In the history of Chinese sports, there are such twins, one of them is the world championship champion and the other is the Olympic champion. They worked together to make the Chinese gymnastics team stand out internationally and make great contributions.
They practice gymnastics together from childhood, grow up to fight for the country together, transform into a business together after retiring from the army, even marry a wife, they are all literary and art circles, one married an actor, one married a singer.
They are Chinese gymnasts Li Dashuang and Li Xiaoshuang.
Today, they have white sideburns, have been married for many years, are husband and wife, and live a Dink life.
As we all know, in the history of Chinese sports, there are countless athletes who usually train hard and work the field, creating countless records and showing China's style.
Among them, the Chinese gymnastics team is the ace division in the mainland sports corps, writing countless brilliant achievements, and emerging famous players such as Li Ning, Li Xiaopeng, and Liu Xuan.
When it comes to this ace division, we have to talk about today's protagonists, twin champions Li Dashuang and Li Xiaoshuang.
Naughty and playful There is a lucky encounter with Bole on the side of the road
On November 1, 1973, Xiantao City, Hubei Province, an ordinary family surnamed Li, heard a burst of baby cries, a pair of twin baby boys, five minutes apart were born, the family not only ushered in the joy of Tim Ding imports, but also won the joy of joy and happiness.
The loud cries of the children, the laughter of the family, and the happy voices of the neighbors made the two little brothers become little celebrities nearby from birth.
There wasn't much time to enjoy this joy, and life's troubles came to the door. It turned out that the Li family and his wife were ordinary workers, the economic conditions were very general, the family already had the eldest daughter, plus twins, whether it was economic or energy, so that the Li family couple could not bear it.
In order to support the family, both children need to go out to earn a living, and they really can't take care of the children. Helplessly, the couple discussed and decided to send the child back to their hometown, and let the grandfather, who was a worker in the cooking class of the county guest house, take care of the two sons.
In this way, the twins were sent back to their hometown, and they lived with their grandfather in the old thatched house with ventilation in winter and rain in summer, and lived the life of left-behind children.
Grandpa looked at this pair of naughty little grandchildren, and his heart was very happy, and he hoped that they would grow up quickly and hoped that they could get ahead. Therefore, Grandpa named his brother Li Fenghua and his younger brother Li Weihua, hoping that they would grow up to defend and revitalize China.
In this way, living with grandpa in the countryside, climbing mountains and trees became a common thing for the brothers, and day after day, the two people were not only physically strong, but also deeply healthy.
At the age of 6, it was time for the brothers to go back to town and go to school. One day, Grandpa took the brothers back to the city, and when he passed the movie theater to rest, he also wanted to rest his feet, and the naughty brothers flipped their heels next to them.
After a while, a group of people gathered around, looking at the little brothers' lively energy, everyone clapped their hands and applauded, and as a result, more people were attracted to them, three layers inside and three layers outside.
More and more people, the little brothers are more excited, and the head is turned over more vigorously, "side flip" and "backflip" one after another. At this time, an old man in the crowd looked at the two brothers, his eyes lit up, he was the Coach Ding Xiapeng of the gymnastics version of Xiantao Amateur Gymnastics.
This is 1980, Ding Xiapeng in order to choose seedlings, has been running around, the school ran a lot, but did not meet the ideal of good seedlings.
On this day, Ding Xiapeng, who had been running empty for a morning, sat on the steps in front of the movie theater to rest, half of which was tired after a morning of running, and half of whom was disappointed that he did not find good seedlings.
When he hesitated, the applause at the door of the movie theater aroused his curiosity, and this look, God, Ding Xiapeng was instantly excited. There is really no place to step on the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get there. These two "leather monkeys" in front of you are not the good seedlings that you have always wanted.
Thereupon. Ding Xiapeng hurriedly stepped forward and asked them whose children were there? Where to stay? Looking at this somewhat kind and a little excited old man in front of him, the 6-year-old brothers were confused.
At this time, the grandfather of the younger brothers hurriedly walked over, escorted the two children behind them, and asked what was going on. Ding Xiapeng quickly introduced herself, saying that she was the coach of the sports school, felt that these two children were particularly suitable for practicing gymnastics, and wanted to recruit both children to the sports school.
