The Tokyo Olympics has ended smoothly, but off-site disturbances from the track and field events continue.
According to British media reports, Jijindu Uja, a silver medalist in the men's 4x100m relay at the Tokyo Olympics and a member of the British relay team, has been suspended for alleged doping.
On the evening of the 12th local time, the Track and Field Integrity Commission (AIU) issued an announcement stating that, according to feedback from the International Doping Testing Agency (ITA), disciplinary procedures have been initiated against Jijindu Ujah, who is suspected of violating anti-doping regulations.
If Ujah's use of stimulants is true, it means that the British men's 4x100m relay silver medal may be deprived, and the fourth-placed Chinese team may be replaced with a bronze medal.
Athletics Integrity Commission (AIU) issued an announcement
On the evening of August 6th, in the men's 4x100m relay final of the Tokyo Olympics, Tang Xingqiang, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, and Wu Zhiqiang ran a national record of 37 seconds and 79 ties in the midst of rapid success, ranking fourth in two consecutive Olympic Games.
0.09 seconds is the slight gap between Su Bingtian and his teammates on the Olympic podium.
This gap seems to be very short. It is well known that the blinking speed of human beings is about 0.3 seconds.
0.09 second is almost negligible to 0.3 second.
But the gap is actually very long.
Since participating in the Olympic Games for the first time, standing on the men's 100-meter or men's 100-meter relay Olympic podium to achieve new breakthroughs in Chinese track and field is the goal of the Chinese delegation and the track and field team.
In the men's 4×100m relay final of the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese team finished fourth with a time of 37.79 seconds, and the fourth place also tied China's best results in the event.
The picture shows Su Bingtian (third from right) handing over Wu Zhiqiang (fourth from right).
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
Because of this, the seemingly instantaneous 0.09 seconds has also become a seemingly "insurmountable" gap between the Chinese track and field team and the podium.
That night, regrets and encouragement were spread on the domestic Internet through TV broadcasts, "I really want to give Su Bing a medal!" It became the common wish of many netizens.
But now, for all athletes, if they want to be on the podium of the Olympics, they have to pass more than just the test of performance.
What is more insurmountable than "0.09 seconds" is the gap between integrity and ethics.
In the men's 4x100m relay final of the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese team finished fourth with a time of 37.79 seconds, and the fourth place also tied China's best results in the event.
The picture shows Wu Zhiqiang (second from right) and Su Bingtian (second from left) in the men's track and field 4×100m relay final.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
Anti-doping is the consensus of the whole world. China's anti-doping position is a zero-tolerance attitude. Take the clean gold medal, the Olympic spirit gold medal, and the discipline and law-abiding gold medal.
China's anti-doping attitude and achievements have gained international recognition.
During the Tokyo Olympics, the athletes of the Chinese sports delegation underwent a total of 226 doping inspections, none of which showed any abnormalities. It also ensured that the use of doping was "zero."
On the whole, the Chinese sports delegation of the Tokyo Olympics successfully completed the task of participating in the competition, achieving the goal of achieving a double harvest of competition results and spiritual civilization, and won the gold medal for morality, style and cleanliness.
On July 23, the opening ceremony of the 32nd Summer Olympic Games was held at the New National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.
The picture shows the Chinese sports delegation entering the stadium, with women's volleyball Olympic champion Zhu Ting (front left) and Taekwondo Olympic champion Zhao Shuai serving as standard bearers.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan
Achievements and achievements are hard to come by. Behind the "clean gold medal" is the continuous efforts and comprehensive coverage of Chinese sports in anti-doping work over the years.
Take Chinese Athletics as an example. Over the years, Chinese Athletics has resolutely resisted stimulants with a zero tolerance attitude, earnestly implemented various rules and regulations, and "takes clean gold."
Duan Shijie, chairman of the Chinese Athletics Association, has also repeatedly emphasized in many public occasions that we must continue to do a good job in anti-doping work.
On December 26, 2020, the Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress voted to pass the Criminal Law Amendment (11), adding a crime related to doping. "Punishment" provides a strong criminal law guarantee for combating stimulant crimes in accordance with the law.
Article 355-1 of the revised Criminal Law stipulates that if athletes are induced, abetted, or deceived to use doping to participate in major domestic or international sports competitions, or if they know that athletes participate in the above competitions and provide them with doping, the circumstances are serious. Fixed-term imprisonment or criminal detention of not more than three years, and a fine.
Organizing or forcing athletes to use doping to participate in major domestic or international sports competitions shall be severely punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Inside the Tokyo Olympics doping checkpoint.
According to media reports, the anti-doping control measures for the Tokyo Olympics have been "the most stringent in history."
Not only does it conduct strict background checks on participants, it clearly requires that athletes and support personnel who have been banned for more than one year due to doping issues shall not be selected for delegation; at the same time, all participating athletes will be screened for multiple rounds of doping, with abnormal results. Go abroad to participate in the competition to eliminate the hidden dangers of doping.
It has become the consensus of the Chinese sports community to resolutely crack down on all types of doping violations.
The successive introduction of many measures not only guarantees the safety of Chinese athletes participating in the competition, but also demonstrates the resolute attitude of relevant parties to strictly investigate and deal with doping violations.
In the past, many Chinese athletes failed to stand on the podium in the Olympic Games due to violations of foreign athletes, and were cheered and congratulated by the audience.
In 2019, Chinese athlete Gong Lijiao received an Olympic medal 11 years late.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, at the age of 19, she ranked fifth in women's shot puts with a score of 19.20 meters.
However, since then, the runner-up and third runner-up Mikhnevic and Ostapchuk failed to pass the drug test, so Gong Lijiao won the bronze medal.
After receiving the medal, she said with emotion: "Justice and fairness may be late, but they are never absent. Good luck and dreams are always on the way!"
Gong Lijiao received an Olympic medal 11 years late.
Image source: Gong Lijiao's personal social media
At the 2020 plenary session of the Chinese Olympic Committee, Li Lingwei, member of the International Olympic Committee and vice chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee, respectively awarded medals and badges to Chinese race walkers Si Tianfeng and Liu Hong, who had been replenishing silver and bronze medals in the London Olympics.
Russian athlete Kanishkina, runner-up in the women’s 20-kilometer race walk at the London Olympics, was exposed to a drug scandal, and her silver medal at the London Olympics was withdrawn.
Sister Qiyangshi won the silver medal in the London Olympics, and Liu Hong won the bronze medal in the London Olympics.
The situation of Si Tianfeng, who had made up for the London Olympic medal together with Liu Hong, was extremely similar.
The London Olympic men's 50-kilometer race walking champion Kod Yapkin was also cancelled due to doping violations. Australian athletes Tarrant and Si Tianfeng won the silver and bronze medals.
In the men's 4X100m relay final of the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese team consisting of Tang Xingqiang (right), Xie Zhenye (second from right), Su Bingtian (second from left) and Wu Zhiqiang (left) finished fourth with a time of 37.79.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
Su Bingtian once said: "Don't talk about gold medals. I have never even seen an Olympic medal. I especially want to find Gong Lijiao to borrow the gold medal to take a picture."
Nowadays, the Chinese flying man is very likely to receive a tested and late recognition.
Because real gold is not afraid of fire, the Olympics will not tolerate any fraudulent behavior!
(Reporter Wang Yu)