Behind the growth of every athlete, there are many noble people who help her. This noble person may be her coach, teammate, or relative, and Liu Shiwen can still put down the racket in her hand at the age of 30, and the man she should be most grateful to until now is her father Liu Shu.
Inheriting his mother's athletic talent, he went out with Wang Nanshi of the Grand Slam and paid the most for the female chengcai Liu Shu.
Just as the so-called mother is strong, the father is strong, and the parents of the world are looking forward to their children becoming dragons and phoenixes. On April 12, 1991, Liu Shiwen was born in Fushun, Liaoning Province. Her mother, Wang Lifeng, was a former provincial table tennis player, and her father was the director of a local grinding wheel factory. For the cultivation of her daughter, Liu Shiwen's parents have different directions. Wang Lifeng hopes that her daughter can fulfill her wish and become the world champion of table tennis; and Liu Shu named her daughter "Shiwen", hoping that her daughter can paint and become a little talented girl. The one who finally changed Liu Shiwen's fate was Wang Nan's enlightenment coach Zhang Jingqing. In 1995, Zhang Jingqing came to the kindergarten to select seedlings, and she fell in love with Liu Shiwen at a glance.
Due to the cultivation of a world champion like Wang Nan, Zhang Jingqing was well-known early in the morning, and Liu Shu was also very relieved that his daughter was handed over to Zhang Jingqing for cultivation. At that time, Xiao Juju took half a day of cultural classes and half a day of sports to play table tennis. In order to improve her skills, her mother Wang Lifeng also changed the living room to a "ball hall". Wang Lifeng accompanied her daughter to practice, and Liu Shuzehui picked up the ball for the mother and daughter duo. By the time Liu Shiwen was 6 years old, she had no rivals in her fushun age group. At this time, her coach Zhang Jingqing also received the Guangzhou Weilun Sports School. Because of Liu Shiwen's outstanding talent, Zhang Jingqing also proposed the idea of bringing Liu Shiwen to Guangzhou. The daughter has embarked on the road of professional table tennis, and the training conditions in Guangzhou are far better than Fushun, so 7-year-old Liu Shiwen began to "move south" with the coach.
Because the child is too young, after Liu Shiwen came to Guangzhou, she often missed her parents and kept calling her parents to ask when she would pick her up. In order to let Liu Shiwen train with peace of mind, Zhang Jingqing proposed that one of her parents go south to Guangzhou to accompany Liu Shiwen in training. As a result, her mother Wang Lifeng also began a life of 6 years of separation between husband and wife. His wife and daughter have not been around for a long time, and some people have even introduced liu Shiwen's father to the object. However, Liu Shu, a father, is always thinking about his daughter who is training in Guangzhou. In order to make their daughters mature and be able to really play on table tennis, as parents they can give up anything.
In November 2004, after Liu Shiwen won three gold medals in women's doubles, mixed doubles and women's team at the World Youth Championships, she also received a notice of being selected for the national team. From picking up the racket in 1995 to being selected for the national team in 2004, Liu Shiwen has gone through 9 years of training time. For this news, Liu Shiwen and her father were extremely excited. However, after the excitement, Liu Shu also said to his daughter: "The national team is full of masters, and Dad hopes that you can stand there." Liu Shiwen's reply to her father was: "I not only want to stay, I also want to win the world championship." ”
For his daughter to train in the national team, Liu Shu did not hesitate to resign and enter Beijing, 2 career hits, he helped his daughter survive
In Weilun Sports School and the Guangdong Provincial Team, Liu Shiwen played the best, like the stars holding the moon. However, after coming to the national team, she faced teammates who were all world champions. Due to the lack of strict requirements for himself in training, the head coach of the national team also called Liu Shu and said that he hoped that the parents would cooperate and train Liu Shiwen. After receiving this call, Liu Shu resolutely decided to resign as the director of the grinding wheel factory for the sake of his daughter's future, and went to Beijing alone to take care of Liu Shiwen's living. A colleague also advised him: "You are too risky to do this, the factory director resigned, and in the end, the daughter was not trained." However, Liu Shu firmly believes that her daughter's future is more important than her career.
