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In April 2016, China was organizing a national swimming championship trials for the Rio Olympics.
Liu Zige, 27, finished fifth in the women's 200m butterfly final, meaning the former 2008 Beijing Olympic champion has since missed out on a place in Rio.
So Liu Zige chose to retire.
The world-renowned "Queen of Butterfly" Liu Zige came to an end, which is really sighing. Soon after, the wedding of Liu Zige and her coach once again shocked the melon-eating masses.
Liu Zige's coach is Jin Wei, who is 23 years older than her, and is also the biggest contributor to Liu Zige as an Olympic champion.
Jin Wei used to be our country's gold medal coach, and with the exposure of this wedding, Jin Wei's private life began to be talked about.
Long before Liu Zige, Jin Wei had married his two apprentices and had two children.
But Liu Zige still married him despite his family's objections.
However, since it was Liu Zige's own decision, people could only offer their blessings,
But in the back, everyone's blessings turned into invective, and even in the end, Jin Wei could only leave Australia with his family.
What's going on here?
Excellent "Golden Coach"
Jin Wei was a former swimmer from Liaoning Province and entered the national team in 1983.
However, during the athlete period, Jin Wei performed decently compared to Liu Zige, and his best result was only to win the national championship.
After retiring, Jin Wei became a coach. During the coaching period, Jin Wei once told the public: I hope that I can bring out an Olympic champion.
He did it.
At that time, Jin Wei was the head coach of the Benxi Sea Ship Club.
This club was one of the few swimming bases in China that was founded by the private sector but could carry out professional training.
However, the club's economic conditions and surroundings are really not luxurious.
Jin Wei himself said:
"The procedures and mechanisms here cannot be called perfect, and we often have to contribute to the training of athletes for local areas for free, not to mention that sometimes athletes need bonuses."
Jin Wei himself reluctantly said that he once sold his car to subsidize the club.
However, Jin Wei also said that in this case, the issue of athletes' attribution does not have to be talked about, and the schedule is relatively free.
It can be said that such a club is supported by coaches, who have put in a lot of effort.
And Liu Zige trained under such conditions.
In 2003, Liu Zige came to Shanghai alone to train.
At only 15 years old, she can be said to have lived in this dilapidated base since she was a child, and Jin Wei was still with Xi Qiuju, a veteran swimmer.
The three of them often train together, as if they are one big family.
Liu Zige's excellent swimming talent and non-arrogant personality were quickly appreciated by Jin Wei.
Jin Wei described Liu Zige as follows:
"It is too rare for an athlete like Liu Zige to be sensible, intelligent and have good character."
And that's exactly what happened.
In 2006, Liu Zige won the butterfly championship at the municipal competition. But it didn't last long, and a long bottleneck period followed.
As a little girl who usually practices steadily, such a dilemma made Liu Zige want to quit for a while.
However, Jin Wei carefully discovered Liu Zige's abnormality.
Since Jin Wei has worked as a swimming coach in Australia, he believes that it is the lack of environmental conditions that delayed Liu Zige.
So, he came to enlighten this confused little girl.
Jin Wei paid for Liu Zige's food, drink, housing and transportation, and let Liu Zige go to Australia for training.
And the effect of this long trip is obviously obvious.
Under Jin Wei's meticulous care and his own hard training during this time, Liu Zige finally broke through his bottleneck.
In 2007, Liu Zige successfully joined the national team and began to play internationally for the country.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Liu Zige won the 200m butterfly with a time of 2:4.18, breaking the world record at the time.
At this time, Liu Zige became famous in one fell swoop, people praised her as the "queen of butterflies", and Jin Wei was also called "gold medal coach" by the Chinese.
But for Jin Wei, his idea of his apprentice winning the championship is:
"The hardest thing for a person is to endure success".
However, after many years of getting along, Liu Zige did not disappoint Jin Wei.
Jin Wei described Liu Zige as follows:
"Even if you win the Olympic championship, you have never been complacent, knowing that the most important thing for an athlete is the training system, and it is always a down-to-earth life and training."
"She still wears her usual clothes, which are ordinary training clothes, and never spends money indiscriminately."
At the same time, after Liu Zige won the medal, she did not forget Jin Wei's love for selling cars back then.
Liu Zige, who was reluctant to buy even a new dress, the first thing he did was to spend 1.7 million yuan to buy the luxury car Land Rover as a return for the coach.
With such a modest attitude, Liu Zige sang all the way in the next competition.
In 2009, Liu Zige participated in the Eleventh Games and won the 100m butterfly championship with a good time of 56.07 seconds, breaking the Asian record.
Not only that, Liu Zige also won the 200-meter butterfly championship again during the Games, and also scored twice to break the world record in the 200-meter butterfly.
In Berlin in November of the same year, Liu Zige broke his own record in the FINA Short Pool Swimming World Cup.
Looking back at 2008-2013, Liu Zige surrounded an Olympic champion, championship champion, world record holder in a series of dazzling halos, and successfully won Grand Slams.
Together with Jiao Liu Yang, she created the golden age of Chinese women's butterfly swimming, and was called "Gemini".
