| Captain Zhang
|Edited by Captain Zhang
At the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics, something happened in the men's all-around event, which caused dissatisfaction and controversy among many sports fans.
The Japanese Daiki Hashimoto clearly rushed to the car during the race, but in the end he still scored a whopping 14.7.
However, this unfair judgment caused the Chinese team to lose the gold medal.
As soon as the news came out, netizens expressed their support for Xiao Ruoteng on major social platforms.
There was a wave of support on the Internet, and the person's post caused heated discussions as soon as it came out.
He is the real trump card of Olympic gymnastics - Zhang Chenglong.
It may seem unfamiliar when you hear the name, but in 2012, his name really reached the top of the world.
In 2012, 24-year-old Zhang Chenglong represented China at the London Olympics, defeating Japan to win the men's gymnastics team gold medal.
And this big boy not only achieved a great career, but also gained happy love.
In the Zhang Chenglong community, Mrs. Zhang Chenglong looks like a handsome beauty in the photo, and it is said that she is actually a rich little woman!
So what does Zhang Chenglong rely on to please his beautiful wife and become the "victim" she pursues?
What did Zhang Chenglong experience on the road?
01. The road to fame
In 1989, Zhang Chenglong was born in an ordinary family in Zhangdian, Zibo City, Shandong Province.
His father Zhang Bingguo and mother Geng Qinghong are both workers, and the conditions at home are not very good.
Zhang Chenglong
As the old saying goes: "Children of poor families are in charge". Zhang Chenglong is well aware of his parents' hard work and has developed a precocious personality.
He began to learn to do household chores such as washing dishes and laundry. At the age of six, he learned to make dumplings, hoping to ease some of the burden on his parents.
Although his material resources are not rich, this does not affect his parents' love for Zhang Chenglong. They pay great attention to the nutritional balance of the diet, so that their son not only eats well, but also eats well. This also makes Xiao Zhang Jackie Chan look very tall among his peers.
In 1995, Zhang Chenglong attended kindergarten at Zhangdian Primary School. One day, the Zibo gymnastics team came to their school and wanted to select a group of young talents to join the gymnastics team. Zhang Chenglong's taller and taller figure than his peers naturally attracted the attention of the gymnastics team. Note that he was favored by the coach and became a member of the Zibo gymnastics team.
Zhang Chenglong's parents also expressed their support for their son, encouraging him to maintain a serious attitude and train hard with his coach. Zhang Chenglong also made a secret decision, hoping to achieve some success in this field.
In 1998, 9-year-old Zhang Chenglong made his first important choice. Because the basic training of diving and gymnastics is quite similar, the coach of the Shandong diving team likes Zhang Chenglong, who has a good body proportion. The coach approached him and tried to persuade Zhang to give up gymnastics and learn to dive instead. Because his size is more suitable for diving, he has more potential for success.
Zhang Chenglong did not agree at first. After all, he studied for three years and was determined to succeed in gymnastics.
But the diving coach insisted, and even found Zhang Chenglong's parents to do their homework: "The child is still young, and it is very likely. Because he chose a sport with the aim of winning championships. In that case, why not choose a path with a higher success rate? ”
Unable to withstand the pressure from many aspects, Zhang Chenglong finally gave up gymnastics and decided to learn diving with the Shandong diving team.
The gaze of the diving coach is relentless. Unsurprisingly, Zhang Chenglong showed amazing talent in diving. In just over a month, he has mastered a lot of diving skills and even learned some difficult skills. He practiced with some people for a day or two. Compared to 20-year-old students, they are no less impressive.
But even so, Zhang Chenglong still can't forget the gymnastics he practiced for three years when he returned from his midnight dream.
He felt as if he and gymnastics were tightly tied together by an invisible thread, and he was destined to have an inescapable bond in this life.
After much deliberation, the persuasion of the coach and classmates did not make him change his decision. He resolutely returned to Zibo Sports School, resumed gymnastics practice, and joined the national gymnastics training team.
However, what was once an advantage has now turned into a fatal flaw, not only did he miss the national team, but also almost ended Zhang Chenglong's gymnastics career.
In 2005, Zhang Chenglong, who was still in the growth stage, lost control. The long arms and legs make him look clumsy than these little players, and the aesthetics of his movements are a little worse. Because of this, he not only performed well at the National Games. His performance was so poor that he was directly "returned" by the national team.
Suffering a double whammy, Zhang Chenglong even thought about giving up, but his parents showed up when he was most vulnerable and gave him the strongest support.
