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Twisted medal mentality fuels row
By Xinhuanet |
August 3, 2012, Friday
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NO one wanted to win. Everyone wanted to lose on purpose. That was what happened during a badminton match in the London Olympic Games on Tuesday between world top seeds Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli and their South Korean counterparts.
The scandal drew jeers of derision from the audience - jeers that were nothing less than a slap in the face of blind worship of gold medals - or gold medalism.
The badminton players are not necessarily bad apples. It's the pervasive gold medalism that's to blame. Gold medalism means that only a gold medal counts and a gold medal means all. It's exactly because of gold medalism that players may choose to lose an unimportant game on purpose.
The jeers from the audience of 6,000 in London should awaken all of us - Chinese and other players - to the need to turn away from gold medalism.
The scandal drew jeers of derision from the audience - jeers that were nothing less than a slap in the face of blind worship of gold medals - or gold medalism.
The badminton players are not necessarily bad apples. It's the pervasive gold medalism that's to blame. Gold medalism means that only a gold medal counts and a gold medal means all. It's exactly because of gold medalism that players may choose to lose an unimportant game on purpose.
The jeers from the audience of 6,000 in London should awaken all of us - Chinese and other players - to the need to turn away from gold medalism.
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