: Liu Xuan's inspirational story
Unlike many athletes who have shown their athletic talents since childhood, gymnastics champion Liu Xuan is a late bloomer.
When she was a child, she was not the best student in the coach's eyes, but she had a tenacity that children of the same age did not have. She started gymnastics at the age of 5, and practiced until 265,438+0. After 65,438+06 years, she finally won three Olympic medals and became the first female gymnast in China.
So, how did this student, who was not favored by the coach at first, become a champion? Next, let me tell you the growth story of Liu Xuan.
A. Little girl who makes cocoons by hand
On March 1979, Liu Xuan was born in Changsha, Hunan.
When I was a child, Liu Xuan was a clever girl. Her physical quality is not very good. In order to make her grow up healthily, her parents sent her to the children's palace bodybuilding class. That year, Liu Xuan was just five years old.
Being the shortest, after coming to the bodybuilding class, Liu Xuan was at the end of the line, learning movements with his sisters. She studies hard and takes every action seriously. The coach was very happy and thought, "This little Liu Xuan is really practicing well!" Since then, the coach has started special training for Liu Xuan.
In primary school, Liu Xuan was very good at his lessons, and got 100 in Chinese and mathematics. Every day, after finishing his homework at school, Liu Xuan still insists on going to the Children's Palace bodybuilding class for training.
At the age of eight, Liu Xuan was elected to the Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau for training. She practiced so hard that she even had blood bubbles on her hands. However, she is not afraid of suffering at all. When the blood bubble is better, she will continue to practice and let the cocoons grow slowly on her hands. Because when practicing uneven bars, you still need to hold the bars. Whenever the cocoon on your hand thickens, Liu Xuan asks his father to flatten it with a blade. The longer you practice, the more blades you need. Dad knew that Liu Xuan's hand must be very painful. However, Liu Xuan endured the pain and said nothing.
Once, dad went to the store to buy a blade. The clerk is/kloc-a child under the age of 0/6. Seeing that Liu Xuan's father bought so many double-sided blades, he asked inexplicably, "Uncle, no one uses this kind of blade to shave now. Why buy so much? " Liu Xuan's father said, "I don't need it, it's for my daughter!" " "The salesman asked again," used to sharpen pencils? "This is not safe either!" "Not to sharpen a pencil, but to peel the cocoon of her daughter's palm! She is a gymnast ... "Hearing this, the salesman was moved. He said, "Uncle, I gave these blades to your daughter. She is so young and has to suffer so much. I should also give a little love! "
Once, grandma took Liu Xuan's hand and cried bitterly to Liu Xuan's parents: "What did you do to make your children suffer from this? Let her stop practicing! "
B.for an important game
In fact, mom and dad are also very distressed about Liu Xuan. My mother practiced gymnastics when she was a child and knew how difficult it was to practice gymnastics well. However, if my daughter can't achieve anything in this field in the future, is it necessary to train so hard?
So, my father ran to ask the coach, "Is Liu Xuan's performance in the gymnastics team excellent, above average, above average or below average?" ? If she can practice well, let her practice; If not, I'll let her go back to school, otherwise, both sides will be delayed! "The coach told dad truthfully that Liu Xuan's performance is only average or above average at present, and it is not clear whether he can make achievements in the future. Dad thought it over, but he agreed with Liu Xuan. He thinks that his daughter should not give up easily as long as she has a little hope.
Liu Xuan lived up to his father's expectations. /kloc-at the age of 0/3, Liu Xuan was selected for the national training team. After more rigorous training, Liu Xuan achieved remarkable results. However, while preparing for the 12 Asian Games held in Hiroshima, Japan, an accident in training tore the medial ligament of Liu Xuan's knee. Although it will grow well in the future, it's time for the game! Liu Xuan was almost crying with anxiety. How much she cherishes this opportunity! In order to get better training results, Liu Xuan gritted his teeth and kept practicing. Unfortunately, his ligament was broken and he didn't have a chance to participate in the Asian Games!
After receiving the phone call from his parents, Liu Xuan first mentioned not how painful the ligament was, but: "I brushed it off the list of the Asian Games, and I am very sad!"
