Text| MMM
Editor| Captain Zhang
In 2021, at the Tokyo Olympic Table Tennis Tournament, the mixed doubles final ended, and the Japanese combination finally won.
As a representative player of the mainland, Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin, it was difficult to hide her disappointment after the game, and Liu Shiwen even cried on the spot with tears on her face.
Liu Shiwen
As the audience of the country, in fact, for the result of the loss, there is no excessive blame, Liu Shiwen's fighting spirit on the field has been enough to make everyone moved.
And her tears represent not only the regret of losing the gold medal, but also the unwillingness of these years.
Along the way, Liu Shiwen's ping-pong road has hardships and tears.
Among them, the heartache that knows it best is her father, Liu Shu, a man who supports his daughter's dream with father's love.
He grew up with Liu Shiwen and must be present to support every game, but unfortunately, due to the epidemic, Liu Shu, as a relative, could not come to the scene to cheer for his baby daughter.
On the night of the loss, Liu Shu, who was in front of the TV at home, watched his daughter's tears spilled on the scene, and couldn't help but wet his eyes, because only he understood how difficult his daughter was, whether he won the award or not, it was already an eternal pride in his heart.
In the end, along the way, what ups and downs has this great father experienced with Liu Shiwen?
01. Small cotton jacket
Liu Shiwen was born in 1991 in Fushun, Liaoning Province. Her father, Liu Shu, was a rare college student at the time and belonged to the local highly educated people.
In the 1980s, college students were very rare, so after Liu Shu graduated, he went to a grinding wheel factory as a factory director, and after his career was successful, he met wang Lifeng, a table tennis player, and gave birth to Liu Shiwen shortly after marriage.
In the beginning, Liu Shu gave his daughter the word "Shiwen" in order to make her a poet or a literary artist. But Liu Shiwen was influenced by her mother since she was a child, and she still embarked on the road of table tennis.
When she was a child, Liu Shiwen was lively and cute, and was held in the palm of her hand by her father as a little princess, but she was not squeamish at all, but she was very sensible, because her father was the director of the factory, and she was very busy at work and did not have much time to accompany her.
She doesn't cry or make trouble, she's very well-behaved. Liu Shu also often lamented that her daughter was her own little cotton jacket, so she went to accompany her daughter as soon as she had free time, so that she had a warm childhood.
In 1995, Zhang Jingqing, the enlightenment coach of table tennis Grand Slam winner Wang Nan, came to the kindergarten and wanted to select some good seedlings for practicing table tennis, and the clever Liu Shiwen was caught by her at a glance.
With the encouragement of the coach and the influence of her mother, little Liu Shiwen began her table tennis career in this way.
After starting to contact professional training, Liu Shiwen often felt that there was not enough training time and she wanted to become more excellent. Seeing his daughter who loves table tennis so much, Liu Shu did not feel that this was a plaything like other parents, but specially built a table tennis room for her daughter at home.
He vacated the living room of his home, pasted thick soundproof sponges on the walls around him, and specially customized a ping-pong table for her to meet Liu Shiwen's height.
Because Liu Shiwen was too young, she could not hold the general ping-pong racket, and after Liu Shu saw it, she made two self-made table tennis rackets suitable for her daughter's size.
It's just that the place at home is always a little small, and the daughter and wife always can't play when they play in the living room, and the ping-pong balls also fly around. Liu Shu never complained, but willingly became their "caddie".
In such day-to-day training, Liu Shiwen's skills have become more and more skilled, especially after meeting Coach Zhang Jingqing, her skills have improved by leaps and bounds.
But the resources of the hometown are always limited, coach Zhang Jingqing after seeing Liu Shiwen's talent, decided to take her to Guangzhou for training, where the hardware and software facilities are first-class, which is very helpful to Liu Shiwen's development.
With the consent of Liu's father and mother, Zhang Jingqing took the young Liu Shiwen to Guangzhou. The first time she left home, the child was inevitably unwell, coupled with the arduous training, Liu Shiwen often cried and called Liu Shu and made a fuss about going home.
Three months later, Liu Shiwen still did not adapt to the life of sports school, and every time her daughter cried, Liu Shu on the other end of the phone was also heartbroken.
But because of his work, he really couldn't leave, and in desperation, he could only let his wife go to Guangzhou to accompany his daughter.
Liu Shiwen's family of three
Her mother came to the side, Liu Shiwen's mood gradually calmed down, and she concentrated on table tennis training, practicing without distraction, under such circumstances, she naturally won the first place in Guangzhou Weilun Sports School.
The success of the daughter was exchanged for six years of separation between husband and wife, and during these six years, Liu Shu, who was far away from home, could only use his work to eliminate this loneliness and loneliness.
