This is a kind and wise "Olympic old man".
He has twice participated in Beijing's Olympic bid and twice served as the keynote speaker of the Chinese bid. He is a symbol of Beijing's Olympic bid from failure to success. His position, prestige and influence in the International Olympic Committee, his experience and excellent language skills have played an extremely important role in Beijing's successful bid for the Olympic Games.
1June, 1999, he was unanimously elected as the "IOC Cabinet" for the fourth time and served as the IOC Executive Committee 12 years. This is the highest position held by China people in this international sports organization. For nearly half a century, he has experienced and participated in several major events in the history of China's sports diplomacy. In the last ten years, he joined the international sports leadership and directly participated in and led the world sports cause. He was twice rated as "one of the most influential sports leaders in the world" by German Sports Weekly. 1993 was awarded an Olympic medal by the OCA; At the end of 1999, the Olympic Forum selected the top five sports leaders in the 20th century among the Olympic committees in 99 countries and regions around the world. He was in the top 30, while only four people from Asia were in the top 30.
He won honor for his motherland.
Samaranch, former president of the International Olympic Committee, said: "He is my closest friend, and his dedication to the Olympic Movement is out of loyalty to the Olympic Charter and the motherland." .
His deep affection and loyalty to the Olympics and the motherland are engraved on every step he takes.
Beijing is forever, and the Olympics is not far away.
198 1 June, He was elected as a member of the Olympic Committee. Because of his integrity, simplicity and frankness, he soon became a good friend of many members. 1in June, 1985, he was elected as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee, making China the first person to step onto the world sports stage.
1in July, 1990, when Deng Xiaoping inspected the newly-built sports facilities of the Beijing Asian Games, he said to the officials of Beijing and the State Sports Commission, "Have you made up your mind to bid for the Olympic Games? Why dare not do it? " On September 22nd, before the opening of the Asian Games, when president Yang met with Samaranch, he formally expressed to President Samaranch China's wish to bid for the 2000 Olympic Games.
At this time, it is only three years before the International Olympic Committee voted for the host city in September 1993. For him, Liang Zhen, this is the greatest wish in his life. It was in 1993 that he was promoted to the first vice-president of the International Olympic Committee. Taking advantage of this favorable position, he carefully prepared and started a decisive sprint. Everything, everything, for the bid.
He flew from Beijing to Paris, and just after having lunch with a member, he hurried back. I also spent a day and a half going back and forth, just to go to the Philippines to have dinner with the members there. Roughly speaking, during the bidding period, his flight mileage was about 640 thousand kilometers, circling the earth 16 times. In order to work as a member's wife, his wife Liang also participated in the bidding as a consultant of the public relations and liaison department, and they often ran around together. I went to work in Peru. At that time, terrorist activities were rampant in the Peruvian capital. The glass of the tall building opposite their hotel was completely blown up, and riot troops were always deployed at the entrance of the hotel. When I arrived in Algeria, the committee members booked a hotel there for Liang Zhen. A comrade in my embassy said that the hotel received an alarm about a possible explosion and suggested that he change his residence. He Liang Zhen disagreed and thought it was disrespectful to the members of the Committee, so he insisted on doing so. When I arrived in Guatemala, the Committee members there personally flew He Liangzhen over a crater in their own small plane ... Because they were always moving, anything was possible, so the couple left a short message for their two children, wrote the shortest farewell note and asked them to open it again when their parents could not come back. ...
Liang took every opportunity to work as a member's wife and become their good friends. In Beijing, I sometimes accompany my wives to visit the Summer Palace twice a day. She only sleeps a few hours every day, writes many articles to promote the Olympic bid and translates Samaranch's biography. In order to let her husband sleep better abroad, she hid in the bathroom to write.
The 9 1 members of the International Olympic Committee have different political attitudes, cultural backgrounds, hobbies and beliefs. That's a 9 1 lock. We should have a purpose to identify, to convince and to open. Our main supporters are members of the third world in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and Sydney's supporters are members of Europe, America and Oceania. With the joint efforts of all parties, the indecisive members finally decided to vote for China.
