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If it is said that in the 80s of the last century, the glory of the Chinese women's volleyball team for five consecutive championships is a memory that a generation cannot forget;
Then in 2013, the untimely death of Chen Zhaodi, the former core of the women's volleyball team, is an indelible pain for a generation.
Known as the "one-armed general" and "desperate Saburo", she has made indelible contributions to the development of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Unfortunately, she suffered from cancer twice, and the disease ruthlessly took her life.
The only thing to be thankful for is that 10 years have passed, and her daughter Guo Chen has lived the way she wants......
Untimely death
On April 25, 2013, volleyball legend Lang Ping returned to coach the Chinese women's volleyball team, and the direct factors that prompted her to make this decision were two things that happened not long ago.
The first is that at the London Olympics last year, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to the Japanese women's volleyball team for the first time in the Olympic arena and missed the semifinals.
Lang Ping, who was sitting on the commentary seat, had mixed feelings in her heart, and after the game, in the face of the reporter's interview, she burst into tears and couldn't speak.
The second is that on April 1 of that year, her former teammate, Chen Zhaodi, one of the earliest women's volleyball players in China, passed away due to illness.
After learning the news, Lang Ping was devastated and recalled that when she visited Chen Zhaodi in the hospital a month ago, the two discussed volleyball together.
In fact, it is not only this time, Lang Ping will go to the hospital as soon as he is free, and Chen Zhaodi, who has finished chemotherapy, is very happy to see her.
will also give her who is coaching the Guangdong Evergrande women's volleyball team, some suggestions, the team should be handled in this way, and it would be better to change the way on that ball.
Looking at Chen Zhaodi, who was lying on the hospital bed and had lost her appearance, she was still paying attention to volleyball and herself at this point, Lang Ping was both sad and moved.
But what is more sad may be Chen Zhaodi's daughter Guo Chen, who has been with her mother for several months in the hospital.
Looking at her once high-spirited mother, lying on the hospital bed and weak, Guo Chen's heart was like a knife, and she encouraged her mother again and again, persistence is victory.
There is often a plot in TV dramas where doctors or family members are worried that the patient will bite him in too much pain, so he puts his hand in the patient's mouth and lets him bite.
When his mother's physical indicators deteriorated and she was about to receive a new round of treatment, Guo Chen did the same.
But the endless treatment has made Chen Zhaodi's body and spirit reach the limit, she feels sorry for her daughter and wants to let herself go.
"Otherwise, I'm so tired, let's go home." ”
After hearing this, Guo Chen burst into tears and was about to discuss with his father, but it was too late.
Chen Zhaodi, whose condition worsened, fell into a deep coma and found it difficult to wake up, and the hospital subsequently issued a critical illness notice.
"Seeing you being rescued, I can only watch, wait, come on, Mom, come on. ”
"Mom is good, there is no pain in that place, no disease, only happiness, I will be 26 in two days, you lie to me again, I don't hate you, I still love you, Mom I love you. ”
"If there is an afterlife, I will be your daughter in the next life, forever!"
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On April 1, Guo Chen posted several messages on social platforms to express his nostalgia and reluctance to his mother.
Many viewers who pay attention to and love the old women's volleyball team are sad and difficult to accept when they hear the news.
The "one-armed general" who once galloped on the field left us so early.
Saburo Pinmei
When it comes to Chen Zhaodi, the first thing that comes to mind in the minds of volleyball fans will undoubtedly be the names of "one-armed general" and "desperate Saburo".
In 1978, when she was participating in a domestic volleyball league, she accidentally injured the radius of her left arm, and after simple treatment, she returned to the game.
A year later, when the Japanese team Hitachi visited China to compete with the Chinese team in Taiyuan, she was injured by a Japanese player while blocking the net, resulting in a broken radius.
Many viewers thought that she would not be able to participate in the National Games in two months, after all, she had been injured for 100 days.
Who knew that Chen Zhaodi directly hung her left arm with a bandage, appeared on the field, and completed the whole game with only her right arm.
Since then, she has earned the name of the one-armed general and is respected and liked by many fans.
It's just that compared to the one-armed general, maybe more people will know the name of Desperate Saburo.
This is due to the fact that there is an article called "Hard Practice" in the former junior high school Chinese textbook, and the protagonist is Chen Zhaodi, who is desperate for training.
In 1955, she was born in an ordinary working family in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and the family lived a very difficult life when she was a child.
After going to school, Chen Zhaodi did not know the importance of Xi, and spent more time running and playing with his peers.
In a physical education class, the teacher discovered her unusual jumping ability and decided to train her to practice Xi high jump and represent the school in the Hangzhou Middle School Student Games.
It was also at this sports meeting that the coach of the provincial women's volleyball team noticed her and sent her an invitation.
After a few contacts with volleyball, Chen Zhaodi fell in love with this sport, and naturally joined the Zhejiang women's volleyball team.
Maybe she was born to play volleyball, and it didn't take long for her to become one of the top players on the team.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Zhejiang women's volleyball team was established shortly after that, and since then, she has also participated in the training of the Beijing youth team.
