Chinese champions wear Mao badges on cycling podium

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Chinese champions wear Mao badges on cycling podium​

Reuters
August 2, 2021

TOKYO (Reuters) - Chinese gold medallists Bao Shanju and Zhong Tianshi wore badges featuring the head of the country’s former leader Mao Zedong during a medal ceremony on Monday, in a potential breach of Olympic rules on the display of political paraphernalia.

The duo wore the badges, commonplace in China for half a century but a potential breach of Article 50 of the Olympic charter, after retaining the women’s cycling team sprint title at the Izu Velodrome.

The International Olympic Committee last month relaxed Article 50 to allow gestures, such as taking the knee, on the field of play provided athletes do so without disruption and with respect for fellow competitors.

Politics on the podium are still banned, however.

The IOC has been contacted for comment.

Chinese champions wear Mao badges on cycling podium

Chinese gold medallists Bao Shanju and Zhong Tianshi wore badges featuring the head of the country's former leader Mao Zedong during a medal ceremony on Monday, in a potential breach of Olympic rules on the display of political paraphernalia.

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IOC asks Chinese team for report on cyclists' Mao Zedong badges
Reuters
August 3, 2021

TOKYO, Aug 3 (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday asked the Chinese team for a report on why two of its medallists appeared on the podium wearing badges featuring the head of the country's former leader Mao Zedong.

Gold medal cyclists Bao Shanju and Zhong Tianshi wore the badges during a medal ceremony on Monday, in a potential breach of Olympic rules on the display of political paraphernalia.

"We contacted the Chinese Olympic Committee and asked them for a report on the situation," IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said. "We are looking into the matter."

The duo wore the badges, commonplace in China for half a century but a potential breach of Rule 50 of the Olympic charter, after retaining the women's cycling team sprint title at the Izu Velodrome.

While the IOC last month relaxed Rule 50 to allow gestures, such as taking the knee on the field of play provided athletes do so without disruption and with respect for fellow competitors, it has banned any such gestures on the podium.

The IOC is also investigating a gesture made on the podium by American shotput silver medallist Raven Saunders which the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee ruled was not disrespectful of any other competitors.

Saunders raised her arms in an X above her head, which she later indicated was an expression of support for the oppressed.

The USOPC said the gesture did not breach its rules as it was a "peaceful expression in support of racial and social justice (that) was respectful of her competitors".

IOC asks Chinese team for report on cyclists' Mao Zedong badges

The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday asked the Chinese team for a report on why two of its medallists appeared on the podium wearing badges featuring the head of the country's former leader Mao Zedong.

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Mao badges worn by Chinese medallists on Olympic podium prompt investigation at Tokyo Games​

 

[Deliorman]

There isn't a better way to celebrate a medal than wearing a badge with a crazy mass murderer on it.

 

[Ryder]

The Ccp has a lot to thank for when it comes to Japan.

As Japan weakened the ROC which allowed the communists to takeover.

Mao badges in the Tokyo olympics makes sense.

 

[xizhimen]

There isn't a better way to celebrate a medal than wearing a badge with a crazy mass murderer on it.

Mass murder of western imperialists, Chinese people love Mao as much as how westerners hate him, the west hates tough guys who stand up to them.

 

[xizhimen]

The Ccp has a lot to thank for when it comes to Japan.

As Japan weakened the ROC which allowed the communists to takeover.

Mao badges in the Tokyo olympics makes sense.

ROC was never a unified government, with or without CCP, it'd collapse anyway, it happened for a reason. Even after 8 years war with Japan, ROC still failed to form and united government and train a battle harden army.

 

[Ryder]

ROC was never a unified government, with or without CCP, it'd collapse anyway, it happened for a reason. Even after 8 years war with Japan, ROC still failed to form and united government and train a battle harden army.

Thats true unfortunately not to mention how Kai sheks troops blew up a dam to stop the japanese troops but instead got chinese civilians killed.

Still Japan weakened the roc so bad even if they were not unified allowed mao to takeover.

Japanese invasion barely affected the CCP due to them being guerillas.

 

[xizhimen]

Thats true unfortunately not to mention how Kai sheks troops blew up a dam to stop the japanese troops but instead got chinese civilians killed.

Still Japan weakened the roc so bad even if they were not unified allowed mao to takeover.

Japanese invasion barely affected the CCP due to them being guerillas.

8 years war should've produced a battle harden army like soviet red army, but it didn't. ROC was corrupted to the core back then, people lost faith in them, no one can see a future with their rule.
After WW2, The most urgent goal for the Chinese nation was a powerful, united and centralised government, which China didn't have for almost a hundred years, the so called a hundred years humiliation. People couldn't see ROC able to fulfill this goal, CCP was given the chance and won people's trust to make it happen and it did. Uniting half a billion people together like one again.

 

[Ryder]

8 years war should've produced a battle harden army like soviet red army, but it didn't. ROC was corrupted to the core back then, people lost faith in them, no one can see a future with their rule.
After WW2, The most urgent goal for the Chinese nation was a powerful, united and centralised government, which China didn't have for almost a hundred years, the so called a hundred years humiliation. People couldn't see ROC able to fulfill this goal, CCP was given the chance and won people's trust to make it happen and it did. Uniting half a billion people together like one again.

Explains why so many Chinese cities fell to the ccp without much resistance.

People were fed up I can see why.

 

[xizhimen]

ROC before Japanese invasion (1911-1937) warlords savaged China, provinces fighting and warring each other, every male older than 13 and youngere than 60 was forecd to be enlisted by various local warlords, famine was a norm every year, if China was a unified nation, Japan can never set their foot in the Chinese soil.

 

[xizhimen]

Chinese nation needed a strong person powerful enough to hold half a billion souls together and history chose Mao, he will be down in the Chinese history forever, today, half a century passed after his death, he is still the glue which bonds the Chinese nation tightly together for one single collective goal, the great revival of the Chinese nation, no one before him during the whole 5 thousand years of Chinese history did it so successfully and long term meaningfully than Mao.

 

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[Gary]

yeah they should revoke the medal, politics are forbidden in olympics

 

[xizhimen]

I think it is just their personal belief, it's almost like a faith, we can see many athletes in the Olympics wearing a cross.