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[Wuhan Coronavirus] Athlete Institute responding to the arrival of the Chinese National Cycling Team
(29 Jan) More than 20 members of China’s cycling team arrived in Hong Kong for training and are staying in the Hong Kong Sports Institute. The Hong Kong Sports Institute responded to this incident at noon, saying: "The Chinese team has been quarantined for one month before coming to Hong Kong. The risk of infection is low. "
In response to the inquiry from ‘Sports Road’ (Press), HKSI’s Director of Community Relations and Marketing, Mr. Lee Chong Man (Ron), said that the Hong Kong Sports Institute is far more concerned than the media. Since the national team has already stated earlier that they would train in Hong Kong, the original plan will proceed. Li Chong Man emphasized that the national team trained in an enclosed site in Beijing in January. "Even athletes cannot enter or leave the training site, nor were they allowed to leave and visit their relatives during Chinese New Year. It was mandatory for them to wear masks, which is equivalent to being quarantined for a period. "
Ron revealed that some members of the national cycling team went directly from their training base to the airport and then to Hong Kong, and some of them came to Hong Kong after participating in the cycling World Cup in Canada. Among them were athletes who arrived in Hong Kong on 29th Jan. They checked in to the institute thereafter.
In response to Sports Road, Li Chong Man emphasized that all Chinese cycling athletes who came to Hong Kong would follow strictly epidemic prevention procedures of the Hong Kong Sports Institute: ”Hand hygiene is encouraged, athletes would have their temperatures measured daily by staff, athletes are required to wear masks, and they are to report any symptoms of Wuhan pneumonia to the institute. "
The general public in Hong Kong has doubts about the effectiveness of epidemic prevention in Mainland China. Regarding this, Li Chong Man pointed out that the Hong Kong government has only banned Hubei tourists from coming to Hong Kong, and those from other places have not been banned. He expressed hoping that everyone would trust the professionalism of the Hong Kong Sports Institute. "I think the risk is low and we are very concerned ourselves, since all our employees have a lot of contact and interaction with the athletes," Ron said.
Li Chong Man also said that the athletes of the national cycling team are staying in hostels which are separate from the dormitories of Hong Kong's elite athletes. The Chinese athletes and Hong Kong athletes will also have meals at different places. Since Chinese and Hong Kong athletes share the same gym room and training facilities, when Ron was asked whether the Hong Kong Sports Institute would reinforce disinfection procedures, he said that the Hong Kong Sports Institute have always done a good job in this area; He was then asked if the Chinese and Hong Kong team will be sharing the same training facilities during their time in Hong Kong. He replied that this needs to be confirmed with the Head Coach Mr. Shum Kum Hong.
Li Chong Man claimed that the Chinese cycling athletes are attending their training for two months in Hong Kong. On the other hand, he said the Hong Kong team has canceled all plans to train in Mainland China. As for Hong Kong athletes who were receiving training in Mainland China, they have all returned to Hong Kong.
Source: Sports Road
https://bit.ly/2RTTRrz
#WuhanPneumonia #Athletes #Cycling
[Wuhan Coronavirus] Athlete Institute responding to the arrival of the Chinese National Cycling Team
(29 Jan) More than 20 members of China’s cycling team arrived in Hong Kong for training and are staying in the Hong Kong Sports Institute. The Hong Kong Sports Institute responded to this incident at noon, saying: "The Chinese team has been quarantined for one month before coming to Hong Kong. The risk of infection is low. "
In response to the inquiry from ‘Sports Road’ (Press), HKSI’s Director of Community Relations and Marketing, Mr. Lee Chong Man (Ron), said that the Hong Kong Sports Institute is far more concerned than the media. Since the national team has already stated earlier that they would train in Hong Kong, the original plan will proceed. Li Chong Man emphasized that the national team trained in an enclosed site in Beijing in January. "Even athletes cannot enter or leave the training site, nor were they allowed to leave and visit their relatives during Chinese New Year. It was mandatory for them to wear masks, which is equivalent to being quarantined for a period. "
Ron revealed that some members of the national cycling team went directly from their training base to the airport and then to Hong Kong, and some of them came to Hong Kong after participating in the cycling World Cup in Canada. Among them were athletes who arrived in Hong Kong on 29th Jan. They checked in to the institute thereafter.
