One
On February 13, 1990, Wang Shixian was born in an ordinary family in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, and when she was a child, Wang Shixian looked a little fat because she did not love athletes.
Friends often joke that Wang Shixian is like a ball, which makes Wang Shixian very sad, and after her parents knew, they sent 8-year-old Wang Shixian to practice badminton.
The family also paid special attention to Wang Shixian's practice, and his father specially set up wine for this purpose and invited Wang Shixian's enlightenment coach Pu Mingyu to come to the house for dinner.
When she was a child, Wang Shixian loved beauty and had long hair, but in order to practice balling, she had to cut off the long hair she had left since she was a child, and Wang Shixian cried for a week in order to cut her hair short.
Just like this, crying and making trouble, Wang Shixian still insisted.
At that time, Wang Shixian went to practice badminton, and her classmates were very envious of her being able to take fewer classes every day, and after practicing for a few years, Wang Shixian returned to school.
Thinner, short hair, pure and moving, fascinated many boys in their class, the name of the class flowers is not shy!
Wang Shixian trained at the Suzhou Amateur Sports School for two years, and then entered the Jiangsu Provincial Junior Sports School for a period of trial training, but was not admitted.
However, Wang Shixian met a future table tennis Olympic champion at the Jiangsu Provincial Major Sports School, that is, Xu Xin, who was born in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province in 1990.
The two had a good relationship when they were students, and their dreams were world champions and Olympic champions, but according to Xu Xin's recollection, the only people who realized their dreams in that year were him and Wang Shixian.
She was not admitted to the Jiangsu Provincial Sports School, and the blow to Wang Shixian was still relatively large, but just when she was preparing to give up, because Suzhou was preparing for the Jiangsu Provincial Games, she sent Wang Shixian to the Athletic School Affiliated to the Shanghai Sports Institute.
The year in Shanghai was a period of rapid progress for Wang Shixian, and she won the B women's singles championship in the badminton competition of the Jiangsu Provincial Games that year.
Although the Badminton Team of Jiangsu Province had extended an olive branch to Wang Shixian at that time, Wang Shixian still stood at the crossroads of the road of life, and if he wanted to go to Jiangsu, he would really want to make badminton his career in the future life.
Finally thinking twice, Wang Shixian decided to continue playing!
Wang Shixian's luck is still good, after entering the Jiangsu provincial team after several years of hard training, in 2005, the 15-year-old Wang Shixian entered the national badminton junior women's team, this year there is another wang Shixian was born in Jingzhou, Hubei Province, but the male players from the Xiamen team entered the national badminton junior men's team, he is Chen Long.
After entering the national junior team for a year, Wang Shixian and Chen Long both entered the national second team, and Wang Shixian's pure and moving beauty at this time attracted many small team members, and Chen Long was one of them.
Two
Yang Daiming, head coach of the women's singles group of the badminton national second team, commented that Wang Shixian was too squeamish, and Wang Shixian did not object to the coach's statement, because when she first entered the national second team, because of the long time away, she cried her nose every day.
Although with the help of coaches and teammates, Wang Shixian did not cry for a long time, but her adaptability was still not good.
Reflected in the most prominent performance of playing is the lack of tenacity in elegance, Wang Shixian is also aware of this, when playing international matches, as soon as she encounters those opponents who are very capable of grinding, Wang Shixian is prone to impatience.
At that time, Wang Shixian of the national second team looked like the most beautiful team member, and Chen Long also thought that he was the most handsome member of the men's second team at that time, so in a chance, Chen Long launched a fierce pursuit of Wang Shixian.
At the 2007 World Youth Championships, Chen Long won the men's singles championship, and many fans at that time regarded Chen Long as the hope of the Chinese badminton men's singles after Lin Dan.
Not only is the career progress relatively fast, Chen Long and Wang Shixian also officially began an underground relationship in 2007, this year Chen Long was 18 years old and Wang Shixian was 17 years old.
In the 2009 China Badminton Masters, when Wang Shixian was still a little girl of the second team, Wang Yihan, Lu Lan, and Wang Lin, the three popular candidates for the Chinese women's singles "first sister" in the eyes of everyone, were the favorites to win the championship.