1September 23, 993, it's time for the decisive battle in Monte Carlo. This day, it rained heavily.
In the morning, I first gave my husband Liang medicine to prevent heart disease, and then put the medicine in my pocket. I still don't feel at ease. As early as the day before, I gave the medicine to the Japanese Committee member Pig Valley, who has a deep friendship with them. He Liangzhen checked the documents brought to the meeting. The most important thing is to present a report, pick up a pen, go out, get on the bus and drive to the meeting place.
At the beginning of the meeting, Berlin, Sydney, Manchester, Beijing and Istanbul made presentations to the plenary session of the Olympic Committee in turn. The introduction of Beijing is the first scene in the afternoon. All the speeches of the Beijing delegation were connected in French and English by He Liangzhen himself. First of all, it was his emotional opening remarks: "198 1 year, when I was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee and solemnly swore that I would do my best to serve the Olympic Movement, I had a desire to see the Olympic Games held in my motherland-China ..."
After all the speeches are finished, a secret ballot will be held. In the first round, the second round and the third round, Beijing has more votes than Sydney. In the third round, Manchester was eliminated, and Liang Zhen soberly estimated that most of Manchester's supporters would turn to Sydney. At 8 o'clock in the evening, when the final round of voting ended, Samaranch opened the envelope and announced, "The winner is Sydney."
45 votes to 43, only two votes short! If it weren't for the strong political pressure from the west and the joint efforts to deal with China, and if it weren't for the blatant bribery and canvassing of competitors, Beijing, which has always been the leader, would surely win. Australian Commissioner Gospa made an interesting remark after the voting: "Some colleagues may have Beijing in mind when voting for Sydney."
The pain in his heart goes without saying, no matter who comforts him with what words. The Puerto Rican Commissioner shook the hand of He Liangzhen and said, "Your words touched my heart. I know your heart is crying when you congratulate Sydney with a smile. " Back to the hotel, late at night, Beijing's daughter cried and called and said, "Mom and Dad, I love you! ..... "Put the phone down, He Liangzhen could no longer restrain himself and burst into tears. ...
But the motherland understands him. Li Lanqing, the leader of the Central Committee, gave him four words: "Hard work and high achievement". Back in Beijing, when he got off the plane, he saw the most eye-catching banner in the 1500 welcoming crowd, which impressively read: "Beijing forever, not far from the Olympics!" Together with this slogan, he kept his tears firmly in his heart.
He is looking for a pair of eyes.
In July 2006, 72-year-old He and his colleagues from the Beijing Olympic bid committee flew to Moscow, the Russian capital, to represent China in the second Olympic bid. /kloc-in July of 0/3, He's so-called "lifelong dream" finally came true. At the plenary session of the International Olympic Committee held in Moscow, Beijing won the right to host the 29th Olympic Games in 2008 by 34 votes to the second place.
At that moment, the eyes of the wise old man blurred. He seemed to see another pair of eyes-yes, those are the eyes of the old leader and sports worker Rong Gaotang-eight years ago, on the night when Rong Gaotang decided to bid for the Olympic Games in Monte Carlo, those lost eyes hurt He's heart like knives. This heart has been pulled for 8 years and hurt for 8 years!
Moscow successfully returned from its Olympic bid. Just after the plane stopped at Beijing Capital Airport, his eyes looked out through the porthole. Yes, he is looking for those eyes eight years ago!
Ronggaotang is here! Really, meet him at the airport in person. As soon as he got off the plane, he hugged Rong Gaotang tightly. Two white-haired old people were too excited to speak, only tears were flying around!
In 2008, the "Olympic Games are not far away, Beijing is forever", who would have thought it would come true today! Today, the elderly in Liang Zhen are busier for the Beijing Olympic Games. Yes, his holiness and loyalty have been engraved on the Olympic flag all his life. How touching and beautiful!