In Rio, Ning Zetao's first Olympic Games, he failed to reach the finals in the high-profile 100m freestyle. Although there are still 50-meter freestyle events after that, Ning's coach Ye Jin said bluntly that 50 meters is not his strong point and there is no need to hope too much.

It doesn't matter what the result is. For fans, Ning Zetao's presence in Rio is a victory.

At 6 o'clock on the evening of July 18, as a member of the Chinese delegation to the Olympic Games in Brazil, Ning Zetao appeared in the footage of five CCTV "Sports News" programs, gave a separate interview and delivered a speech on the expedition. Like a representative of athletes.

At this time, Ning Zetao's huge fan base, and others who follow him, should breathe a sigh of relief: it's all right, "steamed stuffed bun" (Ning Zetao's nickname) can finally go to Brazil.

Prior to this, the doubt that the Kazan World Championships 100m freestyle champion missed Rio has been going on for more than half a month.

The wind came from June 30. At 08:54 that morning, an Weibo Corp account "the Eagle of Cappadosia", which had just been registered a day earlier, sent an explosive message: "it was exposed that Ning Zetao might be disqualified from the Olympic Games because he contradicted the leader for taking advertisements privately."

"Eagle of Cappadosia" said: Ning Zetao "violated the regulations of the State General Administration of Sports and signed an advertisement with Yili without authorization. After being criticized by the leader of the swimming management center, he not only did not accept it modestly, but contradicted the leader in full view of the public." he also suspended training for more than 20 days afterwards and reported his retirement as a threat.

According to the Eagle of Cappadocia, the swimming center gave Ning Zetao a multiple-choice question comparable to "tobeornottobe": either cancel all advertising endorsements that have not been approved by the General Administration, or disqualify from the Rio Olympics.

The news aroused strong public concern. Ning Zetao shot to fame at the 2015 Asian Games. After winning the gold medal in the 100m freestyle at the Kazan World Championships in August 2015, this young man with both strength and appearance has become one of the most sought-after sports stars in China. At the 2014 Sports figure Awards ceremony held in early 2016, Ning Zetao won the best male athlete award again and again. Host Zhang Bin concluded with this sentence: "this is the Rio Olympic cycle." The Chinese athlete who creates the greatest commercial value. "

How big is it? One media once estimated that Ning Zetao's commercial value was more than 1 billion yuan.

Such a Mr. 1 billion, who is regarded as the new leader of Chinese sports after Liu Xiang and Li Na, may not be able to go to the Rio Olympic Games?

At a time of uproar from the outside world, neither of the parties responded positively, but they were not completely silent. On July 2, Ning Zetao published a long post entitled "steamed stuffed bun has something to say", saying, "always believe that the Qing Dynasty is self-clear, and the rumors will eventually end with the wise." But not responding does not mean that lies can replace the truth, it will be pierced one day.

On July 3, the list of the first batch of Chinese swimming team to go to the United States for training was announced, and Ning Zetao's name was not among them.

On July 10th, the road took a turn. A piece of gossip spread quickly among sports journalists: Ning Zetao was put back on the Olympic list under the intervention of the General Administration.

On July 18, the dust settled. Ning Zetao, who came to the Great Hall of the people to attend the founding and mobilization meeting of the Chinese sports delegation, spoke eloquently in the face of the CCTV camera, his eyes shone brightly, and there was no haze at all: "the Olympics is a kind of competitive spirit." it is also a positive and optimistic attitude towards life. It can not only temper people's will, but also exercise their physique, so that they can become better themselves through efforts. "

"Milk War"

Beijing Guomao subway station has a daily passenger volume of 300000, and in recent months, passengers who leave the station will come face to face with Ning Zetao as soon as they look up. That's the advertisement Ning Zetao shot for Yili. It was this advertisement that completely torn his face with the swimming center.

Every day, nearly 300000 people meet Ning Zetao in the advertisement of Yili at the subway international trade station.

In the Eagle of Cappadosia, which was first revealed, the story goes like this: in November 2015, Mengniu signed the collective sponsorship of the national swimming team and the endorsement of Ning Zetao's personal advertisement. But soon, Ning Zetao changed his mind. Without consulting the swimming center, the individual signed a contract with Yili Milk and went abroad to shoot an advertising blockbuster.

