Chapter 17 Chapter 14 Love for China (2)

Since 1980, China has participated in the Winter Olympic Games since the 13th, and has also sent a large delegation to the 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th Olympic Games.At the Los Angeles Olympics, shooter Xu Haifeng won the first gold medal in the competition and became the first Olympic medalist in Chinese history, completely rewriting the humiliating record of China's no medals in the Olympics.In these 4 Olympic Games, Chinese athletes worked hard, won gold and silver, and proved to the world with their excellent results that the Chinese are not "sick men of East Asia"!Let us remember the names of those Olympic heroes who took off the hat of "Sick Man of East Asia" for China and made the Chinese feel proud.

The Chinese Champions List of the 23rd Los Angeles Olympic Games name item grade Zhou Jihong women's 10-meter platform diving 435.51 points Zeng Guoqiang lifts 235 kg in the 52 kg class Wu Shude lifts 267.5 kg in the 56 kg class Chen Weiqiang lifts 282.5 kg in the 60 kg class Yao Jingyuan lifts 320 kg in the 67.5 kg class Luan Jujie Women's Foil Individual Li Ning men's floor exercise 19.925 points Lou Yun men's vault 19.950 points Li Ning men's pommel horse 19.950 points Li Ning men's ring 19.850 points Ma Yanhong women's uneven bars scored 19.950 points

Xu Haifeng men's pistol slow fire 566 ring Li Yuwei men's moving target 587 ring Wu Xiaoxuan Women's Small Caliber Standard Rifle 581 Ring Chinese Women's Volleyball (Zhang Rongfang Lang Ping Zhu Ling Zhou Xiaolan Yang Xilan Liang Yan Jiang Yinghou Yuzhu Su Huijuan Li Yanjun, Yang Xiaojun, Zheng Meizhu) The 24th Seoul Olympic Games China Champion List name item grade Lou Yun men's vault 19.875 points Xu Yanmei women's 3-meter springboard 445.20 points Gao Min women's 10-meter platform 580.23 points Chen Jing table tennis women's singles Chen Longcan/Wei Qingguang Table Tennis Men's Doubles

Chinese Champions List of the 25th Barcelona Olympic Games name item grade Chen Yueling women's 10 km race walk in 44 minutes and 32 seconds Zhuang Yong women's 100m freestyle 54 seconds 64 Qian Hong women's 100m butterfly in 58.62 seconds Lin Li women's 200m individual medley 2 minutes 11 seconds 65 (breaking the world record) Yang Wenyi women's 50m freestyle 24 seconds 79 (breaking the world record) Fu Mingxia scored 461.43 points in the women's 10-meter platform Gao Sen women's 3-meter springboard 572.400 points Sun Shuwei scored 677.31 points in the men's 10m platform

Lu Li women's uneven bars 10 points Li Xiaoshuang scored 9.925 points in men's floor exercise Zhangshan Skeet 223 Wang Yifu men's air pistol 684.8 ring Zhuang Xiaoyan women's judo over 72 kg class Deng Yaping table tennis women's singles Wang Tao/Lu Lin table tennis men's doubles Deng Yaping/Qiao Hong table tennis women's doubles The Chinese Champions List of the 26th Atlanta Olympic Games name item grade Sun Fuming women's judo over 72 kg class Le Jingyi women's 100m freestyle 54 seconds 50 Tang Lingsheng men's weightlifting 59 kg class 307.5 kg

Zhan Xugang men's weightlifting 70 kg class 357.5 kg Li Xiaoshuang men's gymnastics individual all-around score 58.423 points Li Duihong shot a 25-meter sports pistol with 687.9 rings Yangling man shoots 685.8 rings at a 10-meter moving target Fu Mingxia women's platform diving 521.58 points Wang Junxia women's track and field 5000 meters run 14 minutes 59 seconds 88 Deng Yaping/Qiao Hong women's table tennis doubles Xiong Ni Men's Springboard Diving 701． 46 points Kong Linghui/Liu Guoliang Men's Table Tennis Doubles Ge Fei/Gu Jun Women's Badminton Doubles

Deng Yaping women's table tennis singles Fu Mingxia women's springboard diving 547.68 points Liu Guoliang men's table tennis singles On February 28, 1991, Premier Li Peng approved the joint request for instructions from the four departments of the State Sports Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, and the Beijing Municipal People's Government to apply for hosting the 2000 Olympic Games in Beijing.Immediately afterwards, on March 28, the Beijing 2000 Olympic Games Bid Committee was formally established.When the news came, the whole country rejoiced and cheered.From the time when Liu Changchun traveled across the ocean alone to participate in the 10th Olympic Games in 1932, to today's China's formal bid to host the Olympic Games, what a huge leap!For more than half a century, China's Olympic movement has grown from scratch, from weak to strong, and has gone through a bumpy road full of thorns.Thinking back to the past, China had to rely on others to send even one athlete to participate in the Olympic Games; moreover, China has not won a medal in the 42 years of participating in the Olympic Games.Now we are not only winning gold and silver in the large-scale Olympic Games, but also holding our heads high and loudly announcing to the world: China will compete to host the 27th Olympic Games at the turn of the century.What kind of pride is this, how can it not make the people of the country feel proud!Beijing's participation in the bid not only demonstrates China's strong support for the Olympic Movement and the rapid development of China's sports industry, but also demonstrates to the world that since the reform and opening up, China's national strength has been greatly enhanced, and it is fully capable of hosting global sports events!

