"No need to look at the replay, my eyes are rulers!"
"You can always trust the Chinese short track speed skating team!"
"Fell well, I don't know how to sympathize with them!"
The Beijing Winter Olympics are in full swing, the topic of "Wang Meng's commentary" frequently appears on the hot search lists of major platforms, as the official commentary of China's short track speed skating, her humorous and straightforward personality, easy to understand explanation, quickly captured a large number of fans support.
The northeast people are born with directness, so that the famous mouth Huang Jianxiang quietly made her praise, the two sang a harmony, with professional arena knowledge and a variety of "golden sentences", for the audience in front of the TV set to dedicate a wonderful game commentary, while popularizing a lot of unpopular Winter Olympic knowledge.
Behind the gold medal commentator, Wang Meng is also the pride of the country, and has won a total of 77 short track speed skating gold medals in her career, which can be described as unlimited scenery; but no one is perfect, she has also led to the "three in and three out" national team for personal reasons, let's relive the wonderful life of this "genius ice girl" together.
"Hanzi" personality
In 1984, Wang Meng was born in an ordinary working family in Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang, and in the social environment of "son preference" at that time, Wang Meng was the second child of the family (with an older sister), because he was very naughty and active in his mother's belly, and was expected by his father Wang Chunjiang to be a boy.
After Wang Meng was born, he broke Wang Chunjiang's illusions, because the neighbors and good brothers in the family had given birth to sons, which made his sense of loss inexplicably surge into his heart.
Because Wang Meng was lively and active from an early age, especially liked to be mischievous, Wang Chunjiang simply raised her as a son, and under the influence of her father's personality, Wang Meng formed a straightforward, courageous, and slightly arrogant personality from an early age.
Because he was born in Heilongjiang, Wang Meng has a deep love for skating since he was a child, and in the winter, about three or five playmates have been sliding on the surface of the lake with an ice depth of more than one meter for several hours.
It may be that Wang Meng likes to jump up and down since she was a child, which makes her in-situ explosive power, in the skating competition with boys of the same age, Wang Meng can always grab the first place after announcing the start, and then easily win. Her grinning personality and strong athletic ability made her known as a "tomboy" in her childhood.
Get to know short track speed skating
In 1994, Ma Qingzhong, a short track speed skating coach at an amateur sports school in Heilongjiang, visited a number of local primary schools in order to select good short track speed skating seedlings.
When she came to Wang Meng's school, this Heilongjiang girl with strong nature decisively chose to rush out of the crowd and wanted to show her skills in front of Coach Ma Jingzhong.
At that time, wang Meng, who was only 10 years old at the time, was less than one meter and four meters tall, and her figure did not have any advantages, but she was recognized by her coach for her excellent starting speed skating frequency, and then embarked on a professional speed skating learning career.
At the beginning of the training, Wang Meng could not find a suitable skate shoe training because her feet were too small, and the shoe size was too large, so her results have been at the bottom of the team, coach Ma Jingzhong, who saw this scene, finally found a suitable pair of training shoes for Wang Meng through multi-party relationships.
Wang Meng, who got the new shoes, began to train hard day after day, circulating in the process of falling, injuring, and crying, so that her father Wang Chunjiang was so distressed that he repeatedly persuaded his daughter to give up.
Perhaps it is the stubbornness in Wang Meng's bones, she always reports good news to the family, and often uses humorous jokes to soothe her father's worried emotions, saying that she was born to be a world champion.
Good grades and "bad temper"
After 4 years of arduous training, Wang Meng, who has emerged in China, successfully entered the Heilongjiang Provincial Sports School for more professional training.
In 2002, at the age of 18, Wang Meng entered the final of the short track speed skating 1500 meters at the National Nine Games, and finally achieved a good result of third place, and soon after she received a national team call-up.
Wang Meng, who was bold in nature from childhood, after learning of this good news, did not hesitate to spend tens of thousands of yuan to invite teammates to a high-profile dinner, which seriously violated the rules of the national team, and was soon returned to the Heilongjiang provincial team, which is Wang Meng's first experience in and out of the national team.
Just as the so-called "eat a trench, long a wisdom", Wang Meng, who returned to the provincial team, deeply realized her mistakes, and in order to be able to return to the national team, she began to train harder, because of the outstanding special results, she returned to the national team after only one year.
In 2004, Wang Meng won the women's speed skating 500m championship at the World Junior Championships, becoming the first Chinese athlete to win the world youth championships, and Wang Meng was only 20 years old.
