． Liu Changchun, the No. 1 Olympic Games man, famously said: "I am a descendant of the Chinese nation, and I am Chinese. I will never represent Manchukuo at the Olympic Games!"
Who else will remember him? you? I? he? At least, Chinese history remembers him!
Liu Changchun (1905～1983), a native of Dalian, Liaoning Province, was born into a poor peasant family. He has loved running and jumping since he was a child, and he has a strong will. When he was 14 years old, he defeated all Japanese young athletes in a track and field competition between Chinese and Japanese primary and secondary school students with excellent results of 11.8 seconds for 100 meters and 57 seconds for 400 meters, showing his track and field talent. In October 1928, at the track and field competition between China, Japan and Germany held in Shenyang, Liu Changchun defeated the famous Japanese runner Yoshioka in one fell swoop and became the fastest runner in the Far East at that time.
Liu Changchun's talent was appreciated by Zhang Xueliang, the highest military and political officer in Northeast China. Zhang Xueliang gave Liu Changchun a monthly subsidy of 30 silver dollars, and also hired a German coach for him with a heavy sum of 800 silver dollars per month, so that he could continue training while studying at Northeastern University. He made remarkable progress, and held a competition in Hangzhou in 1930. At the Fourth National Games, he won three consecutive national championships in the 100m, 200m, and 400m. In order to commemorate his outstanding performance, Hangzhou City specially renamed the main road leading to the track and field stadium "Changchun Road".
In 1931, after the "September 18th" incident, the Japanese invaders occupied the three northeastern provinces and then established Manchukuo. In order to continue his training, Liu Changchun escaped the close surveillance of Japanese agents and secretly went south to Beijing to continue his studies at Northeastern University.
In the spring of 1932, the 10th Olympic Games will be held in Los Angeles, USA. The newly established Manchukuo, in order to create public opinion and win international recognition, made a sentimental announcement in the puppet Manchukuo newspaper: "Liu Changchun and others will represent Manchukuo in the Olympic Games in July."
Early May , Liu Changchun solemnly declared in "Ta Kung Pao": "I am a descendant of the Chinese nation, a descendant of Yan and Huang, and a Chinese. I will never represent the puppet Manchukuo at the Olympic Games." Liu Changchun's patriotic actions were appreciated by the people across the country and strongly supported by General Zhang Xueliang. With the arrangement and sponsorship of Zhang Xueliang, the Chinese team composed of six people including Liu Changchun was able to go to the United States to compete. Later, due to the insensitivity of the Nanjing Kuomintang government and the sabotage of the Japanese spies, Liu Changchun became the only Chinese athlete to participate in the competition, and was also the first athlete to participate in the Olympic Games in Chinese history.
On July 29, Liu Changchun’s cruise ship arrived in Los Angeles. At this time, the Olympic Games had begun. After more than 20 days of rough seas, Liu Changchun's physical strength was severely reduced. He had no time to rest, let alone adaptive training. He rushed into battle the next day. As a result, he finished first in the 100-meter and 200-meter group preliminaries respectively. The fifth and sixth place results were eliminated. Liu Changchun was very sad about this. Although Liu Changchun failed in the competition, he defeated the political conspiracy of the Japanese and puppet Manchukuo and made the Chinese name write in the Olympic records for the first time.
2. Ma Junren Ma Diplomacy famous saying: "The Chinese people have stood up!"
Ma Junren has shortcomings of one kind or another, but one thing is undeniable, and that is his patriotism.
In 1986, when Ma Junren was not yet famous, he took four female middle school students to participate in the World Middle School Track and Field Games held in Portugal. From the road to the sports field, Ma Junren left behind a series of stories full of patriotism. . First, I transferred to a plane in Paris. Ma Junren held the ticket for that day but was not allowed to board the plane. He got angry and told the French, "The Chinese people have stood up!" In order to safeguard the independence of the Chinese people and the citizens of the Republic of China, In order to show his dignity, he fought the ticket incident as a diplomatic lawsuit. He won the battle and was nicknamed "Horse Diplomacy".
After arriving in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, a coach from a European country watched Ma Junren train four young players at the sports ground and ridiculed that Chinese athletes would never achieve good results. After hearing this, Ma Junren was so angry that he jumped out of bed several times throughout the night and could not sleep. After dawn, he had a wonderful conversation with the four team members. Ma Junren asked the team members: "Do you think the teacher is happy?" All four team members said "not happy".
Why "unhappy"? He told the story about the foreign coach humiliating the Chinese athletes, which made several young players angry. Ma Junren asked the children: "What does wearing a red vest mean?" The young team member replied: "The national flag is red." "Why is the national flag red?" "It is dyed red by the blood of martyrs." Ma Junren said, "That's right!" He opened the blinds and was watching a red sun erupting from the sea. He was moved by the scene and asked the team members: "Children, you came across the ocean and went abroad. Do you know where China is?" The children all shook their heads and said they didn't know. Ma Junren pointed to the rising sun and said, "It's right there, where the sun rises! You must serve the motherland." Achieve good results." Several children were also very successful, wearing sportswear with two golden characters "China" printed on them, and won the gold, silver and bronze medals in the 3000m.
Ma Junren often said, "Gold is not gold when it is buried in the soil. It is gold only when it is dug out and allowed to shine on the ground." He has been committed to sports training since the late 1970s and has been committed to discovering athletes. His potential and professionalism are unforgettable to all Chinese people. Ma Junren suffers from a variety of diseases. When training his players, he often endures severe pain and has intestinal blood flowing to the car seat. He was rich, sick, and could have retired to "lessen trouble", but he still gritted his teeth and did it. What did he want? The purpose is to give the Chinese people a voice. Ma Junren has made great contributions in front of the motherland.