As early as January 1985, when Deng Xiaoping received a foreign leader, he mentioned that China was preparing to host the Olympic Games in 2000, which greatly encouraged sports workers across the country.From then on, the leaders of the National Sports Commission and the National Olympic Committee began to brew and study the possibility of bidding for the Olympic Games.Afterwards, my country's sports department went all out to prepare for the 11th Asian Games, and the bid to host it was temporarily put on hold. On July 3, 1990, when Wu Shaozu and Zhang Baifa accompanied Deng Xiaoping to visit the newly established National Olympic Sports Center, Comrade Xiaoping said something like this, "Olympiads will be held after the Asian Games. Hosting the Olympic Games will help invigorate the national spirit and inspire The economy is good, are you determined? Why don’t you dare to do this? If you don’t host the Olympic Games after building such a sports facility, it will be a waste of half.” Comrade Xiaoping’s words are like a starting signal gun, The State Sports Commission and the Beijing Municipal Government have started to fight for the operation of the bid.

At the opening ceremony of the Asian Games on September 22, 1990, President Yang Shangkun said to the visiting President of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch: "I hope that the Olympic Games can be held in China in 2000." On behalf of the Chinese government, he expressed his intention to bid for the Olympic Games wishes.After nearly five months of demonstration and research, on February 28, 1991, the State Council formally approved Beijing's bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games. On December 3, 1991, a three-member delegation headed by Zhang Baifa, executive vice chairman of the Olympic Bidding Committee, went to the IOC headquarters in Lausanne to submit an application to President Samaranch.Beijing began a tough battle with seven cities including Berlin, Sydney and Istanbul to compete for the 2000 Olympic Games.

The Beijing Olympic Bidding Committee drew on the successful experience of Barcelona and Atlanta, and carried out a lot of public relations and publicity work. Before the IOC finally voted for the host city in September 1993, Beijing had become one of the three cities with the highest calls for victory. On September 23, 1993, the 101st General Committee Meeting of the International Olympic Committee, which attracted worldwide attention, was held in the scenic capital of Monaco, Monte Carlo.China sent a powerful delegation of more than 200 people, with Li Lanqing, Vice Premier of the State Council, as the honorary head and Chen Xitong as the head, to Monte Carlo to make the final fight for Beijing's victory. On the morning and afternoon of the 23rd, delegations from the five cities (Beijing, Sydney, Manchester, Berlin and Istanbul) that participated in the final competition made presentations. At 6:00 p.m., the thrilling secret voting officially began. In the first three rounds, Beijing won the votes. Both ranked first. The results of the 3 rounds of voting are:

In the first round, Beijing has 32 votes, Sydney has 30 votes, Manchester has 11 votes, Berlin has 9 votes, and Istanbul has 7 votes. In the second round, Beijing had 37 votes, Sydney had 30 votes, Manchester had 13 votes, and Berlin had 9 votes. In the third round, Beijing had 40 votes, Sydney had 37 votes, and Manchester had 11 votes. Due to well-known reasons, in the final fourth round of voting, Sydney defeated Beijing by 45 votes to 43 and became the host city of the 27th Olympic Games in 2000. Although Beijing was defeated by Sydney in the last ten minutes due to the manipulation of Western powers behind the scenes, Sydney and Manchester jointly boycotted, but this well-organized bid has left us with valuable experience that can be used for reference.The Olympic torch will one day be lit on the land of China! Samaranch's first visit to China was in 1978, when China's legal seat in the International Olympic Committee had not yet been restored. In 1978, China's door to the outside world had just opened, and the International Olympic Committee was preparing to reopen the door to China. After setting foot on the land of China, Samaranch carefully observed and listened carefully, and especially gained a deeper understanding of China's history and the relationship between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.Facing a huge country with a population of 1 billion, Samaranch was deeply touched. The Olympic Games is a big family, and no one should be turned away.At the same time, China is a big family, and anyone who tries to artificially separate her will definitely not work in the end. In order to restore the legal seat of the Olympic Committee of the People's Republic of China in the International Olympic Committee as soon as possible, Samaranch, as the vice president of the International Olympic Committee, actively assisted Chairman Kiranin in his work.After Killanin proposed the motion to recognize the Chinese Olympic Committee as the Chinese National Olympic Committee, Samaranch helped to persuade the IOC members of European countries to support Killanen's proposal; Be cooperative. After