Beijing, August 2 (Xinhua) according to the China Taekwondo Association, on the 1st Beijing time, the World Taekwondo Federation Joint Conference was held in Bulgaria. At the meeting, the first members of the World Taekwondo Hall of Fame were officially announced. Chen Zhong, a Chinese taekwondo player and two taekwondo Olympic champions, was selected. At the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, taekwondo became the official Olympic event for the first time. At the age of 18, Chen Zhong won the first Olympic gold medal for China among the 67kg women’s superiors and the first in the history of taekwondo in the world. In the Athens Olympic Games four years later, Chen Zhong became the first Olympic defending champion of taekwondo with more comprehensive technical and tactical capabilities. Since then, Chen Zhong successively won the gold medal of the Doha Asian Games and the world championships in 2006 and 2007, becoming the first taekwondo player who integrated the three championships of the Olympic Games, Intercontinental games and the world championships. According to the introduction of China Taekwondo Association, Chen Zhong has always insisted on devoting himself to sports and devoted himself to the popularization and promotion of taekwondo among teenagers. Chen Zhong participated in the award ceremony through video connection on that day. In her speech, she said that after becoming a member of the Hall of Fame, she would keep in mind the taekwondo spirit and make more contributions to the development of World Taekwondo. (Finished)
It is obviously the most important thing at present to clarify the origin and details of the incident as soon as possible and respond to public doubts with the truth. On the morning of August 15, the much-watched “Guangdong Provincial Games men’s football team A final suspected of match-fixing event” ushered in new progress. According to the Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection Supervision website South Guangdong Qingfeng Netcom, the Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection Supervision has set up an investigation team for the 16th Provincial Games men’s football B A(U15) the Guangzhou team investigated the suspected match-fixing incident in the final of Qingyuan team, found out the truth of the problem practically and practically, and took the responsibility and accountability seriously according to the rules and regulations with a zero tolerance attitude. According to previous media reports, on August 7, in the football item men’s group A final of the 16th Guangdong Provincial Games in 2022, qingyuan team was reversed by Guangzhou team 5 to 3 in the case of leading 3 to 1, and the performance of both athletes on the court was widely questioned by public opinion. On August 8, the Chinese Football Association sent an investigation team to investigate the matter. A “suspected match-fixing incident” has aroused widespread doubts in the public opinion field, and its social impact is very bad. What’s more, this happened in a competitive competition attended by teenagers, which aroused greater public sentiment. Imagine that if there are things such as “match-fixing” in related competitions, the psychological impact on those young contestants is undoubtedly huge. Due to the existence of such fraud, in the future career development, children may form wrong cognition-believe and be keen on “hidden rules”, however, forgetting fairness and wantonly passion is the greatest charm of competitive sports. Therefore, many people worry that if the football matches that teenagers participate in are not pure enough, fair and fair enough, they can be arbitrarily manipulated by relevant interest units and personnel, it is full of false performances and interest blending, which will not only ruin the future of children, but also destroy the future of Chinese football. From this point of view, it is obviously the most important thing at present to conduct a detailed investigation on this matter, clarify the origin and details of the incident as soon as possible, and respond to public doubts with the truth. Before that, some media reported that the organizing committee of the 16th Guangdong Provincial Games had launched an investigation into the incident. Therefore, this time the Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision launched an investigation on this matter, which means the upgrade of investigation specifications. I believe that with the intervention of higher-level investigations, the original incident can be clarified more comprehensively and clearly, give the public a reasonable survey result. If conclusive evidence is found during the investigation to prove that the relevant units and personnel are suspected of manipulating the competition, violating the principle of fair competition, forcing or inducing the youth to participate in the competition “match-fixing”, it is necessary to take a zero tolerance attitude and seriously pursue accountability for relevant personnel in accordance with the law and regulations to make an example. This is not only about the public’s confidence in Chinese football competition, but also a positive guidance for teenagers, let them realize the significance of fairness and justice in competitive sports-taking clean medals as the direction, rather than being clamped and delayed by “hidden rules. In the final analysis, any competitive competition should take fairness and justice as the basic criterion. If we lose the basic principles and become a “sports performance” that can be manipulated by relevant vested interests at will, obviously we have lost the connotation of competitive the sporting spirit. □ Beijing news commentator Ma Xiaolong
