In the professional sports world, although there are athletes with better family backgrounds and outstanding conditions such as Gu Ailing, participating in competitive competitions is more like challenging the limits for them, not to make a living. But for most athletes, their families are not well-off, and they participate in competitive competitions in order to win glory for their country and then improve their living conditions. At last year's Olympic Games, weightlifting champion Chen Lijun was a typical example, and this Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao was the same.
Xu Mengtao comes from a small city in the northeast region, his parents were workers in their early years, because they caught up with the reform of the economic system, many people lost their jobs, even if they stayed in the original unit, the welfare benefits also plummeted. After Xu Mengtao's parents were unfortunately laid off, it was difficult for them to find a suitable job again in middle age, so they chose to start a small business. In this way, Xu Mengtao's parents get up early every day and go dark, pushing a small barbecue stall, using a meager income to make a living, and the whole family lives in a small house of 38 square meters.
In fact, in the TV series, the life of living in a house of 1 or 200 square meters at a young age, driving a luxury car, working as you please, and going to the restaurant casually is only a small part of reality. Xu Mengtao, as a child of a poor family, wants to get ahead, the best way is to get a famous school through reading, and enter a good unit in the future, but not everyone has the talent to study exams, and her physical fitness is better, and she chose the path of sports.
In the early years, Xu Mengtao practiced gymnastics, and also played well at the Liaoning Provincial Games, continued to persist for several years, and had every opportunity to enter the national team. But what is surprising is that when China's ice and snow sports have not yet received much attention, Xu Mengtao followed the advice of his coach and changed his freestyle skiing aerial skills. At that time, no one thought that Xu Mengtao could step by step to the top of the world and complete the Grand Slam of major international events. In the past 3 Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao has won a silver medal, but she has never been on the highest podium, this time at the doorstep of the game, she is 31 years old, miss it and never have a chance again.
On February 14, Xu Mengtao won the gold medal with a perfect performance and finally realized his dream. 1 week after winning the championship, Xu Mengtao and her boyfriend Wang Xindi, who has been in love for many years, openly fell in love, and the real estate developer in Anshan, Liaoning Province, in order to show rewards, gave her two properties, with a total value of more than 1 million yuan, and held a grand ceremony, the scene was covered with red carpets, banners were pulled, and the crowds of people came to the scene to witness this moment, on the same day Xu Mengtao's father also took the stage to speak domineeringly, and there was a round of applause offstage. In this way, Xu Mengtao's parents can finally say goodbye to the 38-square-meter snail house, and the other house can be used as her and Wang Xindi's love nest. For the 31-year-old Xu Mengtao, age and full of injuries do not allow her to continue to fight, but her career has been completed, and even if she retires now, she has no regrets.