Preamble:
Speaking of the meritorious figures of the women's volleyball team, the first reaction in everyone's mind is Lang Ping, who led the women's volleyball team to the road of five consecutive championships.
Lang Ping and Zhu Ting
In fact, in the women's volleyball team, there is such a person, she has an excellent response on the field, and the strongest No. 2 position is none other than her, and even the president of the FIVB is full of praise for her skills, she is Wu Dan.
However, just when she wanted to hold up the banner of the women's volleyball team, she encountered the darkest moment of her career - the storm of positive drug tests, and finally she left the country.
So, what was the truth about the drug test turmoil back then? After so many years, is she doing well, known as the "Queen of Volleyball"?
Wu Dan
The truth about the drug test turmoil
In 1992, it was the saddest period for the Chinese women's volleyball team, after creating the myth of "five consecutive championships", Lang Pingqiang chose to retire, leaving only a few veterans, and Wu Dan was one of them.
The women's volleyball team won the championship
The reason why Wu Dan stayed was because of her love for volleyball, which made her reluctant to give up, however, a huge storm centered on her was about to hit.
Wu Dan
At that time, the Chinese women's volleyball team was going to Barcelona, and in view of the previous results, many fans felt that this gold medal was bound to win, but before departure, the members of the women's volleyball team had an accident.
At that time, Xu Xin, the main attacker, was accidentally injured during daily training and had to withdraw from the game, and Wu Dan at that time was also injured and often took Chinese medicine to recuperate.
Wu Dan
The women's volleyball girls played Brazil in the first game, perhaps because of the sudden adjustment and they had not yet adapted, and they lost with a score of 1:3.
Don't say that the fans can't accept such results, even the girls of the women's volleyball team are full of guilt, but the game will continue, and after cheering each other, they started the second game.
Women's Volleyball Competition (Scenario Simulation)
However, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the captain and the main assistant attack on the field left the field one after another due to injury, but fortunately, the women's volleyball girls united and maintained a 2:0 lead, if nothing else, they will win this time.
Women's Volleyball Competition (Scenario Simulation)
No one would have thought that in front of such an advantage, head coach Hu Jin actually asked for a substitution, resulting in the Chinese women's volleyball team being beaten by the opponent without the power to fight back, even if Hu Jin was replaced by the original team, it would be useless.
In the end, the girls of the women's volleyball team hugged each other and cried bitterly, they failed, but the next words of the team doctor made them worse.
Women's Volleyball Competition (Scenario Simulation)
At that time, the team doctor came to tell Wu Dan that she wanted her to take a urine test, so Wu Dan followed, but he didn't expect the result to be positive!
It doesn't matter if you lose the game, if you take illegal drugs, you won't be able to raise your head for the rest of your life, and some Western media will begin to maliciously slander Wu Dan.
Wu Dan
Under Wu Dan's questioning, the team doctor told her that the Chinese medicine she was taking contained "stritinin", which had been banned since 1971.
After listening to the words of the team doctor, Wu Dan realized that this was caused by the strychnine she ate, and Wu Dan was injured in the competition at that time, so she took traditional Chinese medicine for conditioning.
Wu Dan
In the view of traditional Chinese medicine, strychnine has a bitter and cold taste, has the effect of reducing swelling and relieving pain, and is extremely suitable for the symptoms of Wu Dan, but from the analysis of modern drugs, it can be determined that the strychnine contained in it has a stimulant-like effect.
Nux: Nux
In this way, the unknowing Wu Dan was tested positive, but fortunately, there were many righteous people at that time, and after asking Wu Dan some questions, they agreed that this was a mistake, so they only disqualified Wu Dan from participating in the follow-up competition.
Afterwards, the then president of the FIVB also visited Wu Dan and encouraged her to take care of her health, hoping that they could meet again in the next competition.
FIVB President Acosta
Wu Dan's career has not been greatly affected, but she and the girls of the women's volleyball team have suffered the departure of their teammates after experiencing failure, and such a big change has also affected their performance on the field.
On the day Wu Dan left the Olympic Village, she looked back step by step, recalling so many years of hard work for volleyball, her eyes were full of tears.