However, Wang Shixian was a cut-off all the way, and the three of them finally won the women's singles championship, especially in the semi-final against Lu Lan.
Also from Jiangsu's sister, the xinke world championship champion asked for two consecutive ball changes, Wang Shixian shook her hand and said "NO", the referee in the third set awarded a bottom line ball to the opponent, Wang Shixian did not hesitate to complain to the referee with the boos of the whole field and asked the line to repeat the gesture just now.
A day later, against Wang Lin, Wang Shixian's eccentric exit route and unbridled celebration after scoring were in line with Wang Lin's textbook-like and decent actions.
It can be seen that Wang Shixian still has the strength of the post-90s, despises authority, does not understand and does not care about the rules of the world.
This game, let the three words "Wang Shixian" forcibly jump into the public eye, which made Li Yongbo, who was the head coach of the Chinese badminton team at the time, also a little caught off guard, saying: "She was originally an important reserve force of the team, and now it seems that she can only enter the first team in advance."
After the National Games, Wang Shixian competed for the first time as the main force of the Jiangsu team, and the coach cared about her very much, saying: "Wang Shixian, you want to drink some soup"; the next will say: "Wang Shixian, you have to make up for it."
Wang Shixian is very annoyed by this feeling, in fact, the "Xian" in her name did not have a woman's side at the beginning, and she hoped to be free from childhood, without too many constraints.
Three
The runner-up in women's singles at the National Games and the victory in the Korean Super Tournament proved that Wang Shixian, who was less than 20 years old, was not a flash in the pan, and also gave the coach a reason to let her be selected for the Uber Cup squad.
If for the entire Chinese women's team, "frustrated Kuala Lumpur" is an unavoidable topic in 2010, for Wang Shixian as an individual, it is a landscape.
In the same year, the first time to participate in the World Championships, Wang Shixian reached the final four, which is a good report card; in Guangzhou in October, the flowers were blooming, and Wang Shixian also entered her own summer, first helping the team to defend the championship, and then defeating Wang Xin in the women's singles final, becoming the youngest Asian Games women's singles champion in the history of the Chinese team.
Starting from the Asian Games, From the end of the 2010 season to the beginning of 2011, Wang Shixian reached the final of various competitions for seven consecutive times.
After 4 times to the top, after the all-England seal, her world ranking has soared to the first place, at the same time, in the domestic badminton Super League, Wang Shixian defeated Wang Xin and Wang Yihan in succession, and won the league's most popular award with a record of 8 total wins.
For a time, the long-vacant "one sister" position seems to be her, and it is only natural to become the main force of women's singles in the Qingdao Sudirman Cup.
But just before the start of the Su Cup, the insignificant loss at the Asian Championship made Wang Shixian feel uneasy, thinking of the upcoming competition, her heart was entangled, "On the one hand, I want to play in the Su Cup, after all, I usually practiced for so long, but what to do if I lose, I am a little afraid in my heart."
This is almost the first time since her debut that Words such as "nervous" and "afraid" pop out of Wang Shixian's mouth in the face of interviews
"Since entering the first team, it has been very smooth, I know that it cannot be so smooth all the time, setbacks will come sooner or later".
Although the semi-finals were won by Pei Yanshu, the goal that had previously lost to Shen Ke in the group stage became a wound on Wang Shixian's body that could not be healed for a long time; the Qingdao Sudirman Cup was like a boundary stone in her career.
The front of the stone stele reads "smooth sailing", and since then her record has been like Lushan Waterfall, straight down three thousand feet "Sudirman Cup is indeed a turning point", the most helpless thing for Wang Shixian is that the door of the London Olympic points cycle has been opened.
The first leg of the points race, the Singapore Open, lost to Tina. Bowen, who subsequently lost to Chinese Taipei's Zheng Shaojie in the Indonesian Open. In the most important World Championship of the year, the third round was again lost by Zheng Shaojie.
The Japan Open did not reach the final four, the French Open lost to Sung Ji Hyun... In addition to the famous Masters and the Macau Open, where there is no strong competition, Wang Shixian only reached the final twice in the nine competitions in the second half of the 2011 season.
