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If you want to defeat others, you must first defeat yourself - Liu Xuan
From the much-anticipated Olympic champion to the entrepreneur worth over 100 million, if you have tried actors, hosts and singers in the middle, how fantastic this transformation is, and how wonderful such a life is.
"Gymnastics queen" Liu Xuan since retiring and getting married, has always been taken out by the media and the outside world to compare with Guo Jingjing and Fu Mingxia and others, as if the Olympic champion should be combined with the giants to be called a match.
But it is she who is happy in marriage, she is the one who has a successful career, and it is she who has both children and daughters.
The judgment of the outside world can never affect her in the slightest, in the face of challenges and unknowns, Liu Xuan has always faced with the sportsmanship in her bones, faced difficulties, and then created a new self and life.
One
Liu Xuan was born on August 12, 1979 in Changsha, Hunan Province.
1979 was a special year, the year when Chinese gymnastics returned to the World Championships after a gap of 17 years;
Also in this year, Ma Yanhong, a member of the women's gymnast, won the first world championship gold medal in Chinese gymnastics for China.
And Liu Xuan seems to be a person born to conform to the development of Chinese gymnastics.
When she was a child, she was not in good health, and her parents sent her to learn gymnastics in order to make her strong.
At that time, no one would have thought that it was such an original intention that created an Olympic champion who would win glory for the country in the future.
A few days after Liu Xuan was sent to learn gymnastics, the coach discovered her amazing talent.
In just a few days, this newcomer was better trained than some of her older brothers and sisters.
Under the advice of the coach, Liu Xuan began to learn professional gymnastics.
She only used three years to enter the Hunan Provincial Gymnastics Team, she only used four years to enter the national team, became a member of the national team at the age of 11, and was also the youngest athlete in the team, how much blood and tears were behind the honor, I think the taste of this is only her own understanding.
For example, the companionship of her parents, such as the colorful childhood, such as the partners of the same age, what she lost has become a regret, and she herself has said that compared with play, these are the most irreparable.
The effort will eventually be rewarded, and in the high and low bar event of the 1992 National Gymnastics Championships, Liu Xuan won the championship in one fell swoop.
In 1995, Liu Xuan won the women's balance beam, free gymnastics and women's individual all-around championships at the China Cup International Gymnastics Championships.
After experiencing the climax of the shine, harvesting countless applause and flowers, according to God's script, how can life be smooth sailing?
At that time, Liu Xuan did not know that the storm was coming, this was the first mountain she faced in her life, and in the face of countless pairs of expectant eyes, she really had no other choice.
In 1996, Liu Xuan was 17 years old.
This is the golden age of gymnasts, and it's a good time to get results.
She took her original high and low bar one-arm giant slalom to the Puerto Rico World Championships, and this set of gymnastics movements with a very difficult coefficient unsurprisingly won the first place in the preliminaries for her and for China, and she successfully entered the final.
Liu Xuan's unique action has aroused a lot of discussion in the international sports world, but the residual heat has not yet dissipated, and the International Sports Federation has temporarily decided to shoot this set of actions.
The reason given is that this set of actions is not conducive to the development of the woman's body, on the eve of the final, she lost her own unique "nuclear weapon", the ranking changed from the first to the ninth, except to face the reality, she can not do anything.
To make matters worse, before this match, Liu Xuan had broken three ligaments due to an ankle injury, which led to her accidentally falling when changing bars in the final, which she was best at in the uneven bar event.
This mistake made the Chinese team not get any results in the competition, and all the pressure was focused on this 17-year-old girl for a moment.
The double whammy of mind and body made her almost unable to stand up, and she did not dare to speak up, only to cry quietly in a place where no one was.
There is no precedent for Chinese gymnastics to win an award at the age of 17, and she is stuck at the age of 17 with an injury, not believing in miracles and not believing in herself.
So I had to choose to retire.
Two
Looking back at the sufferings we have suffered along the way, it is something that ordinary people cannot bear.
When other little girls were still spoiled in the arms of their parents, Liu Xuan's daily life was only endless training.
During the high and low bar project training, the hand needs to be constantly rubbed, and the skin on the hand will be worn off layer by layer, and then watch it blur, suppurate, scab, grind, and scab.
