In October 2014, the 17th FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship began in Italy.
During the match between the Chinese team and the Domini finals, Xu Yunli, the women's volleyball team "South Great Wall", suddenly fell to the ground when the net landed, and the team members gathered around to inquire worriedly.
The medical staff carried Xu Yunli to the stretcher, she bent her right leg, and the strong pain and tearing sensation made her frown tightly, which made people look very heart-wrenching.
The doctor judged that Xu Yunli's left foot ligament was torn and the injury was very serious, predicting that her sports career would end.
Xu Yunli's mother, Wu Xiulan, went to the hospital on crutches to see her, and later the mother and daughter lived on the third floor and the fifth floor, both of whom had plaster casts on their legs and mounted brackets, and the two "wounded" encouraged each other.
Doctors have predicted the end of Xu Yunli's career more than once, but she still won the world championship at the Rio Olympics.
The volleyball path of tall rural dolls
In 1987, Xu Yunli was born in Xiasheng Village, Yinxi Town, Fuqing City, Fujian Province, and she was born with more than eight pounds, which was a circle older than the usual child.
Xu Yunli's father is 1.81 meters, her mother is 1.67 meters, and her brother's height is much higher than that of ordinary children, but Xu Yunli's height is still greatly unexpected by her parents.
Since childhood, Xu Yingli has been running around in the field, in addition to being much taller than ordinary children, her strength is also amazing, and at the age of a few years, she can carry 10 pounds of well water home from two or three hundred meters in one go.
When Xu Yunli was in elementary school, the physical education teacher saw that this tall girl was very concerned, and called her over to measure her height every once in a while, and each time broke through the original scale.
Once, in just one month, Xu Yunli jumped from 1.56 meters to 1.60 meters, and the physical education teacher was very happy and felt that this child must be a good seedling for sports.
In this way, Xu Yunli was sent to Fuqing Junior Sports School in the fourth grade.
A year after entering the sports school in 2000, Xu Yunli's height grew to 1.90 meters in one breath.
"Wow, I can't help it, how come this man is so tall?" Xu Yunli's height attracted the attention of the girls in the women's volleyball team at the sports school, when she was only 14 years old.
Training was very hard when playing volleyball, Xu Yunli cut her hair short, and there were many jokes in her life.
Once, when she went to the bathroom, an aunt cleaner stopped her, thinking she was a boy: "How did you run to the women's toilet?" ”
Sometimes Xu Yunli walked on the road, and some passers-by saw the back of the standing flock, and deliberately chased to the front, wanting to see the true face of Lushan, only to find that such a tall person was actually a girl.
Women's toilet, the picture comes from the Internet
When playing volleyball, Xu Yunli trained very hard.
Because of her tall relatively poor coordination, sometimes the coach pointed out her problems, she practiced repeatedly, Xu Yunli had a stubbornness, and she cried and practiced non-stop.
In February 2006, Xu Yunli's outstanding height advantage was discovered by her compatriot Chen Zhonghe, who recruited her into the national team, when Xu Yunli's height was 1.96 meters, second only to Zhao Ruirui in China.
Chen Zhonghe felt that Xu Yunli's potential was very large, and Xu Yunli cherished this opportunity and was more "resistant to training".
After Xu Yunli was selected for the national team, she experienced a total of five managers: Chen Zhonghe, Cai Bin, Wang Baoquan, Yu Juemin and Lang Ping.
Almost every coach will put her on the bench first, and she is so low-key in the role of super substitute.
Lang Ping once told her: "The most reluctant to change is you." ”
After Xue Ming, Wang Yimei, Ma Yunwen and other players in the same period faded out of the national team one after another, she was still sticking.
Xu Yunli wants to get her own gold medal, and the gold medal is also a dream she and her mother share.
The mother "Drift" helped her daughter complete her dream for 7 years
When Xu Yunli was a child, her family was not rich, her parents lived by growing rice and sugar cane, and the family of four slept in the same bed for many years.
As Xu Yunli and her brother grew up, her parents decided to borrow money to build a two-story building, and the house was built with a total of 178,000 yuan, at this time, Xu Yunli had to borrow money for sports school.
Xu Yunli's father, Fan Fangrui, told his wife: "Don't let your children go to sports school, they owe so many debts, how will they live in the future?" ”
And the mother Wu Xiulan believes that it is not easy for rural people to find a way out, and they must let their daughter insist on going to sports school, after all, this is an opportunity.
A small two-story building, the picture comes from the Internet
Wu Xiulan rushed to the county post office on the same day, called the international distance to ask her cousin who was far away in Japan for help, and decided to go to Japan to work, and the cousin remitted a sum of money to let Xu Yunli go to sports school on time.