Wu Dan
The road to fame for the queen of the women's volleyball team
In 1968, in a sports family in Neijiang, Sichuan, a baby girl was born, and she was Wu Dan.
Perhaps more influenced by her father, compared with her mother's track and field career, she preferred the volleyball taught by her father, coupled with her lively personality, she soon became the "little princess" that everyone in the volleyball hall liked.
Xi volleyball for children (scenario simulation)
At first, when the father was teaching her, he just thought that his daughter could be healthy if she was more active, but then he found that his daughter was learning well, and her outbursts and cooperation were very good, so he had the idea of training her to become a professional athlete.
Later, Wu Dan learned Xi Xi cultural classes while learning various volleyball skills, and under the careful guidance of his father, Wu Dan successfully entered the provincial team at the age of 15.
Volleyball skills
Wu Dan was young in the team at the time, but her skills were not inferior, and after only one year of training there, she participated in the second Asian Youth Women's Volleyball Championship in Australia, and finally won the best serve award.
Wu Dan (left)
In 1985, she became a member of the national team again, known for her pungent style of play, and that year she also participated in the World Cup, and finally returned with a gold medal.
In 1986, Wu Dan's ball skills went further, as the main force, she teamed up with the girls of the women's volleyball team again to win the 1986 World Cup championship, completing the myth of the women's volleyball team's "five consecutive championships".
The women's volleyball team won the championship
That year, many veterans left this hard-working arena, but Wu Dan was reluctant and chose to persevere, but this team sport cannot be maintained by one person's excellence.
Perhaps since then, the performance of the women's volleyball team has declined slightly, so Wu Dan has also been named the "last women's volleyball queen" by fans.
Wu Dan
In later competitions, Wu Dan's performance was remarkable, winning many honors such as outstanding athlete and best athlete, and in 1990 and 1991, she also led the team to win the runner-up twice.
Just when she was immersed in the dream of the women's volleyball team getting better and better, the drug test turmoil in 1992 caused irreparable damage to her.
Urine test for athletes
Happiness comes knocking on the door
After the "positive" turmoil at that time was explained, Wu Dan was still disqualified from the competition, and this punishment was relatively light, after all, in 1995, Maradona was banned after being found to have taken banned drugs.
This incident had a big impact on Wu Dan, making it difficult for her to concentrate during training, and she later left the arena where she had been fighting for more than 20 years.
Maradona
In the lowest period of her career and mood, it was Jia Xiuquan who accompanied her out of the haze, they met in 1988, perhaps because they both like sports, and the two came together.
It's just that communication was not developed at that time, and they were very low-key, so this relationship was not made public.
Jia Xiuquan
thought that they could come together after going through hardships, but in 1993, Jia Xiuquan went to a foreign country again, and Wu Dan also followed Lang Ping's team to participate in the world battles, and the number of times they met became less and less, and the relationship between them became weaker and weaker, and finally returned to the starting point in 1994.
Jia Xiuquan
Later, Wu Dan met a new boyfriend under the introduction of a friend, and the two got married after a year of talking, and her husband was very supportive of her career, and he took good care of the family.
In 2005, Wu Dan chose to go to the United States, and her husband also quit his job and followed her with his children.
United States
After arriving in the United States, Wu Dan continued to teach volleyball, and her husband was not an idle person, so he found a job, and they would return to their hometown with their children every year to visit relatives and friends, and they would also get together with their former teammates.
Former female ranking general
In 2023, Wu Dan, who is 55 years old, has shifted her focus to her family, her children have grown up, and she is busy with work every day, and she and her husband work together to live a happy old age.
Wu Dan
Epilogue:
For Wu Dan, volleyball is her "life", she learned volleyball Xi she was a child, and finally shined in the national team, helping the women's volleyball team create the myth of "five consecutive championships".
But she was sad because of volleyball, and a drug test storm, although it was taken by mistake, still brought a great burden to her psychology, which led to a serious decline in her state, and she could only say goodbye to volleyball.
Fortunately, Wu Dan finally met love knocking on the door, she went to the United States, her husband and children did not leave, and until now, they are still living happily.
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