Are professional athletes good?
Of course, their performance in the professional field is infinitely close to the best value, and their endurance, perseverance and explosiveness are often better than ordinary people, so they have become the best in this field and constantly push the limit.
But do athletes have to be the healthiest?
In order to be better and better, break through themselves, long-term training has left them with injuries, the former male volleyball player has now been paralyzed in bed for four years, his wife has remarried, his father has died, and even the nursing fee can only be earned by live broadcasting.
A volleyball player in a basketball family
In 1970, Zheng Liang was born into a sports family in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
Nowadays, many outstanding professional athletes are from sports families, such as the Olympic champion women's volleyball player Zhang Changning, her father, brother are athletes, such a birth allows them to be exposed to professional and scientific training from an early age, and parents will actively guide their children to the road of sports.
Zheng Liang's father and mother are basketball players, and his father was previously known as the "King of Zhejiang Ball".
The older brother inherited his parents' basketball path, was once a national player in the men's basketball team, and his sister-in-law and nephew were also basketball players.
It can be said that compared with the "sports family", for Zheng Liang, the four words "basketball family" will be appropriate to describe his family.
Although Zheng Liang did not go to basketball like his parents and brother and sister-in-law, the genes of the sports family still had a good impact on his career.
Volleyball requires a higher height like basketball, so under the influence of his parents, Zheng Liang's height reached two meters and one, which also provided him with an entry ticket to enter the national team.
A volleyball player who has no dream of volleyball
As a volleyball player, Zheng Liang said that his favorite sport is football, and when asked about his favorite athlete, Zheng Liang replied that he was Rodman, the "flower worm" of the NBA in the American basketball professional league.
In the eyes of his elder brother Zheng Wu, his younger brother was very obedient.
From childhood to adulthood, where the brother goes, what the brother does, this "with the fart" brother obediently follows, obediently do.
Boys play and fight with each other, and occasionally there are some small conflicts, when as an older brother, the taller and stronger Zheng Wu will stand up and fight for his brother and others.
In the eyes of others, the Zheng brothers have always been the best and most united, and sometimes the people who bully Zheng Liang are bigger than Zheng Wu, and the younger brother Zheng Liang will also fight for his brother.
Therefore, almost everyone thinks that Zheng Liang, who worships his brother and brother, will definitely learn from his brother and play basketball as well.
Even his brother Zheng Wu once thought so, he felt that the older should take care of the younger, not only the fight, sometimes the parents are busy at home, only three years older than the younger brother Zheng Wu is responsible for bathing and cooking for the younger brother, the relationship between the two brothers has always been very good.
In the heart of his younger brother Zheng Liang, it was completely different.
In Zheng Liang's eyes, his brother when he was a child was always sweaty and held a basketball in his hand every time he came home.
He runs with his brother every day, because his parents are busy, and his brother brings himself, so he follows his brother, naturally Zheng Liang, who is not with the fart worm, will not fall in love with basketball because of his brother; when he was a child, his brother handed the ball to Zheng Liang, and Zheng Liang did not have the meaning of getting started to practice, put the ball on the ground, sat on his own, and the basketball was just a stool for him.
At the same time, as an athlete's parents did not force Zheng Liang to embark on the road of sports, because Zheng Liang's physique was not good since childhood, minor illnesses continued, out of consideration for the child's body, parents did not require the child to start a large number of contact with sports from an early age, but let Zheng Wuduo, as an older brother, take care of his younger brother.
And this parents in the eyes of the sick child, the brother in the eyes of the obedient Zheng Liang is actually not "obedient" at all, when he was a child, Zheng Liang liked to play football, and later changed to play volleyball, and in the eyes of his brother and teammates, his brother eventually became a professional volleyball player, and so successful, it is because of Zheng Liang's talent.
"What star dreams, what volleyball dreams, there is no such thing!"
Zheng Liang very frankly talked about his own road to volleyball or because of football, Zheng Liang in elementary school played football very well, although he was sick and weak, but he was active by nature, and he had the foundation of his parents' genes, even if he was often bullied and weak in elementary school, but when he was in junior high school, Zheng Liang's height began to jump, and his athletic talent began to appear.
Zheng Liang also said that his previous favorite has always been football, and he went to play football with his friends every time he finished eating, which led to his acute appendicitis at a young age in the fifth grade;
When Zheng Liang's height advantage began to appear, the Hangzhou City Minor Sports School volleyball team and the southern volleyball team at that time both threw an olive branch to Zheng Liang, and Zheng Liang, who wanted to play football, said that he was afraid of hardship and did not want to go.
Zheng Liang recalled the time when he had just officially entered the volleyball team, and when he arrived, whether it was a veteran who had been practicing volleyball for a long time or a freshman like Zheng Liang, he needed to carry out a lot of boring basic practice on the wall pad ball every day, which was the most painful and annoying thing for Zheng Liang, who was active and did not like volleyball.
Even once, Zheng Liang himself cushioned a few times, then left the ball on the ground and habitually kicked it.
