Maklum, di level Olimpiade saja, China memang dikenal sebagai rajanya renang.
Negeri Tirai Bambu ini bahkan dikenal sebagai rival berat dari Amerika Serikat.
Tapi, 'ulah' seorang atlet renang mereka, Sun Yang, seketika memicu perdebatan di kalangan pengguna media sosial China.
Dilansir South China Morning Post, ulah Sun Yang itu terjadi ketika dia naik ke podium bersama atlet Tiongkok, untuk menerima medali emas.
Dia naik setelah China menjadi jawara di nomor 800 meter gaya bebas, Senin (20/8/2018).
Nah, Sun Yang, terlihat membalut hampir semua tubuhnya dengan sebuah bendera negara China.
Kelihatannya tak ada yang istimewa, tapi rumor menjadi liar di media sosial.
Sun Yang dinilai sengaja melakukan itu, demi sebuah maksud dan pesan terselubung : Dia menolak terlihat memakai seragam resmi kontingen China.
Apa yang mendasari Sun Yang melakukan itu?
Rumor menggelinding liar, Sun Yang melakukan itu karena dia menghormati kontrak profesionalnya bersama 361°, sebuah brand olah raga asal China.
Sementara, pakaian resmi yang dipakai kontingen China, memakai buatan brand lain, yakni Anta.
Sun Yang pun dituding menutupi pakaian Anta, dengan memakai bendera China.
Cara mengakali pesan sponsor ini, lebih dulu dipopulerkan oleh legenda basket dunia, Michael Jordan.
Jordan, melakukan itu pada Olimpiade 1992 di Barcelona.
Saat itu, pakaian resmi kontingen Amerika disponsori oleh Reebok
Sementara Jordan, sudah kebacut mengikat kontrak dengan Nike.
Atas dasar menghormati kontraknya, Jordan pun tak mau nampak di media mengenakan pakaian Reebok.
Cara ini akhirnya kerap dilakukan atlet untuk memprotes soal kewajiban penggunaan sponsor resmi negara di even resmi.
Selain memprotes, cara ini dinilai efektif untuk mengakali aturan, bahwa atlet dilarang memakai brand selain sponsor negara.
Wang Qi, seorang pemerhati industri olahraga, menulis di Sina Weibo, media sosial China : "Di olah raga, mematuhi aturan adalah hal yang sangat penting. Dan itu termasuk aturan bisnis,"
"Ketika semua atlet Tiongkok memakai seragam putih merah buatan Anta, hanya Sun Yang yang memakai seragam kuning buatan 361°. Ini adalah pelanggaran,"
Sun Yang sendiri sampai saat ini belum mengomentari soal ulahnya yang viral itu.
Tapi, di China, netizen perang komentar.
Ada yang mencacimaki Sun Yang, dengan mengatakan, ia lebih mementinkan egonya, ketimbang nampak kompak satu seragam dengan atlet Tiongkok lain.
Tapi ada pula yang mendukung Yang, mengatakan, ia telah bersikap benar sebagai seorang atlet profesional.
Lagipula, kata netizen, siapa yang berani menyebut Sun Yang tak nasionalis, setelah kerja kerasnya menyabet medali emas, terlebih membalut seluruh tubuhnya dengan bendera negara.
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