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In late September this year, the news of high jumper Zhang Guowei stalling pancakes outside the Hangzhou Asian Games venue rushed to the hot search.
In response, he himself posted a response, wanting the world to taste the pancakes of his stall.
Keen on the whole work, he began to move closer to the "Internet celebrity" track after retiring, and he couldn't help but sigh that the former high jump genius had come to this point.
Speaking of high jump genius, in fact, before Zhang Guowei, there was another person who broke the world record many times and was known as the "Prince of High Jump".
He is Zhu Jianhua, who should have a great future, but because of a loss in a competition, he was severely criticized by many people, smashed glass, sent blades, pointed at his nose and scolded...
Under the finger of Qianfu, he had to retire in a hurry and leave his high jump road.
So what happened that year that made this high jump prince fall in disgrace?
Thirty-five years later, how is he doing now?
The Prince of High Jump
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Compared with the popularity of sprinting events in track and field events, the high jump is relatively cold.
But few people know that 30 years ago, the world record in the men's high jump was set by Chinese high jumper Zhu Jianhua.
He was born in Shanghai in 1963 to an ordinary family, and lived the same life as other people his age until the third grade of primary school.
It's just that he is different from young boys of the same age, that is, he doesn't like to run very much.
Except for table tennis, which makes him a little interested, he stays away from any sport, and whenever his classmates are playing on the playground, he sits in the shade to rest.
It wasn't until Hu Hongfei, the high jump coach of the district sports school, flew to his school to see if he could find a few good seedlings, and saw Zhu Jianhua, who was tall and thin, at a glance.
Hu Hongfei, who was overjoyed, hurriedly found him, expressed his intention, wanted to find him to learn high jump with him, and would definitely do his best to train him.
At that time, Zhu Jianhua was not interested at all, and rejected Hu Hongfei's invitation, but he never expected that he would see Hu Hongfei again after returning home.
It turned out that in order to make him change his mind, Hu Hongfei hit his parents with his idea, and wanted to influence Zhu Jianhua through his parents.
Facts proved that Hu Hongfei's method was effective, and under the persuasion of his parents, Zhu Jianhua changed his mind and obediently followed him to learn high jump.
In fact, the original intention of Zhu Jianhua's family was just to let him enhance his physique and become a healthy person through physical exercise.
As for the cake painted by Hu Hongfei, they didn't take it to heart if they could win the championship and become a high jump genius if they practiced well.
Zhu Jianhua, who was new to high jump, was very uncomfortable, but Hu Hongfei did not relent, and kept letting him train, which made Zhu Jianhua have a feeling that his family would not be deceived by him.
Later, Zhu Jianhua learned that only the most rigorous training can maintain the best condition and achieve good results during the competition.
It's just that he didn't understand anything at that time, and he wanted to give up after suffering a little, but his parents looked at their son who had changed his spirit and spirit, and persuaded him to go back.
Over time, Zhu Jianhua adapted to the high jump, and the sport has become an indispensable part of his life.
After practicing for 6 years, he participated in the World Student Athletics Competition, where he won the second place, and his result broke the national junior men's high jump record.
This competition greatly boosted his confidence to continue on the road of high jump, but he did not have a trace of pride, and trained harder after returning home.
A year later, he won the high jump championship in three international junior competitions one after another, and Zhu Jianhua became a high jump genius in the eyes of everyone.
But what really made his name resounding all over the country was the Asian Athletics Championships held in Japan in 1981.
He directly broke the Asian men's high jump record that year and won the championship, which was a high-brow battle.
Since then, Zhu Jianhua has become the "Prince of High Jump" in the eyes of people and a sports star in everyone's eyes.
But no one expected that 3 years later, he would fall into the situation that Qianfu pointed out.
Thousands of people refer to
Zhu Jianhua was not carried away by the victory at the Asian Athletics Championships, he knew that he still had shortcomings and could still improve.
So I trained harder, wanting to achieve better results to meet the expectations of the audience.
In fact he did it in the first two years, and he continued to break his own records and win multiple competitions.
At the 83 National Games, Zhu Jianhua became the most dazzling one, because he broke the world record in the men's high jump with a score of 2.37 meters.
That wasn't his limit, and a year later at the International High Jump competition, he improved his score by 0.02 meters.