Zheng Liang's move like this originally thought that it would cause the coach's anger, but when it came to the coach's reaction at that time, Zheng Liang was happy.
"He complimented me on how well I played and said I was very coordinated and flexible."
The coach is so tolerant, which is one of the reasons why Zheng Liang insisted on this volleyball path, and the coach did this because he saw the real talent in this player.
If you want to become a professional athlete, you need not only love, but also talent as a support.
From Zheng Liang's simple steps, the coach can see the coordination and flexibility of Zheng Liang through football, which is what excellent volleyball players need, volleyball not only needs enough strength when serving, but also flexible on the field, more able to win.
At that time, the TV was broadcasting the Japanese drama series "Volleyball Women", and this group of people in the film and television drama was doing the same training as themselves, getting paid after day after day of training, and the inspirational story of winning the competition made Zheng Liang gradually become interested in volleyball in his heart.
Zheng Liang first entered the volleyball team at the same time in the 1980s of the last century, from 1981 to 1986, when the Chinese women's volleyball team won the world championship five times in three major competitions; the achievements of the Chinese team were so dazzling, zheng Liang also had the confidence to play volleyball and have a way out.
The reason why he is willing to devote himself to volleyball, Zheng Liang still has his own "small abacus" in his heart, because Zheng Liang does not love to read, poor grades, and even so bad that he needs to transfer schools and enter the provincial sports school, and then Zheng Liang only needs to concentrate on training.
Zheng Liang entered the sports school for a few years, and his brother Zheng Wu was selected for the national team with his diligent study and hard training, which is the best affirmation for athletes.
Zheng Liang knew that after that, he told his brother that he would also learn from him and strive to enter the national team.
The Golden Generation, the First Vice Attack
As an athlete, a lot of training is the foundation, and even a talented athlete cannot stand on the podium of an international competition if he slacks off in training.
Similarly, Zheng Liang also trained with the coach for several years in the sports school before entering the national team.
But Zheng Wu, the brother who loves his brother, still thinks that his brother is because of talent.
He is much worse than his brother, who is a genius.
Zheng Liang, who started practicing basketball from a young age, did not exercise and played football since he was a child, just because he played volleyball several times when he was a child, he had a volleyball foundation, he was selected into the provincial sports school, and later he was also successfully selected for the national team;
The younger brother can play in the national team for three consecutive years, and no one can replace his main position in 12 years, and although he has also been selected for the national team, his sports career is far less than that of his younger brother.
Zheng Wu is right, Zheng Liang is indeed a genius-level player, and there is no substitute for him during his service.
Fans divide the national team of different generations according to time and achievements, and the Chinese men's volleyball team in the 1990s was called the "golden generation" and won the championship many times.
And Zheng Liang is the main force of this "golden generation", and he is known as the first asian deputy attack.
To know that being selected for the national team does not mean that you can participate in international competitions with the team, even if you are affirmed by the coach, participating in the competition with the team does not mean that you can start, the starting is the best proof of the strength of the athletes and the status of the team, and Zheng Liang has been one of the core figures in the team during his service.
The deputy attackers are often the tallest and most flexible players in the team, and Zheng Liang is not only two meters tall, but he also inherited the arm length of his parents, and the height reached three meters 72, which was the first in Asia that year, so the superior physiological advantages and his own flexibility made Zheng Liang feel at ease on the field.
Zheng Liang has led the national team to win the Asian Championship and the Asian Games twice, before 2003, the Zhejiang men's volleyball team has been known as the "second oldest of ten thousand years", always ranked second, but in 2003 Zheng Liang's national league, the Zhejiang men's volleyball team broke this curse and won the championship.
This is the last major competition that Zheng Liang participated in before retiring, and the honorary victory of the Zhejiang team has also become the glory before his retirement, which can also be regarded as a happy ending for his athlete career, but fate has taken a ruthless turn in Zheng Liang.
Athletes paralyzed in bed
After retiring, Zheng Liang continued to work on the front line of the sport, he became a coach of a men's beach volleyball team, still volleyball, although not an athlete on the field, he was still a coach who played for the front line; at that time, Zheng Liang hung up in Zhejiang Sports Vocational and Technical College.
I thought that my life would go on so peacefully, but in 2018, bad luck happened to this former national champion, and Zheng Liang was paralyzed!
Because of his paralysis, he went to many hospitals across the country to treat his illness, and finally the diagnosis given by the hospital was that Zheng Liang was paralyzed by spinal cord lesions.
After Zheng Liang was paralyzed, he was of course unwilling as a national athlete, and even now, Zheng Liang still looks forward to his ability to recover walking.
After the paralysis, whether it is Traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine, the doctor took the medical term to explain to him to operate the knife, or the earthen recipes said by relatives, as long as there is a glimmer of hope for recovery, even if the medicine is bitter, the operation is painful, Zheng Liang also endured; this may also be a continuation of the perseverance of the national hand.
Zheng Liang said that what he can do now is to insist on exercising and waiting for recovery, patiently waiting for the miracle of medical progress to come.