Wu Xiulan only has a primary school education, and can only do some hard work in Japan.
Under the introduction of her cousin, Wu Xiulan worked in a refrigeration factory in Tokyo, and the temperature of the freezer was from minus 20 ° C to minus 40 ° C all year round.
In order to make more money, Wu Xiulan took the initiative to ask for heavy work as a porter, and in 1998, her monthly income was 150,000 yen (5,000 yuan).
Japan, the picture comes from the Internet
Japan's prices are very high, rice is 10 yuan a catty, 3 green onions 9 yuan, in addition to rent, water and electricity and other expenses, Wu Xiulan can save 2,000 yuan per month.
A round-trip plane ticket costs 8,000 yuan, Wu Xiulan is reluctant to pay for the road, has not returned to China for several years, the mother and daughter are separated from each other, and can only make transoceanic calls.
Her mother, Wu Xiulan, had not seen her daughter in a few years of Xu Yunli's sports school, and in July 2001, Xu Yunli's national junior team went to Nagoya, Japan, to compete.
Wu Xiulan was excited to not sleep all night, thinking that she could finally see her daughter, but Wu Xiulan found that Nagoya was 320 kilometers away from Tokyo, and the two cities were quite far away.
Nagoya, Japan, the picture comes from the Internet
Wu Xiulan could only tell her daughter on the phone: "I'm sorry, my mother has no time to see you." ”
Xu Yunli was very sad to hear her mother's words, but she still comforted her mother and said: "It doesn't matter, I have to train every day, and I don't have much time to talk when I meet." ”
"Mom hasn't seen you in a few years, how tall have you grown?" Xu Yunli asked her daughter.
"It's 1.92 meters." Xu Yunli answered.
Xu Yunli listened to her daughter's words and took a leather ruler to mark her daughter's height on the wall, which was a head taller than herself.
Telephone, the picture comes from the network
At this time, Wu Xiulan was very surprised in her heart, in the few years of leaving, her daughter completely became a big tall, she was surprised and sad, and could not help but shed tears.
Xu Yunli's mother is a strong mother, although only primary school culture, but there is a belief in her heart, she feels that her son will have to use money when he grows up, and if her daughter does not practice volleyball, and then leaves the cultural class, employment will be more difficult, she wants to save more money for her children.
In June 2002, Wu Xiulan worked in the cold storage for several years after severe arthritis and could not continue to work in the cold storage.
Cold storage, the picture comes from the network
After learning some simple Japanese, Wu Xiulan secretly worked a few jobs in Japan with her family and paid off all her debts.
In August 2004, Wu Xiulan fainted on the ground during the night shift and was admitted to the hospital with a deposit of 3 million yen.
Wu Xiulan couldn't come up with so much money, so she returned to China, and Xu Yunli saw that her mother, who had not seen her for such a long time, was skinny and cried with heartache.
She and her father sent their mother to Fuzhou City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine for rescue, and after turning the crisis into safety, they never allowed their mother to work in Japan again.
Xu Yunli said to her mother: "I will definitely enter the national team and earn money to support my family in the future." ”
Yen, the picture comes from the Internet
After Xu Yunli was transferred to the national team in 2006, she has grown to 1.96 meters, and she has been a substitute for several years, and her playing time is not long.
By the 2012 London Olympics, the women's volleyball team was squeezed out of the top four, and Xu Yunli felt very uncertain about her future and had the idea of retiring.
The mother encouraged her daughter: "Ever since you joined the national team, I have also had a dream that one day I can hang the gold medal around my neck." ”
Her mother's words made Xu Yunli rekindle the dream of the gold medal, more than ten years of hard work, not to get the gold medal is not only not willing to be willing, but also sorry for her mother, so she gritted her teeth and stuck to the volleyball court.
The mother drifted for 7 years, and the hard work fell ill, while the daughter fought the field and was also injured.
Three ligament breaks in three years, and the "South Great Wall" completes the dream of gold medals
In 2013, Lang Ping served as the head coach of the national team, and Xu Yunli was also included in the national team.
At this time, she is no longer a fledgling little girl, and the technical level on the field has reached a very high level.
Xu Yunli was arranged by the coaching staff to be the main force, her defensive ability is very strong, and she is a southerner, affectionately known as the "South Great Wall" by fans.
On October 4, 2014, at the Women's Volleyball World Championships, Xu Yunli stepped on the feet of the opposing team members when she landed on the net, lost her balance and fell to the ground, and was carried off the field by the staff on a stretcher.