Several people familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity, described a different version to Chinese Entrepreneur:

In October 2015, Mengniu and Yili competed to win the sponsorship contract for the national swimming team, and Yili was defeated. Self-media "lazy bear sports" said, "Mengniu came up with a 'sky-high price contract'. Yili did not give a matching price, "but an insider said that this statement is not accurate. Mengniu and Yili's offer are the same. If Mengniu offers 8 million, Yili's bid is 8 million, but the swimming center finally chose Mengniu.

Signing the national team is tantamount to signing all the individual athletes, which is the sales model of the swimming center. Athletes are prohibited from forming their own brokerage teams, sponsors want to sign athletes, can not talk to the athletes themselves, must talk to the swimming center. Once the swimming center agrees, you don't even have to ask the athlete for personal advice. In 2011, Sun Yang publicly complained that he had been "endorsed" for a tea drink without his knowledge. Ning Zetao is no exception. In the view of Mengniu and Swimming Center, Mengniu sponsored the national team, which is equivalent to signing Ning Zetao.

In this version known to Chinese Entrepreneur, Ning Zetao was not consulted when the Swimming Center signed a contract with Mengniu to sponsor the national team. Just afterwards told Ning Zetao that the national team signed Mengniu, you have to fulfill your obligations. Ning Zetao asked to see the terms of the contract involving him personally, but was rejected by the swimming center on the grounds that "trade secrets were involved." So Ning Zetao refused to sign. Mengniu then talked about the personal endorsement contract with Ning Zetao. Ning Zetao thought the conditions were too harsh, so he informed Mengniu: we won't talk about the personal contract. As for how you talk with the swimming team, I don't care.

Ning Zetao instead signed a contract with Yili, who has been "pursuing" him. As a sponsor of the Chinese delegation, one of Yili's yogurt brands came into contact with Ning Zetao as early as 2014, thepaper.cn reported. Subsequently, the yogurt brand signed a relevant endorsement agreement with Ning Zetao, who also intends to share the endorsement fee according to the various endorsements previously agreed by the center.

"how can individual sponsors compete with official sponsors? "A sports reporter wrote an article questioning. But another sports reporter scoffed: "Yili is also a sponsor of the Chinese Olympic Committee. Why should the swimming center sign Mengniu?" "

The whistleblower said Ning Zetao signed a contract with Yili and did not consult the swimming center, but some sources claimed that this was not the case. The two sides went back and forth, getting more and more angry, and finally the rumored Ning Zetao contradicted the leadership incident: the two met in a public place. "you said a word, said something strange, and broke up in discord. A sports reporter told Chinese Entrepreneur.

This incident has made the already intensified contradiction between the two sides out in the open. Ning Zetao was severely criticized and asked to apologize to the leader. This made him even more confused. "this is so unreasonable. What's wrong with me?" Why admit a mistake? Why are you apologizing? The insider told the Chinese Entrepreneur that Ning Zetao was not convinced.

After nearly a month of absence from training, on November 23, 2015, Ning Zetao submitted a "retirement report" to the Chinese people's Liberation Army Naval Swimming team and Swimming Center, which read as follows: "after the Kazan World Championships, all kinds of man-made events are numerous. I have no way to keep a happy mood to train, and I have no motivation to continue to fight for the swimming cause. When I left home when I was a child, I experienced the regret that my loved ones passed away and I was not around. In addition, my parents and family are old, and their physical condition is not very good. I want to spend more time with my family, so I apply for retirement. "

Ning Zetao's retirement report was not approved, although he was prepared not to participate in the Rio Olympics.

With the Olympic Games approaching, both Yili and Mengniu have stepped up their marketing efforts. On March 5, Ning Zetao Weibo Corp sent an advertisement for Yili. Yili appeared on his Weibo Corp on April 2, April 17, and May 11. The Mengniu side repeatedly asked him to attend the event, but Ning Zetao refused to cooperate. Mengniu went to the swimming center, but the center had no control over Ning Zetao.

There is a lot of trouble outside the court, and it is not calm in the pool. At the National Swimming Championships and Rio Olympic trials held in Foshan in early April, Ning Zetao swam the second-best result of the year in the 100-meter freestyle semi-final and then abstained from the final because of fever. The national team was dissatisfied that he gave up the 4x200m freestyle relay in the 100-meter semi-final-without Ning Zetao, the Chinese men's 4x200m relay ranked 17th in the world with a 0.2-second gap and missed the Olympic Games. At the London Olympic Games, the Chinese team won the bronze medal in this event. Yang Wang, former editor of Channel 5, said, "if you can enter Rio, it is entirely possible for Sun Yang, Ning Zetao, medley master Wang Shun and an athlete of the same level to continue to write medal honors." "

The recording scene of "Super team" on March 9, 2015.

