Athletes from these countries once won glory for the country, but later they were expelled from the national team for various reasons. Some of them have won 77 gold medals, but they have been expelled from the national team three times; Some became Internet celebrities after being expelled, and had countless fans on social platforms; Some have an annual income of hundreds of millions, and their lives are very comfortable. Want to know who they are?
The fifth place: Zhang Jinwen
As a genius of the women's volleyball team, Zhang Jinwen has been valued by many people, as the deputy attack of the Jiangsu women's volleyball team, Zhang Jinwen has superb ball skills, both offensive and defensive, and after being selected for the national team, Zhang Jinwen's strength has also been affirmed by Lang Ping. It can be said that as long as he plays steadily, Zhang Jinwen will definitely shine on the field.
However, it was such a genius girl who clashed with an aunt while taking a bath. As we all know, the national team is a team that attracts much attention, and every move of each player will affect the collective honor. After the incident, Zhang Jinwen's behavior was criticized by the state, and as the coach of the national team, Lang Ping severely punished Zhang Jinwen and eventually expelled him.
After being expelled from the national team, Zhang Jinwen also fell to the bottom in an instant. However, as a women's volleyball player, Zhang Jinwen did not give up her dream of women's volleyball, she worked as a women's volleyball coach in a school in Nanjing, and sent a lot of women's volleyball talents to the national team. After learning of this, Lang Ping was also moved by Zhang Jinwen, and the two reconciled as before, and Lang Ping also expressed her support for Zhang Jinwen's career on many occasions.
The third place is Zhang Jike
As a Grand Slam player in the history of Chinese table tennis, Zhang Jike began to learn table tennis since he was a child, and after systematic training, Zhang Jike's ball skills can be described as pure. In the 2002 tournament, Zhang Jike, as a fledgling table tennis player, withstood the pressure when the score was behind, turned the tide against the wind, and became the champion at this time, when he was only fourteen years old.
After entering the national team, Zhang Jike burst out his amazing athletic talent and trained day and night in table tennis. Under his hard workout, his ball skills have also improved by leaps and bounds. In 2008, Zhang Jike rose to prominence, winning championships in many tournaments, and his winning percentage was also firmly in the top of the list. Due to his outstanding performance, Zhang Jike became the most valued athlete by the national team leader, and then became the shortest table tennis player to win a Grand Slam.
In countless arenas, Zhang Jike relied on his fierce playing style to beat his opponent to the ground, and later fell in love with Liu Shiwen, a talented girl in national table tennis. However, what is less known is that as a world champion, Zhang Jike has very bad habits. According to rumors, during the training of the national team, Zhang Jike went out privately to participate in gambling games, and after the game failed, Zhang Jike was in a bad mood and missed important matches.
This had a very bad impact on the national team, and Zhang Jike was also expelled from the national team and banned for two years. Due to the physical damage caused by years of training, Zhang Jike also announced his retirement shortly after being expelled from the national team. After retiring from the national team, Zhang Jike smoothly transformed, entered the entertainment industry, and filmed many variety shows one after another, earning a lot of money and earning millions per year.
Especially after announcing his relationship with an actress, Zhang Jike gained a lot of exposure. However, the good times did not last long, due to the vice of gambling, Zhang Jike owed a lot of foreign debts, and he also changed from a much-anticipated world champion to a spurned gambler, and now Zhang Jike has been criticized by netizens for his various vices.
The third place, Ning Zetao
As a member of the national swimming team, Ning Zetao has performed very well in many national competitions and won a lot of honors for the mainland. The swimmer loved swimming since he was a child, and at the age of eleven, he became a sports athlete in Henan Province. Relying on hard exercise and excellent physical fitness, Ning Zetao has performed well in many events.
Especially when he confirmed that his main direction of attack was short swimming, it completely stimulated his swimming potential. However, with more and more awards, Ning Zetao has gradually become the target of many people with ulterior motives. When participating in a world series, Ning Zetao suffered very unfair treatment, there was no exclusive coach and no lounge, in order to avoid framing, he even drank water very carefully, but before the game, Ning Zetao was still reported by others, saying that he took illegal drugs.
