olympic champion gives new answer to question asked 116 years ago
2024-09-23
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on the evening of september 21, in tianjin, olympic champion ding xinyi was performing a rhythmic gymnastics ribbon performance at the "write the splendor of youth on the land of the motherland" ideological and political course online theme promotion and interactive guidance activity held at nankai university. photo by tian jiashuo
on the evening of september 21, in tianjin, at the "write the splendor of youth on the land of the motherland" ideological and political course online theme promotion and interactive guidance activity held at nankai university, olympic champion pan zhanle interacted with the audience before taking the stage to give a speech. photo by tian jiashuo
on the evening of september 21, tianjin, at the "write the splendor of youth on the land of the motherland" ideological and political course online theme promotion and interactive guidance activity held at nankai university, paris paralympic champions tan yujiao (right) and jiang yuyan (left) shared their competition and growth experiences, and the audience took photos and recorded them. photo by tian jiashuo
the young olympic athletes came to the place where china's olympic dream began.
"100 years ago, the 'three olympic questions' raised by president zhang boling inspired generations of chinese people. as chinese athletes, we have answered them with our own actions!" on the evening of september 21, at the 2024 "write the splendor of youth on the land of the motherland" ideological and political network theme publicity and interactive guidance activity held at nankai university, paris olympic champion pan zhanle responded to the olympic dream of a hundred years ago. chen meng, liu huanhua, li wenwen, ding xinyi, wu yu, tan yujiao, jiang yuyan and other paris olympic and paralympic champions also shared their feelings with nankai students.
zhang boling, the former president of nankai university, was the first chinese to attend the olympic games. 116 years ago, zhang boling visited the 4th olympic games during his overseas inspection. on october 23 of that year, three large-character slogans written in brush were posted on the outer wall of the playground of nankai university: "when can china send an athlete with excellent performance to the olympic games? when can china send a team of excellent athletes to participate in the olympic games? when can china invite countries around the world to hold the olympic games in china?"
these three questions are called the "three olympic questions" and have been passed down to later generations.
in tianjin, at nankai university, the dream of the olympics has existed for at least 100 years. on october 24, 117 years ago, at the closing ceremony and award ceremony of the fifth tianjin joint games, zhang boling gave a speech entitled "the olympics in athens", in which he mentioned that "our country should immediately establish an olympic team." this was the first time that a chinese person publicly suggested that china form an olympic team, and it can also be seen as the first time that a chinese person formally responded to the olympic movement.
this great educator founded the nankai series of schools and was hailed as "china's first olympian."
at the event on september 21, pan zhanle and other young athletes had a dialogue with history. in addition to the "three questions about the olympics", pan zhanle also mentioned my country's first olympic athlete liu changchun. pan zhanle said that liu changchun "went to the meeting alone" to participate in the los angeles olympics in the united states in 1932, with china behind him "broken mountains and rivers and difficult national destiny". "today, a hundred years later, we are full of confidence. we can look at the world with equal eyes, compete with the best athletes in the world and win the first place. one important reason is that we have a strong motherland behind us." he said.
at this paris olympics, the younger generation of chinese athletes achieved historic breakthroughs in more and more events. in the men's 100m freestyle final at the paris olympics, pan zhanle won the gold medal with a time of 46.40 seconds and broke his own world record. this was the first time a chinese athlete won an olympic gold medal in this event. he was also the first asian athlete to win an olympic gold medal in the men's 100m freestyle since the 1932 los angeles olympics. in 1932, liu changchun participated in the olympics.
after the game, pan zhanle posted a microblog, "this gold medal of mine is dedicated to the great motherland." on september 21, at the event site of nankai university, he said: "records are meant to be broken, and monopolies are meant to be broken. i am from wenzhou, and the pronunciation of 'pan zhanle' in wenzhou dialect is 'breaking records.' when two brave men meet on a narrow road, the braver wins; when two brave men meet, the stronger one wins."
in the men's 102kg weightlifting final at the paris olympics, 23-year-old chinese athlete liu huanhua won the championship with a total score of 406kg, which was also the first olympic gold medal for chinese men in the weightlifting category. also at the paris olympics, the chinese rhythmic gymnastics team won the collective all-around gold medal, achieving a historic breakthrough. on september 21, chinese rhythmic gymnastics team athlete ding xinyi came to the event site of nankai university. this 20-year-old girl loves to laugh, and was once commented by the media that "she made history by laughing."
at that time, zhang boling, an educator who attached great importance to sports, believed that sports were like a special language for people to communicate with each other, which could quickly inspire resonance and enthusiasm. sports not only developed people's physical fitness, but also their moral qualities of pursuing justice, respecting rules, unity and tolerance, and their spiritual core of perseverance, optimism and never giving up.
facing the students of nankai university, tan yujiao, the 67kg weightlifting champion of the paris paralympic games, shared her story.
when she was 7 years old, a disease caused tan yujiao to become disabled in her right leg. she did not attend a physical education class for 6 years in primary school. at the age of 13, she became a disabled weightlifter. "i used to be unable to attend physical education classes, but now i am on the road to competitive sports." in her 21-year sports career, she has won 43 gold medals and broken 21 world records. "after surpassing the weight limit again and again, i am also surpassing the boundaries of life."
swimmer jiang yuyan is known as the "flying fish" with seven gold medals. she won seven gold medals and broke four world records at the paris paralympics, becoming the athlete with the most gold medals and medals at this paralympics. "destiny broke the balance of my body, but it cannot break the balance of my life, and accidents cannot be an excuse for me to waste my life," she shared at an event at nankai university on september 21.
"fish have a tail, and i have a leg," she said, adding that swimming gave her confidence, courage, and motivation in life. she encouraged young students to "paddle firmly towards the future of life amidst the splashing water."
"the paris olympics has ended and everything has started from scratch. it is my responsibility as a member of the chinese swimming team to continue to strive for a strong sports nation and the olympic cause; it is our common mission as a young generation to show the world china's strength, chinese style, and chinese spirit." pan zhanle said.
on july 30, 1932, liu changchun entered the opening ceremony of the los angeles olympic games alone, holding the chinese flag high. in such a precarious situation, the world's most populous country could only send one athlete. although liu changchun did not achieve the desired results due to the long journey, he made history and won the respect of the world. zhang boling, who witnessed and participated in this historical moment, once wrote excitedly: "intellectual competition is a mirror for strengthening the country."
nearly a hundred years have passed, and now the olympic games have re-entered the los angeles cycle. young chinese olympic athletes are looking forward to breaking records in los angeles and writing a new chapter in the chinese olympics.
china youth daily and china youth network reporter guo yujie and an li source: china youth daily
(source: china youth daily)