In early 2005, Liu Shu went north alone, and in order to play well for Liu Shiwen, he and his wife began to live separately from each other again. Liu Shu rented a one-bedroom apartment near the State General Administration of Sports, and began his daughter's "nanny" career. Liu Shu, who had never cooked in the kitchen at home before, began to learn to cook according to the recipe, even if it was to make the hot oil burn his hands, Liu Shiwen could come back from training to eat his favorite meal. In order to encourage his daughter's will, Liu Shu also used the story of Deng Yaping training, grinding until her feet were full of blood bubbles, and running a pair of shoes in 3 days to motivate Liu Shiwen. Every time he waited for his daughter to return, Liu Shu had to wait until more than 10 o'clock in the evening. In addition to taking care of her daughter's diet and living, Liu Shu often communicates with the coach in charge, Liu Shiwen has something that cannot be done, and Liu Shu also punishes her daughter for 2 hours of training. Kung Fu pays off, and Liu Shiwen, who competed with a wild card in 2009, will defeat Li Xiaoxia and Guo Yue all the way to win the championship.
Another 4 years of separation, Liu Shu has taken care of his daughter day and night for 4 years, and finally exchanged a World Cup women's singles champion for a reward. At this time, 18-year-old Liu Shiwen was already an adult. Liu Shu said to his daughter: "Dad is going back to Fushun to work, you should be able to take care of yourself." "As we all know, Liu Shiwen's career has not been smooth. At the 2010 Moscow World Table Tennis Championships, Shi Zhihao abandoned the main players at the time, Guo Yue and Li Xiaoxia, and reused the younger Liu Shiwen and Ding Ning. As a result, Liu Shiwen lost 2 consecutive points in the team competition, losing to Wang Yuegu and Feng Tianwei respectively. It was this Waterloo incident that caused Liu Shiwen to fall into the trough of her career. She was also one of the top 5 main players at the time and was positioned as a substitute. Liu Shiwen called her father Liu Shu, she said: "Dad, playing is no longer happy for me, I want to retire." ”
The communication on the phone has been difficult to stabilize Liu Shiwen's emotions. In order to revive his daughter and give up the idea of retiring, Liu Shu came to Beijing again. Liu Shu persuaded her daughter: "The retired text message you sent to your father, I and your mother have not slept all night. The growth of a good movement must endure various setbacks and tribulations, and it is the true hero who can stand up in failure. After a week of persuasion from Liu Shu, Liu Shiwen gave up the idea of retiring. Before the London Olympics, Liu Shiwen lost two consecutive games in the asian championship team match, so she could only become a substitute for the Olympic team. For the failure to win the London Olympics, Liu Shu wrote 5 letters to his daughter, telling her: "You have strength, but what you lack at the critical moment is the courage and courage to put it to death and be born later." ”
At the 2015 Suzhou World Table Tennis Championships, Liu Shiwen was disturbed by a bad foot incident by Ding Ning in the lead, and finally missed the Rio Olympic singles. 2018 is also a hurdle that Liu Shiwen is more difficult to cross, when Liu Guoliang and Ma Lin have left the national team, Liu Shiwen, who has no coach in charge, is in a state of free range, while Zhu Yuling, Chen Meng and others are rapidly improving. Liu Shiwen felt that her skills were not developed, and her confidence was not very strong, she called her father Liu Shu: "Continue to stay in the team, I have no future, I want to retire..." Liu Shu's answer to her daughter was: "In a few months it will be the World Table Tennis Championships, Dad hopes that you will impact again, if it fails, I support any decision you make." ”
It was this key encouragement that Liu Shiwen won the 11:0 women's singles championships against teammates Ding Ning and Chen Meng at the 2019 Budapest World Table Tennis Championships. If there is no father's persuasion and encouragement, Liu Shiwen may have lost this world table tennis champion. Subsequently, Liu Shiwen defeated Zhu Yuling at the World Cup in the same year and became the first "five champions" of national table tennis. However, the twists and turns of fate did not end. With Liu Shiwen winning 2 singles titles in 2019, she is fully qualified for the Tokyo Olympics singles spot. Earlier, in an interview with Lu Yu, Liu Shiwen also said that what she was most worried about was the injury that occurred before the competition. It is precisely Liu Shiwen in the second half of 2019 that the elbow injury must be treated surgically. As a result, Xiao Ju missed the singles of the 3rd Olympic Games.
Liu Shiwen, who is now 30 years old, still has not put down her racket. Throughout her career, different coaches or Liu Guoliang may have given her a lot of help, but the one who has always stood behind her, firmly supported and paid for her is still her father Liu Shu. Players like Ma Lin, Wang Liqin and Wang Hao have not achieved Grand Slams, but this does not mean that they are not excellent. Liu Shiwen has 5 World Cup titles and 1 World Table Tennis Champion, which is also worthy of her career. Next, the rest of the table tennis time, Liu Shiwen is basically enjoying table tennis. No matter how far she can go in the end, she will never forget the man named Liu Shu, because his father is the most worthy person she has relied on in all these years.