It seems that Chinese women have won more gold medals in many Olympic Games, which shows that the Olympic strategy formulated by the National Sports Commission at the end of the last century has achieved important phased results. It shows that the Olympic strategy formulated by the National Sports Commission at the end of the last century has achieved important stage results
Did you know? The first time New China participated in the Olympic Games was in Los Angeles in 1984. At this Olympic Games, China won 15 gold medals, including 10 for men and 5 for women. The number of gold medals for men was twice that of women (circulation on the Internet The number of men (10 men and 14 women) is because the Chinese women's volleyball champion is counted as 10 gold medals), ranking 4th in the gold medal list. But at the subsequent 1988 Seoul Olympics, China encountered Waterloo and only won 5 gold medals, ranking 11th in the gold medal list.
In fact, this result is not unexpected. Officials from the National Sports Commission in charge of sports wrote a report before the Seoul Olympics. At that time, they predicted that the Chinese delegation would only win 6 to 8 gold medals - this It was the true level of Chinese sports at that time. The reason why the Los Angeles Olympics won 15 gold medals was mainly due to political reasons. Eastern European countries represented by the former Soviet Union boycotted the Olympics. But ordinary people don't think so.
They felt that this was simply because the athletes sent out were not strong enough or did not try their best. Back then, Li Ning and Zhu Jianhua would be reviled by the domestic public once they did not achieve good results. For example, after the Los Angeles Olympics, Zhu Jianhua, who won the bronze medal at the time, was even sent a razor blade. In the face of fierce public sentiment, the National Sports Commission realized that although the proportion of Chinese people who liked sports was very low at that time, and many people did not even understand the rules of sports, on the day of the competition, everyone would definitely ask, will the Chinese win? Is it gone? A gold medal is something that makes ordinary people feel proud of their faces.
A gold medal is something that makes ordinary people feel proud of their faces. As for what the project is and who gets it, it is not that important. Therefore, on July 6, 1995, the National Sports Commission promulgated the "Olympic Glory Plan". The plan points out that "vigorously develop a number of small events that can reach the world level in the short term." In other words, we must consider the input-output ratio and use the least money to get as many gold medals and medals as possible.
So which projects meet this condition? ——Either the yellow race has a talent advantage, or the competition is not fierce yet, or the results can be achieved by training one or two top players. Later, someone concluded that it was just five words: "small, clever, difficult, female, young". Small - a small ball event; Skillful - an event with strong technical skills; Difficult - an event with high difficulty; Female - an event for women; Small - an event with a small number of participants. This is Tian Ji horse racing: using gold medals in many niche events to make up for the loss of gold medals in popular events. Although there are obvious differences in the enjoyment and attention of different sports competitions, the number of gold medals is the same.
In subsequent Olympic Games, especially after 2000, China's number of gold medals has made great progress, firmly ranking among the top three in the gold medal list. But on the other hand, China's performance has been unsatisfactory in those projects that have attracted greater global attention. For example, China won 51 gold medals in the first round of the Beijing Olympics (later three were deducted, making it 48), ranking first in the gold medal list. However, in the track and field and swimming events that attracted the most attention and had the most gold medals in the world, China , the Chinese General League only won 1 gold medal, and in the three major sports, China only had the third place in the Chinese women's volleyball team. In fact, it’s not just China, but also some major sports countries.
In fact, it’s not just China, but also some major sports countries. The reason why they have more gold medals is because they win women’s sports that are relatively less competitive. Gold medals have a lot to do with it. For example, in the 2016 Rio Olympics, there were 307 gold medals in total, 161 for men, 137 for women, and 9 for mixed. The Chinese team won 26 of them, 12 for men and 14 for women. The women had more gold medals. But the two opponents we are concerned about, the United States (46 gold medals, 18 men and 27 women) and Japan (12 gold medals, 5 men and 7 women), the ratio of men to women with gold medals is actually lower than that of China.
Therefore, "obtaining more gold medals in less competitive events" can be regarded as a conspiracy of many countries.
With the gradual improvement of China's international status, we may no longer need the "gold medal theory" so much, and our investment in sports can also become more balanced. I hope that in the near future, our athletes will achieve better results in more "hard-core" events!