When the "shuffling" of sports celebrities is in progress: some people are arrested, some people are promoted

　　Chinanews.com, Beijing, February 3 (Liu Xingchen) At the beginning of 2023, the sports circle is not peaceful.

　　According to the Chongqing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, Li Yaguang, the former inspector of the Chongqing Municipal Sports Bureau, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is under review and investigation.

Who is Li Yaguang?

As the head coach, he led the Chinese women's basketball team to win the runner-up in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.

As soon as this news came out, one more person was added to the "investigation" list of sports celebrities.

Image source: Screenshot of the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China.

　　But at the same time, there are also track and field stars Su Bingtian, Gong Lijiao and others "promoted" to unlock new identities.

Unknowingly, a "shuffling" of sports celebrities is quietly going on.

Someone was "caught

　　When it comes to "being arrested", perhaps the first thing everyone thinks of is Li Tie, the former coach of the national football team.

The "riddled" Chinese football has experienced a cold winter.

　　At the end of November last year, Li Tie, the former head coach of the Chinese National Men's Football Team, was suspected of serious violations of the law and was investigated by the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervision Committee of the State Sports General Administration and the Hubei Provincial Supervision Committee.

Data map: The picture shows Li Tie, the former coach of the Chinese men's football team, directing from the sidelines.

　　He also became the first head coach of the Chinese National Men's Football Team to be investigated.

At that time, it had been 13 years since the "anti-gambling and anti-crime" storm in Chinese football in 2009.

As soon as this incident came out, netizens asked one after another: Li Tie's investigation will set off a new round of "anti-corruption storm" in Chinese football?

　　Soon, this question was answered.

Following the investigation of Li Tie, Chinese football has made waves again.

　　Half a month ago, according to the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Team of the General Administration of Sports, Liu Yi, a member of the 11th Executive Committee of the Chinese Football Association and former Secretary-General, and Chen Yongliang, the executive deputy secretary-general and head of the National Team Management Department, were suspected of serious violations of the law and are currently being accepted. The Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervision Committee of the State Sports General Administration and the Supervision and Investigation Team of the Hubei Provincial Supervision Committee.

Data map: Chen Yongliang.

Image source: IC photo

　　Chen Yongliang, who has served as the head of the management department of the national team and the head of the Chinese Super League, is well known by many senior football fans.

In the last anti-gambling storm in Chinese football, Chen Yongliang had close contact with Li Dongsheng, who was in charge of refereeing work, and the latter was sentenced to prison.

　　However, the sports world has not been peaceful.

　　Also in January this year, Hu Guangyu, deputy director of the Political and Legal Department of the State Sports General Administration, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law.

Image source: Screenshot of netizens’ comments

　　As for Li Yaguang, who was investigated on the evening of the 2nd, many people have been investigated in the past period of time.

　　Li Yaguang, who was born in 1958, was selected for the Chinese men's basketball team and participated in many international invitational tournaments, Asian and world competitions.

After retiring and transforming into a coach, she also served as the head coach of the Chinese women's basketball team and won the runner-up in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Since then, he has also served as the vice chairman of the seventh Chinese Basketball Association and the chairman of the Chongqing Basketball Association.

　　Notably, he retired in 2018.

Some people are "promoted

　　After many years of hard work in the competitive arena, many honorable athletes have also recently achieved "promotion", which has attracted much attention.

　　In the election of the chairman of the ITTF Athletes Committee held in December last year, the national table tennis player Liu Shiwen and the Indian athlete Achanta were jointly elected as the chairman of the ITTF Athletes Committee.

This is the first time that the ITTF has two athletes committee chairmen, one male and one female.

Data map: The picture shows Liu Shiwen in the game.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Gang

　　Liu Shiwen, who has passed her thirties, has won 20 world championships in her career and won the gold medal in the women's team at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

In 2015 and 2019, Liu Shiwen won the ITTF "Best Female Athlete of the Year" title twice.

　　After being elected this time, Liu Shiwen said that she is honored to have the support of athletes from all over the world.

"The ITTF Athletes' Committee is a new platform, and I hope I can play a greater role here. In the future, I will continue to learn and strive for more benefits for athletes."

　　At the beginning of this year, the Chinese Athletics Association announced the list of the 10th Executive Committee. Su Bingtian, the 100-meter "flying man", and Gong Lijiao, the women's shot put champion of the Tokyo Olympics, were elected as the vice chairmen of the Chinese Athletics Association.

In addition, Sun Haiping and Cong Yuzhen were also included in the list as coach representatives.

Image source: Screenshot of the website of the Chinese Athletics Association

　　In fact, Su Bingtian had already "taken multiple roles" long before the vice chairman of the Chinese Athletic Association.

Member of the Athletes Working Committee of the World Athletics Federation, associate professor of the School of Physical Education of Jinan University, vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Athletics Association...

　　On January 14, Yang Liwei, a famous Chinese women's basketball player, posted a picture on social media, saying, "It is a great honor to be elected as a member of the Guangdong Provincial CPPCC. New journey, new challenges, I feel the responsibility and will go all out Make full use of their own professional advantages to better perform their duties, offer advice and suggestions, and make positive contributions to promoting the overall development of sports in Guangdong Province."

Image source: Screenshot of Yang Liwei Weibo

　　According to the "Leadership Information" column of the Shandong Provincial Sports Bureau on the website of the Shandong Provincial Government, Qiao Yunping has served as the party secretary and director of the Shandong Provincial Sports Bureau.

　　As a famous player in the table tennis world, Qiao Yunping has won many championships in her career, including the women's doubles champion at the World Table Tennis Championships, the mixed doubles champion at the National Games, the women's doubles champion at the Asian Games, and the women's team champion at the World Table Tennis Championships.

　　During her coaching career, Qiao Yunping has trained many national table tennis players including Zhang Jike, Chen Meng, and Li Xiaoxia, which is quite legendary.

Image source: screenshot of official website of Shandong Provincial Government

　　According to public information, after leaving the post of coach, Qiao Yunping also served as the deputy director of the Shandong Provincial Sports Bureau and the part-time vice chairman of the Shandong Provincial Women's Federation.

　　After the "promotion" of famous sports players, the most mentioned is "fulfilling their duties and striving for more rights and interests for athletes".

In the words of netizens—professionals do professional things.

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