On February 21, Beijing time, Yu Lihua, coach of Yang Qian, the double gold king of the Tokyo Olympics, previously spoke out through social media to continuously denounce the prize money of the Tokyo Olympics, and also continuously targeted the Ningbo Sports Bureau and Ningbo Sports School. Now that Coach Yu Lihua's "salary bargaining" incident has officially ended, he responded to netizens' inquiries through social media and said: "It's negotiated."
On February 2, Coach Yu Lihua spoke out publicly through social media, directly targeting the Ningbo Sports Bureau and Ningbo Sports School, in the article he said that he was allocated by the city's first bonus, which was withheld by the relevant leaders of the above two units, and he did not recognize the distribution of sports bonuses by relevant departments, so he was forced to publicly "ask for salary".
Coach Yu Lihua said: "After Yang Qian won the championship, they were promoted and made a fortune (the Olympic prize money is indispensable to them), but I, as the coach of the championship, have not received a penny so far, and I have become the only coach who has not won the Olympic prize money among the award-winning coaches of the Tokyo Olympics." Gu Feizhou, secretary of Ningbo Sports School, said that the credit is not up to me (meaning that it has to be said by them). But in fact, Yang Qian, the champion, was selected by me and cultivated with years of painstaking efforts, isn't this a 'merit'? Could it be that you people are sitting in your office and picking your feet? ”
After that, Ningbo Sports School issued a public statement in response: "In August 2023, the school will start the distribution of awards for athletes and coaches who have achieved excellent 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 an enlightenment coach, rewards him personally according to 60% of the total bonus of the coaching team. However, Yu Lihua's request that he personally receive 100% of the bonus in full was inconsistent with the policy, and the two sides disagreed. ”
Ningbo Sports School also said: "Our school has contacted Coach Yu Lihua many times to inform him of 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 information released by Coach Yu Lihua is inconsistent with the facts, and if it has a negative impact on the school, our school will reserve the right to pursue its legal responsibility. ”
After that, Coach Yu Lihua continued to speak out on social media: "As a party, I think what I am talking about is the truth, for enlightenment coaches and training coaches, because Yang Qian's sports training process is very different from the normal provincial team training, I don't agree with the Ningbo Sports Bureau and sports school leaders, the subjective division of coach identity attributes." Now more than half a month has passed, and when netizens asked Coach Yu Lihua again if he had asked for money, he responded with four words: "Negotiated", and the specific matters were not announced to the public.