Listening to Ding Xiapeng's words, the grandfather and grandson were even more confused, practicing gymnastics? What's that for? Seeing this, Ding Xiapeng said: "Let's say that those who specialize in teaching the head of the head also learn culture lessons."
After listening to this explanation, Grandpa told Ding Xiapeng that he could not do this matter, and he had to go home and discuss it with the parents of the child. Ding Xiapeng left them contact information, and went back to the sports school to wait for the news.
"They were taken in by the gymnastics coach and wanted to practice gymnastics." When the whole family heard the news, they were really mixed. Happily, the family no longer has to worry about finding school for two children all day. What is sad is that I originally wanted to let the two brothers study well and get ahead, will this sports school delay the children.
The family consulted and discussed, but there was no result. Grandpa called out to the little brothers, "You heard what the coach said, do you want to go?" ”
The brothers looked at each other and said in unison, "We want to go!" ”
In this way, the family led the little brothers, found Ding Xiapeng, and opened their gymnastics road. Ding Xiapeng, renaming them Li Dashuang and Li Xiaoshuang, began to personally guide their training.
Considering the young age of the two children, Ding Xiapeng simply moved to the sports school, ate and lived and trained with the little brothers, and took care of the little brothers in every detail.
The little brothers usually call Ding Xiapeng "Grandpa Ding", when training, "Grandpa Ding" has a black face, every action is strictly required, in life, but also changed a smiling and squinting kind face, either to make them a good meal, or to change their own cotton clothes to the size of the brothers, let them wear warmer.
Gymnastics training is boring and hard, sometimes, the family goes to the gymnastics to visit the little brothers, watching the brothers because of the practice of horizontal bar, and the flesh and blood blurred hands, no matter who it is, every time is crying and leaving, too much pain for the child. However, the younger brothers were bitter and happy, vowing to practice a lot.
In 1983, both brothers were selected for the provincial team.
Repeatedly frustrated, indomitable and unyielding in breaking prejudices
Before entering the provincial team, there are two options in front of the big and small doubles. One is to enter the Wuhan Sports Institute, which is guaranteed in the future, but it will not achieve much great success.
The other is to go to the provincial team, become a professional athlete, try to enter the national team and achieve more. However, this decision is very risky, because if they cannot enter the national team, the provincial team will be the end of their athlete careers.
The strength to accept defeat in his bones made the brothers choose a difficult road. The brothers entered the provincial team, trained harder than before, trained hard every day, the coach finished training, and then practiced by themselves.
At the same time, afraid that the little brothers will not adapt to the life of the provincial team, Ding Xiapeng lived in the provincial team at his own expense, accompanied the brothers to quickly adapt to the new coach and the new environment, cheered the brothers, and believed that they would be able to break out of the world.
In 1984, in the national gymnastics competition, the brothers achieved good results with stable performance and won the attention of the national team.
However, before they could be happy, they received a notice from the national team: the physical conditions did not meet the requirements of the national team, and the technical posture was not beautiful enough.
Receiving such a reply, the brothers not only did not get discouraged, but aroused the fighting spirit of the two people, they trained more seriously, strictly demanded themselves, and cut the action a little bit.
In 1988, because of their excellent results, the twin brothers received a training notice from the national team, but not long after, the brothers were returned to the provincial team.
The brothers held their breath, still disobedient, continued to practice, practice, practice, in 1989, Li Xiaoshuang received the third notice of selection for the national team, the brothers separated for the first time.
Li Xiaoshuang was not returned this time, nor was he valued. After three times of being selected for the national team and being returned twice, Li Xiaoshuang was more calm, and he secretly made up his mind that he must achieve better results at the eleventh Asian Games and let the coach look at himself.
In 1989, Li Xiaoshuang tried his best in all competitions, even if he broke his foot on the field, he also gritted his teeth to complete the action with high quality. In December, Li Dashuang was also selected for the national team, and the brothers trained together again. Li Xiaoshuang was also selected for the World Championships group coached by Huang Yubin.
During the preparation for the Asian Games, Li Xiaoshuang accidentally fell off the horizontal bar, and while he endured the pain to continue training, he quietly pulled Dashuang to accompany him to see a doctor.