In response to Sports Road, Li Chong Man emphasized that all Chinese cycling athletes who came to Hong Kong would follow strictly epidemic prevention procedures of the Hong Kong Sports Institute: ”Hand hygiene is encouraged, athletes would have their temperatures measured daily by staff, athletes are required to wear masks, and they are to report any symptoms of Wuhan pneumonia to the institute. "
The general public in Hong Kong has doubts about the effectiveness of epidemic prevention in Mainland China. Regarding this, Li Chong Man pointed out that the Hong Kong government has only banned Hubei tourists from coming to Hong Kong, and those from other places have not been banned. He expressed hoping that everyone would trust the professionalism of the Hong Kong Sports Institute. "I think the risk is low and we are very concerned ourselves, since all our employees have a lot of contact and interaction with the athletes," Ron said.
Li Chong Man also said that the athletes of the national cycling team are staying in hostels which are separate from the dormitories of Hong Kong's elite athletes. The Chinese athletes and Hong Kong athletes will also have meals at different places. Since Chinese and Hong Kong athletes share the same gym room and training facilities, when Ron was asked whether the Hong Kong Sports Institute would reinforce disinfection procedures, he said that the Hong Kong Sports Institute have always done a good job in this area; He was then asked if the Chinese and Hong Kong team will be sharing the same training facilities during their time in Hong Kong. He replied that this needs to be confirmed with the Head Coach Mr. Shum Kum Hong.
Li Chong Man claimed that the Chinese cycling athletes are attending their training for two months in Hong Kong. On the other hand, he said the Hong Kong team has canceled all plans to train in Mainland China. As for Hong Kong athletes who were receiving training in Mainland China, they have all returned to Hong Kong.
Source: Sports Road
https://bit.ly/2RTTRrz
#WuhanPneumonia #Athletes #Cycling
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German Media Criticized China as a “Soulless Medal Factory”,
14-year-old Gold Medallist Practices Diving Hard for her Sick Mother
Tokyo Olympics ended on 8 August which China is almost the champion for having the most Olympics gold medals. However, its “national system” of training athletes to win glory has been controversial. Suddeutche Zeitung recently described China as a “soulless medal factory” in an article. The 14 years old Olympics champion Quan Hongchan, also known as the “diving genius”, was mentioned in the previous interview that she was tricked into diving due to her poor academic results and the incentives to get medical treatment for her sick mother. She has to dive more than a hundred times a day and nearly 300 times on land that she only stay at home during the holidays and has never been to amusement parks or zoos.
Some Weibo netizens lamented the poor treatment of athletes by the national team and felt very distressed. After she won the award, many Chinese snack brands offered to give away her favourite snack, and some mainland companies also gave away a house, a shop, and RMB $200,000 in cash.
Moreover, a Weibo public account, “Middle-Class Life Observation”, posted a comment, but was being banned at the moment, stated that because Quan was too young to be sensible to thank the party and the country. Instead, she directly said that she once wanted to give up but revealed her wills to make money to treat her mother’s illness by working hard. However, she had no idea what kind of disease her mother has as she did not know how to pronounce those words. It is questionable that Quan, who started diving at the age of 7, may not receive a good education at all, making her speech “difficult to beautify”.
Source: Stand News #Aug07
https://bit.ly/3ybucw8
#Olympics #Tokyo #China #Germany #Diving #Weibo #Athletes #Education #QuanHongchan #Diving #SuddeutcheZeitung
14-year-old Gold Medallist Practices Diving Hard for her Sick Mother
Tokyo Olympics ended on 8 August which China is almost the champion for having the most Olympics gold medals. However, its “national system” of training athletes to win glory has been controversial. Suddeutche Zeitung recently described China as a “soulless medal factory” in an article. The 14 years old Olympics champion Quan Hongchan, also known as the “diving genius”, was mentioned in the previous interview that she was tricked into diving due to her poor academic results and the incentives to get medical treatment for her sick mother. She has to dive more than a hundred times a day and nearly 300 times on land that she only stay at home during the holidays and has never been to amusement parks or zoos.
Some Weibo netizens lamented the poor treatment of athletes by the national team and felt very distressed. After she won the award, many Chinese snack brands offered to give away her favourite snack, and some mainland companies also gave away a house, a shop, and RMB $200,000 in cash.
Moreover, a Weibo public account, “Middle-Class Life Observation”, posted a comment, but was being banned at the moment, stated that because Quan was too young to be sensible to thank the party and the country. Instead, she directly said that she once wanted to give up but revealed her wills to make money to treat her mother’s illness by working hard. However, she had no idea what kind of disease her mother has as she did not know how to pronounce those words. It is questionable that Quan, who started diving at the age of 7, may not receive a good education at all, making her speech “difficult to beautify”.
Source: Stand News #Aug07
https://bit.ly/3ybucw8
#Olympics #Tokyo #China #Germany #Diving #Weibo #Athletes #Education #QuanHongchan #Diving #SuddeutcheZeitung
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