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Gu Xuesong proposed to Deng Linlin
On December 10, 2022, a marriage proposal news flooded the Internet.
"Olympic double gold king gymnastics goddess Deng Linlin was successfully proposed"
It turned out that Olympic champion Deng Linlin posted the news that she was proposed on social platforms. Countless netizens have offered their blessings. Now we see Deng Linlin's complete life, but behind this consummation, there are too many hardships.
Deng Linlin announced the marriage proposal
World champion who breaks limits
At the 2012 London Olympics, Deng Linlin won the gold medal in the women's balance beam. Deng Linlin, who won the gold medal, cried with joy. Because at this moment, she created a miracle of her own. Who says female gymnasts can't win two consecutive Olympic gold medals. The little girl, who was less than one and a half meters tall, was affectionately known as the "Balance Beam Princess of China" when she was just 20 years old.
Deng Linlin and the gold medal
20 years old, what a young age, for those who are engaged in other careers, it is a fledgling age, but for Deng Linlin, the gymnastics career has reached its end.
When we see women's gymnastics competitions on TV, we find that they are not tall, they all look like little girls.
"Little girls"
But these small figures have won many gold medals for China. Since its establishment, the Chinese women's gymnastics team has won a total of 31 world championships for China.
And for gymnasts, especially female gymnasts, their golden age is 14 to 18 years old, and they can only compete in international competitions when they are 16 years old. This results in many athletes having short athletic careers. They started training at the age of six or seven, and they trained hard for seven or eight years before they began to emerge, and if they were unlucky and missed the Olympics, it would be a regret for the rest of their lives.
In 2008, Deng Linlin participated in the much-anticipated Beijing Olympics, she was only 1.37 meters tall, but her small body burst with great energy, and she helped the team win the team championship.
Deng Linlin
Deng Linlin at the Beijing Olympics was like a divine soldier, and the next competition was also unreceivable, winning the individual all-around gold medal at the 2009 National Games, and since then has entered the peak period, almost all the competitions she has participated in can win medals. He became the pillar of the team.
Fast forward to 2012. Due to long-term training, coupled with age, her body began to develop, her competitive state began to decline, the flexibility of her body, and many skills, were not as good as at her peak, and many people began to persuade her at this time.
"You already won the gold medal in 2008 and proved yourself in front of the whole country, why bother to participate in the Olympics again"
Her coach and even her family hoped that Deng Linlin would keep a perfect ending, but Deng Linlin was not intimidated by the difficulties.
"The road you choose, even if the road ahead is slim, you must go down"
In the face of many difficulties, Deng Linlin's choice is to train harder. She not only needs to train, but also needs to control her weight at all times, but physical development is inevitable, weight gain leads to her inability to train for a long time, she has practiced the movements countless times in her mind, the standard of each action, the timing of the shot, including how to deal with mistakes, all rehearsed countless times.
Deng Linlin
As we all know, in London 2012, she did a miracle and successfully won the gold medal. And it is precisely because of her tenacious spirit that inspires every gymnast, and the name Deng Linlin is destined to leave a strong mark in the history of Chinese gymnastics.
Deng Linlin, who won the championship, still chose to "not accept old age", but the development of her body is a fact she must face, and then forcibly trained, it will be harmful to the body and not beneficial. In the end, forced to reluctantly, Deng Linlin chose to retire. So how did Deng Linlin get into gymnastics?
Fulfill dreams for the Father
Deng Linlin, born in 1992, is a native of Anhui Province, and her father was a track and field athlete in his early years, practicing 100-meter running. By chance, a coach discovered that he had the talent to practice gymnastics, but the conditions at that time did not allow gymnastics training, and he was a little older, so he gave up the idea.
Deng Linlin's father, Deng Jiegu
As his son and daughter grew up, his son showed his love for gymnastics, so he let his son start gymnastics training, and Deng Linlin was born in such a family, because she watched her brother train gymnastics since she was a child. Deng Linlin showed her love for gymnastics at a very young age, so Deng Linlin was sent to a special school to learn gymnastics.
In 2003, the talented Deng Linlin was selected for the national team. She was only 11 years old that year, but because the International Gymnastics Association stipulated that under the age of 16 could not participate in large-scale international events, Deng Linlin could not participate in large-scale events. Deng Linlin is like a budding flower, waiting for the moment to bloom.
Finally, in 2008, the knife was unsheathed and won the Olympic gold medal in one fell swoop. And won the championship again in 2012. It became a miracle in the Chinese women's gymnastics. At the same time, he also fulfilled his father's dream. In 2013, Deng Linlin chose to retire, and just like that, the balance beam princess came to an end.
Career after retirement
In May 2023, I saw a news on the Internet that it turned out that Deng Linlin was teaching students gymnastics movements in a kindergarten.
It can be seen that Deng Shasha is wearing a Chinese red coat and is doing support movements for a child. This scene seems to go back to her own childhood, when she was a first-grade elementary school student. Since retiring in 2013, what has Deng Linlin's life been like?
It turned out that in 2013, Deng Linlin was sent to Peking University on bail and began her student career. This is undoubtedly another challenge for Deng Linlin, because in her previous life, she was all about training and competition. Although I also take cultural classes, I spend most of my time on the training ground. Suddenly let her learn in all directions, and it was a little difficult to adapt to all of a sudden.
Deng Linlin was escorted to Peking University
"Final exams are my biggest fear."
