On August 6, 2021, Ma Long, Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong combined to win the gold medal in the men's team competition. Liu Zhi, who was standing on the sidelines, seemed particularly calm, perhaps accustomed to this kind of scene.
Time back 9 years, in the 2012 London Olympic Games, when the national table tennis men's team won the team championship, Liu Zhi wore three gold medals around his neck and kissed the thermos cup in his hand three times. One for the wife, and the other two for the twin daughters.
On August 18, 2008, at the award ceremony of the final of the men's table tennis team competition at the Beijing Olympic Games, Coach Liu Guoliang pointed to the sky with one finger and kissed the ring on his neck with the other hand, and rotated around the field. In order for his wife to see himself, and to commemorate their 2nd wedding anniversary.
Liu Zhi is not a very romantic person, but he is a very affectionate person, he can have today's achievements, status, can not be separated from the silent payment of his wife Wang Jin behind the scenes, he remembered all this in his heart.
They fell in love at the age of 16 and will be in love for the rest of their lives. For the sake of her husband's career, Wang Jin chose to retire to play in Japan, and after 15 years of love running, the two finally entered the palace of marriage in 2006.
People often say that behind a successful man is inseparable from an excellent woman, today we do not talk about the successful Liu Guoliang, talk about the excellent woman Behind him Wang Jin.
01
In 1976, Wang Jixin, one of the 108 generals of the national table tennis, welcomed his own Xiaomian, and Wang Jixin named her Wang Jin. In the same year, Liu Zhansheng, a table tennis coach in Xinxiang, Henan, welcomed the second eldest in his home, and Liu Zhansheng named him Liu Guoliang, hoping that he and his brother would become the pillars of the country together.
Born into a ping-pong family, they were destined to embark on the path of table tennis, and their parents had high hopes for them, hoping that they would one day stand on top of the world.
One morning in the winter of 1991, the national table tennis team went out as usual, and two girls with masks came from the crowd, and these two northeastern girls "surprised" everyone as soon as they appeared.
The coach asked the little girl who had just arrived to take off the mask and say hello to everyone, Wang Jin did not know that the moment she took off the mask, she had already been "worried" by Liu Guoliang, who was watching the liveliness on the side.
At that time, although Liu Guoliang was only 16 years old, he had already become a key seed player in the national table tennis youth team, which made Wang Jin, who had just joined the team, admire him even more.
Wang Jin is different from the northeast girl in the public's impression, she speaks and does things slowly and logically, trains, and packs things is always the slowest in the team, so every time Wang Jin leaves the arena, she can always "meet" Liu Guoliang at the door, and the two have become good friends without saying anything.
Wang Jin simply thought that she could often meet Liu Guoliang because he trained very hard, so he was the last to go every time, but she didn't know that every chance encounter between them, every supper, was calculated by Liu Guoliang.
02
Athletes' lives are boring and tedious, and athletes' homes are a place for them to relax. Wang Jin's favorite leisure activity is to play backgammon, but the level is very poor, and he can't win with anyone, but with Liu Guoliang, he can win back.
At that time, Wang Jin was still beautiful in his heart, and felt that his level was very good, and he could win the most powerful player in backgammon. She still did not find out that this was Liu Guoliang's wife-chasing trick.
In addition to their daily training, they also take cultural classes with members of the gymnastics team. Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui are mischievous students, while Wang Jin is a well-behaved girl, quietly attending classes, completing homework conscientiously, and also helping Liu Guoliang share homework with kindness.
Once on a weekend break, Wang Jin ran to the Wangfujing Bookstore to buy an English book, and secretly read it during math class, and Liu Guoliang found out and confiscated the book.
Liu Guoliang took the book away and turned it over there, but it was discovered by the teacher, who directly took the book away. Originally thought it was a dispensable little thing, but I didn't want to provoke Wang Jin to cry, not only tears but also tantrums at Liu Guoliang, no matter what, you have to give me the book back!
Liu Guoliang bought snacks for Wang Jin at first, but it was useless, there was really no way, he went to the teacher, promised the teacher to study well, and finally gave the book to Wang Jin to come back.
Since then, Wang Jin has fallen in love with this man who does what he says. It was also from the moment Liu Guoliang took back the English book that Wang Jin identified him and firmly believed that Liu Guoliang would take her to a better life in the future.
03
Although the taste of love is good, the process of dating should be careful. At that time, the table tennis team had an unwritten rule that athletes could not fall in love, once it was found that the poorer of the two sides in love would be sent back to the provincial team, although Wang Jin also joined the national team, but there was still a big gap compared to Liu Guoliang.
At that time, Wang Jin lived on the sixth floor, Liu Guoliang lived on the fourth floor, Liu Guoliang wanted to ask Wang Jin out, he would let his teammates roar in the corridor "Wang Jin, there is your phone", this sentence is equivalent to the secret code of the two people going out, Liu Guoliang went out 10 minutes after going out, Wang Jin went out again, and the two generally met in Longtan Park.
For many people, it must be very disappointing to meet heavy rain on a date, but Liu Guoliang Wang Jin will be very happy when he meets. Once, shortly after they arrived at Longtan Park, it was raining heavily outside, and the pedestrians on the road were running wildly, only they leisurely strolled hand in hand in the rain.
Wang Jin always thought that his secrecy work was still good, in fact, Liu Guoliang's master had already discovered the clues, but he did not point it out.
Olympic champion and world champion is Liu Guoliang's dream, and it is also Wang Jin's dream. But the cruel thing is that Wang Jin must make a choice between the championship and emotion, because they have hidden it for a while, but they can't hide it for a lifetime, and after several thoughts, Wang Jin chose to retire early, accept the state assignment, and go to play in Japanese clubs.