After losing at home to Thai teenager Ratchano at the China Open at the end of the same year, Wang Shixian could not restrain her tears, "Now I feel that it is very difficult to fight with whom."
Four
From being invincible to encountering 8 foreign wars in just over half a year, Wang Shixian believes that the ebb and flow of self-confidence is the most important reason.
"When everyone is at the same level, self-confidence becomes the most critical factor, and with self-confidence, you will not hesitate to play." For badminton, this is crucial, when you lose too much without self-confidence, lose more fear of losing, and fall into a cycle of nausea. ”
"This seems to have become a strange circle for Chinese women's singles." When young players first come out, they often have amazing performances for everyone, but when they are familiar with their opponents, they fall into a low ebb."
Tang Xuehua, the veteran coach of the women's singles group, analyzed that "after being studied by opponents, Wang Shixian's own ability deficiencies were exposed, including multiple shots and running ability that needed to be strengthened."
And dai Jinbiao, a member of the national team expert group, believes that "Wang Shixian still lacks the final score, that is, her killer skills are not sharp enough." ”
In any case, after the winter training in early 2012, although the performance in several open tournaments in the new season is difficult to describe, whether it is Tang Xuehua or Dai Jinbiao, wang Shixian's state has begun to slowly pick up.
If according to this trend, Wang Shixian still has the opportunity to participate in the London Olympic Games, but just when Wang Shixian is struggling to climb the slope, Li Xuerui, a Chongqing girl who is also a post-90s, almost turned out to be wang Shixian.
In the first half of 2012, it won four consecutive championships, and set an impressive record of 30 consecutive wins in more than 4 months, and the situation of the Chinese women's singles "three W" (Wang Yihan, Wang Shixian, Wang Xin) who was previously considered to be a nail in the coffin has changed in the London Olympic Games.
When the problem of "four choices and three" came again, head coach Li Yongbo reiterated the purpose of "unanimous externalism", and foreign war results were the main yardstick for Olympic selection.
According to statistics, during the Olympic points cycle with Tina. In the confrontation between Bowen | Neville, Schenck and other major foreign players, Wang Yihan's winning rate exceeded 90%, ranking first among the four, Li Xuerui ranked second with a win rate of nearly 90%, and Wang Shixian only ranked at the bottom with a winning rate of about 50%.
In the Indonesian Super Championship, which is regarded as the "last weather vane", Wang Shixian missed the last straw to save the situation, and then lost neville to miss the final four.
On July 8, 2012, Tang Xuehua took the lead in finding Wang Shixian and revealed to her the news of the defeat, and on the 9th was the deadline for the associations to submit the Olympic participation list to the BWF, Zhang Ning officially told Wang Shixian the decision of the coaching team.
"After knowing the result, I felt that I was not on the verge of that kind of collapse, I felt as if the sky was about to collapse at once, I only cried once, or I was drawn into tears when others comforted me," Wang Shixian said frankly.
In fact, she has always had a premonition, after all, the foreign war record is indeed the worst, "I can't blame others for not going to the Olympic Games this time, I don't feel that I should go because I am in the top three in the world rankings, I can accept such a reality."
In addition to their own reasons, if there is a driving force behind the scenes, it is the "day" The state of each athlete is moving between peaks and valleys, the Olympic cycle has four years, some people's curve is first depressed and then rising, and some people are just the opposite.
"I only blame my bad luck, the state came out too early, and came back too late," Coach Tang Xuehua also said, if the Olympic Games are postponed for a year, Wang Shixian will definitely have a play.
Five
After losing the London Olympics, although Wang Shixian was also a little sad, she did not give up, after all, by the 2016 Olympic Games, she was only 26 years old, and there was still a chance.
Chen Long won the bronze medal in the men's singles at the 2012 London Olympics, and the relationship between the two began to turn from underground to aboveground.
The first exposure of the relationship between the two was in the photos of Guoyu Jiuzhaigou's trip in 2013, xu chen, Pan Pan, Wang Shixian and Chen Long were very close.
