Text | Candy fruit
On August 15, 2016, at the scene of the final of the women's 3-meter board diving at the Rio Olympic Games, Qin Kai, who was also an Olympic champion, came to the edge of the diving pool and stopped in front of his girlfriend He Zi, who had just finished receiving the runner-up medal.
He suddenly took out a delicate little box, in front of the live audience and the world's television audience, got down on one knee, and proposed to his girlfriend He Zi: "Can you marry me?" ”。
The sudden happiness surprised He Zi very much, she nodded her head with tears in her eyes, the two embraced each other, and the audience at the scene gave warm applause and shouted for them.
It's really not easy along the way.
Now, 5 years later, what happened to the diving queen He Zi, who retired from marriage and had a baby, and her diving prince Qin Kai?
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On December 10, 1990, a family surnamed He in Nanning City, Guangxi Province, welcomed their second child, and the birth of the baby girl was a consolation for the family, because the year before, their first child died prematurely.
The man of this family, He Changtai, and his wife named their daughter He Zi, a very beautiful name, and what they did not expect was that this baby girl would stand on the diving stage of the world in the future and win various medals for the glory of the country.
Unfortunately, the child's mother was unable to see her daughter's grades with her own eyes.
When He Zi was 4 years old, her mother died of cancer.
Since then, He Zi's father, He Changtai, has become a father and a mother, and he has to work to earn money to support his family and take care of his daughter, and life is very difficult, but He Changtai is very careful to cultivate his daughter.
In 1996, He Zi, who was in kindergarten class, was selected by a gymnastics coach and began to learn gymnastics.
But a few months later, the coach quit her on the grounds that He Zi was not suitable for practicing gymnastics.
When He frustrated Chang Tai left the gymnasium with his daughter, another coach stopped them.
The coach asked He Changtai if he would like your daughter to go to Nanning Amateur Sports School to learn diving?
He Changtai thought, since gymnastics can't be practiced, let's try it.
When he first arrived at the diving team to participate in training, He Zi was only 6 years old and could not swim at all. When the coach put her in the water, she was so frightened that she cried and cried out to her father for help.
Unable to bear to see his daughter suffer, He Changtai found a coach and expressed the idea of wanting He Zi to give up diving.
But the coach told him that He Zi was a good seedling for diving, and it would be good for her to let the child suffer a little in the future.
He Changtai made up his mind to let his daughter He Zi practice diving well.
Three years later, when 9-year-old He Zi won the junior group 1m springboard when he participated in the Guangxi Games, He Changtai was very happy and determined to continue to let his daughter diving.
He wants his daughter to become a professional athlete.
In the future, after retiring from the army, you can become a coach, and your life will fall, and you don't have to be as bitter as him.
But the flame of hope was soon extinguished, and the Nanning Amateur Sports School where He Zi worked was dissolved due to renovation problems.
Neither He Changtai nor his daughter He Zi wanted to give up halfway.
After several twists and turns, He Changtai found a private diving school for his daughter He Zi in Guangzhou, and he gritted his teeth and paid 3,000 yuan for tuition and sent his daughter to Guangzhou.
Soon, however, the school was also facing dissolution due to financial problems.
He Changtai had to ask the coach for help, and under the recommendation of this coach, He Zi was recruited by the newly established Shenzhen Diving Team.
He Zi was funded by the Shenzhen Diving Team and the Guangdong Provincial Team to send He Zi to the Diving Team of Tsinghua University in Beijing for training.
It was also in those years of tsinghua diving team that he received professional training and training, and He Zi's diving skills were improved by leaps and bounds.
In May 2006, He Zi returned to the Guangdong Provincial Diving Team and officially became a professional diving team member.
In October of the same year, He Zi, who was two months away from the age of 16, was selected by the national team and began her journey to the international world.
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In 2007, He Zi competed at the World Championships in Melbourne, Australia, and won the women's 1m board championship.
However, in the next two Beijing Olympic trials, He Zi made mistakes on both occasions.
In the end, he regretted missing the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
He Zi was very depressed, and she called her father, He Changtai, and said that she had disappointed her father. But Dad comforted her and said, you are only 18 years old, there are still many opportunities in the future, you can have the current results, Dad is already very satisfied.
With the comfort and encouragement of her father, He Zi quickly adjusted her mentality and continued to devote herself to daily training, and this experience also allowed her to learn to correct her mentality and overcome nervous emotions when facing the game.
In the three major competitions of the International Swimming League in 2009, He Zi won back a number of gold medals in a row, and he was ashamed of the snow.
Subsequently, in the 2010 Diving World Cup, He Zi won consecutive championships for single 3m boards and double 3m boards.
This year, He Zi in life and Qin Kai, who is also a diving team member of the national team, also held hands.
The seeds of love sprouted in their hearts.
In January 2010, the team was preparing to hold a Spring Festival gala, he Zi and Qin Kai were selected as the hosts, and the two often played stage books and rehearsals together.