the International Olympic Committee made a resolution on November 25, the Taiwan Olympic Committee was once banned from participating in the Olympic Games for insisting on using its so-called "national flag" and "national anthem".After Samaranch assumed the presidency, he paid close attention to the development of Taiwan's sports while insisting on maintaining the effectiveness of the resolutions of the International Olympic Committee.After his efforts to persuade, sports organizations in Taiwan finally accepted the resolution of the International Olympic Committee.Since the 23rd Olympic Games, Chinese athletes from both sides of the Taiwan Strait have appeared in the Olympic Games at the same time.Samaranch proudly announced to the world that the IOC is the only international organization in the world that has two members, the People's Republic of China and Taipei. Samaranch insisted on stopping any attempt to split China. In the 1988 Winter Olympics, two Taiwanese athletes violated the relevant regulations of the Olympic Games by wearing and posting the logo of the Taiwan authorities on the bobsleigh.Samaranch was severely criticized for this.Later, Zhang Fengxu, chairman of the Taipei Olympic Committee, wrote a letter to the International Olympic Committee on this matter.The letter admitted that the behavior of the Taiwanese athletes was wrong and promised not to violate the contract in the future.At the plenary meeting of the International Olympic Committee, Samaranch notified the Taipei Olympic Committee's decision to punish Liang Chunyuan, the team leader of the bobsleigh event: disqualification of the team leader, and he will not be allowed to participate in the Winter Olympics in the future.Samaranch emphasized at the executive committee meeting that in the future, attention should be paid to the issue of Chinese Taipei athletes using the national flag and emblem in the Olympic Games, and resolutely prevent similar incidents from happening. One year before the Atlanta Olympics, the organizing committee published a booklet for its staff to study that violated the IOC's resolution on the Taiwan issue.After the Chinese Olympic Committee pointed out its mistake, the US side apologized and took remedial measures.However, in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again at the Olympic Games, He Zhenliang made a speech on this in two executive committee meetings.He emphasized that he hoped that the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta would proceed smoothly and be a complete success.To do this, any problems that may arise cannot be ignored, let alone create problems that may have negative effects and be out of control.He said that in view of certain changes in US policy, he was willing to point out one year before the Olympics that for the benefit of the Olympic Movement, the Centennial Olympics should not be used for political purposes by certain politicians in the US or Taiwan.At the two meetings, Samaranch also issued serious warnings to the Atlanta Organizing Committee, asking them to avoid getting involved in any disputes about the Taiwan issue and to uphold the Lausanne Resolution of the International Olympic Committee in November 1979. Samaranch realized early on that a country with a large population like China should not only show her strength in the Olympic Games, but also occupy a corresponding position in the International Olympic Committee. After becoming the president of the International Olympic Committee in 1980, Samaranch actively recommended candidates for the new China to the International Olympic Committee.Through his efforts, He Zhenliang, deputy director of the State Sports Commission, was unanimously accepted as a member of the International Olympic Committee at the 80th IOC General Committee Meeting held in Badenburg on October 2, 1981.Samaranch was very happy to pin his gold Olympic rings pin on He Zhenliang's lapel, then held He Zhenliang's hand and said: "The cooperation between the International Olympic Committee and the Chinese Olympic Committee will be due to You are greatly strengthened and will enter a new phase." He Zhenliang lived up to the hopes of the Chinese people and Samaranch. He worked actively and made unremitting efforts to develop the relationship between the IOC and the Chinese Olympic Committee.Samaranch is very satisfied with this. On June 25, 1985, He Zhenliang was elected as an executive member of the International Olympic Committee at the 90th meeting of the International Olympic Committee. Five years later, He Zhenliang was unanimously elected vice-president of the IOC at the 95th IOC Plenary Session held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.This is the first Chinese to hold such an important position in the IOC. Samaranch came to China for the second time in March 1982. This was his first visit to China after he assumed the presidency of the International Olympic Committee.The purpose of this trip is to discuss with Chinese leaders how to further strengthen the cooperation between the IOC and the Chinese Olympic Committee, and how to further develop sports exchanges between China and other countries in the world.During the visit, Samaranch told Chinese