Because of Ning Zetao's personal choice, the national team lost a medal point, and the dissatisfaction of the swimming center can be imagined. The patience has come to an end.

"Wind Sword and Frost Sword"

Rumors: in mid-June, Ning Zetao encountered many "obstacles" in life and training, which came to an end without the support of documents.

A local team has been accusing Ning Zetao of doping, a person familiar with the matter said. Ning Zetao underwent several flying drug tests before the 2016 championship. Didn't find anything. Ning Zetao said to the insider, "No matter what I achieve, I must retire clean and clear." "

In this Rio doubt, someone made fun of his previous suspension, saying that the General Administration had documents saying, "since the last Olympic cycle, anyone who has been suspended for more than six months for doping violations shall not be selected for the national team to participate in the Olympic Games. But Ning Zetao's supporters pointed out: no one has seen this document, the media that raised this point did not fulfill the burden of proof, and the General Administration can not find this document online, maybe it is not true. A senior sports journalist told Chinese Entrepreneur that the so-called document was only a proposal put forward by the participants at a meeting and did not form a decision.

But this article hit the point very accurately, because doping was the only stain on Ning Zetao's career and had an irreversible impact on him.

In early March 2011, Ning Zetao conducted a flying drug test, and a month later, the test results were positive. He, who likes to eat ham sausage, found "clenbuterol" in his urine sample and was banned by the Chinese Swimming Association for a year.

"I was confused and aggrieved. I never took that kind of thing on my own initiative." Ning Zetao felt that the sky was spinning. "I'm done. "

Of course he didn't finish it. The boy who had just celebrated his 18th birthday posted a piece of paper on the ceiling. As soon as he opened his eyes every day, the four words "Asian record" would jump into his eyes and spur him. He didn't care about the national record. Only the first in Asia could wash away the shame. "I must be strong, keep an eye on myself, and manage myself more strictly." Frustration is a kind of growth that helps me to be more mature. "

Men's 100m freestyle final at the World Championships: Ning Zetao won the championship in 47.84 seconds to make history.

In the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, Ning Zetao won four gold medals, a blockbuster. He succeeded. From then on, he soared into the sky, and thousands of mountains were difficult to stop.

However, no matter how successful it is now, it is difficult to erase that dim memory. In 2015, when he was in the limelight, he was interviewed by CCTV. Zhang Bin asked: "what is the worst thing on your growth path?" Ning Zetao replied that he was banned because he tested positive for doping in 2011. the hardest part was that "in fact, no one." "he paused." sympathize with you. "

In 2011, due to a number of doping scandals in history, the Chinese swimming team was extremely sensitive to stimulants, and there was a saying that whoever gave stimulants was the historical sinner of Chinese swimming. On January 11, 2011, Li Hua, director of the then Swimming Management Center, pointed out that anti-doping work is the most important work of Chinese swimming, and the Chinese swimming team should redouble its achievements and honors. We must not let any flaw tarnish our hard-won good situation.

At that time, the strict guard against stimulants was even to the point of panic. A slightly ridiculous example was that five Chinese swimmers were persuaded to leave the team before the start of the Universiade simply because they went out to eat midnight snacks without authorization. The delegation was worried that the disaster would come from their mouth.

No sooner had Li Hua spoken than two months later, Ning Zetao had an accident. In this context, people can imagine the way people look at him.

"they all look at you with skepticism, accompanied only by their family," Ning Zetao's father's hair turned all white in a very short time after his son was suspended. Ning Zetao has expressed his attachment to his parents on different occasions, which is not particularly common for a boy who has been away from home since he was a teenager. When a reporter asked him what his birthday wish was, he said, my wish is to spend my birthday with my parents.

Apart from his parents, there were only a few teammates who accompanied Ning Zetao to climb out of the dark tunnel during that period. Now they have all left the team, only Ning Zetao is still chopping waves in the pool.

"I see more things clearly and understand the current society. "he smiled and slowly uttered a cold word." at that time, he was even more lonely and helpless. It was like falling into a deep well. There were very few people who really cared about you and helped you. They were like four or five bricks. I want to climb out of a 20-meter well. Only these four or five people can climb out. "

As you can see, Ning Zetao climbed out of the deep well. But maybe there's something left there forever.