In the contact, Qin Kai found that He Zi was careful and kind, and later with the in-depth contact, he also found that both of them had the same sad experience in their lives.
He Zi's mother died of cancer.
Qin Kai's second uncle and second uncle's son had a year of Chinese New Year's Eve followed Qin Kai's parents to drive to Beijing, and there was a serious car accident on the road, and the sons of the second uncle and the second uncle were killed.
Later, Qin Kai's grandfather also left because of excessive grief.
In early 2011, because of Qin Kai's mistake, a text message sent to He Zi was sent to the coach's mobile phone.
Then the coach called Qin Kai and He Zi to the office to talk, hoping that they would handle the emotional affairs well and not affect the training.
In April of the same year, He Zi's father, He Changtai, visited relatives in Beijing, and He Zi took Qin Kai to have a meal with his father.
Who knows that He Changtai is firmly opposed to He Zi falling in love, and he hopes that He Zi will focus on diving.
Since then, the two have been divided and merged many times because of diving problems.
But in the darkness, it was like a red line was secretly dragging the two people tightly.
In order to be able to be together, the two are also gritting their teeth and training hard, trying to use their achievements to win the recognition of their families.
At the end of July 2012, He Zi and Qin Kai followed the national team to the London Olympic Games.
He Zi partnered with Wu Minxia to win the women's doubles 3m board championship, and then He Zi herself won the silver medal in the single 3m board final, and the gold medal was won by her sister Wu Minxia.
Qin Kai's results are the same as He Zi's, he also won a gold medal in the men's double 3 meters board, and a silver medal in the men's single 3 meters board.
After he finished jumping, He Zi suddenly appeared, and Qin Kai saw his sweetheart and couldn't help but hold He Zi and cry bitterly.
This scene was filmed by the media, and He Zi's father, He Changtai, saw it on TV.
He called his daughter He Zi and told her that dad supported your relationship.
He Zi and Qin Kai's bitter love days were finally over.
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After the London Olympics, the 26-year-old Qin Kai wanted to retire, but his girlfriend He Zi told him that he hoped to play the Rio Olympics with Qin Kai again, and Qin Kai continued to stay on the diving team.
A few months before the Rio Olympics, He Zi was accidentally injured while training and had to suspend training, which made her very anxious and worried that her qualification would be cancelled.
Qin Kai accompanied He Zi to comfort her, when she said that she would participate in the Rio Olympic Games together, she absolutely could not give up at this time, recuperate well, and then strengthen training when the injury was healed.
He Zi listened to Qin Kai's words, recovered from his injuries, and soon returned to the training ground again.
At the end of July 2016, He Zi and Qin Kai competed in the Rio Olympic Games together.
He Zi partnered with Wu Minxia again and won the women's doubles 3m board championship again. Subsequently, He Zi won the silver medal in the women's singles 3m board.
After He Zi received the award from the podium, Qin Kai suddenly appeared at the scene.
Behind the stage, the members of the national diving team all gathered together and looked at Qin Kai nervously.
He Zi was a little puzzled, because according to the regulations, Qin Kai could not come to the diving site casually.
At this time, Qin Kai suddenly got down on one knee and took out a beautiful box to open, and inside was a beautiful diamond ring.
"Can you marry me?" Qin Kai was so excited, his voice was trembling, and he was almost crying.
He Zi was moved to tears and nodded repeatedly.
The pair of diving gods and immortals embraced each other happily.
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After returning from the Rio Olympics, Qin Kai announced the news of his retirement.
On July 25, 2017, He Zi also announced his retirement.
A month ago, on June 25, she and Qin Kai held a grand wedding in Qin Kai's hometown of Xi'an.
They invited more than 600 guests to participate, and it is said that there are 200 world champions and 30 Olympic champions.
There is also a famous CCTV host Zhang Bin to witness their marriage.
On October 14, 2017, He Zi and Qin Kai welcomed their precious daughter.
Now, the family of three is often active in TV shows and various sports activities.
Their daughter is over three years old and very well-behaved and lovely.
The little girl also likes water, and He Zi often takes her daughter to swim together, and may be a world champion in the future.
The 30-year-old He Zi is particularly well maintained, more and more beautiful, and the temperament is getting better and better.
Sure enough, a happy marriage is the best skin care for a woman.
Looking back at He Zi's diving path, it is really not easy, his brother died prematurely, his mother died of cancer, and his father became a father and a mother. When her father was working, He Zi took care of herself.
At the age of 6, he began to practice diving, and then encountered problems such as the dissolution of sports schools one after another, from Guangxi to Guangdong, then to Beijing, and then back to Guangdong and then went north again, which was really very tortuous.
It wasn't until she entered the national team at the age of 15 that she settled down.
But it is also these bumpy experiences that have tempered her tenacity and independent self-character.
So the happiness now is really hard-won.
Bless her.
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