While bringing pressure to local players, it also brings motivation for progress.
“Domestication elements” in Asian Games”
Workers Daily (September 05, 2018 08 Edition) reporter Liu Bing
The Jakarta Asian Games has been closed. In addition to the wonderful moment when the Chinese team won the gold medal, many naturalized athletes whose skin color is obviously different from that of Asians also entered people’s vision. According to statistics, more than 60 athletes in this Asian Games belong to domestication status, involving track and field, basketball, volleyball, bicycle and other events.
Track and field has always been the project that introduces the most naturalized players in recent Asian Games, among which Bahrain is the most prominent. Relying on the naturalized African players, the Balin team frequently won medals in track and field competitions. On August 27, naturalized player adkoya helped Balin win the championship with 54 seconds 48 in the women’s 400 m hurdles and broke the Asian Games record of the project. The other two naturalized players Nasser and adion in Bahrain each won three gold medals in the sprint, becoming the most eye-catching athletes in the track and field. It was because of their existence that the Chinese Legion and the women’s 100 meters, 200 meters and 4 × 100 meters relay lost 3 gold.
“I really tried my best, and I have played to the extreme, but my opponents are too strong, and I don’t know them yet.” Facing the excellent performance of naturalized players, Wei Yongli, a Chinese player who lost the gold medals of 100 meters and 200 meters, seemed helpless after the game.
In addition to track and field events, there are also many naturalized athletes in this Asian Games, among which basketball is the most prominent. The Philippines naturalized NBA Cavaliers defender Clarkson men’s basketball to improve the team’s strength and become a strong team that can compete with the Chinese team. In the group match between Philippines and China on August 21, the Chinese team won by only 2 points. In addition, the Japanese basketball team introduced farzekas of the Mavericks, and the South Korean basketball team introduced American player Luo jianer (formerly known as ratriv) to participate in the competition at the beginning of this year.
As for the increasing trend of Asian naturalized athletes in recent years, some voices believe that the introduction of naturalized athletes is an expression of extreme eagerness for quick success and instant benefits, which occupies the development space of local players and violates the principle of fairness. However, there are also views that the introduction of naturalized players can rapidly improve the competitive level of corresponding projects, and can help some players who have no chance to join the international competition to achieve the ideal of participating in the international competition. This is the original intention of IAAF and Yao AO Council to allow naturalized players to participate in the Asian Games. In addition, naturalized players can promote the overall level of sports in the country to some extent and make their styles more diversified. In the long run, it will also promote the improvement of Asian sports level.