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Xu Xin
Xu Xin is the world champion of the table tennis world, and has won the men's team championship of table tennis at the Rio Olympic Games and the Tokyo Olympic Games. He has also won the Table Tennis World Cup Men's Singles Championship, the World Table Tennis Championships Men's Doubles, and mixed doubles championships, and is the main player of the national table tennis team.
Xu Xin is sunny and cheerful, kind and grateful, and takes former world table tennis champion Cao Yanhua as another mother. Xu Xin has had ups and downs along the way, there are tears, what hardships have he and his parents endured that ordinary people can't imagine?
In 2016, Xu Xin married Yao Yan, a beautiful national table tennis player. After marriage, Yao Yan gave birth to a son and a daughter, and Xu Xin became the father of a pair of children. As a dad player, what changes has Xu Xin's mentality of playing?
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Xu Xin was born in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province in 1990, his mother Luo Yonghong is an intellectual woman, and his father Xu Haiping works at the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce. When Xu Xin was a child, he was beaten by his grandmother when he ate with chopsticks in his hand, and he was forced by his grandmother to eat with his right hand.
Xu Xin as a child
When Xu Xin first went to kindergarten, the teacher said that his ten fingers were slender and suitable for playing the piano. Luo Yonghong was ready to buy back a piano and asked the teacher to teach her son. Xu Xin said: "I will not learn the piano if I am killed, if you buy it back, I will break the keys." ”
When Xu Xin was 4 years old, he went to kindergarten middle class, and one day, the teacher of Shaohua Street Primary School came to the school to pick table tennis seedlings. Xu Xin, who looked like a tiger with a tiger's head and a god in his eyes, was picked away.
Shaohua Street Primary School is one of the three key primary schools in Xuzhou, and it is difficult for ordinary students to enter. Moreover, Luo Yonghong's work unit is not far from the primary school, and it is convenient to pick up and drop off children.
Generally, children want to enter Shaohua Street Primary School to pay a sum of money, colleagues enviously said to Luo Yonghong: "Your son is really angry, unconsciously saved you 3,000 yuan in school selection fees." Luo Yonghong didn't say anything on his lips, but he was very happy in his heart.
Luo Yonghong and his wife and Xu Xin's enlightenment coach Zhao Genying
At that time, Xu Xin was studying culture classes while practicing table tennis. The teacher found that his left hand was stronger than his right hand, so he asked Xu Xin to hold his left hand and clap. So Xu Xin played with his left hand and ate with his right hand.
Luo Yonghong and her husband did a division of labor, she managed Xu Xin's life, and her husband managed Xu Xin's training.
The lively Xu Xin went home every day to talk about practicing the ball, he said that the practice of high throwing serve, the ball should be thrown to 3 floors high. Speaking of showing his family, his cuteness made his parents and grandparents very happy.
The whole family is busy practicing table tennis for Xu Xin: in the morning, Dad sends Xu Xin to school, and at noon Grandpa takes Xu Xin home for dinner, and as soon as he enters the door, Grandma serves hot dishes and hot rice. After eating lunch, Grandpa sent Xu Xin to school.
Luo Yonghong took Xu Xin home after work in the evening.
In 1999, 9-year-old Xu Xin entered the third grade of primary school and was selected by Xuzhou Sports School to play in sports school. The sports school is far from home, in order not to affect the work of his parents, Xu Xin does not let the family pick up and drop off, and he comes and goes by bicycle.
At the age of 10, Nanjing Sports School came to Xuzhou to enroll. Xu Xin was too young to be selected, and he was very disappointed in his bones.
Who knows that a few days later, things turned around: a small child in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, was unwilling to go to the sports school to play due to family economic reasons, and took the initiative to give up the quota, so Xu Xin went up.
Xu Xin is a self-funded student at Nanjing Sports School, and all kinds of expenses must be borne by himself, which is not a small expense for working families.