In order to prove his innocence, he could only participate in the team doctor's examination multiple times. Due to a tossing before the game, Ning Zetao played a serious amount of time in the game and was finally eliminated. As an athlete, Ning Zetao was only in his twenties at this time, at the age of struggle, but he was finally forced to interrupt his career due to the malicious obstruction of others.
In fact, before this competition, Ning Zetao has gained a lot of fame, during the training, Ning Zetao participated in commercial activities many times privately, and received many endorsement advertisements, which caused a very bad impact in the national team, so the national team decided to expel him after discussion. Shortly after his dismissal, Ning Zetao announced his retirement and ended his career.
Seeing a rising star fall, many viewers felt very sorry. However, although he retired in the arena, Ning Zetao still relied on his previous fame to receive a lot of endorsements, it is understood that his endorsement fee is also as high as one billion, and his annual income is also very considerable.
The second Wang Meng
At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wang Meng, as a commentator, quickly came out of the circle with the phrase "My eyes are the ruler", and Wang Wei became the object of discussion by many people for a while. The retired athlete worked for the national women's short track speed skating team, and in 1998, Wang entered the Heilongjiang Sports School to learn skating, and the third year she participated in the National Ninth Games, winning a bronze medal.
After the match, Wang Wei also entered the national team with his excellent performance. In 2006, Wang participated in the Winter Olympics and won the women's short track speed skating championship, and two years later, at the Olympics, Wang broke the world record, becoming the first person in the world in the women's 500m short track in history. In the later competitions, Wang Wei played steadily and won glory for the motherland.
According to statistics, Wang Meng has won more than 70 world gold medals, which has drawn a strong stroke on women's speed skating in China, and some media even directly refer to this period as the "Era of Pu". However, it is such an excellent athlete who was expelled from the national team three times and invited back twice because of his strength.
When he first entered the national team, Wang Wei invited his teammates to eat and drink, which seriously violated the rules of the national team's diligence and thrift, so Wang Wei was expelled from the national team and transferred to the provincial team. The second expulsion was due to frequent conflicts with her coach, and the national team leaders dismissed her again because she did not submit to discipline.
The third time was because of the discord between Wang Wei and the players, which seriously affected the unity of the national team. However, this time Wang did not return again, but in 2018, Wang returned to the public eye as a coach. Although due to physical factors, Wang Meng can no longer return to the arena, but as the coach of the speed skating team, Wang Wei has always adhered to his original intention and protected his dream and national honor in another way.
The first Zhang Guowei
Zhang Guowei from the appearance, he has slender limbs and a slender figure, which is a good seedling for high jumping. Since childhood, Zhang Guowei has been very fond of sports, especially football and table tennis, and even won the top few places in district-level competitions. After graduating from primary school, Zhang Guowei began to practice the long jump, and later due to his outstanding body condition, he successfully entered the high jump world.
At the age of nineteen, Zhang Guowei had already won the second place in the National Youth Athletics Championships. In his later national debut, he won the championship directly with excellent results, and the fledgling athlete gradually entered everyone's vision. With more and more competitions, Zhang Guowei also gradually showed his extraordinary high jump skills. Matching his prominent figure, is his "white crane bright wings" posture after each high jump, relying on this signature move, Zhang Guowei also stood out from the crowd of athletes and won the love of many fans.
However, where there is praise, there will naturally be doubts, Zhang Guowei has a lively personality, but his emotions are also extremely unstable, and he often plays up and down in the game. Especially in many major events, Zhang Guowei often makes mistakes, the most serious one is at the London Olympics, the national team gave him high expectations, but Zhang Guowei played very poorly.
Although he has played abnormally many times, Zhang Guowei has won many awards. But as his fame grew, Zhang Guowei's behavior became more and more excessive, and as we all know, as a national athlete, you are not allowed to attend commercial activities without the permission of the national team. However, Zhang Guowei made up reasons to go out to earn extra money during the exercise, and after the incident was exposed, Zhang Guowei was eventually expelled from the national team.
After being expelled from the national team, Zhang Guowei announced his retirement, relying on the popularity he had accumulated before, he became a funny Internet celebrity, all kinds of sand sculpture videos emerged, on his social platform, each video liked easily more than 100 million, and he himself also relied on this dividend to quickly get out of the circle. From world champion to funny blogger, Zhang Guowei's life can also be described as exciting.