After returning to Beijing, ligament repair surgery was required, and doctors asserted that her career was coming to an end.
Wu Xiulan, a mother who has been working in a refrigeration factory for many years, has a rheumatoid recurrence and cannot stand on her left leg, so she comes to the hospital in Beijing on crutches to visit her.
The mother and daughter lived alone on the third floor and the fifth floor alone, and the father took care of his wife and daughter up and down.
At this time, Xu Yunli was already disheartened, and Wu Xiulan was very distressed to see her daughter's depressed will and unpaid ambition: "My mother is the same as you, and now she is also a wounded soldier, let's treat together to see who recovers quickly." ”
Refrigeration plant, picture from the network
When the two could not meet, they texted each other to encourage each other, and then the mother and daughter removed the cast together and began rehabilitation treatment, and Xu Yunli returned to the national team 2 months later.
In June 2015, in preparation for the End-of-Year World Cup, Xu Yunli trained in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, getting up at five o'clock every day, and the high-intensity training made her fingers, shoulders and knees tied with gauze.
Once Xu Yunli fell while training, resulting in a fracture of the front bone of her left leg and a ruptured cruciate ligament, and the doctor once again asserted that her career was coming to an end.
At this time, the mother Wu Xiulan's stomach bleeding was committed again, and she was admitted to the hospital with her daughter and the two of them.
Hospital, the picture comes from the internet
This time, Wu Xiulan simply moved the pots and pans to the ward and gave her daughter bone soup to drink.
Xu Yunli underwent ligament repair surgery for the second time, and the situation was more serious than the previous injury, and in two years, Xu Yunli picked up crutches twice.
After the injury, Xu Yunli underwent a long and arduous postoperative recovery, and after the exercise, the stiffness and pulling pain in her legs accompanied her for hundreds of days and nights.
After 9 months of rehabilitation, Xu Yunli can finally complete some routine actions like a healthy person.
At this time, Xu Yunli's excitement and joy overflowed into words, and she also posted some photos of successful recovery.
Surgery, the picture comes from the Internet
She sometimes squatted on the mat with her hands clenched in fists and shouted, and sometimes she lay down on the bed, shaking her fists and making a cheering motion.
In March 2016, Xu Yunli returned to national team training, only half a year before the Rio Olympics.
When she came back from her injury, all the coaches were waiting for her downstairs.
After entering the room, Xu Yunli saw Coach Lang Ping at the first glance, lang Ping was sitting on Xu Yunli's bed, and after seeing her beloved disciple, she said happily: "Oh, Xiao Li is back." ”
Xu Yunli was very touched to hear this, and the tears fell down, at this time she saw Lang Ping and felt very kind, like seeing her mother.
After being injured, Xu Yunli lived like a year, but thanks to everyone's encouragement, she persevered.
She happily sweated and bounced on the training ground, and the assistant coach Next to her, Lai Yawen, often reminded her: "Click on the ground, tap on the ground!" Okay, go, hurry up! ”
On August 17, 2016, at the Rio Olympic Games, the Chinese women's volleyball team played against the Brazilian women's volleyball team, and the coach on the field used a spray to help Xu Yunli's shoulder to simply handle it, and Xu Yunli played.
After playing, she walked up to the net and raised her injured left arm to show that she was in good shape.
At this Olympic Games, Xu Yunli performed very brightly, and the total number of points was second only to Zhu Ting, which made a great contribution to the women's volleyball team's championship.
This is Xu Yunli's third time participating in the Olympic Games, and she finally won the Olympic championship at the age of 29.
After returning to Beijing, Xu Yunli hung the gold medal on her mother's chest, and she said to her mother: "Although you are a peasant mother, the greatest thing in my mind is that you have supported my life." ”
Mom said happily: "I waited for this day, waited for almost 20 years, so happy!" ”
On August 28, 2017, at the Tianjin National Games, when the Fujian women's volleyball team played against the Shandong women's volleyball team, Xu Yunli represented the Fujian team.
When she jumped and slammed the ball, Xu Yunli fell to the ground in pain when she landed on one foot, and on the way to the hospital, Xu Yunli kept holding her own crying: "It hurts me, it's broken, I hear the voice!" ”
After this injury, Xu Yunli left her beloved arena and had no choice but to retire.
"South Great Wall" recent situation: more than 10 years of spelling Bo ushered in a good home
Although Xu Yunli has retired, she has not left the Chinese women's volleyball team.
In the years after her retirement, she also followed the Chinese women's volleyball team to compete in the World Championships and Olympic Games, as a veteran team member, she can use her years of experience in the field to help new players adjust their presence.