At the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, Li Xiaoshuang won the gold medal in team and free gymnastics, and since then, his reputation has risen.
Former gymnastics coach Zhang Jian once said that he had seen the brothers' movements when they were young, and they were indeed a little poor, not beautiful enough, and did not meet the criteria for their selection of athletes at that time, but the results achieved in big doubles and small doubles were rewritten the measurement standards.
Fighting with their lives Shocked the world and finally became famous
The success of the Asian Games has allowed them to be recognized and rewarded for their years of efforts. However, fate did not seem to give them much favor.
On April 4, 1991, when Li Xiaoshuang was practicing new movements, when he was churning in the air, he did not control it well, and the back of his head hit the ground hard, and he was unconscious at that time.
Fortunately, there was no intracranial hemorrhage, just a concussion. The doctor told him to stay in bed for a month, but after a week, Li Xiaoshuang couldn't hold back and returned to the training ground.
At that time, even if he could faint after doing a backflip in situ, he swallowed 18 pain tablets a day, and at the Japan Sports Festival, he won the vaulting championship and won glory for the country.
Although practicing the new movement caused him to be seriously injured, he still did not give up the practice of this action, and as a result, the ankle, knee, and waist muscles were injured one after another, but he gritted his teeth and insisted, while training and treating.
In 1992, at the Barcelona Olympic Games, seeing that the gold medal was about to become the bag of the Japanese team, watching the Japanese team celebrate in advance, Li Xiaoshuang's heart was full of unwillingness.
He took the initiative to discuss with the coach and wanted to use the "group backflip for three weeks" in the free gymnastics project he participated in. This action can be said to be a trump card, but the difficulty coefficient is very large, in daily training, the national team has never had anyone who can complete this action completely.
If successful, it will be able to win back the gold medal from the Japanese team. If he fails, Li Xiaoshuang will be in danger of life. Perhaps because of the twins' tacit understanding, Li Dashuang in the stands seemed to understand something, rushed down, wanted to stop his brother, who was also a gymnast, and he knew too well the danger of this work.
Li Xiaoshuang did not hesitate in the slightest, but asked the coaching team to stop his brother, and he made an OK gesture to the coach and firmly walked towards the field.
The heavy footsteps revealed Li Xiaoshuang's nervousness. With solid training and a calm attitude, Li Xiaoshuang lived up to expectations and completed this set of actions like a stream of clouds.
The scene was silent, and the judges entered into a tense discussion. Usually within 3 minutes, the judges have completed the scoring work. However, 5 minutes later, the judges still did not give the results.
These 2 minutes, it seems to be particularly slow, the whole gymnasium, all the people are holding their breath, anxiously staring at the big screen, everyone in the Chinese gymnastics team, is suffering.
9.925 points, the big screen finally showed this result, in an instant, the whole stadium boiled, everyone in the Chinese gymnastics team, is crying, laughing, jumping, hugging Li Xiaoshuang tightly in the middle.
Li Xiaoshuang successfully won the gold medal in this event, which was the only gold medal won by the gymnastics team at the Barcelona Olympic Games. So far, this "group backflip for three weeks" action, only ten people can complete.
Since then, the twin brothers have completely opened their own era. In 1994, at the World Championships, the brothers and their teammates won the gymnastics men's team championship. In 1995, they and their teammates defended their titles again.
In 1995, Li Xiaoshuang won the World Championships individual all-around title, becoming the first Chinese player to receive this honor.
In 1996, at the Atlanta Olympic Games, Li Xiaoshuang won the gold medal in gymnastics in the individual all-around with a perfect performance.
Returning home with honors, the brothers went to visit their beloved "Grandpa Ding" for the first time, looking at their proud foundation, Ding Xiapeng, who was already terminally ill, and couldn't help but burst into tears.
Soon, Ding Xiapeng died, and the brothers attended the funeral as family members and sent away the "Grandpa Ding" who loved them.
Decommissioning transformation A variety of attempts to enter the mall
In 1997, perennial high-intensity training, and various injuries, so that Li Xiaoshuang has been unable to train normally, from the gymnastics room to the dormitory, the original 5 minutes away, he had to walk an hour.