leaders: "China should play an important role in the international sports world, and should win back what China has lost in international sports organizations in the past. China will play an increasingly important role in the International Olympic Committee." The facts are exactly as Samaranch expected. In January 1980, only two months after the Chinese Olympic Committee resumed its legal status in the International Olympic Committee, the Chinese Olympic Committee sent a team to participate in the 13th Winter Olympic Games held in Lake Placide, USA for the first time. She has shown her active role as a member of the International Olympic Committee with practical actions. In 1984, China sent a strong delegation to the Los Angeles Olympics.Samaranch is very satisfied with this. He believes that this is the best embodiment of China's support for the Olympic Movement with practical actions, and it is also an excellent opportunity for China to show itself to the world.He also raised high expectations for Chinese athletes through the "Sports Daily": "As for Chinese athletes, I would like to say that it is not easy to participate in the world's major competitions. Chinese athletes work very hard and I believe they will achieve good results. We expect China to send a strong sports team to participate in the 1984 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles, USA." Although more than a dozen countries headed by the Soviet Union boycotted the 23rd Olympic Games, the overall level of competition was affected to a certain extent, but the Chinese sports delegation still won the fifth place with 15 gold medals, 8 silver medals and 9 bronze medals. The results show the spirit of Chinese athletes who are brave to fight and enterprising.Since then, the development level of Chinese sports has attracted more and more attention from Samaranch, the International Olympic Committee, and even the world. Before the Los Angeles Olympic Games was held, Samaranch said that he would personally present China's first Olympic gold medal.On the first day of the 23rd Los Angeles Olympic Games, Xu Haifeng won the first gold medal in the Olympic Games in slow pistol shooting. This is also the first gold medal China has won since participating in the Olympic Games in 1932. Zero" breakthrough.On this day, Samaranch personally hung the gold medal on Xu Haifeng's chest meaningfully.Make this gold medal far beyond its own value.When Samaranch visited China for the fifth time in 1986, he met Xu Haifeng again. Samaranch said happily: "I always remember the moment when I awarded the first gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics, because the first gold medal was awarded to a Chinese athlete, and this is also the first gold medal in Chinese Olympic history." On this day, Samaranch gave Xu Haifeng an exquisite medal engraved with the Olympic emblem, and looked forward to awarding more medals to Chinese athletes in future Olympic Games. After 1982, Samaranch visited China six times, which further deepened his understanding and affection for our country with profound cultural heritage and excellent historical tradition.These 6 visits are: · In September 1983, attended the 5th National Games held in Shanghai; ·In October 1984, participated in the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China; · In April 1986, on behalf of the International Olympic Committee, awarded honors to Chinese leaders; ·In November 1987, attended the 6th National Games in Guangzhou; ·In September 1990, participated in the opening ceremony of the 11th Asian Games held in Beijing; ·In May 1993, participated in the opening ceremony of the first East Asian Games held in Shanghai. Samaranch's frequent official visits to a country in his capacity as president of the International Olympic Committee are only common in Olympic host countries and European countries.Therefore, the significance of his frequent visits to China is particularly prominent.Every time he visits, Samaranch's schedule is full. He always "opens his eyes wide" and never misses any opportunity to observe and participate in the development of Chinese sports. When he was invited to attend the opening ceremony of the first East Asian Games in May 1993, Samaranch, 3 vice-presidents, an executive committee member, 9 members and 2 honorary members of the International Olympic Committee, their wives, secretary entourage and other 50 The time when many people arrived in Beijing was at noon on May 9; after a short rest, they changed to a special plane to fly to Shanghai; in the afternoon, they met with General Secretary Jiang Zemin in Shanghai; attended the opening ceremony of the East Asian Games at 8:00 pm; watched the swimming competition the next day , visited the Shanghai Ten Thousand People Stadium and the News Center, accepted interviews from reporters, listened to the work report of the Shanghai leaders on the East Asian Games, cut the ribbon for sports photography and stamp exhibitions, and attended the exhibition hosted by Shanghai, the National Sports Commission and the Chinese Olympic Committee Banquet, also met with leaders of several regional Olympic committees participating in the East Asian Games, and rushed back to Beijing that