"You have been practicing for ten years, don't negate all your previous efforts because of a failure, giving up after a failure will only make you farther and farther away from success, as long as you persevere, success will not be far away." ”
The careful teaching of his parents made Zhang Chenglong suddenly realize that he could not change his height, so he should change his exercise habits to adapt to the requirements of the competition; If something goes wrong with his technique, he practices it over and over again until muscle memory is formed.
Pay and you will pay. In 2008, Chen Xiong, the head coach of the Chinese gymnastics team, visited the Shandong gymnastics team to inspect the members. Coach Chen Xiong, who has trained many famous gymnasts, decided to recruit Zhang Chenglong to the national team after observing Zhang Chenglong up close for three days.
I went through the darkness of the valley just to wait for this moment of success. At the 2009 National Gymnastics Championships, Zhang Chenglong lost to his teammate Guo Weiyang with a high score of 15.425 and finally finished second.
Although it didn't win the championship, it didn't stop the rising stars in gymnastics. In the same year, Zhang Chenglong was invited to be selected into the first batch of national gymnastics teams and became the key training object of the Chinese gymnastics team at the London Olympics.
In October 2010, in the final of the World Gymnastics Championships, Zhang Chenglong achieved the highest overall score of 16.166 points with a balance beam of 7.5 points, successfully winning the first ever world ace.
Zhang Chenglong, at the peak of his career, in 2012, the old man under the moon silently helped hold the red line...
02. Beautiful wife "chases"
The heroine on the other end of the red line is named Zhao Ziyan, three years younger than Zhang Chenglong. Zhang Chenglong was 22 years old at the time. She was born in 1992 and comes from a wealthy family. After graduating from high school, her family fully supported her to study abroad.
Zhao Ziyan
She graduated from the University of Southampton, UK, and is a design student. At that time, as a returnee, she was really "white and rich".
Zhao Ziyan
One is a gymnast from an ordinary background, and the other is a beautiful designer who comes from a wealthy family. These two should be two parallel lines with no intersection.
However, Zhao Ziyan has always been a fan of Zhang Chenglong. She completed the Zhang Chenglong competition without landing. She looked at the young man flying in the trapeze and secretly admired this handsome guy who was sweating on the gymnasium.
Her adoration of Zhang Chenglong lasted for many years. She left comments on every post of Zhang Chenglong and even sent private messages. She is like a little girl chasing stars, following his every word and deed.
After returning home, at a gathering of mutual friends, by chance, the two parallel lines gradually intersected.
Zhao Ziyan
After the party, Zhao Ziyan looked at the big boy in front of her, and her inner choice became more firm. Although he is not good at words, his demeanor appears to be very reliable, and he is a trustworthy person for a lifetime.
After the party, Zhao Ziyan put down her reservedness and plucked up the courage to ask Zhang Chenglong for contact information. However, the other party did not seem to have much interest. No matter how much she teased him, he didn't react and even disappeared while busy. Few days.
It turned out that Zhang Chenglong had lived in the two-point rhythm of "training competition" since he was a child.
As a straight man who only wants to win the championship, he is a little dull and insensitive emotionally. He didn't understand what Zhao Ziyan meant at all. He thought he was just making friends. Later, under the reminder of a friend, he learned how important Zhao Ziyan was to him. Enthusiastic.
Although the girl in front of him is cute and cute, he has no idea of falling in love and is not responsible for her. Daily training took up most of his life, and Zhang Chenglong didn't want to delay the other girls' good years.
Even if she didn't get an answer, Zhao Ziyan never wanted to give up. Life is only a few decades. If you can't grow old with someone you like, life becomes meaningless.
She is not afraid that Zhang Chenglong will reject herself, but she is afraid that she will miss her beloved because of cowardice.
For Zhang Chenglong, in the eyes of everyone, she gave up the enviable opportunity for graduate study. It took them more than three years to eat, watch movies, and go to the amusement park.
In this process, even Zhang Chenglong gradually liked this lively and cute little girl.
The two young people silently confirmed their love, but Zhao Ziyan's parents had different views on the relationship.
They felt that Zhang Chenglong came from an ordinary family and did not study for several years. Although he is an athlete on the national team, his profession is to feed and fight hard for young people. He may not be able to make progress. And even if he gets ahead, he may not succeed after retirement. The way out is also unclear.
How can they be sure that their daughter, who has been "held in her hands for fear of falling, and afraid of spilling in her mouth" since she was a child, was entrusted to such a person?
When their daughter persecuted Zhang Chenglong, they always resisted. They didn't expect that their daughter had a bad temper, and Hachima couldn't pull what she decided. Now that man was taken home by their daughter and told them to their face that he was their future son-in-law, and as a parent he was still a little unacceptable for a while.