Hearing her daughter's crying, her parents were very sad. They immediately rushed to Beijing to visit and asked a doctor to treat Liu Xuan. Because of Liu Xuan, Dad may have learned gymnastics for some time. So, my father worked for Liu Xuan every day and cooperated with the doctor's treatment; At the same time, Liu Xuan often does recovery exercises according to the coach's instructions. Soon, Liu Xuan's injury healed.
Liu Xuan smiled because she could take part in the Asian Games. On that occasion, she cooperated with her teammates and won the women's team championship and the second place in the individual uneven bars.
C. "We must defeat ourselves first."
"If you want to beat others, you must beat yourself first", which is Liu Xuan's motto. She has been doing this for 16 years. Although she occasionally has the idea of shrinking back, she is always firm in the end.
From 65438 to 0996, Liu Xuan's training intensity began to increase. After persisting for a while, she felt that she had reached the limit, and even some could not support it. Every night, as soon as he went to bed, Liu Xuan secretly cried, and he was very afraid of continuing his training the next day. She tossed and turned, really want to give up? No, the more so, the more you can't back down! The next day, Liu Xuan pulled himself together and started a new training.
At the 1998 World Championship, Liu Xuan was particularly excited and more and more nervous, because he was bent on winning the championship. The coach read her mind and told her not to be nervous. She had to take off her baggage and take part in the competition. This is really not good. She can change her movements and make it easier. After listening to the coach, Liu Xuan seemed calm. She said confidently, "Nothing, trust me!" Indeed, Liu Xuan was very calm and successfully completed all the movements and won the championship. When she stood on the podium and saw the flowers in her hand, the gold medal on her chest and the five-star red flag rising to the highest position, Liu Xuan's tears could no longer be resisted. Ten years of hard work has finally paid off! At that moment, Liu Xuan suddenly found himself growing up!
1999 At the beginning of the year, after the Asian Games, Liu Xuan's training fell into a trough again. At that time, because of a long rest, my body and mind were relaxed and my mental state was somewhat depressed. Practice in this case, Liu Xuan felt a little at a loss. Later, she almost lost all confidence and even retired. When their parents knew, they persuaded Liu Xuan together: "Try again. If it really doesn't work, it's not too late to give up now! " Liu Xuan thinks what his parents said is very reasonable. Yes, I can never give up! She persisted again. In August of that year, she won the first place in women's all-around in the national gymnastics championship held in Kunming, Yunnan.
In 2000, Liu Xuan made a series of good achievements: in March, she won the second place in the women's balance beam in the first race of the Swiss World Cup series; Then, at the 24th Cottbus International Gymnastics Grand Prix held in Germany, she won the third place in the women's uneven bars. In May, she won the first place in the women's balance beam in the national gymnastics championship held in Wuhan.
However, Liu Xuan, who is 2 1 year old, is still not satisfied, because her greatest wish is to stand on the podium of the Sydney Olympic Games. She has been fighting for that moment 16 years.
D. The most beautiful smile is reserved for Sydney
In the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Liu Xuan's efforts finally paid off.
In the final of the balance beam event:
The first player is Romanian Auraru, who won the bronze medal in the all-around competition. This time she played well and got 9.70 points.
Followed by American Wei Baiyang, she landed steadily and scored 9.387 points.
The third contestant is Russian athlete Lobas Nick. She played very well, stood still and scored 9.787 points, which exceeded her performance in the preliminary round.
Russian athlete Prodilova made her fourth appearance. She swayed slightly on the wood, but stood still and got 9.775 points.
Then, China's Ling Jie appeared. She is the double champion of 1998 World Cup and Tianjin World Championships. She stretched herself out and stood firm. Except for a little shaking, the whole routine was beautiful, but she only got 9.675 points.
The sixth Ukrainian player Yalosh finally landed with a small gesture and scored 9.7438+02 points.
Prisaca, the seventh Romanian athlete, also made a small jump when landing, and finished the action well, scoring 9.750 points.
The last one appeared is Liu Xuan, who is 2 1 year old. With the first seven athletes performing well, she withstood the pressure and completed the movement well, and got 9.825 points. In the end, she won the first individual gold medal for China Gymnastics with perfect movements and superb performances, and won the women's balance beam championship!