Until 1973, Chen Zhaodi was selected for the Bayi women's volleyball team, and even if the training was hard and tiring, she did not flinch.
It is precisely because of this hard work that she attracted the attention of Yuan Weimin, the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and made up his mind to transfer her to the national team.
As we all know, volleyball is a very height-eating sport, and in all positions, except for the free man, there is no hard requirement for height, and the others are good for height.
But Chen Zhaodi is only 1.73 meters, this height is actually a loss, but her hard work and ball quotient make up for this shortcoming.
In addition to working hard in training, she was even more so on the field, especially in the 1981 World Cup.
When the Chinese and Japanese women's volleyball teams met, Chen Zhaodi and her teammates accidentally sprained their waists in the process of saving the ball, but for the sake of the game, she never got off the court.
Once, twice, her defense was still as stable as usual, but as time went on, her waist really couldn't hold up.
Coach Yuan Weimin thought she was a little tired, so he replaced her for a while, but unfortunately at the beginning of the fourth game, the Chinese team's defense had a hole and fell into disadvantage.
Chen Zhaodi, who was off the field, was anxious, took the initiative to ask to play, and promised that he would not drop the chain.
In fact, she did and helped the team win the tournament and win the first world championship of the women's volleyball team.
It's just that no one could have thought that Chen Zhaodi, a desperate San Lang, would fall like this.
Volleyball and family
When the World Cup was awarded that year, Chen Zhaodi couldn't stand up because of a back injury, and in the end, her teammates carried her to the podium.
She was taken to hospital after the race, but due to the medical limitations at the time, her injuries were not fully healed.
The following year, Chen Zhaodi participated in the World Championships with the team, during which her back injury recurred and the pain was unbearable, but she still persevered to the end and provided reliable defensive support for her teammates.
After the competition, after the inspection, she was no longer able to participate in high-intensity training and competitions, and had to retire.
For the women's volleyball team that year, this was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue, because Chen Zhaodi was the core of the whole team's tactics.
At this time, some people may wonder, shouldn't the core of a team be a setter, how can it be a reception?
In fact, it is quite important to take this position, and Coach Yuan Weimin has an incisive discussion on this.
"A team's setter determines a team's technical style, and it's at the pivot of the team's offense and defence. ”
Therefore, Chen Zhaodi, who was selected by him, has very comprehensive technical ability, especially defensive ability, and is also in the forefront of the world.
It is also her stable defense and one-pass that allow the attackers in the front row to smoothly carry out various tactical attacks, forming a fast and changeable team style.
After Chen Zhaodi retired, she assisted Yuan Weimin as a coach to help the Chinese women's volleyball team win the first Olympic gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics.
She has succeeded in her career, and the flower of love is also quietly blooming during this time.
The man's name is Guo Xiaoming, he is from the Bayi basketball team, and there is nothing too romantic between the two.
After a colleague introduced the two to each other, they got along for a while, and they felt more suitable for each other, so they naturally came together.
In 1985, Chen Zhaodi and Guo Xiaoming entered the palace of marriage, and two years later, they ushered in the crystallization of love - daughter Guo Chen.
Just when the two were happy about their daughter's arrival, a piece of news confused them.
During the annual routine physical examination, Chen Zhaodi was found to have rectal cancer, and it was not an empty word at that time.
It's just that she didn't bow her head to the disease, and after two surgeries, she controlled her condition and returned to the arena as the leader of the women's volleyball team.
Under her leadership, the Chinese women's volleyball team has stood on the podium of the continental and world competitions for 6 times, and she also has the name of "ruling the army with an iron fist".
In 1993, Chen Zhaodi began to serve as the vice chairman and advisor of the Chinese Volleyball Association, focusing on promoting the development of Chinese volleyball.
In her spare time, she did not let go of the cultivation of her daughter, and often ran on both sides, because of family and volleyball, she couldn't let go.
Under her training, Guo Chen was excellent in all aspects, and successfully entered Nankai University in the college entrance examination.
In the 08 Olympic Games, she also participated in the commentary of the women's volleyball game with Song Shixiong, a CCTV celebrity who came out of the mountain again.
It's just that there are unforeseen circumstances, and no one thought that the cancer cells in Chen Zhaodi's body quietly spread to the liver.
When she found out, it was already in the advanced stage, so she had to take medication, and after hearing this, Guo Chen put down the work in her hand and concentrated on staying by her mother's side.
Unfortunately, Chen Zhaodi's condition deteriorated sharply at the beginning of 13 years, and finally left us at the age of 58.
summary
After Chen Zhaodi's death, Guo Chen found several steel nails in her ashes, which were the "medals" she left behind when she galloped on the field.
In 2017, Guo Chen met Zhang Bo, a boy who played basketball, at a friend's wedding, and the two had a common topic.
After more than a year of getting along, they entered the palace of marriage, and two years later, Guo Chen welcomed his daughter, and the family of three lived very happily.
I think that if Chen Zhaodi has a spirit in the sky, she will definitely be happy for her current life.
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