Zhang Chenglong is well aware of the concerns of Zhao Ziyan's parents. He knelt in front of the two elders and promised that he would take on the responsibilities of a man and would never let their daughter be wronged in this life.
The two elders were still moved by this sincere oath and were unwilling to fail the couple. Because their daughter has agreed to let them go. It is inappropriate for them to interfere in the lives of young people.
"You have taken 99 steps in this relationship, let me take the last step."
In 2015, Zhang Chenglong reached the peak of romance in his life. On this day, he booked a large screen in a shopping mall in Beijing and proposed to his lover Zhao Ziyan.
In the play, he describes his love for his wife verbatim, and outside the play, he kneels on one knee in front of everyone, holding flowers in one hand and a diamond ring in the other, swearing an unwavering vow.
With the blessing of the onlookers, Zhao Ziyan accepted the male idol's marriage proposal with a smile. The two hugged tightly with excitement, unwilling to let go for a long time.
In 2017, Zhang Chenglong shared the joy of becoming a father for the first time with netizens through Weibo
The wife gave birth to her daughter successfully, and both mother and daughter were safe. He also expressed his gratitude to his wife and great maternal love.
Only small pink cotton hands are shown in the photo. The image looks smaller than Zhang Chenglong's index finger. The way he held his father's fingers tightly made many netizens call it cute.
03. Today
Perhaps inspired by a small cotton-lined coat, Zhang Chenglong, who performed abnormally in previous competitions due to poor physical fitness, won the championship beam in the gymnastics competition of the 2018 National Games at the gymnastics competition held in Tianjin's Haihe Education Park.
This is also a successful end to his sports career.
Zhang Chenglong originally hoped to continue to win glory for the country at the Tokyo Olympics.
However, with his physical condition, it is really not suitable to continue. Opportunities should be left to good athletes, so Zhang announced his withdrawal from the Tokyo Olympics.
After the Daiki Hashimoto incident was exposed, Zhang Chenglong immediately posted a Weibo to express regret that the Chinese athletes did not win the championship, which also showed his love and loyalty to the gymnastics cause.
Although his fame has faded and he has returned to his daily life, he still cares about his country's sports and always thinks about his brothers and sisters who are struggling abroad.
In order to keep his original promise and better accompany his wife and daughter, Zhang Chenglong decided to transform and move his career into the background. He transitioned from a professional gymnast to a national gymnastics coach and is determined to continue to train a group of gymnastics talents for China. Talent.
Today, he relies on online fitness classes and works with his wife. Zhang Chenglong's net worth exceeds 100 million. With a gentle and beautiful wife and a smart and kind daughter, he is the envy of all.
But he always has a normal heart, respects the person in front of him, and enjoys a simple and happy life. Spreading shit with his wife on social media and sharing his daughter's upbringing has become his daily routine.
His Weibo top is a promise to his wife, Zhao Ziyan, and daughter. Zhang also praised his wife for her beauty in a blog post. It can be seen that after 7 years of marriage, the two are still inseparable, and the relationship is very sweet.
In addition to posting dog food on Weibo, the couple also likes to share some of their daughter's daily life. In the photo, the daughter is wearing a red dress, which looks festive and cute.
Zhang Chenglong's daughter is worthy of being a descendant of athletes, and also shows extremely high athletic talent, and is heroic and sassy on horseback.
Compared with his contemporaries, Zhang Chenglong is lucky. From ordinary origin to marrying Bai Fumei to fighting for the country's name, it seems to be a matter of course, but we cannot deny that if Zhang Chenglong is not on the road of athletes, with all his sweat and unremitting efforts, it will also become a dream.
It was these efforts that helped Zhang Chenglong climb step by step and finally reached the peak of his life.
Camus once said:
"The struggle to reach the top alone is enough to enrich people's hearts. People need to believe that mountaineering is more than just luck. ”
Even if Zhang Chenglong moves forward step by step, with tears and sweat, he will not regret it. Instead, he is grateful for the hardships of the past and the hard work of himself. They make him a better person.
Bygone times
"Grand Slam" Ding Ning: retired at the age of 31 and has never been in love. Her mother hoped that she would marry into a good family.
"Table tennis champion" Wang Hao: married a beautiful wife at the age of 30 and faced a marriage crisis at the age of 32. How did he solve it?
"Queen of Gymnastics" Cheng Fei: retired at the age of 25, and now her figure is out of shape, and her father just wants to marry into a good family