In 2016, Liu Guoliang sat in the coach's dug to guide the game.
Unexpectedly, after the game, he was said by netizens in Taiwan Province as a fat man who did not understand the ball.
The person who said this obviously does not know enough about the domestic table tennis scene.
As the first Grand Slam winner in China, once a brother in the table tennis world, he is not a fat man who does not understand.
Reaching the top of his career, he began to transform behind the scenes and became a coach.
The reason why the men's table tennis team can have such brilliant achievements is inseparable from his hard work.
However, his success is also inseparable from the sacrifice of a woman, that is, his wife Wang Jin.
What kind of trough and sadness have the two people who met at the age of 16 and been in love for 31 years experienced?
In the end, what kind of charm does she have, which can make Liu Guoliang say the proudest thing in this life, that is, marrying Wang Jin?
01
Time flickered, and now Liu Guoliang is 47 years old.
Looking back on his career, it was always a smooth ride until he was 23 years old.
He practiced since he was a child, entered the national first team before he was a minor, and won the Olympic gold medal just over 20.
The amazing resume is enough to show how good he used to be.
Outstanding results and outstanding talent made Liu Guoliang instantly become the No. 1 seed player in the team.
As a result, coaches pay more and more attention to him.
He lived up to everyone's expectations, after winning the Olympic title in 1996.
He won the World Cup in the same year, just one World Slam away.
In 1999 he fulfilled his wish.
The spring breeze was proud, standing at the highest place, greeting the applause with a smile on his face.
But this joy did not last long.
Soon after the game, he developed problems with suspected use of illegal drugs.
The use of illegal drugs in competitive sports is a thing that everyone despises.
Not long after he reached the peak, he was pulled off the altar by this incident and was fiercely spurned by the outside world.
At that time, all the voices that questioned him and humiliated him were all in his ears.
In such an environment, his state is a little unbalanced.
For half a year, Liu Guoliang's performance on the court was very bad.
The results have been slipping all the way, which seems to confirm the correctness of the post-race check.
As a result, people became louder and louder in their rebuke of him.
Fortunately, coach Cai Zhenhua supported him and found his innocence.
During the most ascent period, the status suffers.
After that, even if he returned to the arena, his results were not as dazzling as before.
Coupled with the change of rules and many unfavorable factors, he made the decision to retire in 2002.
The day after he left the court, he sat in the dugout and began coaching his former teammates to play.
In 2003 , he became the head coach of the men's team, but his results were very poor at the beginning of his tenure.
In 2003 and 2004, he lost two consecutive years in international competitions.
People began to doubt his ability, after all, playing well does not necessarily teach well.
Even the cries of the end of class overshadowed all the voices at one point.
Fortunately, there are still people around him who believe in him.
Under the protection of coach Cai Zhenhua, he was able to continue his coaching career.
Under the pain, Liu Guoliang's coaching level has increased day by day.
He won the World Championships in 2005 and won all medals in 2008.
Winning the championship again in 2011 is a testament to his improvement in coaching.
Since then, the men's table tennis team has almost never missed a game in an international competition.
This is also the saying that the national table tennis team's competition must be the first without watching.
Now Liu Guoliang has become the person in charge of the Table Tennis Association and continues to lead the national table tennis team to glory.
02
His career has reached its peak, so what about his love life?
In fact, as early as 2006, he married a girl who was 16 years old and had a love affair.
In an interview, when asked what he thinks is the best thing he has done so far.
Liu Guoliang replied without hesitation, "I just found a good wife."
As soon as this interview was broadcast, it caused a huge discussion among people.
How attractive his wife Wang Jin really is, can make Liu Guoliang always hang on his lips.
When people inquired about their marriage, they found that it was indeed what he said.
The love between the two stems from Liu Guoliang's "seeing the color".
In 1992, Liu Guoliang was not as stable as he is now.
He entered the national team training at the age of 16 and is a veritable "naughty ghost".
One day during a break, he was playing with his teammates when he saw two female players on the team.
Both men were wearing masks, which were rare at the time.
He involuntarily followed the figures of these two people.
After taking off the mask, he saw the best-looking girl at a glance.
This girl is none other than his future wife Wang Jin.
Just when he was worried about how to talk to the best-looking girl.
As everyone knows, Wang Jin on the other side also noticed him, and she recognized the "genius boy" Liu Guoliang at a glance.
When she was in the provincial team, she always heard the coach mention him, so she was also full of curiosity.
Facing Liu Guoliang's cautious approach, Wang Jin tacitly touched.
