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preface
At the Asian Games, which ended in September, mainland athletes won a total of 383 medals, of which 201 were gold, but you can name a few gold medalists.
Even gold medalists, if they have no topicality and no commercial value, quickly disappear from the public, and they have no way of knowing where they have gone after retiring.
One athlete who, after winning 19 medals for his country, took his coach to court in a lawsuit because he had been stolen from years of prize money and now had to sell medals.
What's going on here? Who is this athlete?
Practice sports for life
In fact, in the mainland athlete team, a large part of them are children from ordinary people, and their purpose of practicing sports is also very simple: to rely on their own talents to mix and eat.
Ai Dongmei originally came to Beijing with this idea.
She was born in a small county town in Heilongjiang, an ordinary girl, and when she was in elementary school, Ai Dongmei's parents found that their children's acceptance of cultural knowledge was very slow, and their grades in the class were also in the middle and lower reaches.
But in contrast, Ai Dongmei's athletic performance was excellent, especially in running, and his parents did not realize what it meant until Ai Dongmei's physical education teacher came to him.
It turned out that Ai Dongmei, who was in the sixth grade of primary school, had always been a member of the school's track and field team, and this time represented the school in the sports meeting organized by the county, she signed up for the women's 3,000-meter run, and actually led the second place by a full lap in the final sprint.
At that time, after the results came out, the judges still couldn't believe it, they all thought that Ai Dongmei cheated and ran one less lap, otherwise how could there be such an exaggerated result, in order to prove her innocence, Ai Dongmei decided to run again the next day.
Ai Dongmei's heavy running performance is very good, only a little slower than yesterday's result, mainly because Ai Dongmei sprained her toe in yesterday's race, and the pain of running affected the final result.
But now this achievement is still very exaggerated, this is no longer simply "running fast" can be described, this is the high-quality seedlings participating in the Olympic Games.
Therefore, the purpose of the physical education teacher visiting the door is also very simple, that is, to tell Ai Dongmei's parents: this child has a rare sports talent, it is best to send it to a regular sports college, can not bury her, she can run out of a road.
Ai Dongmei's parents did not hesitate for a long time, their daughter's cultural class results are not very ideal, and it is unlikely that there is a way out by studying, but if practicing sports can make her have a good future, what reason is there not to agree?
In this way, after graduating from primary school, Ai Dongmei was sent by her parents to a local sports school, where she trained more rigorously and professionally, and ran again and again on the field.
After winning the competition in the city, the teacher of the sports school brought a man to Ai Dongmei, who said that his name was Wang Dexian, the coach of the national long-distance running team, and asked Ai Dongmei if he would like to go to Beijing to train, and the answer was yes.
But at that time, Ai Dongmei did not know that the man in front of her would be a nightmare for her life.
It is the mentor and the "devil"
Wang Dexian's methods of training athletes are very rude, he believes that there are only two reasons why athletes cannot achieve results, one is laziness and not training well, and the other is that the mind is wrong and not in training.
The problem of laziness is easy to solve, that is, hit.
In 2006, the athletes brought by Wang Dexian publicly accused him that if you have bad results, you are playing, and whether you are sick or some other reason, you have broken people's noses and swollen faces.
Ai Dongmei was beaten by Wang Dexian because she did not respect the rules and regulations formulated by Wang Dexian, and she could not take a bath for two or three days, and even then she could not rest and continue training.
Ai Dongmei said that the sweat after training at that time flowed on the wound, and the piercing pain she remembered for many years after retirement.
Not only that, Wang Dexian also restricted the personal freedom of athletes, not allowed to go out casually, even if they went home to visit relatives, Ai Dongmei was very depressed every day here, but thinking about her efforts for so many years, she was unwilling to give up easily.
For so many years, Ai Dongmei has survived little by little, but fortunately, her results are worthy of her hard work for so many years.
During the Beijing International Marathon, Ai Dongmei won the women's championship, and it was this race that allowed Ai Dongmei to truly experience the joy of fighting for the country.
Since then, she's been on fire, winning 19 medals throughout her career, but at the same time, she's hurting a lot.
Another reason why she chose to retire was that she said that every medal she won would be a corresponding bonus subsidy, but she had participated in so many competitions and won so many medals, but there was no bonus at all.
Ai Dongmei originally thought that after retirement, the bonus would be given to her at one time, but there was no shadow of the bonus on the left and right, and even Wang Dexian's previous statement that he had to "arrange work after retirement" showed no sign of fulfilling the agreement.
Ai Dongmei ran to the relevant department to ask, only to know that the bonus had already been paid, so why didn't she get the money?
Take the coach to court in one fell swoop
Ai Dongmei's life after retirement is very difficult, she has practiced sports since she was a child, except for running, there is no other skill, do some physical work, years of training has overdrawn her body, can not do heavy work at all.
In desperation, she can only go to some small shops to help others buy clothes, this job requires standing for a long time, Ai Dongmei's foot injury is serious, toe turned out, so this work did not last long.
When life was difficult, she remembered her bonus, and Ai Dongmei contacted several of her former teammates, only to learn that the teammate's bonus was not paid.
However, they consulted the relevant departments and found that the bonus had been distributed long ago, but I don't know why it didn't go to the athletes, and the teammates unanimously believed that coach Wang Dexian took the bonus, so they took it to court with a complaint.
During this period of court investigation, Ai Dongmei's life still did not improve, looking at the 19 medals hanging on the wall, Ai Dongmei's heart once again surged with the word "regret", she regretted practicing sports.
After thinking about it, Ai Dongmei decided to sell her medals, which attracted the attention of all walks of life, and many athletes sympathized with her and generously donated money to Ai Dongmei.
Some caring companies are also willing to provide Ai Dongmei with a stable position, and even Ai Dongmei's daughter is accepted for free by a kindergarten.
Wang Dexian saw that the matter was making a big deal and quickly found Ai Dongmei and her teammates, saying that they could repay the bonus, but Ai Dongmei and they wanted to withdraw the lawsuit.
Ai Dongmei and others only wanted to get back the money they deserved, and since Wang Dexian was willing to pay back, they didn't want to make too ugly, so they accepted the 200,000 yuan sent by Wang Dexian and chose to settle out of court.
After Ai Dongmei got this money, she was finally able to improve her family's life.
epilogue
According to the information obtained on the Internet, there are more than 80,000 active athletes in the mainland, of which only a few thousand have won the rankings, and the athletes who have come to the public are even fewer.
Most of them are as unknown as Ai Dongmei, coming with hope, leaving with a body of pain, and even more bitter if they meet a coach with no conscience.
I hope that all sectors of our society will give these athletes more attention, and do not let them live in disgrace after winning honor for the country.