Repeated many times on the hands will form thick cocoons, so 7-year-old Liu Xuan learned to repair her own cocoon, she always ten boxes of ten boxes to buy blades, personally cut off the calluses on her hands.
How painful this process was, how strong Liu Xuan was later.
During the training period, she did not even return home for 8 years, and the tears she had eaten during the period made her unwilling to let her gymnastics career end like this.
She could endure repeated injuries, could not have a normal childhood, could not have the company of her parents, could persist for so many years day after day, but she was sentenced to death in this way, and she could not accept it.
Opportunities were always left to those who were prepared, and a year later the National Games began, when the Hunan team was short of female gymnasts, and Liu Xuan was re-recruited.
With determination and a lonely return, Liu Xuan was desperate in addition to desperate.
She held her breath and finally lived up to her performance, and in 1997 she competed again at the Pudong East Asian Games, winning the balance beam and all-around championships.
The world only saw impressive achievements, and Liu Xuan had experienced lows so he deeply understood how difficult this moment was.
In the same year, she became the captain of the Chinese gymnastics team, helping the team members and being more strict with herself.
If it used to be hard work, now there is only desperation.
In 2000, Liu Xuan was selected for the Women's Gymnastics List for the Chinese Olympic Games, and at the age of 21, she was questioned countless times.
Why let Liu Xuan on?
Why not leave the opportunity to younger players?
What if she makes another mistake to hold the country back?
And Liu Xuan chose to face the pressure head-on, without a hint of flinching, the experience she had made her stronger, and she finally proved herself to everyone.
As the winner of the Sydney Olympic Games, she once again attracted the attention of the world.
Single-handedly extending the "training life" of Chinese gymnasts and becoming the first female gymnast in China to participate in two Olympic Games, I am afraid that no one has denied that this time, she created a miracle.
"Balance Beam Princess", "China's Most Beautiful Athlete"; Praise followed, and she gave herself and the crowd a perfect account.
In 2001, at the age of 21, Liu Xuan announced his retirement.
For some time afterwards, she fell into an unwarranted confusion, the athlete's career was pure, closed, and personal, and she suddenly did not know what to do, and she was at a loss for the sudden need to deal with human relations.
But one thing she knows is that she urgently needs to supplement cultural knowledge, constantly learn new things, and face and understand the unknown.
She has mentioned more than once in interviews that people need lifelong learning, otherwise they will be eliminated by society; She said her previous motto was "If you want to overcome others, first overcome yourself", and now she has added four words, which is "lifelong learning".
And she did, implementing these four words in her future life; Boldly trying all areas that have not been touched, people with hearts and ideas can always seize every opportunity and achieve their goals.
Three
In the year she just retired, Liu Xuan was invited to participate in the premiere of the movie "My Brothers and Sisters", and this event also became an opportunity for her to transform into an actress in the future.
At the premiere, Liu Xuan met the film Renjun and director Yu Zhong, and her good looks made Yu Zhong's eyes light up, jokingly saying that the next play would ask her to be the heroine.
Liu Xuan only laughed and casually agreed.
Three months later, Director Yu really came to her with the script, and Liu Xuan naturally became the heroine of the movie "My Beautiful Homesickness".
Virgo won the bronze award for the most popular actress, stepping into a new field, she not only dared to face the challenge, but also showed her 100% sincerity and intentions.
After all, whether it is singing or acting, whether it is hosting or starting a business, the sports spirit of not accepting defeat has always spurred her, it can be said that whether it is the establishment of the three views or the cultivation of personality, almost all of them are completed in the gymnastics team.
After retiring, she has transformed again and again, but the foundation of the athlete's spirit has always been solid, not that she can succeed in everything she does, but that she does everything as hard as she did at the beginning, so there is a result.
"If you don't cherish this opportunity, God may not give you the next chance", this concept allows Liu Xuan to quickly calm down no matter what happens, and then find the best solution.
It is worth mentioning that Liu Xuan, who just won the award, did not choose to hit the iron while it was hot in the entertainment industry, but successfully got the opportunity to go to Peking University for further study, and she quickly came out of the confused period that year, acting, studying, and then encountering love.