night.On the third day, the schedule was even more busy. Li Ruihuan, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference received an interview in the morning; listened to the report of the Beijing Olympic Bidding Committee Deputy Secretary-General Tu Mingde and Technical Director Lou Dapeng at the Chinese Olympic Committee; awarded the Olympic Games to Chen Xitong, Wu Shaozu, Zhang Baifa and Zhang Caizhen medal.In the afternoon and the next day, in addition to inspecting sports venues in Beijing, I also visited the third National Sports Art Exhibition twice; participated in the launch ceremony of the "Olympic Movement" teaching material; The Olympic Quiz Competition.Interestingly, Samaranch, together with Chen Xitong, He Zhenliang and other leaders of the Beijing Olympic Bidding Committee, rode a bicycle on the streets of Beijing for about 10 minutes on the 12th despite the tense schedule.Samaranch wanted to express his friendly feelings towards ordinary Chinese people through this action. Through the visit, his understanding and friendly feelings towards China have been continuously deepened.While congratulating the vigorous development of Chinese sports, he also pointed out that China should play a role in promoting other developing countries in the development of sports. As early as the 5th National Games in 1983, Samaranch expressed at the press conference that he hoped that China could host the 11th Asian Games in 1990. When he was invited to participate in the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Samaranch said again that China's sports industry has developed rapidly. The Chinese government has taken many important measures and achieved many new achievements, and China has also helped third world countries develop their sports industry.He believes that hosting the Asian Games in China has become a very important event. When the Olympic Council of Asia held in Seoul decided that Beijing would host the 1990 Asian Games, Samaranch immediately sent a congratulatory letter to Zhang Baifa, the deputy mayor of Beijing, and said: "We, the International Olympic Committee, will do our best to help you. He has been paying close attention to the preparations for the 11th Asian Games and has given him great support. He once predicted: "I believe that the 11th Asian Games will definitely get the support of the Chinese people, because I know the Chinese people very well. I know that the Chinese are conscientious in their work, observe organizational discipline, and love sports. They regard organizing and hosting the Asian Games as a glorious mission. All these are favorable conditions for the success of the Asian Games." Before the Asian Games, Samaranch came to China and visited the Asian Games Village.He expressed satisfaction with the construction of the Asian Games Village.Afterwards, he told reporters: "I was amazed by the organizational capabilities of the People's Republic of China. I was even more shocked when I visited the Asian Games Village. It is indeed a high-level sports village that can accommodate 9,000 people." After the successful hosting of the Asian Games, Samaranch said: "The Asian Games have been very successful in all aspects. A country that has successfully organized all this is capable of hosting the Olympics. China has all the necessary sports facilities, only a large Olympic stadium and a cycling arena are missing. China's bid to host the Olympics Not without capital." For China's achievements in the Olympic Games, Samaranch is always sincerely happy. During the Barcelona Olympic Games on July 27, 1992, Samaranch cordially met with Chen Xitong, Wu Shaozu, Zhang Baifa and others from the Beijing Olympic Bidding Committee in his office, accompanied by He Zhenliang.He said: "Over the past few years, China has made a lot of efforts to develop sports and achieved good results. When a new century comes, it is appropriate to host an Olympic Games in your country. In the past, you were unknown in the swimming competitions of the Olympic Games. But this time I won the gold medal, which shocked people. I am always very happy every time the Chinese win a gold medal. In 1984, I personally distributed the first gold medal in the Olympic Games to Chinese athletes.  …” Perhaps the most typical example of this is the friendship between Samaranch and the "ping-pong genius" Deng Yaping. Deng Yaping was born in a family of table tennis. She has developed a mental quality of not admitting defeat and not being stage fright since she was a child. Many people said that she was "be careful of being black".She doesn't care about domestic competitions or world competitions, no matter who her opponent is or how famous she is, she can win by 10 points and never win by 9 points when she wins the game.She plays with a "killing" heart, and has never been influenced by the opponent.She is short, has short arms, and has a small range of control over the ball, so she tried her best to grab, hit, and exert strength in front, and the ball she hit was both ruthless and tricky.For this, she paid a high price.In order to develop agile steps and make up for her short stature, she insisted on exercising a lot every day. She often tied heavy sandbags on her legs