"deep inside."

Some sports journalists are proud of their close relationship with athletes. A sports journalist who has been swimming for years said that when they see athletes walking into the mixed mining area, their first action is not to hold out a microphone or recording pen, but to pat the athlete on the shoulder or give them a hug. Zhang Lin, a former leader in Chinese swimming, told him: "after a race in 2013, I stuck my head out of the water and found that I didn't know any reporters by the pool. I felt particularly sad at that time. "

But Ning Zetao is not Zhang Lin. The media missed Ning Zetao's humble time, when they were attracted by Ning Zetao's light, he was already a star. They got his flawless smile, but lost the chance to get into his heart.

When he received a request for an exclusive interview from a sports reporter, except for a few reporters from CCTV, he usually politely refused. "they are in the fashion circle," one sports reporter joked slightly sour.

Although keeping a distance, all reporters who have come into contact with Ning Zetao admit that he has a very high EQ and is considerate and considerate.

Ou Luting, a special reporter for NetEase, Inc running and swimming, has been dealing with NetEase, Inc since he signed Ning Zetao as the Olympic ambassador in October 2015. During the Foshan Championship in early April 2016, ou Luting stopped Ning Zetao, who had just finished the preliminary round, and said, "steamed buns, the mixed mining area will not be watched by me at that time, but we have a male reporter. He is holding the wheat mark. When you go over there, stay close to him. I'm afraid he won't be able to pick it up. "

Ning Zetao gave a "uh-huh".

At noon, Ouluting has dinner with her colleagues. The male reporter asked Ouluting, "is Ning Zetao's eyes not working well?" Ou Luting said, "he has astigmatism. "

The male reporter said: "I said, after arriving at the mixed mining area, he looked around (wheat mark) and found no (NetEase, Inc), picking one by one." Then he found us in the distance. He said, NetEase, Inc, come here, and several other reporters said that there was no place left. But he grabbed the wheat mark one by one. "

Ou Luting feels that this detail makes Ning Zetao seem particularly intimate.

Even so, Ouluting agrees with her peers. She understands that she and Ning Zetao only have a working relationship and have not become good friends, and Ning Zetao will not talk to her.

Ning Zetao is very patient with fans. During training in Australia, no matter how tired Ning Zetao was, no matter how tired he was, Ning Zetao did not refuse to come in the face of fans asking for autographs and taking photos. A 20-year-old Chinese female fan goes to the training hall to see him every day. The intensity of training in Australia is very strong. Ning Zetao was very tired after training. The reporter at the scene looked at him and felt that he had nothing to love, but when the little girl came up to talk to him, he would still talk to his fans.

Also at the Foshan Championship, Ning Zetao withdrew from the game because of a fever, but later returned to the field to greet his fans. He did not take the relatively safe athlete channel, but from the stands, excited fans immediately gathered around, he managed to get out. The reporter who knew him sent a text message saying that he was too bold, so he was not afraid of something wrong. Ning Zetao replied, "to thank the fans, stay close." "

Ning Zetao attended fashion brand events in Shanghai and was surrounded by the media.

It is prudent to be properly accompanied by thoughtfulness.

Ye Jin, the coach who has been with Ning Zetao since he was a teenager, said he could see the coach's eyes since he was a child. If Coach Ye is unhappy, he reminds other players, "I'm telling you, Coach Ye is unhappy." No one else can see it, only he can see it.

When she was in Australia, one day Ye Jin bought a piece of salmon for the team and ate the rest of it. Ye Jin asked who else to eat. Ning Zetao said, "can it be left?" I thought it wasn't enough to eat, so I didn't dare to eat it. The reporter later asked the aunt who was cooking, and the aunt said that Ning Zetao's favorite food was seafood.

Yang Wang told a similar story: "once, there was a meeting within the team." Ye Jin and coach Qi Hui sat in the middle, with only one seat left next to them. The other team members either sat on the edge of the bed or leaned against the back of the sofa, and no one dared to touch that position. Ning Zetao, who arrived later, was suggested to sit down, but Ning Zetao went straight to the radiator in the room. The meeting lasted for two hours, and he relied on it for two hours. "

This style is not like the 100-meter gold medalist at the World Championships, but rather like Lin Daiyu, who first entered Jia House in A Dream of Red Mansions, for fear of taking the wrong step and saying the wrong word.