In the meantime, he did not think of giving up, after all, he did not want to lose his job and family, but whenever he saw his daughter shining in the ping-pong ball, he felt that his little pain was nothing, and his daughter's happiness and dreams were the most important.
Liu Shiwen also did not live up to her father's perseverance and the company of her mother, in the last year of sports school, she was selected for the national team with her excellent results!
Liu Shu, who heard the news, jumped up excitedly in the office, and after work, he called his family and friends to announce the good news, telling everyone that his daughter was proud of himself.
In addition to the excitement of the organizers, he also warned his daughter that the national team is full of talents, do not be proud and complacent, and have a normal heart to go further.
Liu Shiwen took her father's advice to heart, which also made her not arrogant and impatient and low-key forward no matter what kind of achievements she achieved.
02. Resignation nurse
After entering the national team, as my father said, there are too many excellent people, and my little talent is not worth mentioning in front of these people.
At first, she was full of morale and energy.
But later, she found that almost all of her teammates were Asian champions or world champions, and their strength was very strong, and she was almost a little transparent. Long-standing pride collapsed after losing a training session.
Since then, she has some resistance to table tennis, often passively coping with the usual training, the coach found that she felt that her psychological pressure was too much and she was young, so she called Liu Shu and asked them to persuade Liu Shiwen to adjust her emotions and not give up so easily.
After receiving the call from the coach, Liu Shu thought twice and decided to quit his job as a factory director for his daughter to concentrate on playing with her.
After learning this news, people around him all thought he was crazy, such a good job said no, and even if he went to Beijing to accompany Liu Shiwen, what was the probability of success.
In these doubts, Liu Shu only said plainly: Now my daughter's future is more important than my position as factory director, my sacrifice is not nothing, no matter what kind of result, as long as my daughter is happy, I can accept it.
In this way, he quit his job and went to Beijing to accompany his daughter. In Beijing, he first rented a small house near the State General Administration of Sports.
After settling down, he took his daughter from the national team's dormitory.
He knew that his daughter's biggest weakness was that her willpower was not firm enough, and in order to exercise Liu Shiwen's endurance, he asked her daughter to arrive at the training ground at 5:50 every day for morning exercises, and the quilt on the bed should also be folded into tofu blocks after getting up, and the sneakers and training clothes should also be cleaned by themselves.
In addition to his daily life, he often communicates with Liu Shiwen's coach, and as long as he hears that his daughter is slack, he will punish her at home for training for two more hours.
Knowing that his daughter was picky eaters and could not eat the food in the canteen, which would affect his physical fitness in the long run, he practiced his cooking skills hard, and trained himself from a kitchen white to a chef.
The summer in Beijing is hot and stuffy, and the kitchen is too small, Liu Shiwen can often see her father nestled inside to prepare meals for her, and the splash of hot oil and the inhalation of oil smoke make Liu Shu age rapidly.
Liu Shu
Every morning at five o'clock, he began to ask his daughter to get up and prepare breakfast, as soon as her daughter left, he hurried to the vegetable market to purchase and prepare nutritious meals, and in the afternoon, he called the coach to understand his daughter's training situation and prepare to implement today's plan.
When Liu Shiwen's mother, Wang Lifeng, came to visit her husband, she couldn't help but marvel when she saw her daughter who was taken care of so thoughtfully:
"Old Liu, you take care of your daughter more delicately than I do, it's really hard for you."
Hearing the praise, Liu Shu just smiled slightly and said:
"I regard raising my daughter as a career, and no matter how much I pay, I have no regrets."
Although his efforts were silent, they were also detected by her attentive daughter, who also knew that the best way to give back to her father was to train hard and achieve good results. Therefore, many times, she exceeded her training, just to be worthy of her father.
In October 2009, the 13th Table Tennis World Cup was held in Guangzhou, Liu Shiwen as a newcomer, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, won the women's singles championship in one fell swoop, and became a new rising star in the table tennis industry.
Seeing his daughter who was heroic and sassy on the field, Liu Shu knew that his efforts were not wasted, and while he was relieved, he also thought that it was time for him to leave, and it was time for his daughter to jump out of the comfort zone and go independently to his dream.
So, after the game, he accompanied his daughter through the streets of Beijing, telling her what to pay attention to in her daily life, where to buy, how to deal with interpersonal relationships, and so on.
In November, Liu Shu left Beijing, left his beloved daughter and returned to his hometown to return to work.
03. Break the cocoon into a butterfly
After Liu Shu left Beijing, Liu Shiwen began training day after day, but this time, there was no father's persuasion table and no special nutritious meals made by her father.
This time, Liu Shiwen did not cry, she knew that her father was to make her more independent and adapt to this society, and with this expectation, she also began to redouble her efforts.