As time went by, the two became more and more familiar.
It didn't take long for the two to get acquainted with eating and attending classes together.
Maybe it was too close, or maybe Liu Guoliang's sincerity moved her.
In short, the relationship between the two became deeper and deeper, and they began to talk about "underground love".
The national table tennis team still retains an unbreakable rule to this day.
That is, love is not allowed between the team, let alone an absolute workhorse like Liu Guoliang.
When the relationship between the two was learned by the coaches.
There are only two paths in front of the two: "breakup" and "exit".
Leaving the team means the interruption of the career, and the breakup is obviously impossible for the two who are in a strong relationship.
Therefore, Wang Jin himself chose to leave to ensure her boyfriend's career.
The reason for this decision is only because her grades are far less dazzling than her boyfriend.
Her move was simply a fool's decision in the eyes of many people.
Love in youth is both beautiful and unstable.
Listen to the admonitions of those around you. She just said calmly: "He is not that kind of person, we can go further." ”
After retiring, she chose to play abroad, and the love between the two became very difficult.
For four years, all of their wages were used to buy calling cards.
Knowing how great his girlfriend's sacrifice was for herself, he began to crave the championship.
In 1996, he proved that his girlfriend's choice was not wrong with an Olympic gold medal.
He also proved with practical actions that falling in love will not have any effect on playing.
In 2003, Wang Jin ended his overseas playing career and returned to China.
In 1999, he fell into an unprecedented trough.
The abuse from the outside world and the distrust of his teammates once made him very afraid of the table.
The mental pressure was so great that he had suicidal thoughts for a while.
At this time, it was Wang Jin who slowly healed his wounds with his gentleness and open-mindedness.
With the support of his coach, he was able to clear his grievances.
Without Wang Jin's support during that time, it was hard for him to imagine how he would have survived.
In 2006, Liu Guoliang was the head coach of the men's table tennis team.
But the previous failed results made people always not trust him very much.
At this time, Wang Jin was 30 years old, and people around him persuaded the two to get married quickly.
If you change to another girl, I guess I will feel a little uneasy in my heart.
Wang Jin didn't care very much, she was still thinking about her boyfriend.
The pressure on the head coach was already high, and she didn't want to distract her boyfriend anymore because of this.
This year, he married his girlfriend of 14 years into the family.
The two at the wedding had smiles on their faces, and their eyes were full of love in their eyes.
As everyone knows, this wedding was all done by Wang Jin alone.
She did this so that her husband could rest more.
After the wedding, he continued to devote himself to his busy training.
The wife runs the family alone and takes care of the elderly on both sides.
In 2010, the two children's children were born, and this time Wang Jin was still taken care of alone.
The reason why Liu Guoliang was able to achieve his current achievements, Wang Jin's credit cannot be ignored.
Without such a virtuous wife, it is still unknown whether he would have achieved such achievements today.
03
His wife's selfless dedication, Liu Guoliang saw it all.
He is not a "lazy man" who lies in bed and accepts this with peace of mind.
In 2003, he became the head coach of the national table tennis team.
The career has reached the pinnacle, in order to keep his wife up to speed.
He specially called Wang Jin back to study in domestic universities.
In 2005, his wife was ready to organize her own sports career, which he fully supported.
He also used his ability to help his wife's career, and the spokesperson of this company was himself.
Today, the market value of this company has exceeded 100 million, and Wang Jin has become a veritable female president.
Now Liu Guoliang is 47 years old and is the father of two girls.
He has very strict requirements for his daughter, from treating people and things to the details of life.
He is teaching his two daughters with the requirements of athletes.
Only for his wife, he is always full of tenderness and love.
Sometimes in life when daughters and wives have different opinions.
He would always stand firmly on his wife's side and teach his two daughters.
After 31 years together, his attitude towards Wang Jin is still as good as before.
No matter how busy he was at work, he never left behind the phone calls with his wife every day.
He was never absent from dinner with his family every week.
epilogue
In the 31 years of companionship, Liu Guoliang has never reported any emotional right and wrong.
His personal account still has the most content about his wife and children.
31 years of such a daily relationship, anyone who sees it will be moved.
The "glimpse of the world" when he was young was perfectly adhered to by the two until now.
The consistent relationship between the two may be what love should be.
In the current era of "fast food love", the two are a model that all young people should follow.
True love may be like this, supporting each other and fulfilling each other.
I sincerely wish the husband and wife all the best sailing in the future, and I also wish all of us to have this kind of love.