During this period, Jin Wei can be described as a topic that Liu Zige cannot avoid.
Jin Wei not only often accompanies Liu Zige in various competitions, but also often accompanies Liu Zige in private.
And Liu Zige is also enjoying it, bringing some small toys to Jin Wei's two children from time to time, taking care of them in every way.
Jin Wei complained:
"How can my own children be so close to Liu Zige, and tell her everything."
In 2014, the intimacy of the two made the media speculate whether they had become a small couple.
But Jin Wei was so furious, he hurriedly jumped out and scolded the media, saying that this was a false rumor. He said:
"I didn't issue the marriage certificate!"
But in 2016, Jin Wei slapped himself in the face.
The "crazy coach" who went crazy
In 2016, Liu Zige participated in the qualifiers for the Rio Olympics, but unfortunately lost and chose to retire.
Although Liu Zige gave up his swimming career, Jin Wei did not give up his coaching career and is still teaching Chinese women.
However, maybe the pressure began to increase sharply after becoming famous, or maybe it was the disciple who began to turn green and yellow after retreating, and Jin Wei was a little "crazy".
After the "Gemini" gradually faded out, Jin Wei has been cultivating rookie Chen Xinyi as a new generation of "butterfly queen".
However, at this time, Jin Wei's reputation as a "golden coach" on his head lost his due qualities as a "golden coach", and in order to quickly make stars, Jin Wei embarked on a road of no return.
Soon, the Rio 2016 Olympic Games were held as scheduled.
Because the previous generation of "Queen of Butterfly" Liu Zige failed to break out of the preliminary round, a new generation of young athlete, 18-year-old Chinese female swimmer Chen Xinyi, took the competition.
However, while the game was going on, Chen Xinyi was detected with hydrochlorothiazide during a blood drug test.
Hydrochlorothiazide is a diuretic and is often used to treat it. However, if it is used in athletes, it is to quickly excrete doping and its metabolites in the body.
Chen Xinyi was directly disqualified by the official because of this incident, and this incident was also the only violation of the Chinese team in the Rio Olympics.
The impact of this incident is bad and seriously harms the image.
After all, as a sport premised on friendship, solidarity, and fair play, the use of medicine is a desecration of the spirit of the Games and a contempt for the dignity of athletes as nothing.
As a former "golden coach", Jin Wei lost the patience to go to Australia that year, went against the original intention of cultivating talents back then, and chose a completely different path from that year, which is really disappointing.
Upon learning of this, the Chinese Swimming Association attached great importance to it and quickly launched an investigation.
Although Chen Xinyi won as soon as she appeared that year, she won 4 golds and 1 silver at the National Games at the age of 15, which can be said to be a rising star.
It is a pity that because of this incident, he was banned by FINA for 2 years, and he consumed a good time in vain.
Then, in September 2016, Jin Wei suddenly said that he would marry his apprentice Liu Zige.
When they heard this, people were stunned.
After all, Jin Wei is 23 years older than Liu Zige, and it can be said that Jin Wei is already the age of Liu Zige's father.
In fact, Liu Zige and Jin Wei's two children are not much different.
This is not over, because of this wedding, Liu Zige has since become a housewife and will not come back.
Although the 27-year-old Liu Zige is already a veteran, as the former "queen butterfly", fans still hope that she can continue to shine on the field, even if she becomes a coach.
However, the news ruthlessly shattered their illusions.
Moreover, Jin Wei's reputation at this time is not good.
So, there wasn't much applause for this wedding. Even Liu Zige's parents and teammates did not come to participate, but Liu Zige did not hesitate.
The wedding wasn't grand, but at least it was warm. The two are far apart in age, but the depth of love can be seen.
After marriage, Jin Wei can also be regarded as a good husband who is careful and considerate, and Liu Zige also lives happily and comfortably.
According to Jin Wei, both children regard Liu Zige as their idols and say they want to learn her to swim.
However, no matter how happy the little couple lived, because of the doping of the Rio Olympics, Jin Wei's coaching career was still greatly hit.
The "gold medal coach" is still down after all.
So, Jin Wei went to Australia, ready to pick up his former professional --- become a swimming coach in Australia.
Liu Zige did not give up and went directly with Jin Wei.
Liu Zige once said that her feelings can be learned, and she even said that she wanted to have another child with Jin Wei.
Finally, in 2017, their third child was born, and the pair of "yearless love" also had their own love crystallization.
In 2018, the swimming association ruled that Jin Wei was no longer allowed to enter any national team.
However, Jin Wei has long settled in Australia with Liu Zige.
Conclusion
As the saying goes, "If there is grass by the nest, why run all over the mountain", Jin Wei knows this well.
Jin Wei's three wives were all his students, and the last was even a world-renowned Grand Slam champion.
However, now their lives have moved away from the spotlight and are peaceful and happy.
What we can evaluate is Jin Wei's merits as a coach.
I have to say that Jin Wei's ability is definitely worthy of a "gold medal coach". However, he rushed to the hospital in his later choices, and in the end ruined not only his career, but also a rising star.
Therefore, whether his coaching career is despised or has been reinstated is judged by everyone.
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