When winning this priceless gold medal, Liu Xuan's first thoughts were mom and dad. Without their repeated encouragement, how could I win such a precious Olympic gold medal?
Liu Xuan stood on the podium with a confident and charming smile. This smile infected every audience present. But do you know why her smile is so touching?
In fact, Liu Xuan doesn't like to laugh when he is practicing gymnastics. Later, with the continuous progress of Liu Xuan, he participated in more and more competitions. At this moment, my mother said to Liu Xuan, "When you compete abroad, you are the representative of China people. Even your personal expression represents not only yourself, but a country! Therefore, you must learn to smile. "
Liu Xuan thinks what his mother said is very reasonable, so she practices smiling in front of the mirror whenever she has time. Laughing and laughing, Liu Xuan found that only a heartfelt smile is the most beautiful.
We'll talk about this game later. On the other side of the world, her parents have been watching live TV in the basement of Beijing. Dad is holding a camera, ready to take pictures of Liu Xuan on the screen; Mom holds a notebook and remembers the scores. When they saw their daughter smiling and waving to everyone on the podium, dad threw away the camera and mom threw away the notebook, and both of them burst into tears. How excited they are because their daughter has created a miracle in the history of gymnastics in China-she won the Olympic champion at the age of 2 1!
On this side of the globe, Liu Xuan on the podium in Sydney has the most beautiful smile. When the national anthem sounded, Liu Xuan deeply knew that she finally conquered every audience and herself, and she grew from a child who didn't like to laugh to a world champion with a bright smile.
: Deng Yaping's inspirational story
As we all know, Deng Yaping loves playing table tennis since she was a child, and she dreams of being able to show her talents in the world arena one day. But he was rejected by the national team because of his short stature and short hands and feet. But instead of being discouraged, she turned failure into motivation, practiced her skills hard and made persistent efforts, and finally pushed the bud of her dream away-she got her wish and stood on the podium of the world champion. In her sports career, she always won 18 world champion medals. Deng Yaping's outstanding achievements not only brought great glory to himself, but also changed the traditional concept of selecting athletes only among tall people in the world table tennis.
Deng Yaping is the greatest female player in the history of table tennis. She has been learning to play with her father since she was five years old. She joined the national team in 1988 and won the 14 world championship successively. She has been ranked first in the world table tennis for eight consecutive years and is the longest-serving female athlete in the world. She became the only athlete who won the Olympic table tennis gold medal in succession, and together with Qiao Hong, she won four Olympic gold medals, including singles and doubles.
When she was a child, Deng Yaping was determined to be an excellent athlete because her father was a sports coach at that time. However, she is short and short, which does not meet the requirements of sports schools at all. The door of the sports school can't be opened to her. So, the young Deng Yaping learned table tennis from her father, who stipulated that she must serve and catch the ball at 100 every day after physical training class. Although Deng Yaping is only seven or eight years old, in order to make his skills more skilled and his basic skills more solid, he tied sandbags on his legs and replaced the "wooden sign" with an iron sign.
How precious it is for a child! This will not only make the body suffer, but also bear great psychological pressure. Little she, every time she flashes, unfolds and pranks, can be described as a struggle!
The leg is swollen! The palm is worn out! -this is often the case! But he never complains or shouts tired! The father in charge of training sometimes cries with pain! There is always a reward for giving. Due to Deng Yaping's persistence, at the age of 10, she won the team and singles championships in the national youth table tennis competition.
After entering the national team, Deng Yaping overfulfilled the training task. When the team stipulated that she should practice until 1 1, she extended herself to 1 1: 45. When she trains until 6 pm, she will practice until 6: 45 or 7: 45. At the end of the training, she will practice until nine o'clock in the evening. Deng Yaping often misses training time, so she makes instant noodles for herself.
When practicing unilateral attack in the team, Deng Yaping still tied sandbags on his legs, facing the left and right movement of two male sparring partners, it took two hours to play! During the multi-ball training, the coach slammed the ball, and Deng Yaping opened his eyes and meticulously caught the ball every time. One after another, there were more than 1000 balls.
