Recently, Zhang Lin, the 800m champion of the Men's Swimming World Championships, announced a piece of good news on social media: "Love you with your life, always be your guardian knight!" His marriage proposal was Xue Chen, the winner of the Shapai World Championships, and both of them made historic breakthroughs in their respective fields, becoming the first world champion. After retiring from the military, Zhang Lin met her classmate Xue Chen in the champion class of Beijing Sport University, and the two established a romantic relationship through exchanges, and on December 14, Zhang Lin successfully proposed marriage to Xue Chen, ending a five-year love run and preparing to enter the marriage hall.
Born in 1987, Zhang Lin is an iconic figure in the historic breakthrough of the Chinese men's swimming team in the World Series, his main event is the men's middle and long distance freestyle 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters and 1500 meters, as early as the Athens Olympic cycle, only 16 years old Zhang Lin won the 8th place in the 800 meters freestyle at the 2003 World Championships. Coming to the Beijing Olympic cycle, Zhang Lin began to gradually become a first-class master of middle and long distance freestyle in the international arena, and won the 6th place in the 1500m freestyle at the 2005 World Championships, and the 6th place in the 2000m freestyle at the 2007 World Championships. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he finished second in the 400-meter freestyle, narrowly losing to South Korea's Park Tae-hwan, and the precious silver medal was also the first medal in the history of the Chinese men's swimming team in the history of the Olympic Games.
Zhang Lin, who won the first gold medal at the 2009 World Championships in Rome for men's swimming in China, managed to beat the crowd in the 800m freestyle with 7:32.12, standing on the top podium while breaking Hackett's world record. Zhang Lin then finished 5th in the 1500m freestyle. The 2011 World Championships were held in Shanghai, Zhang Lin won the bronze medal in the 200-meter relay as a member of the relay team, and then with sun Yang's strong rise in the middle and long distance, Zhang Lin, who was in a state of decline, gradually faded out of the field.
Zhang Lin's girlfriend Xue Chen's achievements in the sand volleyball are almost the same as Zhang Lin's trajectory, Born in 1989, Xue Chen first played in the Fujian women's volleyball team, and later changed to beach volleyball, and soon showed his extraordinary talent, Xue Chen / Zhang Xi as an important force in the Beijing Olympic Games, participated in the Beijing Olympic cycle of multi-station competitions, less than 20 years old Xue Chen has been with his partner Zhang Xi many times in the top 3, in the Beijing Olympic Games with teammates Tian Jia / Wang Jie will meet the semi-finals, although the loss did not qualify for the final, but won in the third place battle, A valuable Olympic bronze medal was awarded.
Xue Chen/Zhang Xi's most dazzling achievement came from the 2013 World Championships in Shapai, where they defeated the German duo Bout/Borg 2-1 in the case of losing one set first, breaking the monopoly of the United States and Brazil on this project, defeating the powerful Brazilian combination Agatha/Antonelli, Vanuatu's Ratika/Elvin, Germany's Valkenhorst/Ludwig, Brazil's Seshas/Lily on the way to the championship. This World Championship gold medal is the only title of China Beach to date.
After Zhang Xi retired, Xue Chen successively partnered with Wang Xinxin and Xia Xinyi, two young athletes, to attack the Olympic qualifications, but they did not achieve the effect of cooperating with Zhang Xi, and finally chose to retire. On the occasion of studying in the champion class of Beijing Sports University, Xue Chen and Zhang Lin were in the same class, the two people had a common topic, it was natural to come together, from the perspective of the two people's careers, the experience was more similar, they all had medals in the Olympic Games, and they also left the regret of not having an Olympic title, but they won the first gold medal for men's swimming and women's sand volleyball at the subsequent World Championships, hoping that the two would live a sweet and happy life in the future!