With this heavy gold medal, Wang Meng's status in the national team rose sharply, and her straightforward personality made her often unguarded when joking with her teammates and leaders, inadvertently offending many people. Due to Wang Meng's absolute strength on the field, the head coach and leaders did not give her a serious warning.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Wang Meng once again made history, won the women's championship in short track speed skating in the 500 meters, and won her first Olympic gold medal in her life.
Wang Meng and Li Yan
During the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Li Yan, as the coach of the American speed skating team, led the famous player Apollo to win the gold medal in the men's 500 meters short track speed skating, and after the Turin Winter Olympics, the short track speed skating coach was hired to return to China to coach.
Note: Li Yan, who won the silver medal in women's 500m short track speed skating at the Albertville Winter Olympics, which is the first Olympic medal in short track speed skating in China, has served as a speed skating coach in Slovakia, Austria and the United States after retiring.
Wang Meng, who is at the peak of his life, can be called "flying and flying" in the national team, and the new head coach Li Yan's training is also extremely strict, and the two personalities are in conflict, just like "thunder and fire" can not be contained.
As a "thorn-headed" player of the national team, after learning that Li Yan pushed the former head coach away, wang Meng, who was very affectionate, once released a harsh word: "Don't think that if you lead the American team, you can lead the Chinese team well"!
The turning point between the two came in early 2007, at the Asian Winter Games, Wang Meng, who had just won gold at the Winter Olympics, played badly, and only won the third place in the women's 1500 meters speed skating, which was a big surprise.
In the post-match interview session, Wang Meng was even more amazing:
"Li Yan did not formulate any tactics for me, he only asked me a word before the game, do you know how to compare? After this competition, I will apply to return to the local team to train, and the training of the national team is not suitable for me. ”
Athletes shelled the head coach, the Wang Meng incident can be described as a stone stirred up a thousand waves, the State General Administration of Sport also announced a notice of punishment for her, requiring her to reflect deeply, write a written review, and stop her qualification to participate in any competition.
This is the second time that Wang Meng has been in and out of the national team, and during the suspension, Wang Meng has repeatedly come up with the idea of ending his career, and his parents have also supported their daughter's decision. But Wang Meng, who has calmed down, still wants to show his talent on the stage of the World Series.
Mature harvest reconciliation
The word "shunmao donkey" is a good interpretation of Wang Meng's personality, after returning to the national short track speed skating team, Wang Meng began to restrain his personality, and head coach Li Yan's attitude towards her was also changing.
In the conflict encountered in the training process, Li Yan chose to open his heart to communicate with Wang Meng, and this small change made Wang Meng feel the feeling of being valued, so the two set a clear goal, that is, to win glory for the country.
In 2009, after the last match of the short track World Cup in China, Wang Meng carefully planned a birthday party for head coach Li Yan, and the two embraced each other excitedly, and the rumors of previous discord were also broken.
A year later, at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Wang Meng, who returned to normal training, won the gold medal in the women's 500-meter short track speed skating, creating a history of women's 500-meter short track speed skating. After crossing the finish line, Wang Meng ran to coach Li Yan on the sidelines, knelt down and bowed his head in thanks, and the two hugged each other tightly.
In the next competition, Wang Meng, in the state of severe cold, still helped the women's short track speed skating team to win the 1,000-meter and 3,000-meter relay championships, and the number of individual Olympic gold medals reached 4, becoming the leader of women's short track speed skating in China and even the world at that time.
Her mentor-apprentice friendship with Li Yan began with no trust and cooperation, and finally became a good story in the history of Chinese short track speed skating.
The surprise didn't stop
Reconciled with Li Yan and dominated all the women's short track speed skating 500 meters for many years, when people thought that Wang Meng was about to start an era of short track speed skating that belonged to her, the fiery temper once again brought her to the cusp of the storm.
In July 2011, Wang Meng completely disregarded the management regulations of the national team and went out to drink with his teammates until 11 pm, because of the drinking and returning to the team too late, Wang Meng and the national team leader Wang Chunlu had a quarrel, and once fought a big fight.
National athletes violated regulations and fought with the team leader, which not only touched the bottom line of the General Administration of Sports, but also brought about a very bad social impact, even the Olympic four gold kings can not have a "gold medal exemption".
In this way, Wang Meng was kicked out of the national team for the third time, in addition, the General Administration of Sports also suspended her for 13 months, without the coaching team and the game to maintain the state, Wang Meng's career came to the lowest point.
During this dark time, the Canadian short track speed skating team once threw an olive branch to Wang Meng, promising her the highest treatment and generous benefits, but Wang Meng resolutely refused, because she only wanted to hear the national anthem belonging to China on the highest podium.