After each training class, Deng Yaping's clothes, shoes and socks are soaked with sweat, and sometimes even the floor is soaked. It is necessary to change clothes, shoes and socks and even change tables to practice again. Deng Yaping has long been engaged in intensive training. From the neck to the toes, many parts of her body were injured. In order to cope with the strain of waist muscles, she had to wear a wide waist protector. The knee joint is swollen with fat pads, and the ankle joint is almost covered with bone spurs. Usually, she has to endure it. If it really hurts, she has a needle to close it, and the soles of her feet are bleeding, so she picks it up and wraps it with a layer of gauze to practice. Even if the wound is infected, you should continue to practice squeezing pus.
Deng Yaping's outstanding achievements have changed the traditional concept of selecting athletes only among tall people in the world table tennis. International Olympic Committee President Samaranch was also fascinated by Deng Yaping's style and skills, personally presented her with awards and invited her to visit the headquarters of Lausanne National Olympic Committee …
: Guo Jingjing's inspirational story
If there is no one, the diving hall of more than 4,000 people is very quiet, and even the whole audience has a rare peace, because compared with the first four rounds of movements, Guo Jingjing on the springboard has become synonymous with "invincible", and Guo Jingjing who stepped onto the springboard in the last round is very calm. After all, she has been splashing water for 17 years.
Wrong practice diving
Before 17, she was only 6 years old and still in kindergarten.
At that time, the coach of the sports school came to choose the little players and took a fancy to her at first sight. She thought she was going to learn swimming, so she happily followed the coach. She regretted her last stop in diving pool. She refused to jump at all. She was forced to skip once by the coach. Hey, she was chosen.
1 1 years old, Guo Jingjing once went to Nanjing for training with the team and was attracted by Yu Fen, the coach of the national team at that time. Yu Fen asked her, "Do you want to come to the national team?" She naively replied, "Yes!" A brilliant championship road was gradually spread out in front of her.
At the 1994 national diving championship, after Guo Jingjing won two gold medals in women's 10 meter platform and 3 meter springboard, people exclaimed: China has produced another wizard who is only 13 years old!
Sailed seven oceans-experienced great events.
The splendid years of 1994 and 1995 made China people's expectations for her rise rapidly, but the Atlanta Olympic Games of 1996 brought her the first major setback in her life.
Although she was ahead of all her competitors in the Olympic women's 10 meter platform preliminaries, she ended up in fifth place due to her mistakes in the final.
After that, she changed from double-training on board and platform to specializing in springboard, and the comeback of Fu Mingxia, the "diving queen", often put Guo Jingjing in second place. Before coming to Athens, Guo Jingjing participated in two Olympic Games and only won two silver medals.
Go to Athens
No matter what the outside world thinks about Guo Jingjing, the coach of China diving team is very aware of Guo Jingjing's strength. Several coaches who have taught her say that this player has strong take-off, good coordination and high understanding. If it weren't for his lack of "ambition", Fu Mingxia would probably have been defeated by Guo Jingjing when he was in service.
That's true. After years of accumulation, Guo Jingjing retired in Fu Mingxia and quickly consolidated China's dominance in women's springboard. In the 200 1 World Championships, the 2002 World Cup and the 2003 World Championships, the women's three-meter springboard champion who won the highest diving competition every year did not escape her hand.
Going to Athens, Guo Jingjing, who is confident in her heart, has a strong desire to win. In the first game, he cooperated with teammate Wu and won the gold medal in the synchronized three-meter springboard.
Win the championship with peace of mind
In the single-person preliminaries, she smashed an action, but once she crossed the sea, she had honed a normal heart. After calmly passing the semi-finals, Guo Jingjing's performance in prescribed movements has risen to the first place. After four rounds of action in the final, Guo Jingjing was almost perfect, leaving her opponent far behind.
In the last jump, Guo Jingjing cut her hair calmly, jumped on the board, somersaulted outward for one and a half weeks and then turned around for two and a half weeks. She completed the action cleanly in the air, and the five-star red flag at the scene immediately waved. Guo Jingjing's smile after coming out of the water overflowed like ripples in a green pond.