Luo Yonghong and her husband saved money, Xu Xin's grandparents also received financial assistance, and the family worked together to support Xu Xin to play in the sports school.
Early Xu Xin
Due to his young age, Xu Xin often lost things, clothes, rackets, rice cards, shoes, and rice bowls. Luo Yonghong went to see his son every Saturday, and every time he had to make up for what his son had lost.
She often got up at 4 a.m. to catch the train, stayed in a small hotel at the sports school for one night, washed her son the next day, and then returned to Xuzhou to work.
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In 2001, Xu Xin won the first place in the round robin competition of the sports school and entered the Jiangsu Provincial Sports School to play.
At this time, the famous table tennis coach Tang Zhixian returned from abroad as a coach and was arranged to serve as the head coach of the second table tennis team in Jiangsu Province.
Coach Tang felt that Xu Xin was a rare table tennis seedling, because there were too many table tennis geniuses in Jiangsu Province, and the opportunities given to him were limited, so Coach Tang wanted Xu Xin to change the environment.
Cao Yanhua
Just at this time, the Cao Yanhua Table Tennis School in Shanghai asked Tang Zhixian to be a coach, and he wanted to take Xu Xin over.
Cao Yanhua is a well-known former table tennis world champion, born in Shanghai in 1962, who has won the women's singles championship at the Table Tennis World Championships twice, the world table tennis team championship three times, and the mixed doubles championship with Cai Zhenhua.
In the era of athletes, Cao Yanhua was the leader of Chinese women's table tennis and the benchmark figure of the world women's table tennis. Because of liver disease, she retired at the age of 22.
Cao Yanhua had a failed marriage, and her ex-husband was Shi Zhihao, the former head coach of national women's table tennis. After marriage, the two had a son.
Cao Yanhua and Shi Zhihao
In the early 1990s, Cao Yanhua and Shi Zhihao divorced due to personality and other reasons, and her son lived with her. After the divorce, Cao Yanhua did not remarry and established the Cao Yanhua Table Tennis School in Shanghai to cultivate table tennis seedlings for the country.
Because Cao Yanhua Table Tennis School is private, many colleagues have advised Luo Yonghong to be cautious, and once it is not good, the child will not even have a way to retreat in the future. Therefore, except for Xu Xin's father Xu Haiping, who supported it, everyone else was opposed to Xu Xin going to Shanghai.
Coach Tang Zhixian was confident, so he took Luo Yonghong and his wife to Shanghai to meet Cao Yanhua.
Cao Yanhua, a person who is responsible for the students, said: "If Xu Xin is really talented, there will definitely be a way out to play in Shanghai." He will be old, can go to college, can play abroad, and preferably can enter the national team. In this way, Luo Yonghong was relieved.
In the autumn of 2001, Xu Xin and teammate Hu Bingtao followed Tang Zhixian to Shanghai and entered the Cao Yanhua Table Tennis School to play.
Xu Xin and Cao Yanhua
Cao Yanhua thought more about the future of the students and asked the teacher of the culture class to give them lessons. There are also special teachers to tutor them in English.
At that time, the sports school had just been established, and the hardware facilities were general. Once Xu Xin had a cold, Coach Tang Zhixian and Teacher Life boiled vinegar fumigation on the stove for disinfection.
Xu Xin had no appetite, and the life teacher also specially boiled rice porridge for him and gave him delicious little pickles. Luo Yonghong and her husband visit Xu Xin in Shanghai two or three times a month, and for this reason, Xu Haiping gave up the opportunity to be promoted to deputy director of the Bureau of Industry and Commerce.
Because he became the deputy director, he would have a lot of social meetings, and he could not often go to Shanghai to visit his son.
Xuzhou is more than 600 kilometers away from Shanghai, and Luo Yonghong and her husband rarely buy sleepers in order to save money. They often take the night train, and it is just in the morning when they arrive in Shanghai, so that they can stay in a hostel for one less night.
