Yao Li's past and present life
In the cold winter of 1985, Yao Li was born in a small mountain village in Fuxin, Liaoning Province. Her parents were ordinary farmers in the village, who made a living from farming. Yao's father and Yao's mother cried with joy when they saw their infant daughter.
They have high hopes for this daughter, hoping that she will grow up healthy and live a good life.
Yao Li has been smart and lively since she was a child, and often frolicks in the mountains with her friends in the village. Although the parents are living in poverty, they also try their best to buy some small toys for their daughter and wear some beautiful clothes.
Although Yao Li's family is poor, she has never felt that she lacks anything. She grew up happily in the village and had a carefree childhood.
But as she gets older, Yao Li should also be of school age. Her parents sent her to study in the village primary school, but she always had trouble concentrating and her grades were mediocre. When graduating from primary school, the teacher persuaded Yao's father and Yao's mother to let their daughter study more Xi exercise, and she would definitely have a chance.
One year, the teacher found that Yao Li's physique and explosiveness were very good. He suggested that Yao Li try her hand at weightlifting. Yao Li resisted at first, feeling that weightlifting was too hard.
But with the encouragement of her teachers and family, she agreed. When she lifted the barbell and completed the first movement, she was surprised to find that it was so easy for her.
Since then, Yao Li has been systematically practicing Xi weightlifting. She found herself at a turning point in her life. After unremitting efforts, her results became more and more prominent, and she was soon selected for the provincial team.
At that time, she was full of confidence and passion, sweating on the playground every day, Xi looking forward to shining in this sport.
However, fate tricked her, and in 2008, Yao Li was selected to go to Kazakhstan for international exchange training. Unexpectedly, the local person in charge took a fancy to Yao Li's potential and took the initiative to ask her to change her nationality and join their national team.
To this end, they are provided with lucrative material benefits and development prospects. After an ideological struggle, Yao Li finally chose to leave China and became a Kazakh citizen.
At the 2012 London Olympics, Yao Li, who changed her name to "Maia Maneza", won the women's weightlifting 69kg championship in one fell swoop. When the national anthem played, she stood on the podium with a happy smile.
However, the good times did not last long, and in 2016, she was found to have taken banned drugs during the competition, and had to return the gold medal and honor. At this point, Yao Li's brilliant career as an athlete came to an end.
What kind of life is she living now, and does she regret the choices she made at the critical moment? These are things that only she knows. But what is certain is that her life will be spent under the scrutiny of her conscience.
We do not make judgments, but only hope that her future path will be bright and open.
The mystery of Li Mingyang's escape
In 2010, a 16-year-old girl named Li Mingyang entered the national women's basketball team. That year, the Chinese women's basketball team played in the World Youth Basketball Championships, and under Li Mingyang's dazzling performance, they finally won the best third place in history.
However, just when the joy of victory was still warm, Li Mingyang suddenly said that he was "sick" and left the training team.
At first, the coach and teammates were not suspicious, they thought that Li Mingyang just wanted to play outside for a few more days. After all, a 16-year-old girl is energetic and playful.
However, as the days passed, there was no news of Li Mingyang. The coach realized the seriousness of the matter when he realized that she could no longer be reached. After inquiry, they were surprised to find that Li Mingyang had secretly gone to Japan and joined a local team.
Why did Li Mingyang do this? A teammate with a good relationship revealed that Li Mingyang received an invitation letter from a Japanese club after the game. They promised to provide generous treatment so that Li Mingyang could develop in Japan with peace of mind.
A 16-year-old girl could not resist the temptation of money and a bright future, and finally decided to retire from the national team and leave for Japan.
In 2011, Li Mingyang was accepted as a righteous daughter by the club owner. She was given the Japanese name "Miyuki Sugiyama" and gradually integrated into the Japanese social circle.
However, her performance in the Japanese professional league was not as good as it could be. Perhaps it takes time to adapt to the new environment, and her skills and condition are not as good as before. Gradually, the club stopped reusing her and only arranged some trivial roles.
Li Mingyang gradually lost his initial enthusiasm and trained in obscurity all day long.
Someone once asked her if she regretted choosing to leave Japan in the first place. She just shook her head, no comment. Today, Li Mingyang has gone through day by day in the confusion of her career, can she still look back on the glory and dreams of the past? These are clear only to herself.
No matter what her future life holds, we sincerely hope that Li Mingyang can regain her confidence and start anew.
Zhang Muyi's arrogance is extremely sad and sad
In 1996, Zhang Muyi entered the Bayi women's volleyball team. Since she was a child, she has shown extraordinary athletic talent, and her parents are also sports system workers. After entering the Bayi team, Zhang Muyi's strength improved by leaps and bounds, and he soon became one of the candidates for the national team.
At that time, Zhang Muyi reached the first peak of his life, and his future was limitless. She is confident that she is superior in strength and will definitely compete in the Olympics and win glory for her country. However, at this time, the flaws gradually exposed in Zhang Muyi's personality became a hurdle that she could not overcome.
She likes to steal the limelight in competitions, ignoring the cooperation of her teammates and insisting on playing independently. Several coaches have criticized this, but Zhang Muyi did not take it to heart.
In the end, in an important selection competition, Zhang Muyi's individualistic style reappeared. This led to a lack of coordination and a loss to the opponent. After the game, the head coach officially announced that he did not choose Zhang Muyi to enter the last step of the national team training.
Zhang Muyi woke up to the fact that he had lost the best opportunity because of arrogance, and it was difficult to accept this reality for a while.
However, what made her even more unacceptable was that the reason announced by the coach turned out to be "lack of strength". Zhang Muyi decided that this was an unfair treatment against himself. Her parents also believe that their daughter was abandoned because of a lack of contextual connections operating in it.
So, they decided to take Zhang Muyi to another place to start again.
A few months later, Zhang Muyi joined the Japanese national women's volleyball training team. She changed her Japanese name and threw herself into training with confidence, looking forward to getting back to the top. However, her height has far exceeded the average in Japan, and it is difficult to find a match to match.
After several poor performances, Zhang Muyi was once again absent from the national team squad. Now, she is just barely playing in a third-rate team, and her dream of drifting away never seems to return to her.
We will eventually return to our homeland
Through the experiences of the above three athletes, it is not difficult to find that most of the Chinese athletes who choose foreign development paths end in failure. Behind the departure from the motherland and the defection to another country is nothing more than higher material conditions, or disappointment and complaints about domestic institutions.
However, they ignore the fact that the fertile soil of the motherland has nurtured their talents, and that foreign countries are not their home after all.
"At present, some outstanding young athletes choose to go abroad for development, mainly because our training environment and care mechanism are not perfect enough. Professor Li, an expert in sports psychology, said.
Indeed, in a foreign land, without the comprehensive support of the national team, no matter how good the seeds are, it is difficult to blossom and bear fruit.
"I hope that these athletes who have chosen to leave will be able to re-examine their original aspirations. The moment they stood at the top of the podium, our flag fluttered in the wind again, and it was the most glorious moment of their lives.
Professor Li said. Indeed, as Chinese athletes, what flows in our bones is patriotism and pride. Sooner or later, this instinct will wake up our wanderers who have left their homeland.
Every athlete who has run away, every soul who has wandered in a foreign land, we sincerely hope that they will return home as soon as possible. Because here are your roots, there is the soil that makes your dreams take off; Here are your relatives, the predecessors who once stood tall; There are countless salivating descendants looking up to you; This is your forever home.