After going around treating patients, coupled with the need for a full hour of rehabilitation training every day to prevent muscle atrophy, Zheng Liang, who did not have much income, spent all his savings.
In 2019, Zheng Liang, who was paralyzed in bed, received a call from his sister-in-law, who told him that his father had died, and Zheng Liang on the other end of the phone only felt trance, did not dare to believe, but endured not crying.
The paralysis of the upheaval happened to himself, his wife divorced and remarried, his 80-year-old mother could not take care of him, and as a son, Zheng Liang was unable to take care of his mother with filial piety...
Such a tragedy happened to him, but Zheng Liang said strongly that he would not easily collapse in tears, he wanted to vent all his emotions on the day of his recovery, he wanted to hold out until the day he stood up, and then cried bitterly, which was also for his mother.
"Dear fans and family and friends, welcome to Liang Ge's live broadcast room. Brother Liang's hand is the gold medal of the 1997 Men's Volleyball Asian Championship, and today Brother Liang will tell you the story behind it. ”
Zheng Liang's social platform account nickname is "Zhengneng Liang", which is a word associated with his name and a way for him to encourage himself.
By chance, Zheng Liang came to visit Zheng Liang from his former national team teammate and coach Wang Jiawei, and his sister-in-law posted on Douyin at this moment recorded by Douyin on the side, Zheng Liang and his sister-in-law did not expect that this video was popular on Douyin.
This allowed Zheng Liang to contact Douyin, he began to live broadcast on Douyin, each time the live broadcast sat in a wheelchair, Zheng Liang wore the gold medal he won on his chest, telling his experience of competition, training, and recording his own rehabilitation training experience.
Although there are not many fans in Zheng Liang's live broadcast room, this also gives Zheng Liang great support, even if he is unwell, he also insists, because this allows him to regain the hope of life, but also makes him feel that his mental state is improving.
At the same time, the high cost of treatment and the monthly cost of nursing care have also brought huge economic pressure to Zheng Liang, and he also learned that many celebrities now monetize goods through vibrato live broadcasting, and he also hopes that through live broadcasting, while sharing experiences, he can earn some costs with goods in addition to the monthly salary, subsidize the nursing fee, and support himself.
Paralyzed the follow-up of the champion
Fortunately, fate brought Zheng Liang severe pain, but Zheng Liang did not give up, fans who supported Zheng Liang also gave him great support, after learning about Zheng Liang's current situation, the national diving champion Gao Min, who met Zheng Liang, visited this old friend and launched a love fundraising for Zheng Liang on the Internet.
In 2021, in order to inspire Tang Miao, Zheng Liang and other athletes who suffered huge diseases to overcome the confidence of the disease, the deputy director of the Volleyball Center of the National Sports Center also visited Tang Miao and Zheng Liang on behalf of the Volleyball Center, and brought them a 100,000 yuan rescue fund from the Volleyball Development Fund of the All-China Sports Foundation, which greatly improved Zheng Liang's economic situation.
Today, Zheng Liang still insists on posting his daily videos on Douyin to share his life, and in September 2021, Zheng Liang released a short video co-produced with his brother Zheng Wu.
Judging from the short video, the relationship between the brothers is still harmonious, Zheng Wu who stands up is an ordinary middle-aged man's image, and Zheng Liang, who is lying in a wheelchair, has a thin face, even if he is two meters tall, he can only be trapped in a wheelchair, which is lamentable.
In the comments, Zheng Liang's fans left a message, which is the same mirror of China's top two major players, and Zheng Liang also praised a comment of "brothers interpret family affection".
Even if his brother is seriously ill, Zheng Liang's health is not as good as before, and the feelings of the brothers are still the same.
Zheng Liang also received the promotion of merchants in 2021 as he wished, and he can share the worries of his family and feed himself after his paralysis.
After learning about Zheng Liang's situation, the foundation initiated by hui Ruoqi, the former women's volleyball team leader, also contacted Zheng Liang at the first time to help Zheng Liang, which is also the inheritance of friendship between the previous and later generations in the football world.
The local provincial disabled persons' federation also obtained a disability certificate for Zheng Liang, contacted experts for Zheng Liang's consultation, and the director of the Zhejiang Rehabilitation Center also customized a large-size wheelchair for Zheng Liang that meets Zheng Liang's height.
The production of limbs company provided Zheng Liang with a set of limbs for rehabilitation training for free, and two senior volleyball fans contacted Zheng Liang's account through the hospital, wanting to do their part for the famous player who used to fight for the country.
Zheng Liang once said that he had thought that after so many years, everyone had forgotten him and no longer cared about a volleyball player more than a decade ago.
At the beginning of his illness, he was also isolated from the world and had been troublesome with his brother-in-law and the unit; he did not expect that the society had not forgotten him, and everyone would give a love because he had been a national hand.
In the lantern festival these two days, I have been busy answering the phone, returning to WeChat, this is from all walks of life to his care, he has not been so busy for two years, but this kind of busy, I am happy in it.
literature:
Zheng Liang's manuscript follow-up: a relay of love from the north and south of the world
Qianjiang Evening News
Wang Jiajia