We respect and love heroes. Applause should be given to people like him.
Unfortunately, I didn't know that such a touching story would happen to him at first, and I didn't even know his nationality and name (I put all my energy into China athletes, hehe).
Touching deeds of Olympic athletes II- Song of Heroes
The most touching and shocking sentence in the history of the Olympic Games: "My motherland sent me here from 7,000 miles away, not to start the competition, but to finish the competition ..."
John Stephen Akhwari, a marathon runner, has only participated in the Olympic Games once on behalf of his motherland-1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, ranking the bottom among all 75 contestants. Before and after this, he didn't record any good results worth mentioning, which is not unusual in Africa where there are many long-distance runners. However, it is such a runner at the bottom, but he has gained a louder reputation and a wider and deeper influence than many Olympic champions. Now, nearly 40 years later, people still can't forget him. His name was engraved on the Who's Who of the Olympic Games, and he also became a part of the Beijing Olympic Games series "Song of Heroes". In his native Tanzania, a "John Stephen Avari Sports Foundation" is in full swing.
1968 Mexico city Olympic games is the first summer Olympic games held on the plateau. The special geographical and climatic conditions made the track and field competition of that Olympic Games a great success and made many unprecedented achievements. By contrast, the result of the marathon is too ordinary. Mamo Wald of Ethiopia, the champion, scored 2 hours, 20 minutes and 26.4 seconds, much worse than the 2 hours 12 minutes1.2 seconds set by his compatriot and two-time Olympic gold medalist Abibe Bikila at the Tokyo Olympic Games four years ago. The runner-up was Japanese Hara Kenji.
Michael Ryan of New Zealand, the third runner-up, scored more than 2 hours and 23 minutes. In addition to the routine examination of the award ceremony, the reporters are most concerned about Bikila, the "barefoot fairy" who collapsed after running only 17 km due to injury. They didn't care too much about other runners, and the audience didn't bet too much on the marathon. When the award ceremony was over and all other activities in the venue were over, they left home in twos and threes.
More than an hour later, the organizing Committee began to inform the service stations along the marathon to start evacuation. The result was a news that surprised everyone: a runner was still running!
It turns out that the runner who is still running is Avari. He fell down after running less than 5 kilometers, injured his knee and dislocated his shoulder, but instead of quitting, he limped to the finish line. Gradually, all the players left him far behind; Gradually, the cheering crowds on both sides of the street have dispersed and the sky is getting darker and darker. Everyone thought the marathon was over, and only Avari ran steadily, because he felt that his race was far from over.
Half an hour later, it was completely dark, and Avari continued. Because of the severe pain, he jogs slower than ordinary people, his knees bleed and his mouth twitches painfully.
I don't know when a man appeared beside him. He was a reporter from Delta Sky Illustrated. The reporter looked at him sympathetically and asked inexplicably, why did he run away knowing that he had no chance of winning? Obviously, Avari was unprepared. He ran silently for a long time, and then suddenly replied firmly, "My motherland sent me here from 7,000 miles away, not to let me start the race, but to let me finish it …". The deeply moved reporter not only sent the manuscript to his magazine, but also immediately sent it back to the Olympic News Center. Avari's famous saying is different.
The congress echoed over Mexico City, the most populous city in the world, and many citizens who had already gone home rushed to the roadside to cheer for this brave athlete. Encouraged by the audience, Avari dragged his injured leg into the Aztec Stadium, and the stadium turned on the lights for him, almost a yard.
He was surrounded like a hero and received far more grand courtesy than the champion. Because of his excitement, people forgot to count his exact grades. Only he ranked 57th out of 75 in the Olympic score book, and the 18 player who came after him all retired for various reasons.
Avari was born in Mburu, Mburu, British Tanganyika on 1938. He was a 30-year-old veteran when he participated in the Mexican Olympic Games. Although there was no previous achievement, as the first athlete in Tanzania's history to participate in the Olympic Games, he did not live up to the country's high hopes.
Touching story of Olympic athletes 3- serving the country with illness
He is like a marathon runner who has exhausted his physical strength and energy. China striker Wang Yifu suddenly fell when he crossed the line. Dragging a seriously ill body staged a tragic scene in the history of Olympic shooting at the Atlanta Olympic Games.
Wang Yifu's inflammation of the internal auditory canal caused headache and dizziness, and he was tired and weak for a while. When he arrived in Atlanta, he was carried off the plane on a stretcher. In the Olympic village these days, he is also training and treating.
