I also sighed when I saw this news. The former director of the General Administration of Sport, Gou Zhongwen, has been officially arrested. As a table tennis fan, think about it carefully, this is really a strange thing - a top leader of the sports bureau has turned our proud national table tennis upside down.
Speaking of his operations, it's really laughable.
How did he become the sports director?
He implemented a unified national physical test, regardless of whether you are a swimmer or a table tennis player, everyone must follow the same standard.
Isn't this just playing around?
As a result, many world champions and Olympic champions were "killed" by this one-size-fits-all approach, even losing their eligibility to participate.
What makes me most angry is when he targeted the national table tennis team.
He not only marginalized Cai Zhenhua, our table tennis hero, but also removed Liu Guoliang from the position of head coach and placed him as a vice-chairman of the Table Tennis Association.
Isn't this just causing trouble for no reason?
At that time, it really angered Ma Long, Xu Xin, and others, leading to the "June 23 strike," which was unprecedented in the history of national table tennis!
But looking back now, it's really the turn of fortune. Liu Guoliang is now the chairman of the Table Tennis Association, leading the national table tennis team to win championship after championship. Cai Zhenhua also retired peacefully.
On the contrary, Gou Zhongwen himself stumbled, and now he is charged with bribery and abuse of power.
Speaking of the national football team, the gimmicks he came up with made people shake their heads even more. What's this about U23 goals counting as 1.5 points, and letting Evergrande build a national team, making a mess. As a result? The ranking of the national football team keeps dropping, money isn't spared, but the results don't improve.
Leaders like this, who pretend to know what they're doing and mess things up, it's not surprising that problems are found in the end. You tell me, how can a director of the General Administration of Sport, who doesn't even understand the basic principle of "letting professionals handle professional matters," do a good job?
By the way, there's some good news. A few days ago, Deng Yaping and Cai Zhenhua both refuted rumors, saying they had no problems. This is quite reassuring, after all, these two are great contributors to our table tennis world. Especially Deng Yaping, she even filmed a video to prove that she was cooking at home.
Now, the anti-corruption campaign in the sports industry is being pushed forward in depth, aiming to root out these bad apples. Tell me, how did leaders like Gou Zhongwen climb to such high positions? People who don't understand their profession and issue orders recklessly should have been taken down long ago.
What do you think? How many "tigers" will be caught in this round of anti-corruption in the sports industry?
Wouldn't our sports industry develop better if we got rid of these corrupt officials?
