International Online Report (Reporter Wang Zhuo): In the high and low bar competition of the 1994 World Gymnastics Championships, 13-year-old Mo Huilan surprised the world with "forward flips for a week and a half over bars". This difficult action not only amazed audiences all over the world, but also was named "Mo's Flip" by the International Sports Federation after Mo Huilan. In addition, Mo Huilan won several gold medals for the Chinese team at the 1994 Asian Games and the 1995 World Gymnastics Championships, and won a silver medal in the vaulting event at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. However, a brilliant sports career is only a part of Mo Huilan's life, and her life is constantly challenging herself.
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At the age of 5, he was associated with gymnastics training from escape to active training
Most gymnasts start practicing from the doll's time, and Mo Huilan is no exception. Seeing the picture of Li Ning winning the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, 5-year-old Mo Huilan germinated the idea of learning gymnastics, "Seeing Li Ning on TV, I felt very heroic, and then I told my father that I wanted to learn gymnastics." Mo Huilan recalled. At that time, it was the time when the national gymnastics boom was at its peak, and the Guilin Gymnastics School was also recruiting students, and the recruiting teacher Kwa Mo Huilan's figure and body shape were suitable for learning gymnastics, so her father signed her up.
Mo Huilan when she first practiced gymnastics Image source: Mo Huilan Weibo
However, the strenuous training made the group of dolls feel scared, including Mo Huilan. At that time, Mo Huilan would run away with his teammates and sneak home from the sports school. "At that time, when I didn't participate in any competitions, or when I didn't get results in the competition, I couldn't see hope, I didn't think it was interesting, it was too boring, so I would have the idea of giving up." Mo Huilan said. At the same time, gymnastics training also requires a very high level of comprehensive quality and ability of children, "It requires your balance, coordination, courage, and your core strength, as well as the ability to control the body." "A set of gymnastics moves on the field is a repetitive training of countless movements off the field, and the process is boring and arduous for children.
After escaping, Mo Huilan will always be "caught" and come back to continue training, both parents and coaches think that Mo Huilan is talented in gymnastics, and they encourage Mo Huilan to persevere. "Because of the support of the people around me and my own gradual growth, I will feel that after so many years of hard training, I definitely hope to gain something and want to win the championship." So after having this goal, I slowly began to train more actively. Mo Huilan told reporters. After that, Mo Huilan no longer wanted to run away, but demanded herself more strictly, and tried to insist on practicing gymnastics, "slowly realizing the sportsmanship of not giving up." ”
Bumps and bruises into daily "Mohs flips" debuted to make history
Under the accumulation of training, the coach had high hopes for Mo Huilan, who has a talent for gymnastics, and let her practice an unprecedented action in a women's high and low bar competition, "forward flip a week and a half over the bar". This action originated from the horizontal bar event of men's gymnastics, but it is extremely difficult to put on the women's high and low bars competition. Mo Huilan explained: "Relatively speaking, girls' ability, physical strength and strength are weaker than boys, and when boys flip on the horizontal bar, the speed is not limited, but the speed of girls on the high and low bars is limited. "When the two levers are crossed, the speed decreases, and the female athlete needs to rely on technology, strength and ability to overcome gravity obstacles.
Mo Huilan in the competition Image source: Mo Huilan Weibo
When she first practiced this action, Mo Huilan could hardly guarantee that every training could be completed smoothly, and falling off the high and low bars became a common thing in training. "For this action, my nails were knocked over many times and my teeth were knocked out." Although Mo Huilan behaved very calmly when talking about this experience now, the experience at that time was the most painful for her. "At that time, the coach would also encourage me, saying that this action is unique, no one is doing it, and if I give up now, my previous efforts will be abandoned." The coach's words have always echoed in Mo Huilan's mind and become the motivation for her to persevere.
Sometimes, success depends on whether people can persevere, and Mo Huilan has done this. In the 1994 World Championships high and low bar competition, "forward flip a week and a half over the bar" surprised the world and appeared in the subsequent Olympic Games and Asian Games, Mo Huilan won a number of gold medals for the Chinese team at the same time, but also had his own name "Mo's air flip".
After retiring from the army, start a new life and focus on accumulation growth
Mo Huilan exchanged her hard work for the glorious moments when she went to the podium again and again, "When I walked onto the podium, I was particularly happy and confident, and it was a very proud thing that I could stand on the podium many times. After retiring, she challenged other fields with her strength not to accept defeat, and had different identity labels.
After retiring from the army, Mo Huilan "cleared" everything and chose to enter the Chinese University of Journalism and Media majoring in studies, hoping to make up for her lost campus time. "The journalistic industry has been dealing with coaches and athletes, and I think I can continue this sports relationship, so I chose to study journalism." Due to her long-term stay in the gymnastics team, Mo Huilan faced the challenge of how to integrate into the new environment after retiring. "You don't have to think too much about sports, you focus more on training and playing, but after you really work, in addition to focusing on your own work, you also need to deal with various relationships. Work, like sports, must be rooted in this industry to learn and delve into. Mo Huilan shared.
Mo Huilan and her son "Little Pudding" Image source: Mo Huilan Weibo
In addition to her personal career, Mo Huilan is also a happy mother. After becoming a mother, Mo Huilan is particularly concerned about her child's sports enlightenment, she told reporters that she will let her children try a lot of sports, "let the child have a cognition of sports from an early age, develop a good habit, and continue sports into his life." Although Mo Huilan has extraordinary achievements, she rarely tells her children about her past glory, but advises children that success requires accumulated efforts.
This point is also Mo Huilan constantly emphasized to reporters when talking about the development of Chinese gymnastics, "All along, high and low bars and balance beams are our strengths, free gymnastics and vaulting are slightly weaker, if you want to catch up, it takes a time accumulation process, from the selection of materials to the training method, and then to the understanding of the rules, and finally there will be some new breakthroughs." ”
Source: China Radio and Television Corporation International Online