Recently, winter Olympic champion Gu Ailing has frequently appeared on major platforms for hot searches.
Fan Kexin, who is also the winter Olympic champion, has not even heard her name. Unlike Gu Ailing's rich family situation, Fan Kexin's family is unimaginably poor, and it is such a "cold door noble son" who has created a miracle that ordinary people cannot reach, and her story should be known.
In 1993, Fan Kexin was born in Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province, from a young age, she and her parents and brother, 4 people squeezed in a basement of only 7 square meters, this small room, during the day is the shoe stall of her father's shoe repair, and at night is the place where the family eats and sleeps.
The only source of income for the family is to rely on her father to repair shoes, although the family is very poor, but her parents love Fan Kexin very much, she likes to dance since she was a child, and her parents will send her to an expensive dance school even if they can't even eat.
At the age of 9, Fan Kexin's skating talent was accidentally discovered by a coach, who told her that as long as she practiced seriously, she could be given free tuition, and she could participate in competitions in the future and receive bonuses.
In order to reduce the burden on his parents, Fan Kexin resolutely gave up his dream of dancing, hoping that one day in the future, he would win a bonus to subsidize the family.
On the training ground, Fan Kexin is the hardest one, other children are coaches let slide 50 laps, lazy only skate 30 laps, but Fan Kexin feels that 50 laps are not enough, often alone on the skating rink to the end.
Sweat finally paid off, she with excellent results, 14 years old was recruited into the provincial team, short track speed skating professional training, in order to have a little more time to train, she cut her hair for the first time, never left long hair, sleep at night and dare not take off clothes, just to be able to practice more time.
When she first entered the provincial team, because of malnutrition since childhood, Fan Kexin was found to be seriously anemic, and her family repeatedly persuaded her to give up the road of professional athletes, and even the doctor asked her, you are so weak, what do you rely on to persevere, Fan Kexin only said five words, relying on the quality of will.
To participate in domestic and foreign competitions, you need professional skates, even the cheapest, but also 2500 yuan a pair, this is a year of living expenses for the whole family, brother also dropped out of school early, with her father to repair shoes to make money for her to compete, she knows that as long as she makes this request, the family will meet her anyway, she can't bear the family for her so hard, decided to make money to buy skates.
After the end of the high-intensity training every day, the other team members went back to the dormitory to rest early, Fan Kexin also had to go to the street in the dark to pick up the rags and sell money, one day, the coach discovered her secret, but did not criticize her, but paid for himself and helped Fan Kexin buy a pair of skates.
With the encouragement of the coach, the support of his family, and his own hard work, 17-year-old Fan Kexin entered the national team, and just 4 months after arriving in the national team, he represented China in the World Championships and successfully won the championship.
With years of hard work, she can finally repay her parents by competition, but at the 2017 Asian Winter Olympics, Fan Kexin took the initiative to "give up" the championship, when Fan Kexin and another Chinese athlete, as well as a Japanese and a South Korean athlete, participated in the short track speed skating women's 500 meters final.
Fan Kexin with strength, the starting is the first, the Korean runner followed closely behind, and another Chinese runner fell to the end, the last lap, the Korean runner wanted to overtake from the inner road, and then the black hand first fouled, want to use the body and hand to squeeze Fan Kexin out, Fan Kexin at this time is difficult to accelerate.
But seeing her teammates rush up, she shot directly hooked the thigh of the Korean team, the two both slowed down, another player of the Chinese team, crossed the finish line to win the championship, Fan Kexin and the Korean player were convicted of fouls, the results were canceled, for the sake of collective honor, she gave up the gold medal that was about to arrive.
Although Fan Kexin often wins the world championships, but participated in three consecutive Winter Olympics, Fan Kexin has not won a championship, she is 28 years old, for many athletes, has reached the age of retirement, perhaps this Beijing Winter Olympics, is her last Olympic Games.
But success has never paid off, this time in the Beijing Winter Olympics, she and Wu Dajing four people participated in the short track speed skating mixed relay, representing the Chinese team to get the first gold, after winning the gold medal, she was excited to tears.
Because only she herself knows how much effort she has put in behind this gold medal, and with her efforts, she has finally let the whole family live a good life.
Like Fan Kexin, whose family is poor, but still not knocked down by fate, who strives hard and finally realizes himself, shouldn't he be remembered by us?