The crowd is proud of him and looking forward to his next performance at the Los Angeles Olympics.
At that time, Zhu Jianhua walked on the road, and the streets and alleys were full of praise for him, and he was also known as the "Asian Flying Man" by countries around the world, and these honors were also the driving force for him to keep moving forward.
At that time, news came out that 18 sports experts in the world commented on the Olympic high jump final, and 15 believed that Zhu Jianhua could win the championship.
Ke Cheng is also honored, defeat is also honor, and in the face of the Los Angeles Olympics that are getting closer and closer, his pressure is also increasing.
At first, he just trained to fluctuate and the coach told him to adjust his mentality and rest.
After a while, he didn't get better, and even started to have insomnia and couldn't eat, which is undoubtedly the worst news for an athlete.
But he didn't want to give up, and he couldn't give up, and the whole country was looking at him.
So he stood on the Olympic stage and stumbled into the final, when the unexpected happened.
One of the athletes in front of him made a mistake that caused confusion and the match was suspended for a while.
Zhu Jianhua, who had just warmed up, was forcibly interrupted by the rhythm, which was undoubtedly worse for him who was already out of state.
There was no miracle, and Zhu Jianhua, who had dropped sharply in form, won the bronze medal with a score of 2.31 meters.
For a while, all the praise turned into a torrent of accusations and criticisms, and there was even such a thing as sending him a blade and his parents being pointed at and scolded on the road.
At the time he hadn't given up and wanted to do well in the next games, but things didn't go the way he thought they would.
In the next 3 years, his results were not satisfactory, and he had to choose to retire in 88, and a generation of high jump princes came to an end, and he chose to study in the United States after retiring, where he had a new opportunity.
The status quo today
When he first arrived in a foreign country, Zhu Jianhua felt very uncomfortable.
Especially after retiring, he no longer has to train every day, which makes his schedule very chaotic, and it took a long time to adjust.
It was also at this time that a girl appeared in his life, and the two hit it off at first sight, and they had endless topics to talk about every day.
At first, the girl was very stressed against him, after all, Zhu Jianhua was the world record holder.
But after a long time, she was attracted by Zhu Jianhua's gentleness, and gradually let go of the worries in her heart.
So the two came together naturally, and the arrival of the girl gave Zhu Jianhua full spiritual comfort and helped him get out of the past.
In fact, Zhu Jianhua's experience is not a special case, as we all know, his next "Asian Flying Man" Liu Xiang also suffered from the situation pointed out by Qianfu.
When he stood on the top podium of the hurdles at the Athens Olympics, everyone was boiling.
Not only because he won the Olympic gold medal, but also because he rewrote the history of not having a yellow man on the top podium in the sprint in track and field.
As when Zhu Jianhua became famous, flowers and applause all poured into Liu Xiang, and his name spread to the streets, and foreign media even called him an "Asian miracle".
Then at the much-anticipated Beijing Olympics in 08, Liu Xiang had to withdraw from the competition because of a recurrence of injury, and public opinion broke out.
Overnight, he became a coward that everyone shouted at and spurned by the audience.
Although he briefly returned to the top, at the London Olympics, he once again failed and finally had no choice but to retire.
His experience and Zhu Jianhua's experience are very similar, but fortunately, Zhu Jianhua met the other half who could provide him with spiritual support.
They held a wedding in 91 and spent their study abroad careers plainly and happily.
Faced with a helpless future, the two discussed for a long time, and decided to return to China for development, the main reason is that Zhu Jianhua is inseparable from sports.
Since he couldn't go to the field in person, he chose to take the road of commercial sports and founded his own sports agency.
The two also ushered in the crystallization of love, and the family life is very happy, which can be regarded as relatively satisfying.
summary
Whether it is Zhu Jianhua or Liu Xiang, what they have experienced, in fact, the legend of the women's volleyball team Lang Ping gave the answer in an interview.
At that time, a foreign reporter asked her why Chinese care so much about winning or losing a sports match, and Lang Ping replied.
"Because we are not strong enough on our hearts and we need to prove ourselves through victory, and when we are really strong on our hearts one day, sports competitions will no longer be so important."
At present, it is true that our hearts are not strong enough, and I hope that the day will come sooner when the hearts of the people will be full.
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