Xu Xin's parents
Xu Xin, the hardships of his parents, were all in his eyes, and although he did not say anything, he played extra hard.
In 2003, Xu Xin entered the Shanghai Table Tennis Team for his outstanding performance. When the good news came, Luo Yonghong and her husband shed tears of joy.
From this point on, Xu Xin had a monthly allowance, and he didn't have to bear it by his parents anymore. He calculated that from the first day he played, his parents had paid too much in all aspects such as finances and physical strength. As soon as he thought of this, Xu Xin burst into tears.
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In 2005, Xu Xin won the men's singles runner-up in the U17 National Table Tennis Challenge.
The following year, Xu Xin was successfully selected for the national team, and his head coach was world champion Qin Zhijian.
In 2008, Xu Xin went abroad for the first time and used the prize money of the competition to buy An LV wallet for Cao Yanhua. Cao Yanhua spoke highly of Xu Xin, saying that he was kind, sensible, grateful, and had good character.
Indeed, Xu Xin regarded Cao Yanhua as another mother, not only because Cao Yanhua gave him care in life, but also because Cao Yanhua deliberately set up a first-team team in the school in order to let Xu Xin, Shang Kun and other team members have a good development.
At that time, Cai Zhenhua brought the national table tennis team to Shanghai for training, and Cao Yanhua asked Xu Xin and a few other good seedlings to play with the members of the national second team. This not only broadened Xu Xin's horizons, but also improved his ball skills.
Without Cao Yanhua's efforts in all aspects, Xu Xin would not have what he is today. After entering the national team, Xu Xin often communicates with Cao Yanhua, and he will chat with Cao Yanhua on the phone for training, competitions, troubles, etc.
In Xu Xin's mind, Luo Yonghong is his life mother, and Cao Yanhua is his table tennis mother.
Xu Xin, together with Ma Long and Zhang Jike, won the men's team championship at the Rio Olympics
In 2011, Xu Xin won the men's doubles championship at the Rotterdam World Table Tennis Championships and has since become a major player. Xu Xin is 1.81 meters tall, his physical fitness is outstanding, his left hand is straight, he is the only straight left hand player in the team, and the national table tennis team regards him as a key training object.
In 2012, Xu Xin won the MEN's Singles Championship of the ITTF Pro Tour Finals. In 2013 he successfully defended his title. In the same year, Xu Xin also won the men's singles championship of the Table Tennis World Cup and was one of the five main players of the national table tennis team.
In 2016, Xu Xin cooperated with Ma Long and Zhang Jike to win the gold medal of the men's table tennis team at the Rio Olympic Games.
Xu Xin worked hard in the table tennis arena at the same time, but also harvested a happy love. His girlfriend Yao Yan was a major player in the women's national table tennis team.
Yao Yan
Born in Shanghai in 1988, Yao Yan is two years older than Xu Xin and joined the national team in 2006. Yao Yan and Ding Ning are both teammates and girlfriends.
Xu Xin met Yao Yan in 2003 when he was playing in Shanghai, when he was too young and the two were just ordinary friends. In 2009, Xu Xin began to fall in love with Yao Yan.
In order not to affect Xu Xin's table tennis career, Yao Yan retired from the national team in 2012 and entered the Shanghai University of Sport to study for a master's degree. Over the years, Yao Yan has been silently encouraging and supporting Xu Xin behind his back, giving him the motivation to fight with love.
During the Rio Olympics, Xu Xin was not able to participate in singles competitions, which made him regret. In the team match, he lost to Japan's Hayabusa Mizutani. Originally, he held 3 match points in his hand, but was overturned by the opponent.
Of the six Chinese players who participated in the men's and women's teams, only Xu Xin lost to foreign athletes. Xu Xin's requirements for himself were perfect, which made him have a knot in his heart, and at one point he was depressed and almost suffered from depression.