He had a fever before going to Wolf Creek today. The famous "day trader" carefully fired almost all the bullets today. He aimed at the gun many times, until it was sure, and then put it down again. He was 3.8 rings ahead of his opponent in the game, but suddenly his eyes went black at the last shot, and there was not much time left, so he had to play the last unlucky ball by feeling. "6.5 ring
",this achievement stunned domestic journalists, and Wang Yifu lost the chance to win the championship again with 0./kloc-0. IOC Executive Director He He and coach Raul hurried up to comfort him: "You have done your best, and everyone thinks you are good." Wang Yifu pale, muttered, "I didn't play well. I couldn't see anything at the last shot. " A few minutes later, he went into shock and fell to the ground.
Although Wang Yifu didn't win the gold medal in this competition, he is a hero in the hearts of our people in China and the pride of the people in China.
Touching stories of Olympic athletes 4- torch of passion
When the Olympic Torchbearer Qualification Trial was held in Shandong (Jinan) Division, CCTV-Lenovo approved a place in Shandong (Jinan) Division to directly become an Olympic torchbearer in view of the emergence of many high-quality and touching athletes in Jinan Division.
In order to better spread the Olympic spirit, Lenovo, together with CCTV and the national 3 1 newspaper group, held a large-scale open selection activity of "You are a torchbearer". This selection activity for ordinary people makes it possible for ordinary people to become Olympic torchbearers. As the only cooperative print media in Jinan, this newspaper witnessed the whole process of Jinan's registration, rematch and finals: * * Nearly 3,000 people signed up for Jinan's selection, 100 people entered the rematch and 25 people entered the finals. Because the athletes' level and performance are similar, the organizing committee finally selected three "quasi-torchbearers", namely Zhang Jun, Li Weipeng and Zhang Xiaodong, after careful and long-term strict selection. The three of them will compete with Li Nan, a player specially nominated by CCTV and Lenovo, for the qualification to directly become the torchbearer of Lenovo Jinan Division.
Due to the outstanding performance of athletes in Jinan Division in various national divisions, Lenovo directly added a name to Jinan Division to become an Olympic torchbearer through the efforts of the organizing committee.
Well, that is to say, whoever gets this quota can directly become the torchbearer of the Beijing Olympic Games without taking part in the finals of CCTV. This "Pass" will be awarded to one of the four "quasi-torchbearers", and the other three will go to Beijing to participate in the CCTV National Finals in the near future, which is expected to become Olympic torchbearers.
"You are a Torchbearer" The four "quasi-torchbearers" selected by CCTV- Lenovo Olympic Torchbearers were finally produced in Shandong (Jinan) Division as follows:
1, Zhang Jun: female, Jinan, 27 years old, winner of the first Paralympic Games in Shandong, currently teaching in Shandong Institute of Physical Education. When she was five years old, a serious illness almost plunged Zhang Jun into a silent world. With the help of her mother, she worked hard to practice pronunciation by learning lip shape, overcame the unimaginable difficulties of ordinary people, and finally learned to speak. After hard training, Zhang Jun participated in the Olympic and Paralympic Games for the deaf on behalf of China for many times, and broke the world record of deaf women's triple jump twice, and still holds the national record of this event.
2. Li Weipeng: Male, from Zibo, 20 years old, the seventh generation descendant of Cuju. Since September 2005 12, he has worked as a cuju actor in Linzi Football Museum, during which he has given more than 2,000 performances for tourists. On April 25th, 2007, he performed an antique cuju for Mr Brandon Monton, director of the AFC Prospect Project. On June 23rd, 2007, he participated in CCTV's Journey to the Olympics, entered Zibo, the birthplace of world football, and was selected as a player. On July 2 1 2007, he gave a cuju performance for Messi, a famous Argentine star, in Jinan and competed with Messi.
3. Zhang Xiaodong: Male, 58 years old, from Dongyuan Village, Hanting Sub-district Office, Hanting District, Weifang, is currently the manager of Xiaodong Kite Craft Club in Yangjiabu, Weifang. 1995 was awarded the title of China Kite Expert by the Ministry of Culture. In 2002, he was awarded Weifang Kite Star. In 2003, it was awarded the beauty of craftsmanship.
Master, I have been engaged in kite making. In 2005, in order to welcome the Olympic Games, an innovative giant kite was made and won the first prize of innovation in Weifang International Kite Competition. In 2006, the innovative giant kite "Golden Dog Want Want to Welcome the Olympics" won the first prize in the international competition. In 2007, in order to welcome the Olympic Games, the giant kite "Flower China" was made and won the first prize of international competition innovation. In April, 2007, the Fuwa kite was made for the first Olympic public welfare film planning group in China, which was reported by CCTV and local TV stations many times.
4. Li Nan: Male, born in Jinan, 20 years old, studying at China Pharmaceutical University. During the summer vacation this year, Li Nan and other students 1 1 organized an activity called "Harmonious Society, All People Olympics, All People Bless Beijing", and publicized the Beijing Olympic Games by cycling from Nanjing to Beijing 1200 kilometers and passing through various cities.