At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Cheng Fei from Hubei was just 16 years old, participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, and won the fourth place in the free gymnastics final, making a breakthrough in the short board event.
At the 2005 World Championships in Melbourne, everyone did not expect such a stunning competition.
The 17-year-old Cheng Fei became China's first women's vaulting world champion and the only one at present, and Chinese gymnastics achieved a "breakthrough of zero".
What makes everyone even more boiling and excited is that the INTERNATIONAL SPORTS FEDERATION named the action used by Cheng Fei as "Cheng Fei Jump", and later gymnasts were proud to be able to do this move.
That year, Cheng Fei was known as the best athlete of the year in the sports world.
For the Chinese gymnastics team, which is relatively weak in vaulting and free gymnastics, this outstanding performance has made the world re-recognize the Chinese gymnastics women's team, and has more confidence and courage to win the championship.
Cheng Fei in that period, like a purple micro star descending from the sky, became famous in a battle, and was confident and generous on the field.
Cheng Fei was born in 1988, Huangshi Port District, Huangshi City, Hubei Province, the family conditions are not good, from the age of 4, she began training in the Huangshi Amateur Sports School, the winter dark up to run, while crying and running, she did not know why she did this.
When she was a child, Cheng Fei was a talker, liked to talk to people, talked to anyone, saw the disabled singing downstairs, cried so much that she couldn't speak, and went home to ask her mother for money.
With strong empathy and rich feelings, such a person will be very responsible and will take care of the feelings of others, but at the same time, he will choose a person to bear silently, swallow grievances, and it will be very hard.
The path of gymnastics was chosen for her by Cheng Fei's father, who began training at the age of 4, was very talented, entered the gymnastics team of Wuhan Institute of Physical Education at the age of 7, and then was selected to the provincial team and the national team.
But in fact, Cheng Fei's personality is not competitive, she is not strong in winning or losing, when she was a child training, she was bullied by older children, she did not care, her mother said to her: Who dares to touch you, you will knock her down! Otherwise, you'll never be able to lift your head!
Cheng Fei did not dare, she went home and was beaten several times, she also got angry, pushed the other party to the ground, and her mother took her to the restaurant to reward her.
The coach also said that she was very low-key and not competitive, but if she held her at gunpoint, she would also perform quite well.
Cheng Fei does not like competition, does not like to show her head, does not like to be noticed, but she has a very strong sense of responsibility, and this sense of contradiction makes her bear a lot, which is painful.
Cheng Fei's glory began in 2005.
In 2005, Cheng Fei became famous for her "Cheng Fei Jump" at the Melbourne World Championships, winning the first women's vaulting gold medal in the history of Chinese gymnastics.
At the 2006 World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, she won three gold medals.
In 2007, at the World Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, she successfully defended her title in vaulting.
As the 2008 Olympics drew nearer, cheng became the captain of the women's gymnastics team in November 2007.
Cheng Fei's pressure has never been greater, sometimes practice well, suddenly collapsed, many people think it is very strange, Cheng Fei on the field obviously looks very confident, expression, demeanor, action make the opponent a little afraid, but a few days before the game she was not in place, psychologically on the verge of collapse.
Perhaps the psychological pressure of athletes cannot be felt by outsiders.
Under the leadership of Cheng Fei, the gold medal of the women's team at the 2006 World Championships in Denmark and the gold medal in the women's team at the Beijing Olympic Games are the only ones at present.
Looking back at the Beijing Olympic Games, it was really a golden lineup, whether it was Cheng Fei, or He Kexin, Jiang Yuyuan, Deng Linlin, Li Shanshan, Yang Yilin, the performance was impeccable, and the moment of winning the championship, the audience on the scene and countless viewers in front of the TV screen cheered.
But what makes Cheng Fei angry is her mistake in the single game, and she can't get out for a long time.
Many people think that Cheng Fei has done a good job, although there are mistakes in the single competition, but in the team competition, she quickly adjusted and performed very well, but she herself has never been able to mind.
She wanted to stick with another Olympic cycle, but physical injuries made it difficult for her to continue, and after the Achilles tendon was broken, she finally let go.
In 2013, she returned to her alma mater to teach after retiring from the military, so that more people and children can recognize the spirit of sports, experience the fun of sports, and actively embrace the dream of gymnastics. Although many people say that she is fat, not as good looking as before, but Xiaobian really likes Cheng Fei, has seen her interviews, speaks very logically, looks at things to the point, talks very decently, if in life, she is the most reliable and comfortable friend around.
For Cheng Fei, the mistakes in the Olympic Games may be a lifetime of regrets, for many viewers, it is also difficult to change their lives against the sky, but the road of life is still very long, Cheng Fei, who has experienced glory, hopes that the future will be better and better!