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Xu Xin and Yao Yan
For more than a month, Yao Yan used the psychological knowledge he had learned to call Xu Xin every day to help him carry out psychological counseling, and finally let Xu Xin come out.
On November 30, 2016, Xu Xin and Yao Yan received a license to marry in Shanghai. Yao Yan posted the wedding photos of the two on Weibo, and thousands of fans sent their blessings.
Because the competitions were one after another, and the Tokyo Olympics were imminent, Xu Xin and Yao Yan did not hold a wedding. On September 16, 2019, Yao Yan gave birth to a son in Shanghai, with 29-year-old Xu Xinxi as the father.
As a father, Xu Xin played with more passion and motivation. At this time, he was not young, he had old wounds on his body, and his physical recovery was slow. In order to be selected for the Tokyo Olympic squad, Xu Xin competed with the young players in the team.
With his stable performance, super psychological quality and amazing record, he successfully appeared in the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen at the Tokyo Olympics
At the Tokyo Olympics, Xu Xin not only played mixed doubles with Liu Shiwen, but also participated in the team competition. Table tennis mixed doubles is the first time to enter the Olympic Games, is the first Olympic table tennis gold medal, the winner will go down in history.
The Japanese players are eyeing this gold medal and are determined to win it. Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen are the world's number one mixed doubles players, and have always ranked first in the world, and everyone thinks that this gold medal is stable, but the result is regrettable.
On September 24, 2021, the mixed doubles final of table tennis at the Tokyo Olympic Games began, with Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen playing against Japan's Hayabusa Mizutani and Ito. At the beginning of the game, the competition between the two sides was white-hot.
Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen started with a 2-0 lead, only to be pulled twice in a row by their opponents. The two sides drew 3-3 and the tiebreaker's seventh set began.
Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen were under too much pressure, resulting in the opening two falling behind 0-8, although tenaciously catching up, they eventually lost the game. In fact, the strength of Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen is above the opponent, which has become the regret of the two and the regret of the fans.
Xu Xin and his teammates won the men's team gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
In the next team competition, Xu Xin cooperated with Ma Long and Fan Zhendong to win the gold medal of the men's team without dispute.
On September 25, Yao Yan gave birth to a daughter in Shanghai, and Xu Xin became the father of two children, full of happiness and joy in his heart.
As a dad player in the national table tennis team, Xu Xin plays with more passion and motivation.
Sometimes the team is on vacation, and Xu Xin will rush back to Shanghai to accompany a pair of children. Luo Yonghong and her husband rarely see Xu Xin, and they will also rush to Shanghai for a reunion.
Xu Xin felt that he owed too much to his family and helped his family to do some small things as much as possible. Even if he gives his daughter a change of diaper, he is comfortable in his heart.
Xu Xin and his wife Yao Yan
Xu Xin, who is 32 years old this year, is still sticking to the national table tennis team. The 2024 Paris Olympic Games are coming, Xu Xin has set his sights on the Paris Olympic Games, and his parents and wife Yao Yan will continue to be Xu Xin's strong backing.
Xu Xin thought: If he can participate in the Paris Olympic Games, he will definitely not leave regrets for himself.
"Savor Celebrity" Reviews:
Now the national table tennis team has two player fathers, one is Ma Long, and the other is Xu Xin. Both are over 30 years old, are the dinghai god needle in the team, and still choose to stick to it.
Xu Xin has a very good personality, there is no bad heart, and everyone likes him. Xu Xin came all the way, there were tears, there were ups and downs.
Xu Xin family portrait
Not only his parents and grandparents have paid a lot for him, but also Cao Yanhua, Tang Zhixian, Qin Zhijian and other benefactors, who have played an important role in his growth process.
None of the gold medals were obtained casually, and they were all tempered by blood and tears. As a world champion, Xu Xin has won many honors and is still fighting.
As ordinary people, we do ordinary work and cannot slacken off. In ordinary posts, make extraordinary achievements, is the champion in life!
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