China's athletics program has not been a strong point. Especially in international competitions, every gold medal won in athletics is worth a fortune. Therefore, whenever it comes to international competitions, athletics projects attract much attention. With the development of sports, the proportion of athletics in international competitions has increased year by year. China's weak athletics also stems from differences in physical talent. The yellow people themselves do not have the innate physical conditions of whites and blacks, so the yellow people can make breakthroughs in athletics, which is naturally indispensable to people's attention.
The most famous in China's athletics project is Liu Xiang in the 110-meter hurdles, who became famous at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. After that, Liu Xiang became a chinese hero once and for all, with flowers and spotlights always surrounding him. Just when everyone is paying attention to the pursuit of Liu Xiang, in fact, there is a strong 110-meter hurdles athlete next to him, he is Shi Dongpeng. This is the key figure that I talked to you about today.
Shi Dongpeng was born in 1984 to an ordinary worker family in Baoding, Hebei Province. When he was in elementary school, he was a head taller than children his age. By chance, Shi Dongpeng was favored by the selection staff of sports students. When he was in the 5th grade, Shi Dongpeng began to participate in sports events. In 1994, Shi Dongpeng entered the Baoding Junior Sports School to practice high jump. After practicing high jump for 4 years, in 1998, Shi Dongpeng changed to the 110-meter hurdles. Unexpectedly, when he participated in the Ninth China Games in 2001, Shi Dongpeng won the third place.
In the following 2007, Shi Dongpeng participated in 18 games this year, 6 more than Liu Xiang participated in at that time. His best time of the year was 13.19 seconds. One of the titles was at the Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Brunei. Shi Dongpeng's first match against Liu Xiang was held in Shanghai on May 23, 2010, when the second leg of the IAAF Diamond League was held, and Shi Dongpeng ran 13.39 seconds to finish second, while Liu Xiang ran 13.40 seconds to finish third. In 2013, the National Athletics Championships and the 12th Games athletics event was held in Suzhou, and Shi Dongpeng won the 110-meter hurdles in 13.54 seconds.
Shi Dongpeng's life off the field is as low-key as his personality. In 2013, Shi Dongpeng and his girlfriend of 9 years got married in his hometown, and his friend Liu Xiang was unable to attend the scene, but expressed his blessings to him through VCR. Shi Dongpeng's parents only live in a 60-square-meter house in Baoding, and the two elders are retired workers with meager incomes.
As Shi Dongpeng's age continued to increase, his state was no longer as good as before. After retiring from the army, Shi Dongpeng studied under Sun Haiping and became a coach, mainly responsible for the Hebei hurdles project, dedicated to cultivating new talents. Regarding the reality that Shi Dongpeng is the "second oldest of the millennium", he has always maintained a calm attitude. He often joked in front of his friends, "Liu Xiang can't win me in billiards." Shi Dongpeng's simple and low-key personality does not think that he lives in the shadow of Liu Xiang, but he is grateful for everything that athletics brings him. He also became good friends with Liu Xiang and lived in Liu Xiang's home.
Liu Xiang has repeatedly said in public that Dashi's skills are better than his, and he is only better than Dashi in terms of talent. In the face of some interview passages from the media, Shi Dongpeng even excused the reporter. As a reporter for athletics projects, Dong Ri Na always seems very harsh when interviewing Shi Dongpeng. In the IAAF Diamond League, Shi Dongpeng beat Liu Xiang for the first time. The question of Dong Ri Na's post-match interview made Shi Dongpeng very embarrassed. She said that you finally defeated Liu Xiang. At that time, Shi Dongpeng only responded awkwardly with a "thank you". In view of each of Dong Ri Na's harsh interviews with Shi Dong Peng, netizens and the media began to shell Dong Ri Na, but Shi Dong Peng was still excusing Dong Ri Na, Dashi said, in fact, she has no malice and is a particularly good person.
Today, the two Chinese hurdle trapezers have been retired for many years and have started their lives. There is no longer any dispute between the boss and the boss. Shi Dongpeng even said that he had not intersected with Liu Xiang for a long time. Finally, I would like to bless these two athletes who have made outstanding contributions to the cause of Chinese athletics.