In August 2015, Zhang Bin asked Ning Zetao a question: you are a very modest, low-key and considerate person. You may want everyone to feel good. Do you think I wish I could say no?

Ning Zetao said: "I think I should still learn to say no." "

At that time, I am afraid no one could have expected that Ning Zetao would say "no" to the swimming center.

"interest issues"

The insiders of the swimming center are still aggrieved: why did such a good boy become like this?

In fact, the milk war is only the last straw that breaks the camel's back. The contradictions between the two sides have accumulated for a long time.

Two insiders who were inclined to Ning Zetao told the reporter one thing: after Ning Zetao won the gold medal at the World Championships, someone in the swimming center took thousands of photos (this is what one said, and the other provided a number of 300) to ask for his autograph. Ning Zetao had a problem with this, but he signed it anyway. I don't know what these photos are used for or where they are located. It is such a little thing that accelerates the wear and tear of the relationship between Ning Zetao and the swimming center.

But in the mouth of a reporter close to the swimming center, the autograph incident became another version: after Ning Zetao became famous, coach Ye Jin took several photos and asked him to sign. Ning Zetao only signed some of them and threw away the pen. "No, I'm tired," he said. The reporter said that Ye Jin's heart has been cold ever since.

When Ning Zetao had an accident in 2011, he had not yet achieved any results, and he was only a very inconspicuous member of dozens of disciples brought by Ye Jin, head coach of the navy. Ye Jin can only be carefully instructed by a few top students, an unknown teenager with a broken heart, which is difficult to attract the attention of the coach.

The preliminary competition scene of the men's 50m butterfly at the 2015 National Swimming Championships in Huangshan, Anhui Province, September 7, 2015.

In an interview with Zhang Bin, Ning Zetao said that what impressed him most about the foreign teacher Brown was that Brown constantly encouraged him and made him more confident.

March 26th is Brown's birthday, Ning Zetao sent a message Weibo Corp, wish Brown a happy birthday. Despite bringing Ning Zetao to the world championship, Ye Jin or "Coach Ye" never appeared in his Weibo Corp.

A sports reporter told Chinese Entrepreneur that when Shang Xiutang did not retire, Ning Zetao had a good relationship with the swimming center. But for the new head of the swimming center, his attitude is not so submissive.

Ning Zetao won't go to all kinds of commercial activities held by the swimming center, and even if he can't put it off, he will deliberately avoid the advertising backplane of the sponsors of the swimming center.

There is a saying in Han Han's movie "the next meeting": adults only care about the pros and cons and don't ask whether they are right or wrong. According to the "Chinese Entrepreneur", Ning Zetao has a bad relationship with the swimming interest community, and the most important thing is that eternal factor-interest.

Article 5 (3) of the notice on the Standardization of the work of the Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports in 2001 stipulates that the distribution of advertising income of athletes should take into account the interests of the state, the collective and the individual. "in principle, it should be allocated according to the proportion of 50% of individual athletes, 15% of coaches and other meritorious personnel, 15% of the project development fund of national individual sports associations, and 20% of athletes delivery units. "

However, according to a sponsor who spoke on condition of anonymity, Ning Zetao's share of business endorsement income is like this: 50% for swimming centers, 12% for coaches, 15% for medium sports agents, and only 23% for Ning Zetao. Ning Zetao is not Mr. 1 billion. Strictly speaking, he is only Mr. 230 million, or before tax.

Not only that, Ning Zetao does not have the right to choose his own endorsement. According to the above-mentioned sponsor, a dairy company once offered 12 million yuan for Ning Zetao's endorsement. Ning Zetao and the coach both agreed and reported to the swimming center, but it was rejected by the swimming center. Such a thing is not alone.

According to the Xinhua News Agency, the power of the swimming center comes from the "measures for the administration of advertising and social activities for active athletes of the national swimming team". "active athletes participating in commercial advertising and social activities must obtain the consent of the swimming management center and proceed in accordance with the relevant regulations after approval by the center." and "active athletes shall not unilaterally sign agreements with commercial promotion units and enterprises."

These regulations are formulated on the basis of the "Circular on strengthening the Management of Business activities such as advertisements for active athletes" issued by the State Sports Commission, the predecessor of the State General Administration of Sports, in 1996. Article 1 stipulates that "the intangible assets of active athletes shall be owned by the state."