In addition to The open couple of Xu Chen and Pan Pan, Chen Long and Wang Shixian behaved intimately, triggering the imagination of the outside world.
In the 2013 China Open men's singles semifinals, Chen Long played against Zhang Weifeng, and in the first set, Chen Long suddenly felt cold when he led 17-12, and was chased by Zhang Weifeng for 4 consecutive points.
At 19-18, Zhang Weifeng was preparing to serve when suddenly a male spectator in the stands shouted: "Wang Shixian has won!" The whole audience laughed, and Chen Long was also happy, waving his hand at Zhang Weifeng, signaling to start again.
In the end, Chen Long defeated Zhang Weifeng 2-0 and reached the singles final with Wang Shixian, Chen Long reversed Wang Mingming 2-1 to win the championship, and Wang Shixian was reversed by Li Xuerui 1-2.
But at this time, the two did not admit to the relationship, it was just the speculation of netizens, until the 2014 All England Competition, the relationship between the two was exposed by foreign media, Reuters directly called Wang Shixian as "Chen Long's girlfriend".
After the relationship was disclosed by foreign media, Chen Long ridiculed: "I did not want to hide, this is a private matter, public or undisclosed is whether they want or not, do they (British reporters) really know?" Anyway I didn't say, I live my life and play my game. ”
Wang Shixian said: "I think that things other than playing ball are normal, I don't need big ups and downs, I don't need surprises, playing is playing, life is life." ”
Li Yongbo, the head coach of Guoyu, also did not oppose the love of the disciple to fall in love: "As long as it does not affect the training and competition, and does not bring any negative impact to the team because of love, it is a qualified team member and has the opportunity to become a model for the national feather family."
Although the relationship with Chen Long is getting better and better, since she lost the London Olympic Games and entered the Rio Olympic cycle, Wang Shixian is getting farther and farther away from the Olympic Games.
Six
In the Rio Olympic cycle, the pattern of the world's women's singles has changed greatly, and several "talented girls" such as Marin have emerged, and the overall downturn in China's women's singles has handed over the throne of the world's first ranking.
Wang Shixian also played tepidly, although from time to time to reach the super four or finals, but it is difficult to win the championship, after the Rio Olympic Games, the last time to win the title was the French Open in October 2014.
Although Wang Xin retired after the London Olympics, the BWF also reduced a singles quota, and the Rio Olympics national badminton women's singles became a three-choice between Li Xuerui, Wang Yihan and Wang Shixian.
Before the start of the Olympic points race, Wang Shixian's ranking was still ahead of Wang Yihan, but the Wuhan Asian Championship in May 2016 became a turning point, Wang Shixian lost 0-2 to Neville, and Wang Yihan defeated Li Xuerui to win the championship, surpassing Wang Shixian in points.
This game Chen Long was watching on the sidelines, watching his girlfriend say goodbye to the last Olympic points race in advance, anxious, once unable to participate in the game " I wanted to say, if I can change it, 19-20 is fine, although the pressure is very high, but unfortunately, have a good rest, lose and lose!" ”
After losing the Olympics, Wang Shixian pinned her hopes on her boyfriend, in an interview, Wang Shixian said; 'I can't go, give him all your luck(Chen Long).'"
In this selection, although Wang Shixian's external victory rate is higher, the State General Administration of Sport strictly investigates the corruption of Olympic selection, and in principle requires projects with Olympic point rankings to decide the list according to the rankings.
A large part of the reason why Wang Shixian was excluded from the Rio Olympic list is that in the first two years of the Rio Olympics, Wang Shixian did not have a convincing record.
Although Li Xuerui was once plagued by injuries and illness, she was the defending champion, and the final record tended to be stable, Wang Yihan won the World Championship championship, and in 2016, she won the most important Asian Championship championship, and the record was also better than Wang Shixian, wang Shixian could only silently accept the outcome of losing the election.
On the night of the defeat, Wang Shixian wrote a long paragraph on social media, which was a farewell to her career.
