1On July 29th, 984, a man named Xu Haifeng fired the last shot at the La Prado shooting range and won the first Olympic gold medal with a total score of 566, which was also the first Olympic gold medal won by China. Xu Haifeng may not have thought that his hand also opened a trap-the trap of the Olympic gold medal.
With Xu Haifeng's shot, China was boiling. Although there was no live TV broadcast in China at that time, newspapers and radio stations spread this exciting news: "Xu Haifeng broke a piece of paper called' The Sick Man of East Asia', and IOC President Samaranch personally presented him with an award." "After a century of weakness, the Oriental Giants announced their awakening in Los Angeles from 65438 to 0984." Since then, sports has become a symbol of China people's dream of strengthening the country.
/kloc-for more than 0/00 years, China has been invaded and ravaged by foreign powers, which has aroused the strong "dream of a strong country" in the hearts of the people of China. From 65438 to 0949, Mao Zedong announced at Tiananmen Gate that "the people of China have stood up from now on", which once pushed our dream of becoming a strong country to a climax. /kloc-in the 1950s, an unprecedented economic power movement appeared in China. Many people believe that with the exciting slogans such as "Steelmaking", "Surpassing Britain to catch up with America" and "Running into capitalism", our dream of becoming a powerful country will come true tomorrow. However, the reckless violation of natural laws quickly led to the nightmare of "natural disasters" and shattered the short-lived dream of becoming an economic power.
From 65438 to 0960, China people pinned their dream of becoming a strong country on the military. Unlike the failure of the dream of an economic power, the China administration has not let the people of China down this time. Under the military policy of "tightening one's belt to build an atomic bomb", China has made a major breakthrough in its efforts as a military power. The success of 1964' s atomic bomb explosion, 1967' s hydrogen bomb explosion and 1970' s satellite launch made countless people in China cry with excitement. By the1970s, China had the third military strength in the world, which could compete with the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, and the morale of China soldiers reached the highest level in history. At that time, the people of China really felt indescribable pride and were convinced that China had stood among the world powers.
The pride brought to China by the atomic bombing and satellite launch is far from being comparable to the Olympic gold medal. But just as we enjoyed that strong sense of pride, people were surprised to find that the meat in our bowl was gone. At this time, China people finally understood how expensive the atomic bomb made by "tightening their belts" was. The dream of becoming a military power was too heavy, and China people began to get tired of it.
After entering the1980s, Deng Xiaoping put forward an initiative to reduce military and military expenditure and concentrate on economic construction, which was warmly supported by people, and people were no longer interested in competing with the United States and the Soviet Union for atomic bombs and missiles. This time, the China government learned a lesson from the failure of the Great Leap Forward and put forward a realistic dream of "four modernizations" to strengthen the economy, so as to reach a well-off level in 2000 and a moderately developed country level in 2050. However, for many people in China, the dream of "four modernizations" is too long. If there is nothing to make us proud and excited during this long time, many impatient people will feel depressed and anxious.
(China Youth Forum)
At this time, with the gunshot of Xu Haifeng, China people discovered a dream of a new powerful country: the dream of a strong country through sports. 1984 at the los Angeles Olympic games, China won 15 gold medals, ranking fourth. The ranking of this gold medal allows us to find something that can generate pride and carefree mood. Since then, the number and ranking of Olympic gold medals have become the sustenance of China people's new dream of becoming a powerful country.
This time, the China administration did not let the people of China down. China's Olympic gold medals are increasing year by year. In 2000, Sydney Olympic Games won a record 28 gold medals, ranking third in the world, only four less than the second-ranked Russian, and China suddenly became the third largest sports country in the world. The five-star red flag raised in Ran Ran, the Olympic venue, and the national anthems one after another make the people of China feel that the dream of becoming a strong country is not far away.
History always plays jokes on people. The dream of becoming a military power from11960s to11970s led China's military to a wrong path of abnormal development. However, the dream of becoming a strong country in sports, which was ignited in1980s, led China's sports into the wrong path of abnormal development. Unconsciously, China fell into the trap of Olympic gold medal.
1984 before the los Angeles Olympic games, the state sports commission was only a poor unit that was not paid much attention to, and the treatment of athletes and coaches was not high. At that time, the sports world had not got rid of the sports thought of "friendship first, competition second" in Mao Zedong era. The purpose of the State Sports Commission is to improve people's physique, which is what Mao Zedong said: "developing sports and enhancing people's physique". Xu Haifeng's gunshot suddenly changed the purpose of running sports from mass sports to competitive sports. Since then, the China government has improved the treatment of athletes and coaches, and improved athletes' training equipment and sports facilities, but the improvement at that time was still limited. At the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, South China failed to live up to people's high expectations and won only five gold medals, which was later called "the defeat of Seoul".
"The defeat of Seoul" made the South Korean government understand that it is not easy to win the gold medal: the Olympic gold medal is very accidental, and it is very dangerous to rely on a few star athletes. We must engage in crowd tactics to ensure the number of Olympic gold medals with "the East is not bright, the West is bright". Since then, the government of China has greatly increased the sports funds and put forward the outline of the Olympic glory plan, a sports development plan with the goal of winning the Olympic gold medal.
The Outline of the Olympic Glory Plan proposes that the number of professional athletes should be about17,000, and the number of full-time coaches should also reach 4,900. The plan also puts forward a specific goal: to lead the second group in the gold medal list by the 27th Olympic Games in 2000, narrow the gap with the first group, and reach the competitive strength with more than 80 medals.
In the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, China won 28 gold medals, with a total of 59 medals, which basically met the requirements of the Olympic glory plan. Facing the expectation of Chinese people's gold medal, China team handed over a satisfactory answer sheet. At that time, everyone was immersed in exciting joy. China's great achievements in sports prove that China has become a "first-class country in sports" in the world, and China people's dream of becoming a powerful country in this field has been realized ahead of schedule. The Athens Olympic Games showed people's longing and expectation for the gold medal, so it can be said that China people have reached the point of "worshipping" the Olympic gold medal.
Just as people are proud and excited about the gold medal of China Olympic athletes, they may not know the cost of an Olympic gold medal. It is obvious to all that China has invested a lot of manpower and material resources for the Olympic gold medal. How much has China invested in preparing for the Olympic Games and sports? China officials are secretive about this, only listening to people in the sports world saying, "Our expenses are increasing year by year, and our expenses are guaranteed." .
Nevertheless, some information was revealed from various sources. According to the introduction of the national shooting team, the guns, ammunition and flying saucers they practice with are all imported from abroad. It is conceivable that the daily consumption of the shooting team's daily training will not be a small number; According to the introduction of the national badminton team, they spend 67 million yuan to participate in foreign affairs competitions abroad every year. Every year, all sports teams in China go abroad to participate in a large number of foreign affairs competitions, so the annual foreign affairs competition expenses of the entire China team should be above 1 100 million yuan.
Qian Kui, coach of the national gymnastics team, said: From 200/kloc-0 to 2003, the annual cost of the national gymnastics team was 20 million yuan, which was only the training cost of the gymnastics team, excluding the construction cost of stadiums. In this way, the national gymnastics team will spend 80 million yuan to prepare for the Olympic Games for four years. If the gymnastics team wins three gold medals, the cost of one gold medal is 27 million yuan; If you only take a gold medal, the cost of a gold medal is 80 million yuan.