Chapter 1 CCTV Sports Personality of the Year Awards

The CCTV Sports Personality of the Year Awards is an annual sports awards event hosted by CCTV Sports Channel with the strong support of the State General Administration of Sports and the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.

This is the most authoritative award in China, especially with the Rio Olympics just concluded, making this year's selection highly anticipated.

The women's volleyball team, who returned to the world peak, the men's basketball team, who won a historic gold medal, the all-conquering Dream Team of table tennis and diving, as well as the short track speed skating and Chinese weightlifting teams with historic breakthroughs, are all popular teams for the awards.

The annual awards have a total of ten awards, namely Best Male and Female Athlete, Best Team, Best Coach, Best Combination, Best Newcomer, Public Sports Spirit, Best Non-Olympic Athlete, Annual Breakthrough, and the final Jury Award.

For athletes, winning an award at this annual event is a significant boost to their personal influence in China.

This is also one of the reasons why Tang Tian returned to China, but more importantly, there were many fans present at the award ceremony.

The historic votes he received in the NBA were inseparable from these fans, and he would hold a fan meeting on site after the awards event.

This is also a major benefit for him to give back to his fans.

In fact, this year's annual awards also owes much to Tang Tian's decision, with crowds surging both inside and outside the venue, making it the liveliest event since its inception.

When Tang Tian and Olsen appeared outside the venue, the cheers of the crowd were already overwhelming.

Olsen smiled and greeted the fans. She has rarely appeared in public since her marriage, and this time she came with Tang Tian as her first public appearance.

Judging from her reaction, she really likes Chinese fans as much as she likes Chinese culture.

After entering the venue, Tang Tian met Yao Ming, as well as other people who came to participate in the awards.

For example, Lang Ping, the savior of the women's volleyball team, Zhu Ting, who performed strongly in this World Championship and is known as the Jordan of the women's volleyball world, and Ma Long, a famous table tennis player.

However, these people looked at Tang Tian with envy and pride.

Men's basketball is the world's second largest sport after men's football, and it is unimaginable that Tang Tian, as a Chinese, can dominate this league.

Although they went to the Olympics together, they had never been so close to Tang Tian in private.

As a result, before the award ceremony even started, these Olympic champions took pens and asked Tang Tian for photos and autographs.

Olsen was also genuinely happy to see Tang Tian so popular in China.

Because she is in a different country, she often considers Tang Tian's feelings.

For example, she wanted to hold the wedding in Tang Tian's hometown, and she has been learning Chinese and Chinese culture.

Tang Tian pampers her, and she will also work hard to make her husband happy outside of work.

The autograph session was coming to an end, and the award ceremony was about to begin.

Because of Tang Tian, not only were there many fans present, but the ratings for this year's awards ceremony also easily broke the ratings record after it started.

The first awards presented were those with relatively little attention, such as Best Non-Olympic Member and Best Newcomer.

When the award ceremony was more than halfway through, the people present unconsciously sat up straight.

The remaining awards were all major awards and were the focus of attention.

"The next award to be presented is the 2016 Sports Personality of the Year for Best Coach."

As the host spoke, the list of nominees was gradually released on the screen.

Lang Ping, Kong Linghui, Li Nan, Liu Guoliang, and Yuan Guoqiang appeared on the screen.

It must be said that this award ceremony has the feel of the Oscars.

In the end, Lang Ping, who led the women's volleyball team back to the world peak, defeated the others to win the Best Coach award, which was also the third time she had received this award.

Lang Ping gave a five-minute acceptance speech, and she choked up several times while holding the trophy.

The sweat and effort required to lead the women's volleyball team back to the world peak is far beyond what ordinary people can imagine.

This is the cruelty of the Olympics, once every four years, you may go all out and get nothing in the end, but after getting it, that emotion is difficult to suppress.

After the Best Coach award, the next award to be presented was the Best Female Athlete award.

In the end, Zhu Ting defeated Ding Ning, Liu Hong, Zhang Mengxue, and Zhong Tianshi to win the award.

Compared with Lang Ping, Zhu Ting seemed much calmer, and her face was always smiling when she got up, with no signs of excitement or tears at all.

This girl, who is 2 years younger than Tang Tian, is really full of talent and possesses an all-conquering confidence and strength.

"Zhu Ting, congratulations."

When Zhu Ting passed by him, Tang Tian congratulated her.

Zhu Ting was originally calm, but after hearing Tang Tian's congratulations, she seemed a little shy.

This was not a girl's shyness, but a kind of embarrassment of being praised by someone stronger than herself.

After Zhu Ting, the Best Male Athlete award was presented next.

When Tang Tian's image appeared on the stage, the cheers at the scene were already overwhelming.

The other four nominees in the audience were shaking their heads helplessly. They were also world champions, but Tang Tian's brilliance overshadowed everything.

"The winner of the 2016 Sports Personality of the Year for Best Male Athlete is Tang Tian!"

The host didn't even hesitate to say Tang Tian's name.

No suspense.

Tang Tian got up and stepped onto the stage, and the cheers at the scene continued.

Tang Tian is the greatest pride of Chinese sports, he surpasses all athletes past, present, and future.

"Thank you, thank you to everyone present, this award does not only belong to me, it also belongs to everyone in the men's basketball team, and even more to every Chinese fan. Before that, I might not have been able to imagine the scene when 'The Five-Star Red Flag is Flying in the Wind' resounded in Rio, but in fact, it resounded three times."

Tang Tian's opening remarks made the cheers at the scene explode.

His speaking skills were a bit explosive.

After giving his acceptance speech, Tang Tian went off stage to rest.

But he had to stand up again before his butt was even warm, because the next Annual Breakthrough Award was presented to the Chinese men's basketball team.

When it comes to breakthroughs, no one dares to say the men's basketball team is second.

Tang Tian, as a representative, gave another impromptu speech.

After the Annual Breakthrough award was presented, Tang Tian returned to his seat. The men's basketball team had already won two awards, and like the women's volleyball team, they had become the team with the most awards.

And the next award to be presented, the Best Team award, was of great value and also the most watched.

Women's volleyball or men's basketball, who will win?

"The winner of the 2016 Sports Personality of the Year for Best Team is... the Chinese Men's Basketball Team!"

This time the host paused, but the final result was the same as most people expected, the winner was still the Chinese men's basketball team.

This was the third consecutive award they had won at the awards ceremony, but it was still well deserved.

The women's volleyball team returned to the peak, and the men's basketball team created a peak that no one had ever reached, or even dared to imagine.

Such a team is the best choice.

The men's basketball team won three awards in a row, sweeping everything, but this made Tang Tian suffer.

"To be honest, I'm a little lost for words..."

When Tang Tian spoke on behalf of the men's basketball team again, the scene burst into laughter when he said this in front of the microphone.

It's not because he didn't prepare, it's just that he won too many awards!