She said: "12 years I regretted missing the Olympic Games, 16 years have not been able to participate, said not sad is false, after all, all athletes have an Olympic dream in their hearts, not to say that the champion even if they participate in it is also an affirmation of their career, today received too many fans of concern, whether it is a private message or a message I have seen, but competitive sports is a cruel reality, the winner is the king of the loser for the Kou reason I believe everyone can understand ..."
Just one day before the Announcement of the Olympic List, Wang Shixian posted a notice from the Graduate School of Beijing Sport University on the Internet that "I am about to become a member of the Graduate School of Beijing Sport University, and I am very happy." ”
Perhaps she is about to study for a master's degree, so that Wang Shixian can make up for the regret of losing the Olympic Games a little.
Seven
Although his Olympic dream was shattered, as Chen Long's girlfriend, Wang Shixian still went to the Olympic Stadium in Brazil, on the one hand, to cheer for Chen Long, on the other hand, to personally cook for her boyfriend every day, and become her boyfriend's logistics minister.
Chen Long said movingly: "She rented an apartment on the edge of the Olympic Village, I will pass every day in the afternoon of the finish, she will cook some simple dishes, we will both finish eating and talking for a few days, I will go back to the Olympic Village to prepare for the game, this feeling is particularly good."
After defeating Li Zongwei in the men's singles final of the Rio Olympics to win a precious gold medal for China, Chen Long excitedly kissed his girlfriend in front of his mentor Li Yongbo, and Wang Shixian was also full of happiness at that time.
Chen Long said happily: "This time I won the championship thanks to Wang Shixian, during her time in Rio, she made me the right Chinese food every day, and she was very accommodating to me in life."
Chen Long revealed that Wang Shixian was a person who never cooked beforehand, and the Rio Olympics had been cooking for him in order to take care of him, and there were two bubbles on his hands, Chen Long was very touched and very distressed about her.
After the Rio Olympics, Wang Shixian retired to Beijing Sport University to study sports management, while Chen Long continued to work hard for the next Olympic cycle.
In fact, after the Rio Olympics, Wang Shixian had plans to get married, and once she asked Chen Long: "When will you marry me?" ”
Chen Long was asked stupidly at that time, saying, "We can get married at any time."
At that time, Wang Shixian was angry, and immediately cried, saying: "Then we will tie the knot in 4 years."
Chen Long actually thought at that time: "In my heart, After the Olympic Games, Xiao Xian is the most precious person in my life, and it is impossible to separate the land, so I did not pay too much attention." ”
To this end, he and his friends discussed that they must give Wang Shixian a surprise, on November 27, 2017, after participating in the Hong Kong Open two days ago and winning the men's singles runner-up, Chen Long did not return to Beijing, but went to Xiamen deliberately.
This was because Chen Long wanted to propose to Wang Shixian in Xiamen, and Wang Shixian was completely unaware, when Chen Long was in a Western restaurant in Xiamen, many friends knelt down on one knee to propose in full view, Wang Shixian was suddenly frightened and did not expect it at all.
She shed tears of excitement and kissed Chen Long passionately, and for this day, she waited for 10 years.
On the evening of November 27, 2017, the marriage proposal was successful, and on November 28, Chen Long and Wang Shixian obtained a license to marry in Xiamen Siming District, and the action was rapid.
After getting married, Wang Shixian gave birth to her son "Little Coffee" on June 22, 2019, and Chen Long and Wang Shixian were officially promoted to parents.
After that, Wang Shixian coached at Peking University and was the head coach of the school's badminton team, while Chen Long actively prepared for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
At the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics, Chen Long won the silver medal in the men's singles, and Wang Shixian also left the country when he connected to the domestic live interview after the game.
The reporter asked the two about the second and third children's ideas, and whether Chen Long would continue to insist, although the two did not give a clear reply, but depending on the situation, Chen Long will at least participate in the next National Games.
In fact, the reason why Chen Long can prepare for the game without scruples is because Wang Shixian supports him behind his back, handles family affairs for her, and takes care of her son.
Therefore, although Wang Shixian did not have the opportunity to participate in the Olympic Games in her career, Chen Long's Olympic medal definitely has a credit to Wang Shixian!