However, the heavens will descend upon the Scythians and will surely suffer their hearts.
In May 2020, Liu Shiwen participated in the 50th World Table Tennis Championships held in Moscow, and thought that the competition would be smooth, but lost to the other side because of a mistake.
Losing in such an important game, Liu Shiwen's self-esteem was hit hard, and she became depressed after this failure.
Liu Shu, who knows her daughter's thoughts, often calls her to enlighten her in order to comfort her. Liu Shiwen unusually did not reply after hearing her father's words, but just listened silently.
This worried Liu Shu who was far away in Liaoning, and finally one day, Liu Shiwen sent a text message, but the content of the text message shocked Liu Shu. Liu Shiwen said she felt that she could no longer feel happy in playing and she wanted to retire.
Seeing such a negative daughter, Liu Shu immediately put down his work and flew to Beijing.
During his week in Beijing, he took Liu Shiwen to enjoy a casual meal, and it wasn't until Liu Shiwen had a smile on her face that he began to tutor his daughter.
Liu Shiwen, who had her father's persuasion, quickly came out of her sadness, and on the way to send her father to the airport, she said with red eyes: Dad, I will definitely find my former self, I will not give up lightly, you and your mother don't worry so much about me.
Hearing such words, Liu Shu was proud of his daughter's growth.
Liu Shu, who was affirmed, also returned to his hometown with peace of mind, and Liu Shiwen also packed up her mood, re-participated in the training, and gradually returned to her normal life.
However, because of this mistake, she still transferred out of the main player area of the national team and became a substitute, and at the beginning, her heart was still full of loss.
Coincidentally, my father sent a text message and told her in a serious tone:
Strong is recognized, great is survived, and everyone who wins the championship is without exception.
The letter from her father's timely arrival soothed her impetuous heart, she regained her strength, and in the reply to her father, she also confessed: Dad, I figured it out, even if I am a substitute, I will be an excellent substitute.
After Liu Shu received his daughter's letter, he was relieved and left with tears, he understood that his daughter's dream was not easy to realize.
However, the shadow of losing still did not disappear in Liu Shiwen's heart, no matter how well she usually practiced, as soon as she arrived at the game, she began to lose. For a long time, she was overwhelmed by this failure.
At a time when everyone questioned her, even herself, only her father stood behind her, constantly comforting her, letting her continue to cheer and walk to the field.
It is precisely because her father insists as always that Liu Shiwen is also full of enthusiasm.
In 2016, at the world-renowned Rio Olympic Games, Liu Shiwen, who was not optimistic, was in a brave state, greatly surpassing her previous round, not losing a single game, and won the gold medal of the women's team smoothly.
After the Olympic Games, although Liu Shiwen became the main force of the national team, her long years of training made her health worse and worse.
Sometimes the seizures in her waist hurt so much that she couldn't stand up.
Under the double torture of injury and pressure, she had the idea of retiring, and when her father heard it, he did not immediately express his position, but carefully matched a lot of Chinese herbal packs for her to relieve her pain.
The relief of the waist pain made Liu Shiwen feel a lot better, coupled with the return of Coach Liu Guoliang, she ignited her fighting spirit again, no longer said that she wanted to retire, Liu Shu also rushed to Beijing again to accompany her daughter.
After this time. Liu Shiwen rode to the dust.
In the 55th World Table Tennis Championships in 2019, she won the gold medal in women's table tennis mixed doubles and the gold medal in women's singles, adding another myth to the Chinese table tennis industry.
In October of the same year, she won the Women's Singles World Cup, becoming the first five-time champion in the history of the Women's Table Tennis World Cup.
If the lake is too flat, there will be waves.
At the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin missed the championship and won the mixed doubles runner-up.
But this time Liu Shiwen was not discouraged, but with tears, not arrogant and impatient to say that it did not matter if she won the runner-up, she would work harder in the future to win the "Grand Slam".
Every time there is an event, Liu Shu and his wife will watch on the spot and cheer for their daughter. When he saw his daughter standing on the podium wearing a red flag, Liu's father, who has always been strong, also shed tears of excitement.
Today, Liu Shiwen is still active on the field, fighting for glory for the motherland.
The little girl who left home and cried her nose when she was a child also grew into an independent and brave adult, but no matter how heroic she was on the field and how bright the laser lights were, she still remembered those once dark roads, and her father's light made her never flinch.
Today's Liu Shiwen, although she has not won the glory of the "Grand Slam", the status quo has long been Liu Shu's pride, and those days of hard work, as a father, he must be unforgettable.
Daughter step by step, it is not easy to go, I believe that in the near future, Liu Shiwen's "Grand Slam" is just around the corner!
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