However, in 2006, the State Administration of Sports revised the above provisions to read: "the core of the value of athletes in commercial activities is intangible assets, including athletes' name, portrait, reputation, honor and so on." For most sports, the formation of athletes' intangible assets is the result of the great input, training and guarantee of the state and the collective, and at the same time cannot be separated from the efforts of individual athletes. "it also stipulates that" it is necessary to ensure the smooth completion of the training and competition tasks of the national team, and at the same time protect the rights and interests of athletes in accordance with the law. " The 2006 document also made it clear that the 1996 version of the original State Sports and Sports Commission document was abolished.

Compared with the 1996 version, the 2006 document does not explicitly deny athletes' ownership of their intangible assets, but admits that both the state and individuals have a share, but does not make a clear division of the share, and the property right is ambiguous. resulting in a lack of maneuverability in reality. If there is a contradiction between the individual and the collective for commercial interests, it is difficult for the weak athletes to arm wrestle with the collective except with the help of public opinion.

Even so, the swimming center bypassed the 2006 document and still stipulated that "the intangible assets of active athletes of the national swimming team belong to the state according to the 1996 version, which has been abolished."

This rule is obviously no longer adapted to the development of the times. In fact, as early as 2002, Yao Ming was selected as the No. 1 pick by the Houston Rockets and logged into the NBA. At that time, the Basketball Association required Yao Ming to hand over half of his annual salary and endorsement income based on the 1996 version of the rules. Later, under the strong opposition of public opinion, the share of the transaction was reduced to 3% Muay 5%, but the money was still as high as tens of millions of yuan. Yao Ming said bluntly in his autobiography, "they don't deserve the money." "

The following year, Yao Ming fought another lawsuit with Coca-Cola Company. At that time, Coca-Cola Company became a sponsor of the Chinese men's basketball team and imprinted the image of Yao Ming on the Coke can. Yao Ming filed a lawsuit with the court, claiming one yuan and demanding a public apology from Coca-Cola Company. The lawsuit ended in a settlement between the two sides, and Coca-Cola Company apologized to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming's example occurred in 2002 and 2003, when the General Administration of Sports formulated the notice on trial contract Management for the Commercial activities of National team athletes in 2006, obviously taking into account the impact of these two events. The Chinese Basketball Association also kept pace with the times, and later Yi Jianlian also entered the NBA and did not pay this fee.

A similar situation occurs in tennis. When Li Na and Xiaohua flew solo in 2009, the agreement reached with the tennis center was to hand in 12% of the advertising revenue and 8% of the competition bonus, but Sun Jinfang once said publicly that she had never seen anyone hand it in.

Even if track and field, which is as dependent on the national system as swimming, in allocating the commercial interests of star players like Liu Xiang, it is strictly in accordance with the "notice" regulations and may not be changed without authorization. Liu Xiang takes 50% of his business income, the remaining 15% to the coach, 15% to the Athletics Association and 20% to the local government.

When the rules lag behind the times, in order to avoid contradictions, managers need to use the rules flexibly, balance the interests of all parties, and even make compromises and tolerance to star athletes. Management centers such as table tennis and track and field allow star athletes to talk about business cooperation by themselves, as long as they pay part of the management fee. With Li Yongbo's tough and overbearing, even though the sponsor of the Badminton Center is Li Ning Co. Ltd., he still acquiesced in Lin Dan's signing of a huge contract with Unix, which is said to be as high as 100 million.

Unfortunately, the swimming center seems to lack such a tradition. In 2005, the diving team expelled Olympic champion Tian Liang from the team. In 2011, the swimming center was almost in the same boat with Sun Yang because of the "endorsement" incident. This time, under the intervention of the General Administration, Ning Zetao avoided the break of Rio de Janeiro at the last minute.

If Ning Zetao cannot go to Brazil, the sponsor told the "Chinese entrepreneur" that the swimming center will face great trouble because the sponsor is aimed at Ning Zetao, and if he is expelled from the national team, according to the terms of the contract, the swimming center will have to compensate the sponsor, "then it can't be solved with three or five million yuan." "

Ning Zetao told insiders that he could not accept the result that he could not go to Brazil, but it did not mean that he should show all dignity to change this quota. His parents' opinions are also firm: as long as he is healthy and happy, his son will support any decision.

According to people familiar with the matter, the trip to Rio does not mean that Ning Zetao's game with the system has come to an end. His fate will to a large extent be determined by the results of the Rio Olympics.

The 100-meter freestyle, one back and forth, Ning Zetao swam countless times. Can Rio become a real "free swim" this time?