Many people wanted her to become Lai Yawen's second and stay in the national team as a coach, when she had many choices, but Xu Yunli still chose to stay at her alma mater.
In 2018, Xu Yunli received a master's degree from Fujian Normal University.
In June 2019, Xu Yunli officially became a university teacher at Fujian Normal University, teaching volleyball courses at the school.
School leaders and teachers and students held an induction ceremony for her, and a red banner hung on the wall that read: "Chinese Women's Volleyball Olympic Champion Comrade Xu Yunli Induction Ceremony."
The induction ceremony is held in the school's gymnasium, which also has a basketball hoop, and students sit on the floor, the ceremony is simple and solemn.
In addition to working as a university teacher, Xu Yunli occasionally participates in some commercial activities and also participates in the filming of the film "Win the Championship".
On September 25, 2020, the movie "Win the Championship" was released, and Xu Yunli played herself in the movie.
On the poster of "Win the Championship", he wrote such a paragraph: "The Chinese women's volleyball team does not shed tears, and the skin is not left behind." ”
The movie "Win the Championship" truly restores the scene of the women's volleyball players in their daily training, and recreates the classic winning scene of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
The growth path of the women's volleyball girls is a history of blood and tears, and it has also achieved the passionate years that the Chinese people can never forget.
When Xu Yunli participated in the event, she introduced the behind-the-scenes footage of the filming.
At first, the team members did not know who they would play, but later they learned that it was the true color to play themselves, and director Chen Kexin said that the real state of the performance could be.
In the film, there is a scene that is impressive, in the quarter-finals of the Rio Olympic Games, after the Brazilian players served, Zhang Changning passed in place, and the team members were "eager to try".
Xu Yunli ran behind Wei Qiuyue, causing interference to the opponent and creating the illusion of a fast attack, in fact, in order to cover Wei Qiuyue to pass the ball to Zhu Ting.
After Zhu Ting made a big dunk, the other party was caught off guard, and a few seconds later, the results of the game were settled.
This shot is only a short dozen seconds in the film, but it is not easy to present it in its entirety, from the afternoon of the first day to 5 am the next day.
Xu Yunli had been a substitute for several years, and later her strength increased greatly, making the opponents on the field very jealous.
She said in an interview that during the game, she really thought that Wei Qiuyue was going to pass the ball to herself, and the two had also made eye contact, and Wei Qiuyue "deceived" everyone when passing the ball, so her running position at that time was very real.
Her strength successfully misled the Brazilian main force, allowing the Chinese team to win a crucial victory in the game.
By 2022, Xu Yunli is 34 years old, and many members of the team have become families and have children, while Xu Yunli is still single.
Enshi Langping and her parents occasionally urge her, and fans also hope that she will find her other half as soon as possible and find her own happiness.
After Xu Yunli changed her new role, she liked her current state very much, and the physical education teaching of Fuzhou Normal University was an advantage, and the school's physical education discipline ranked among the top few in the country.
Usually, Xu Yunli will share some work content in the school on social platforms.
At one point, she posted a photo of her desk with two monitors, one of which was playing a lecture on her in a white T-shirt and dark sweatshirt.
Sharp-eyed netizens found that the white T-shirt she wore was Zhu Ting's joint model.
Xu Yunli usually works in the content, there are practical classes and theoretical classes, for her, practical classes are more handy, after a period of exploration, Xu Yunli is also familiar with the theoretical teaching of volleyball.
During the epidemic, Xu Yunli often gave students online lessons, and after the students heard that the teacher was an Olympic champion, the class was very active.
Because of her years of experience as an athlete, she has a thorough understanding of the desertion of her students in class, and sometimes asks students to open a video to see if they are lying on the bed.
Xu Yunli said on the social platform: "We don't have to deliberately become anyone, we just need to be myself." ”
Xu Yunli is the "elder of the three dynasties" of the Chinese women's volleyball team, from a rural baby to a world champion, she harvested tears and laughter in winning the championship, and made great contributions to the women's volleyball team.
Xu Yunli's life is full of the shadow of volleyball, she has never left the volleyball career, volleyball has long been integrated into her life.
Xu Yunli's career has ups and downs, achieved extraordinary achievements on the field, and has also suffered from pain, but she persevered and ushered in her own glory and pride with more than 10 years of youth and enthusiasm.
Resources:
Xintiandi: Women's volleyball team member Xu Yunli and "Yang Piao" mother author Chaoyang No. 12, 2017
New Sports: "Super Sister" Xu Yunli by Du Lin, No. 8, 2006