Helplessly, Li Xiaoshuang announced his retirement, which was a full three years earlier than the time he had planned in his heart, and became an eternal regret.
Subsequently, due to injury, Li Dashuang also announced his retirement. The brothers are once again faced with the same choice – transformation.
They first worked as coaches on the gymnastics team, and then went with the flow to the entertainment industry, but they did not stir up any waves.
Later, the brothers moved to the mall, running an advertising company and a sporting goods company. Inspired by his brother Li Ning, he tried to copy Li Ning's business path and registered a sports brand , Li Xiaoshuang.
However, due to the lack of experience in the mall, there are some problems in product positioning, production technology, etc., and finally failed to meet the expectations of the brothers, in 2008, they cancelled the brand, the first time to start a business, hastily ended.
After the failure of the business, the brothers reflected on themselves, reacquainted themselves, and repeatedly told themselves that this is a shopping mall and has nothing to do with gymnastics, "I am no longer a world champion, I am just an entrepreneurial white." ”
In 2010, Li Dashuang and Li Xiaoshuang returned to the mall and began a new round of entrepreneurship. This time, the brothers fought steadily and led the team to move forward steadily, and the business gradually improved.
At the same time, the two people also harvested their love and entered the marriage. Lived a down-to-earth little life.
Harvest love and live a plain and steady life
Speaking of the love of the brothers, it is also particularly similar, one married an actor, one married a singer, or both are sisters and brothers.
Li Xiaoshuang and singer Zhang Bening met during a charity performance. At that time, Li Xiaoshuang had just begun to "break into" the entertainment circle, and after the two people met at the event, they left contact information for each other.
Later, Zhang Bening consulted Li Xiaoshuang on fitness problems, and Li Xiaoshuang not only patiently explained, but also sent her nutritional products for fitness.
In order to express his gratitude, Zhang Bening invited Li Xiaoshuang to dinner, but he did not expect that it did not matter if he talked, the more speculative the two people talked, and found a lot of common ground.
After coming and going, Li Xiaoshuang developed a love for this girl who was 4 years older than himself and began to bravely pursue Zhang Bening. At first, Zhang Benin was worried that Li Xiaoshuang was young and a world champion, and felt that it was not easy to get along with.
However, with getting along, Zhang Beining found that Li Xiaoshuang was steady and down-to-earth, and was a person who could work together for a lifetime.
Later, when Li Xiaoshuang smirked and gave the ring to Zhang Beining, she deliberately asked: "What do you mean?" ”
Li Xiaoshuang said shyly: "What else can a boy mean when he gives a girl a ring?" ”
Zhang Bening smiled and took the ring and said, "Okay, I see." ”
Two people, just like this, for a lifetime. On September 19, 2003, the two were married in the presence of friends and family.
After marriage, the two people respect and love each other, which is very sweet. After marriage, Zhang Bening faded out of the entertainment circle, and the two people lived a small life together.
A few years later, suddenly, a reporter claimed that he took a hand-in-hand photo of Li Xiaoshuang and actress Li Lin, and for a time, there were many opinions on the Internet, and even some people said that Li Xiaoshuang and Zhang Bening were divorced.
Helplessly, Li Xiaoshuang came forward to respond, this is a misunderstanding, and Li Lin is holding hands with his brother Li Dashuang.
At the same time that everyone is laughing, the love affair between Li Dashuang and Li Lin is also exposed to the public.
Li Dashuangte likes to watch military and espionage film and television dramas. At that time, Li Dashuang was obsessed with the TV series "The Sky of History" and admired Li Lin's acting skills.
By chance, at an event, Li Dashuang met Li Lin. Because of each other's interests and hobbies, and have had a failed marriage, two people can talk about it in particular, and love naturally takes root between the two.
In February 2012, Li Dashuang and Li Lin registered in Las Vegas and held a simple wedding in a small church, inviting only the parents and several close friends of both sides to witness their happiness.
Today, the brothers run their business together, although they are not young, no longer a spirited look, have two sideburns, but the family life is stable, the husband and wife love, and they are still Dink family, and the life is solid and warm.
Today, they still care about sports, make the best choices in their own life path, and live a wonderful life.