September 29 news, as we all know, the former Chinese women's volleyball head coach Lang Ping had two marriages, but what is less known is that Lang Ping once had an American boyfriend, and the two even talked about marriage for a while.
In 1987, after Lang Ping retired from the army, he combined with Bai Fan, a member of the former Bayi Hand team, to hold a grand wedding ceremony at the Beijing Hotel, and the mentor and the Chinese women's volleyball team congratulated coach Yuan Weimin as a witness.
Shortly after getting married, Mr. and Mrs. Lang Ping decided to study in the United States.
On May 27, 1992, his daughter Bailang was born in the United States, and due to his small savings, after going to the United States, Lang Ping and his wife have been earning money to improve their lives. Lang Ping also had to go to Italy to play and give his daughter to her husband to raise. Perennial long-distance marriages have also caused them to have many contradictions.
In 1995, the 9th year of marriage, Lang Ping and Bai Fan divorced in the United States, and were ordered to return to the motherland to coach the Chinese women's volleyball team.
It was precisely after the divorce that the 35-year-old Lang Ping had a white American boyfriend, the other party was a 1 meter 96 height doctor of political economy, very fond of sports, Lang Ping and the American boyfriend at that time talked about foreign love.
Lu Xing'er, the author of "Passionate Years - Lang Ping's Autobiography", once talked about Lang Ping's relationship, "There is another piece in the book that is not written in detail, that is, she is in the United States, after playing the Olympic Games in 1996, it turned out that she did not only let her play to the Olympic Games, but she could go back after playing the second place." In fact, at that time, she had a boyfriend in the United States, an American. The American liked her very much, and the team members had seen this person. ”
"Every time she goes to the United States to train, play games or something, this boy will come over and play with their women's volleyball team." When I went to play the Atlanta Olympics, this man, this American boy gave each of them roses and made a small handkerchief for each of them. The pictures of them are burned on the porcelain plate, which is actually quite good. ”
Zhang Rongfang, Lang Ping's teammate and vice chairman of the Chinese Volleyball Association, said, "In 1996, Lang Ping also proposed to go back, and later, the leaders did not agree to her leaving. At the time, if the boyfriend was coming to China, there was no better job for him in China. She was going to sacrifice her career. It was hard at the time, and in the end, she couldn't go. Finally, the boyfriend also blew it off. So it should be said that she herself still sacrificed a lot. ”
Because he had a failed marriage before, Lang Ping was very cautious about love. Whenever Lang Ping is troubled by pressure, this mature and stable American man can always give her care and comfort. Let Lang Ping fall in love again.
At the end of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, the American boyfriend hoped that Lang Ping would return to the United States to complete the marriage, when the Chinese women's volleyball team had just come out of the trough and made some progress, but the team level was not very stable, and Lang Ping could not bear to let go. Therefore, Lang Ping proposed to let her boyfriend wait for another 2 years, and then they would get married after playing the 1998 Women's Volleyball World Championship.
The American boyfriend could not understand Lang Ping's special feelings for the national team, he could not wait, and the two eventually broke up.
Later, Lang Ping also said that since the other party could not wait, there was no need to delay each other. It is gratifying that after coaching the Chinese women's volleyball team for the second time in 2013, Lang Ping met Wang Yucheng, a professor and doctoral supervisor of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, at a friend party, and the two finally came together.
Today, 61-year-old Lang Ping and Professor Wang, who is 10 years older than himself, spend their old age in the United States and enjoy life.