In Wang Jin's idea, going to Japan to play for a few years is a good choice for the career development of himself and Liu Guoliang, so as to preserve the feelings between them.
At that time, although they were still young, the feelings between them were very pure, and to see the right eye was a lifetime of one couple. Wang Jin unreservedly believed and chose Liu Guoliang, and Liu Guoliang did not disappoint her in any way.
04
In February 1993, Wang Jin left the national team and went to Japan alone. Liu Guoliang did not send her, perhaps because he was afraid that the parting would be too bitter, or perhaps he was afraid that the separation would make them hesitate, but more than that, there was no time, and the fact that there was no time was already doomed from the time they decided to fall in love.
At that time, there was no social network, no video call, and I could only make a transoceanic call when I wanted to make another party. Wang Jin did not save any money in the first year of going to Japan, all paid the telephone bill, Liu Guoliang was not good enough to go anywhere, 200 yuan OF IC card, a purchase is a lot of pieces.
When he has time, Wang Jin will write letters to Liu Guoliang, but rarely receive a reply, because Liu Guoliang is preparing for the Olympic Games, and writing letters takes up too much time, so he will send some greeting cards.
In 1996, a very important year for Liu Guoliang, 20-year-old Liu Guoliang won the Olympic Games in Atlanta, with unlimited scenery.
But Wang Jin, who is far away in Japan, suffered from chickenpox from the first day Liu Guoliang entered the Olympic Village, and he only got better after knowing that Liu Guoliang won the championship.
Because she was afraid of infection, Wang Jin stayed alone in the apartment. It just so happened that table tennis was not paying attention in Japan at that time, so the TV station did not broadcast the game, which made Wang Jin, who stayed in the room with nothing to do, even more anxious.
Every game of Liu Guoliang, Wang Jin will stay by the phone, anxiously waiting for Liu Guodong to call herself, talk about Liu Guoliang's status and score, so that she does not worry too much.
After winning the Olympic championship, Liu Guoliang also slowly has a voice in the team, not to mention that he is 20 years old and can be responsible for his own behavior, so there is no need to hide the relationship between the two. They have been experiencing this kind of acacia pain for 4 years, and there is really no need to experience it for a few more years.
05
Between 1996 and 1999, Liu Guoliang won 16 championship titles in various competitions.
In 1997, Wang Jin returned to Beijing, and the two ended their 6-year underground love affair, finally being able to walk on the street in a fair and honest manner, and no longer have to worry about the future.
However, the most difficult thing in life is to keep going smoothly, there are peaks and valleys, and there are lows to grow faster. Fortunately, after that, whether it was a peak or a low valley, Wang Jin always accompanied Liu Guoliang.
On December 22, 1999, Liu Guoliang received a notice from the International Table Tennis Federation that he suspected that he had used doping in the competition, so he was disqualified. For a time, huge controversy and insults poured out toward Liu Guoliang, which was also the first time Wang Jin saw Liu Guoliang's grievances and helplessness.
The International Table Tennis Federation gave Liu Guoliang half a year to find out the reason, which may not be a big deal in retrospect, but it was really painful at the time. But what was more bitter than him was actually Wang Jin, and the kind of despair of not being able to see people and not being able to help was something that Liu Guoliang had not experienced.
Half a year later, the reason was clarified, proving Liu Guoliang's innocence, and Liu Guoliang's tears came out of his eyes after learning this news. Wang Jin couldn't cry even more when he knew.
In the years that followed, Liu Guoliang made great strides in his table tennis career, while Wang Jin silently stood behind her, laughing with him when he was happy, crying with him when he was sad, watching out for each other, and not abandoning him.
06
One day in 2006, Liu Guoliang suddenly said to Wang Jin, 30 years old, not young, almost time to get married. And Wang Jin told him, look at your time.
There was no marriage proposal ceremony between them, no honeymoon trip, and even the wedding was set on the day when the team was picked out to go out to compete.
On August 18, 2006, Liu Guoliang and Wang Jin ended their 14-year love run and walked into the marriage hall hand in hand. What many guests don't know is that on the wedding day, the bride drives a float to make up and drives a wedding car to the scene, so that her husband can sleep for a few more hours.
After the wedding ceremony, Liu Guoliang accompanied the leader friend to play golf, and did not end the party until 2 o'clock in the evening, he called Wang Jin to go out on a date, the two ate something at a fast food restaurant, chatted for a while, and enjoyed a rare quiet time.
Wang Jin filled his home with Liu Guoliang's medals and photos, and when he thought about him, he would look at his photos and feel much better.
There is a small bar on the second floor, and Wang Jin hopes that when he is fine, he can drink coffee with Liu Guoliang here and recall the past, but in Wang Jin's memory, such a picture is only once.
On May 6, 2010, Wang Jin gave birth to twins in Beijing, and Liu Guoliang, who learned the news, only hurried back to take a look, and then quickly returned to the scene of the game to continue to guide the team members to participate in the game.
For these, Wang Jin has always silently supported without complaint.
From their acquaintance in 1992 to today, they have been working together for 29 years.
For more than 29 years, Wang Jin could not see Liu Guoliang for a long time, and could only rely on photos and phone calls to comfort the pain of lovesickness.
Liu Guoliang definitely owes money to his family, to his wife, and to his children, and the one who owes the most is Wang Jin. But Wang Jin never thought so, because she knew that Liu Guoliang had a higher responsibility on her shoulders.
"For me, the most important thing is that he is with me, and I don't have the luxury of anything else, and I am satisfied with him!" Wang Jin said.
Liu Guoliang was really lucky to marry such a gentle and understanding wife, his life was worth it, and Wang Jin's life was also worth it.
Now that the Tokyo Olympics are over, 8 days before their 15th wedding anniversary, they may still not be able to see each other, but Liu Guoliang can return safely, which is enough for Wang Jin.
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