Who said that Wang Meng's departure, the Chinese short track speed skating team encountered Waterloo many times in the world championships, and none of the projects had absolute dominance, at this time people gradually understood Wang Meng's talent in the field of short track speed skating.
At this time, Wang Meng, who was in the suspension period, not only took the initiative to admit his mistake this time, but also never stopped training in private, and the General Administration of Sports finally opened the door to Wang Meng again after weighing.
Leave the scene in the dark
After returning to the national team, Wang Meng reached the peak level after only a few months of closed training, and in the next two years, Wang Meng was still the leader of the women's short track speed skating 500 meters, at this time she had only one goal: the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
It may be that heaven is jealous of Wang Meng's talent, less than a month before the opening of the Sochi Winter Olympics, Wang Meng collided with his teammates in a training session, and his right ankle was fractured. Although her condition was treated at the first time, the decline in competitive status made her say goodbye to the Sochi Winter Olympics once and for all.
Short track speed skating is a very age-oriented sport, generally over 27 years old are called older athletes, and Wang Meng finally chose to leave because of many factors such as age of 30 and ankle fracture injuries.
Compared with the experience of being expelled from the national team three times before, this time she chose to take the initiative to quit, and Wang Meng gradually faded out of the audience's vision, which also announced the official withdrawal of the world's generation of short track speed skating queens.
Business landscape and head coach
In June 2014, After leaving the national team, Wang Meng chose to work in business and partnered with friends in her hometown with Wang Meng Sports Culture Industry Co., Ltd., with a total investment of nearly 80 million yuan as chairman.
Wang Meng's first idea of this venture is to operate sportswear, and then independently develop ice knives to make up for the gap in this field in the mainland. But after several years of development, Wang Meng found that her straightforward personality was not suitable for business, and then hired a professional agent to manage the company.
In order to prepare for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the General Administration of Sport launched the "Olympic Express" program, and Wang Meng, who disappeared from the public eye for a long time, was hired as the head coach of the national team of speed skating and short track speed skating in 2019, leading many non-ice athletes to train.
In the next year, Wang Meng led the team to participate in the six sub-stations of the short track World Cup, leading the Chinese team to achieve a total of 10 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze results, although the gap with the Korean team is still relatively obvious, but considering that there are many non-professional players in this training, Wang Meng led the team for the first time to perform remarkablely.
Combination of sports and entertainment
In May 2020, Wang Meng officially stepped down as the head coach of the national team, after experiencing business and teaching, Wang Meng also briefly entered the entertainment circle, participated in the reality show and partnered with Tianwang Dawn, the domineering Wang Meng on the field, there are still many girls in life.
Since then, she has also participated in comedy programs, bringing joy to the audience with the unique humor and pride of northeasterners. Wang Meng on the field has her own king temperament, and she is frank and funny and unpretentious outside the arena, so she has gained the support of a large number of fans.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Wang Meng partnered with Huang Jianxiang as a sportsman to explain that the audience did not know much about ice sports, and her professional knowledge made people understandable, humorous and passionate, so that Huang Jianxiang, who has always been famous for "talking a lot", had no chance to interject.
After several collaborations, the two gradually formed a cross-talk mode of commentary style: Wang Meng, as the main speaker, mainly carried out professional commentary on the competition process; Huang Jianxiang was responsible for reading out the list of athletes in the competition, and then became Wang Meng's praise.
The humorous commentary style of the two has been launched, which has been warmly sought after by the majority of netizens, especially Wang Meng's straightforward personality, almost a mouth on the golden sentence frequently, so that the audience in addition to watching the game, harvested more happiness and many professional ice and snow knowledge.
Recently, Wang Meng said in an interview with the media that individuals will set up a sports MCN agency for retired athletes to promote the re-employment of retired athletes.
After all, only a few people can stand on the podium, and the winners cannot guarantee the stability of income after retirement, from this point of view, the pattern of Wang Meng's institution has suddenly opened.
Write at the end:
Looking back at Wang Meng's entire career, he broke the women's 500m world record five times, broke the women's 1000m world record twice, won a total of 77 gold medals in various events, and her "backhand skating championship" has almost become an irreproducible classic, and is a well-deserved world leader in short track speed skating.
Wang Meng's temper was hot, the "three in and three out" national team made her grow continuously, and her innate domineering and straightforwardness made her finally cross-border successfully change careers, becoming the audience's favorite Winter Olympics "gold medal commentary".