during training and worked overtime.Her holidays are basically spent in the training hall.For this reason, her mentor Zhang Xielin often ordered her to rest, fearing that she would miss the meal time, and sent eggs to make up for the nutritional deficiency of instant noodles.Whenever Coach Zhang talked about these things, he said with infinite emotion: "There are too few such people." The arduous training and the natural "murderous spirit" made Deng Yaping, a young player, quickly make her mark in the country and won many domestic and international championships. She is known as the "No. altar. In the women's singles final of the World Championship held in Chiba County, Japan in May 1991, Deng Yaping took over the Geist Cup from Samaranch for the first time. In September, the "President Samaranch Cup" table tennis international championship was held in Matsumoto County.Samaranch, who loves table tennis, admires Deng Yaping's superb skills, and loves her courage to challenge strong players without admitting defeat. He once said to He Zhenliang, "Deng Yaping's unyielding spirit represents the style of an athlete. After Samaranch presented the "Chairman's Cup" to Deng Yaping in person, he invited her to visit the IOC headquarters at a convenient time. In October, Deng Yaping visited as scheduled, and Samaranch personally arranged the schedule of activities for her and invited her to dinner at the headquarters.The lively Deng Yaping sang for Samaranch and gave the chairman a pair of exercise balls and a Dushan jade carving from his hometown in Henan.This jade carving has been displayed in the main display case of the Samaranch restaurant.When he was in Matsumoto, he told Deng Yaping that if she could win the Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​he would give the prize to her personally. July 1992 was the most charming time in Barcelona. Deng Yaping, who came to Barcelona for the first time, seemed not very interested in the beautiful scenery of the city, the novel and interesting amusement facilities in the Olympic Village, and the gold medals won by others. She just rested on time. , Practice, watch the opponent's game, and concentrate on thinking about the way to win. Deng Yaping and Qiao Hong made it to the top 4 in the women's doubles.In the semi-finals, they defeated South Korea's Xuan Jinghe and Hong Ciyu 3-1.In the final, they defeated teammates Chen Zihe and Gao Jun, and boarded the women's doubles championship podium. In the women's singles competition, Deng Lianke Jr., the European champion Bartofi, Korean star Xuan Jinghe, Yu Shunfu, etc., fought all the way to the final and competed with teammate Qiao Hong for the women's singles championship. On the morning of August 5th, the women's singles final began, and Samaranch had set aside time to watch the table tennis women's singles final.In the first half of the final, he was working while watching the championship match between Deng Yaping and Qiao Hong on TV.Before setting off to the arena, he happily said to He Zhenliang: "Deng Yaping is leading so far." In the second half of the final, Qiao Hong, who suffered a foot injury, played very well. The co-chairman, Huocun, was also very excited and nervous. After distributing awards to Deng Yaping, Samaranch happily put his arms around Xiao Deng's shoulders and patted her on the cheek, like a kind grandfather.He said: "I promised a long time ago that I would hand out the award when you become the Olympic champion, and I did it." Deng Yaping said: "When the Chinese team entered the opening ceremony, I saw you gave me a thumbs up, so I knew you wanted me to do a good job." Everyone laughed together.Samaranch invited Deng Yaping to visit the headquarters in Lausanne again, and invited coach Zhang Xielin to go with him.He said affectionately: "I love China and Chinese athletes." On July 31, 1996, at the 26th Olympic Games in Atlanta, after Deng Yaping defeated Chinese Taipei player Chen Jing to win the Olympic table tennis women's singles championship, she went to the arena to watch the intense competition between two Chinese athletes. Samaranch vs. Deng Yaping Feeling sincerely happy with the victory, he praised Deng Yaping as the athlete who "best embodies the Olympic spirit of higher, stronger and faster", and decided to present the award to Xiao Deng himself again.When Samaranch hung Deng Yaping's second Olympic gold medal around her neck, there was joy on and off the field, and this touching picture of "grandfather and grandchildren at home" came into being. China is a developing country.In international affairs and economic development, China has always stood together with developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, supporting and helping each other in the common task of developing their national economies.In the development of sports, China has also adhered to this basic principle. China has provided economic assistance to many countries, especially African countries, including the construction of some sports facilities. In 1985, when Samaranch saw a large number of sports venues in African countries aided by China during his inspection in Africa, he spoke highly of the Chinese government and the Chinese Olympic