On the 2nd, Yu Lihua, the coach of Yang Qian, the first gold medalist of the Chinese delegation at the Tokyo Olympics, posted on social ** that to this day, he has not been able to get the bonus due after the Tokyo Olympics, and accused the relevant leaders of the Ningbo Sports Bureau and Ningbo Sports School of withholding the bonus.
On the evening of the 2nd, Ningbo Sports School issued a statement saying that the school was concerned about the news such as "Yang Qian's coach Yu Lihua asking for bonuses", and the information released was inconsistent with the facts.
At the Tokyo Olympics, Yang Qian won the gold medal in the women's 10m air rifle shooting event, which was also the first gold medal produced in the Olympic Games.
Pay back my hard-earned money", this is the beginning of Yu Lihua's long article.
Screenshot of Yu Lihua's Weibo.
Yu Lihua said that as the coach of Tokyo Olympic champion Yang Qian, he has not yet been able to receive the bonus issued by the city after the Tokyo Olympics. According to Yu Lihua, his prize money was seized by the relevant leaders of the Ningbo Sports Bureau and the Ningbo Sports School.
I haven't received a penny so far, and I'm the only coach who hasn't won an Olympic prize in Tokyo. Yu Lihua wrote.
In the statement, Yu Lihua mentioned that for more than half a year, he has been trying to protect his rights and interests by going through normal procedures, but the incident has not been resolved.
After the incident spread on social **, it aroused heated discussions among netizens. As of press time, Olympic champion Coach Yang Qian posted a salary asking for salary, and the number of readings of Weibo topic entries has exceeded 1700 million.
The picture shows Yang Qian (right) and enlightenment coach Yu Lihua.
According to public information, Yu Lihua is the winner of the first special allowance, a national shooting coach, an outstanding young expert in Ningbo, and became a torchbearer of the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. Yu Lihua's students have won more than 100 championships in various competitions at the national level and above, and have cultivated famous shooting players such as Yang Qian, Jiang Haojun, and Wang Chengyi.
On the evening of the 2nd, Ningbo Sports School issued a statement saying that the school was concerned about the news such as "Yang Qian's coach Yu Lihua asking for bonuses", and the information released was inconsistent with the facts.
According to the statement, in August 2023, the university launched the distribution of awards for athletes and coaches who have achieved outstanding results in the Tokyo Olympics. According to the relevant provincial and municipal regulations, the school leadership team collectively researched, and the bonus was used to reward the coach team. Coach Yu Lihua, as Yang Qian's enlightenment coach, rewards him personally according to 60% of the total bonus of the coach team.
Ningbo Sports School***
According to Ningbo Sports School, Yu Lihua requires that he personally receive 100% of the prize in full. "Its demands are not in line with the policy, and the two sides are divided. Our school has contacted Coach Yu Lihua many times to inform him of the relevant matters related to the procedures for receiving awards. On December 4, 2023, the leaders of our school went to Coach Yu Lihua's home to explain in detail the distribution of Olympic awards. On February 1, 2024, the school informed him in writing. The statement reads.
At the end of the statement, Ningbo Sports School said that the information released by Coach Yu Lihua was inconsistent with the facts, and the school would reserve the right to pursue its legal responsibility if it had a negative impact on the school.
*: China-Singapore Sports, Qilu Evening News.