This is what Deng Linlin later said when she recalled her college life. It turned out that in her first final exam to study at Peking University, she saw that her classmates answered very easily, she looked around, and the students handed in the test papers one by one, but she didn't know how to answer the questions. Although I am very anxious in my heart, the answer will not come out on its own.
In this way, Deng Linlin spent an unforgettable semester. The pace of learning could not keep up, which made her confused and even almost depressed.
In fact, relying on the honors won by Deng Linlin alone, she can also graduate steadily, but these are not what she wants, and she who has not flinched in the arena will not choose to retreat this time.
As a two-time world champion gymnastics queen, how could she give up easily. In order to make up for the gap with her classmates and keep up with the teacher's learning progress, she studied late every day, and spent her rest time in the library. In this way, under her attitude of not admitting defeat, her academic performance finally followed.
During her studies, she also learned more things and gradually became a beautiful college student. Such as shopping, makeup, etc. In the past, her life was only training, and it was not until she entered the study that she gradually experienced the joy of life.
Time flew by, and soon it was time to graduate, and after graduating from school, she chose to return to her hometown and work as a gymnastics coach in her hometown in Anhui.
About love
In 2019, Deng Linlin got an opportunity to study in the United States and harvested her own love.
met Gu Xuesong at a friendship party, which was the first time the two met.
Gu Xuesong
Gu Seol-song is an archer and defeated the dominant South Korean team in 2014. Won the championship, to know that South Korea's archery is equivalent to China's table tennis, when Gu Xuesong played, the field was all Korean spectators, it was in this case, Gu Xuesong withstood the pressure, the arrow was empty, and directly defeated the Korean team.
Perhaps because the two are both athletes and both win glory for the country, the common words of the two are very much. However, due to the fact that the domestic epidemic had just broken out at that time, the two who were concerned about the motherland did not express their hearts to each other. During the quarantine, the two hearts who were alone eventually attracted to each other, and after determining each other's intentions, the two agreed to confirm the relationship after returning to China.
After the two returned to China, they encountered a more difficult problem, that is, long-distance relationships. No one wants to start a different place as soon as the relationship is confirmed, and since both are famous athletes and have their own careers, there is no way to juggle them. So the lovers in the two places began a long-distance relationship, from Anhui to Shanghai, from Shanghai to Anhui, the two went back and forth countless times.
But the pain of lovesickness is not something that everyone can endure, especially those who are in love. Finally, in 2022, Gu Xuesong sacrificed her career for Deng Linlin and chose to settle in Anhui. And Deng Linlin was extremely moved, and directly announced that she was in love with Gu Xuesong. For a time, countless netizens blessed it.
November 2022. Gu Xuesong and Deng Linlin were invited to participate in a variety show. And suddenly proposed to Deng Linlin in the show.
"You are the first in the arena, and in my heart you are the first!"
Gu Xuesong said affectionately to Deng Linlin.
Face a sudden marriage proposal. Deng Linlin cried with joy, and the two people who had been in love for three years finally achieved positive results.
Deng Linlin also did not live up to Gu Xuesong's wishes, and directly posted the news that she was proposed to the Internet. For a while, it ignited the entire world of sports. Countless netizens have sent their blessings.
In 2023, the two began a dull life, and the couple chose to work as physical education teachers at Anhui Normal University. Two world champions working as teachers at university, isn't it a bit wasteful. Still someone raised their own doubts.
"I like being a teacher very much, my dream is to be a teacher" is Deng Linlin's answer to other people's questions. Although the teacher is not so tall compared to the "sports bureau coach". But are two happy people happy together?
Other retired goddesses
In fact, in addition to Deng Linlin, there are other female gymnasts who choose to become teachers after retiring.
Zhaolu
She is the same age as Deng Linlin, born in Zhuzhou, Hunan Province in 1992. Since the age of three, he has formed an indissoluble bond with gymnastics. And her gymnastics talent is also very strong, all the way from the city team to the provincial team, and she is a top-notch presence in the provincial team, and soon entered the national team.
In 2007, he successfully won the national gymnastics championship. In 2008, he also won the national championship. At the 2011 World Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo, she finally realized her dream. Become a world champion.
Zhaolu
In 2013, also because of her age, she chose to retire and enter the university. And through his own efforts, he successfully obtained English level 4.
After graduation, she chose to work as a volunteer teacher in a poor county in Guizhou. At this time, she was twenty-eight years old, and now she has an extraordinary temperament and is sunny and cheerful. But at the age of Ruhua, he chose to be a teacher for students in the border area, which is the charm of athletes who win glory for the country.
Zhulu and the students take a group photo
I wish all lovely people happiness and happiness
Chinese female gymnasts have been training since they were young, and we take them for granted that they have achieved results. As everyone knows, these "little girls" have been training hard since childhood, but due to high-intensity training, many people's development will be delayed or even stopped. You can't even reach 1.5 meters.
This is because, when they were children, they began to overtrain their bones and repeatedly use joints and bones every day. These all lead to their height development.
Deng Linlin was only 1.37 meters when she appeared in early 2008, and she only grew 10 centimeters after college, which is 1.47 meters.
And Xiaolu was 21 years old when she retired and weighed only 70 pounds, what is the concept, many elementary school students weigh more than her.
So anyone's success is not easy. Now we have witnessed the love of Deng Linlin and Gu Xuesong together, and we also understand the hardships behind them. We should all be blessed with those who have won glory for our country.