Committee, and suggested to the International Olympic Committee that the 1986 Olympic Cup be awarded to the Chinese Olympic Committee , in recognition of the Chinese Olympic Committee's contribution to the development of the international Olympic movement. The Olympic Cup was established in 1906 on the initiative of Coubertin.This award is awarded by the International Olympic Committee to institutions and organizations that have made special contributions to the development of the Olympic Movement.The trophy is kept in the Lausanne Museum, the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee.The Olympic Cup has been awarded annually since 1975. According to Samaranch's proposal, the International Olympic Committee awarded the highest honor of the International Olympic Committee in 1986, the Olympic Cup, to the Chinese Olympic Committee. Samaranch delivered a passionate speech at the award ceremony.He said: "The International Olympic Committee respects the Chinese government very much. The Chinese Olympic Committee is an important member of the international Olympic family. China plays an important role in the world sports field. China is a model for the third world. I have been to Africa, I visited many African countries, where I saw many sports facilities aided by China. The International Olympic Committee agreed that the Chinese government should be thanked and commended for China’s noble behavior. Therefore, I brought the Olympic Cup to the international The highest honor that the Olympic Committee has. The Chinese people are friendly and warm, and because of this, whenever I step on the land of China, I feel warm, as if I am in the ocean of friendship.” "It is worth giving China a great medal." Samaranch emphasized. At the same time, Samaranch also awarded a gold Olympic medal to Chinese Vice Premier Wan Li. The Olympic Medal is used to reward sports figures or leaders who have made significant contributions to the development of Olympic sports and sports, as well as athletes who have made great achievements in improving sports skills and performance.This was decided at the 75th meeting of the International Olympic Committee held in Vienna in October 1974.There are three levels of medals: gold, silver and bronze.Gold medals are generally awarded to heads of state and government, and silver medals are awarded to sports leaders and famous athletes. The International Olympic Committee began to award Olympic medals in 1975, and there have been 15 gold medal winners in the world.Wan Li is the first Chinese national leader to be awarded the Olympic Gold Medal. On the afternoon of April 28, 1986, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Samaranch personally hung the Olympic Gold Medal—a gold medal with five Olympic rings and an olive branch symbolizing peace and friendship—on Wan Li's chest.He solemnly said: "In recognition of your contribution to world sports and your loyalty to the Olympic ideals proposed by Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic movement, I have the honor to confer on you the Olympic Medal." Wanli responded by saying: "The International Olympic Committee awarded me the Gold Olympic Medal is not only my personal honor, but also the appreciation and evaluation of our government's emphasis on and development of sports. As a sports enthusiast and active supporter, I will work with our people Together, together with the International Olympic Committee, we will continue to make unremitting efforts to carry forward the Olympic spirit and promote the development of the Olympic movement." In addition, there are other leaders or famous people in China who have won silver medals. In 1983 and 1984, Rong Gaotang and Zhong Shitong won silver medals. In 1986, Huang Zhong was awarded the Silver Medal. In 1987, Li Menghua and Chen Jingkai won the Silver Medal. In 1990, Chen Xian, Lu Jindong and the late Song Zhong won the Silver Medal. In 1991, Chen Xitong, Wu Shaozu, Zhang Baifa and Zhang Caizhen won the silver medal. As Samaranch puts it: "We speak highly of China's positive role in the international Olympic movement in the past few years. In the real world, China's influence is growing." During his visit to China, Samaranch met with Chinese party and state leaders many times.Chinese leaders extended warm welcome to Samaranch's visit to China and expressed their gratitude to Samaranch for his concern and support for the development of Chinese sports. In March 1982, Samaranch visited China for the second time. This was his first official visit to China after he assumed the presidency of the International Olympic Committee.Deng Xiaoping, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, met with Samaranch. They both praised the positive cooperation between the two sides and discussed how the International Olympic Committee can help China develop sports and other issues. In 1984, Samaranch and his wife came to China to participate in the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and met with Deng Xiaoping cordially. Chinese President Li Xiannian met with Samaranch in Beijing on September 23, 1983.Li Xiannian thanked Samaranch for his efforts to restore the Chinese Olympic Committee's legal seat in the International Olympic