Official Arrest! The Largest Official Position in China's Sports World to Date, Liu Guoliang and Cai Zhenhua Deeply Affected
For the sake of wealth, people die; for the sake of food, birds perish.
From the Chinese men's football team to the men's basketball team, many people have been scolded by fans for years due to personal relationships and interests. Behind this, anti-corruption work in the sports world has become a top priority.
On May 30th, after the news broke that Gou Zhongwen, the director of the General Administration of Sport of China, was under investigation, people began to pay close attention to the changes in China's sports world. Now, the case of Gou Zhongwen's investigation has finally come to a conclusion!
On December 12th, Gou Zhongwen was "double-opened," and just a few days later, he was formally arrested. His downfall can be described as a mixed bag of joy and sorrow for different parties.
The official report exposed his crimes, revealing even more thoroughly the series of vile actions he had committed in the past, especially these four major operations that caused chaos in the entire Chinese sports world, deeply affecting Liu Guoliang and Cai Zhenhua!
It was astonishing that Gou Zhongwen could become the director of the General Administration of Sport of China because, before that, almost all the paths he had taken were related to various information research and engineering, with no connection to sports at all.
However, he also relied on his abilities to rise step by step, becoming one of the "candidates" for the director of the General Administration of Sport at that time. Compared to Gou Zhongwen, many people were more optimistic about Cai Zhenhua.
Because Cai Zhenhua was then the deputy director of the General Administration of Sport, not only a great contributor to Chinese table tennis, but also deeply rooted in the sports world for many years, and at that time, he was also the chairman of the Football Association.
And comparing the two's past resumes, Cai Zhenhua also had an absolute advantage; he was not only an international-level athlete in Chinese table tennis but also the head coach of the national table tennis team.
It can be said that Cai Zhenhua dedicated his whole life to China's sports cause, while Gou Zhongwen had no connection with sports before, yet it was precisely such a person who had nothing to do with sports that defeated Cai Zhenhua and became the director of the General Administration of Sport of China.
It is said that Gou Zhongwen could defeat Cai Zhenhua to become the director of the General Administration of Sport because he made remarkable achievements when he worked in the education system. Therefore, he was elected as the director of the General Administration of Sport, aiming to make achievements in the sports world and promote the development of Chinese sports.
As the saying goes, new officials start with three fires, but unexpectedly, after Gou Zhongwen took office, he stirred up the Chinese sports world with these four major operations, and the first cut naturally went towards his former competitor, Cai Zhenhua.
Before this, Cai Zhenhua was still the deputy director of the General Administration of Sport, and it was okay that he did not become the general director in the end, but unexpectedly, he was continuously marginalized because of Gou Zhongwen's appointment, and eventually even left the position of deputy director to take up a post at the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.
Although Cai Zhenhua left, Gou Zhongwen did not choose to stop there. Instead, he wanted other positions in the sports system to be taken over by people he trusted, so after that, he also gave some positions within the system a "blood transfusion."
But after doing all these things, Gou Zhongwen naturally also wanted to show his abilities to others; otherwise, it would be difficult to convince the public, after all, he had never worked in any sports system before. However, what he did was always self-satisfied.
We all know that although all sports competitions are sports activities, they focus on different directions, which leads to different training content.
For example, sprinters focus more on explosive power, while long-distance runners do not need to, and different sports such as table tennis, badminton, and swimming have different requirements for various physical functions, so the goals of physical testing are also diverse.
But unexpectedly, Gou Zhongwen directly "cut off" the physical test, meaning that no matter if you are a sprinter or a long-distance runner, the physical test items are exactly the same.
Such news was a bolt from the blue for athletes. Although they could still train according to the focus of their sports projects, if they could not pass the physical test, they would not be able to obtain the qualification to participate in competitions.
This move by Gou Zhongwen led to many former Olympic champions not being able to obtain competition qualifications due to unified physical tests, and Gou Zhongwen was scolded at that time, and people finally understood that he was just an "amateur" who knew nothing.
However, facing various voices from the outside world, Gou Zhongwen was indifferent and continued to show off in various sports, promoting the reforms he thought were good.
The current state of our men's football team, which cannot be propped up, is also closely related to Gou Zhongwen's reforms back then because his reforms directly divided the Football Association into two parts, leading to a very serious phenomenon of corruption. Some people began to care less about results and more about the amount of benefits.
In addition, the fourth thing he did was to cause the collective strike of Chinese table tennis players. At that time, Gou Zhongwen not only abolished the coaches of the men's and women's teams of the national table tennis team but also let Liu Guoliang become the 23rd vice-chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association when there were already 22 vice-chairmen.
Although the position seemed quite impressive, in reality, it meant that Liu Guoliang could not directly focus on the development of the national table tennis team, and he was indirectly marginalized by Gou Zhongwen!
After learning about Liu Guoliang's situation, the International Table Tennis Federation World Tour China Open should have continued to hold the round of 16 to the quarterfinals, but at that time, neither the coaches nor the players of the Chinese table tennis team participated in the competition and directly announced their withdrawal.
Although Ma Long later apologized to the public on their behalf, it was enough to see the extent of the dissatisfaction of the table tennis players with Gou Zhongwen, which was also the shocking "June 23 Strike Incident" at that time.
Fortunately, Gou Zhongwen only sat in the position of director of the General Administration of Sport for six years, and in just six short years, he directly set back our country's sports by several years without making any significant progress.
During these few years, Gou Zhongwen also repeatedly violated regulations, not only accepting gifts multiple times but also accepting banquets, travel, and other arrangements, privately approving large amounts of funds, and in the selection and appointment of cadres, seeking benefits for others and accepting money and property.
Even in the process of national sports construction projects, he took the opportunity to amass wealth, opening special "channels" for individual enterprises, and he himself also received many benefits.
Even when facing investigations, Gou Zhongwen not only showed no repentance but also refused to admit it, trying to cover up the things he had done.
But as the saying goes, "If you don't want others to know, don't do it yourself." Eventually, after the investigation, Gou Zhongwen was "double-opened" and was officially arrested and transferred to the procuratorate for prosecution on the 19th.
Gou Zhongwen's downfall is pleasing to the people, and those who mix in the world will eventually have to pay the price. We also believe that after these corrupt elements in China's sports world are cleared away, our sports cause will usher in new hope and greater progress.