The world is one family. It is nothing new for Chinese athletes to be naturalized. However, in the history of Chinese sports, some people have always been considered unforgivable "defectors". Huna is the representative of this. .
This is the most controversial incident in the history of Chinese sports, called the "Huna Incident". It was July 1982. China sent a Chinese women's tennis team consisting of four athletes, including Hu Na, a team leader and a coach to the United States to participate in the Fed Cup competition. Before the start of the second round, athlete Hu Na suddenly left the team and disappeared. A year later, she applied for political asylum to the U.S. authorities and was granted it.
21 years later, Hu Na, who had settled in Taiwan, revealed the reason for her "defection". She just wanted to become a professional tennis player.
After retiring, she opened a tennis school in Taiwan and also served as a commentator. Even though she was not understood by most of her compatriots, she still returned to her motherland as a painter in 2014.
There are many naturalized Japanese and Korean athletes in the Chinese sports world. This is a normal thing. Domestic competition is under great pressure, and some athletes must be naturalized if they want to become famous. Japan and South Korea, which have similar cultures to China and good sports foundation, have become the first choice.
table tennis player He Zhili is undoubtedly the most controversial one. He Zhili, also known as Xiaoshan Zhili , was originally an athlete in Shanghai, China, and a member of the national table tennis team. In 1987, he was ranked No. 1 in the world.
He Zhili disappeared after failing to qualify for the 1988 Seoul Olympics because she was dissatisfied with the National Table Tennis Team's practice of letting her pass the ball many times. After the Olympics, she went to Japan to marry the Japanese Hideyuki Koyama and changed her name to Chili Koyama.
What the Chinese people can't let go of is that Chili Koyama said "Yo Xi" on the court and she said after the game: "I am happier to win the Asian Games championship for Japan than the world championship for China. I love myself very much." The present motherland”. You know, even players with real Japanese ancestry have never shouted like this.
Donna, Wang Nan, Li Ju and other world famous players represent the Chinese youth team in various events. In 1996, at the age of 16, she won the women's singles championship in the National Youth Table Tennis Championships. Unfortunately, during a promotion competition within the national team, Donna was eliminated from the second team. Afterwards, Donna refused to apply for Korean citizenship in Hong Kong.
Donna said that she only wanted to get a ticket to the Olympics when she joined South Korea, but she later "bombarded" the unfair selection system of the Chinese national team, which suddenly pushed her to the forefront.
Later, Korean media broke the news that Donna claimed that South Korea was her motherland. Incidentally, she was considered by Chinese netizens to be the "second Koyama Chiri". However, Donna later clarified that this news was caused by a misreport by the Korean media.
In the 2004 Athens Olympics women's softball competition, in the second showdown with the Japanese team, the Chinese women's softball team lost 0-1 and missed the medal. The person who used a "strong stick" to intercept the Chinese women's softball medal dream is the 41-year-old Ren Yanli who once served as the captain of the Chinese women's softball team. This former Chinese woman is now named "Utsuki Reika".
It was Ren Yanli who finally helped Japan get the only 1 point and help Japan win the game. The Chinese women's softball team's Olympic medal dream also "ended" with Utsuki Reiwa's swing. After the game, Utsuki Reika accepted the cheers of the Japanese fans watching the game as if no one else was watching, and continued to salute the "Sun Flag" in the Japanese stands...