All this is not a gift from Heaven, but a sweetness after suffering.
She once said that being an athlete was too hard, so in contrast, she felt happy 90% of the time after retiring.
Liu Xuan and her husband Wang Tao first met at He Jiong's dinner party, when Wang Tao had long hair, and the artistic atmosphere and uninhibitedness of the musician made Liu Xuan curious.
Later, the two met under the introduction of He Jiong, one was in the flower season, the other was a teenager in school, since the ancient style did not separate families, love was so natural.
Compared to other people who marry into the giants, they are undoubtedly low-key.
Until 2006, Liu Xuan and her friend Park Shu participated in a variety show "Fame", because of the intimate dance movements seen by outsiders in the show, which was rumored to be a false scandal.
A little girl who has only trained daily since she was a child, in any work, she only holds the mentality of pursuing perfection, and where does she understand the rules of the game in the entertainment industry.
During that time, no one remembered her aura of Olympic champion, and Keyboard Man took it upon himself to be on the side of the victim, giving her the title of "Little Three".
Liu Xuan was forced to go public with her boyfriend Wang Tao, who had been in love for five years, and the scandal gradually subsided, and since then, the love affair between the Olympic champion and the clarinet player has been forced to be made public every day.
Four
Wang Tao said, "A girl like my wife, the fireworks in the world, the stars and the sea, should all be embraced in her arms." ”
In 2013, they finally ended their 12-year love run and held a grand wedding in Hong Kong.
This wedding was planned by Wang Tao, during which Liu Xuan did not have to worry about any link.
On that day she was the most beautiful and happiest bride, the media's eye-catching remarks and contrasts were neither eye-catching nor heartfelt, she was firmly married to love, and she valued pure feelings more than material things and was willing to stick to it.
She said: "Wang Tao is just a music teacher, not a giant, I don't need the luxury of a giant, only the pursuit of love that can be adhered to." ”
Unlike Guo Jingjing's kind of wife who married into a rich family, Liu Xuan not only had to take care of the family after marriage, but also went out to work.
The artist has no pyrotechnics, and Liu Xuan is willing to take the initiative to take on the chai rice oil and salt in life.
She loves the talent and elegance of this man, and fully supports her husband's dreams and distances.
Wang Tao said: "I am not rich, and I do not have the ability to let her enjoy the sweet comforts after marriage. So she still needs to go out and work to earn money and fight with me for this little family, but I can guarantee that she is really married to love. ”
After having a child, the two tacitly assign their respective responsibilities, and the pairing of strict mothers and loving fathers complements each other.
Liu Xuan has been militarized in management and education since he was a child, and has strict requirements for his son, while Wang Tao's romantic artistic atmosphere gives his children all soft and gentle.
In a variety show, Liu Xuan's time schedule for her son can be described as harsh, which has also caused controversy in the media.
But she later said that at that time, Xiong Zhao was young, so that he could know what time to do, after a little older, the division of time was a whole piece, and at this time, Xiong Zhao had the ability to explore and discover independently.
When she got married, the media was not worthy of her, believing that she should not marry a man without social status and status; Parenting was questioned by the media, feeling that her desire to control was too strong and not conducive to the growth of children.
The price of young fame may be to face countless "long guns and short cannons" in this life, but the mouth grows on others, and Liu Xuan only has to live his own life.
They were each other's first love, from the green years to the children and daughters, the two walked hand in hand through so many days and nights.
During the period of romance or dispute, it is a love story that belongs to the two of them, and the taste of life is the media's three words and two words can be said clearly.
Liu Xuan once said that the life of ordinary people is like a straight pyramid, and a little accumulation completes the construction of the peak; And her life is like an upside-down pyramid, the teenager is standing at the tip, and now it is finally a little rich and perfect.
She said that she seemed to be pushed by fate, including learning gymnastics and being an actor, but in fact, it was always herself who really made the choice, she believed in the true meaning of hard work, and was willing to exchange her hard work for every moment of happiness.
As she said, sometimes life is to make you suffer, so that you know what is called persistence, and after persistence you can understand what is called happiness.