Committee. On April 28, 1986, Peng Zhen, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, cordially met with Samaranch.Peng Zhen said that in recent years, the world Olympic movement has made great progress.This not only promotes the development of sports in various countries, but also promotes the friendship among people, athletes, especially youths of various countries.This actually has positive significance for maintaining world peace. Peng Zhen said that the development and improvement of Chinese sports in recent years is inseparable from the support and help of the International Olympic Committee.Samaranch said: "China occupies an important position in international sports organizations. The development of Chinese sports in the past few years is astonishing. China has achieved brilliant results in the Los Angeles Olympics. The Chinese people are proud of this, and I am also very happy." In 1989, Samaranch was re-elected as the President of the International Olympic Committee.Wu Shaozu, director of the State Sports Commission, immediately sent a congratulatory message to express his congratulations.The congratulatory message said: Mr. Chairman: My warmest congratulations to you on your re-election as President of the International Olympic Committee. Our country's sports circle will, as always, maintain close and friendly cooperation with the International Olympic Committee under your leadership and the Olympic committees of various countries and regions. Congratulations on your new achievement in leading the World Olympic Movement. Director of the Sports Athletes Committee of the People's Republic of China Wu Shaozu September 12, 1989 in Beijing The Chinese Olympic Committee also sent a congratulatory message.The telegram is: Mr. Chairman: Congratulations to you for your re-election as IOC President. As an old friend of yours, we are very pleased to see that under your leadership and the joint efforts of all IOC members in the past nine years, the Olympic movement has developed vigorously. We believe that in the future, you will lead the international Olympic family to work hard for our common ideal - to carry forward the Olympic spirit, enhance the physical and mental health of young people, and make every Olympic Games a success. We believe that the friendly and cooperative relationship between the International Olympic Committee and you, the Chinese Olympic Committee and the sports world will continue to develop. All China Sports Federation Rong Gaotang Li Menghua Huang Zhong Lu Jindong Chen Xian September 1, 1989 in Beijing In order to express the Chinese people's deep affection for Samaranch, in June 1990, He Zhenliang, chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee, presented two exquisite traditional Chinese paintings to Samaranch when he went to Spain to attend the IOC Executive Committee meeting. , to congratulate him on double happiness: his 70th birthday and the 10th anniversary of his presidency of the IOC. 第25届巴塞罗那奥运会举办期间，7月17日恰适萨马兰奇72岁生日，北京奥申委常务副主席张百发和何振梁，代表北京市市长陈希同和国家体委主任伍绍祖向他赠送了一件生日礼物：一幅有江泽民总书记题词的照片。这幅照片是江泽民和萨马兰奇在北京亚运会开幕式上的合影。江总书记的亲笔题词是： 国际奥委会主席萨马兰奇侯爵，祝您生日快乐！ 照片镶在一个纯银制作的镜框里，框上的仙鹤和松树，象征着中国传统的祝福：吉祥和长寿。萨马兰奇捧着这件不寻常的礼物，连连称谢，并高兴地说： “我期待着在北京同江泽民总书记见面。” 自从萨马兰奇担任主席以来，国际奥委会比以往更注意体育运动及奥林匹克精神与文化、艺术、科学的结合。 早在1983年9月，萨马兰奇在观看中国第5届全运会开幕式表演后，对中国人民将体育与艺术完美地结合起来深有感触，赞叹中国民族古老文化的发扬光大。他建议中国建立体育博物馆，举办体育艺术比赛和体育雕塑、绘画展等活动。 在萨马兰奇主席的倡导下，中国奥林匹克委员会和中国美术家协会共同主办了以推动和繁荣体育美术创作、反映蓬勃发展的中国体育事业、表现中国运动员精神风貌的中国体育美术评选展览。展览于1985年6月在北京举行。 这是中国首次举办的体育美术展，中国许多久负盛名的画家和一批显露才华的中青年艺术家进行了精心创作。这些作品风格各异，丰富多彩，重点突出了体育本身的活力和健美。雕塑作品《走向世界》和《千钧一箭》获得特别奖。国际奥委会为这两件作品颁发了奖杯。萨马兰奇主席为展览发来了贺电。 1989年4月29日在北京首都体育馆，获得中国体育美术展特别奖的雕塑品《走向世界》和《千钧一箭》以及一件萨马兰奇头像雕塑艺术品，由中国奥委会主席亲自赠送给萨马兰奇主席。萨马兰奇很欣赏《千钧一箭》，高兴地会见了作者朱成和《走向世界》的作者田金锋。萨马兰奇在接受艺术品后说：“对我本人和对国际奥委会来说，今天是非常重要的一天。”中国奥委会主席李梦华在赠送仪式上说：“萨马兰奇表示将把中国的这三件体育艺术作品陈列在洛桑奥林匹克博物馆和奥林匹克公园，这无疑会进一步加强中国奥委会和国际奥委会之间已经建立起来的密切联系。” 在1984年洛杉矶奥运会上，中国奥委会曾把一幅名为“唐人马球图”的大型艺术挂毯，作为礼品赠送给国际奥委会。萨马兰奇代表国际奥委会接受了这件赠品。 这幅挂毯高3米，宽5米，整个画面古朴典雅，生动形象地描绘了中国唐代马球竞赛的壮观场面。整幅挂毯图案共有179人、57匹马、28面阵旗、2头牛、2辆车等。人物众多，神态各异，气势宏伟，栩栩如生，是艺术和体育高度结合的珍品。萨马兰奇盛赞这幅挂毯是一件“华丽、壮观”的艺术佳作。 现在，两件雕塑艺术品《千钧一箭》和《走向世界》及艺术挂毯《唐人马球图》陈列在国际奥林匹克博物馆和洛桑奥林匹克公园内。 萨马兰奇是位体育邮票集邮者，也是国际体育集邮联合会主席。在他倡议下，中国体育集邮协会于1986年4月28日成立。 1990年第11届亚运会召开之前，萨马兰奇为准备在亚运会召开期间举办的“国际体育邮票展”题词： “我很高兴并非常感兴趣地获悉，有一个重要的奥林匹克体育集邮展览将与运动会同时举行。如果我没有记错的话，随同亚运会举办集邮展览还是第一次。” “我相信'第十一届亚运会国际体育集邮展览'将是一个高水平的展览。它表明在亚洲国家，特别是中国奥林匹克体育集邮也有了很快发展。奥林匹克体育集邮将再一次显示它的文化和历史价值、它作为增强不同文化人民之间的友谊所具有的重要特点。” “我衷心希望这种精神也是'第十一届亚运会国家体育集邮展览'的共同宗旨，并再次证明集邮和体育将成功地得到结合。我感谢中国奥林匹克委员会和中国体育集邮协会考虑和组织了这次体育集邮展览。” 同年9月21日，在中国人民革命博物馆举办的“国际体育集邮展”，共展出了1500框，其中包括萨马兰奇的40框珍贵邮票。 早在1984年萨马兰奇就说过： “我们不仅要看到你们办1990年亚运会，同时我们还要看到你们主办举世瞩目的奥运会。”正是受到萨马兰奇主席言语的鼓舞，中国政府才于1991年2月决定北京参加2000年奥运会申办角逐。早在邓小平1985年1月谈到中国准备举办2000年奥运会前一年10月，应邀参加中国35周年国庆庆典的萨马兰奇就对何振梁说：“现在中国的条件已经具备，应该考虑申办2000年奥运会的事情了。” 在紧张激烈的申办过程中，萨马兰奇还多次给予奥申委热情的鼓励，并对他们的工作提出了宝贵的建议。1992年7月27日巴塞罗那奥运会期间，萨马兰奇在办公室里亲切会见了北京市奥申委的陈希同、伍绍祖、张百发等，何振梁陪见。萨马兰奇鼓励参加申办2000年奥运会的同志们说： “参加申办本身就是重要的，正像参与体育是重要的一样。但体育比赛就是要取胜，这一点更重要。希望你们一定要取胜。” 虽然北京最后未能获得这届具有跨时代意义的奥运会的主办权，但萨马兰奇依然对中国将来举办奥运会充满了信心，认为总有一天，奥运会将在“具有悠久历史的伟大的中国”举行。 从中国恢复在国际奥委会中的合法席位，到成功地举办第11届亚运会，到北京参加申办2000年奥运会，到刚刚结束的亚特兰大奥运会，中国体育界走过了一段很长的路，这中间每一步都体现着中国政府和人民不懈的努力，体现着国际奥委会的支持。萨马兰奇作为国际奥委会主席，为中国体育事业的发展付出了许多心血，中国人民不会忘记萨马兰奇说过的一句话： “无论过去、现在和将来，我永远是你们伟大国家的朋友！”