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(Zheng Liang)
Zheng Liang is the main assistant attack of the "golden generation" of the Chinese men's volleyball team, and dominated the international volleyball world in the 90s of the last century. In 1998, Zheng Liang helped the Chinese men's volleyball team win the championship of the Asian Games in Bangkok.
In 1997 and 1999, Zheng Liang helped the Chinese men's volleyball team win the Asian Championship twice.
In 1994, Zheng Liang helped the Chinese men's volleyball team win the runner-up in the Asian Games.
In 1995, he helped the Chinese men's volleyball team win the runner-up in the Asian Championships, and Zheng Liang won the best smash award.
In 2003, Zheng Liang helped the Chinese men's volleyball team win the runner-up in the Asian Championships.
In 2017, Zheng Liang was diagnosed with spinal cord lesions and was paralyzed in bed, and his marriage was dissolved.
After the news of Zheng Liang's paralysis was exposed, it sparked heated discussions among netizens. Now that 7 years have passed, what is Zheng Liang's life situation? "Old Yuji" has been Zheng Liang's friend for many years, and today he is here to exclusively disclose his recent situation......
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(Zheng Liang in the era of athletes)
Zheng Liang is 2.01 meters tall and weighs 87 kilograms when he is an athlete. He has outstanding jumping, is good at fast attack at the No. 3 position, and is also very good at blocking the net, and is the main secondary attack of the "golden generation" of the Chinese men's volleyball team in the Wang Jiawei era, enjoying the reputation of "Asia's first secondary attack".
Zheng Liang was selected for the Chinese men's volleyball team in 1992 and has been playing for the national men's volleyball team for 12 years, contributing to the rise of the Chinese men's volleyball team in the 90s of the last century.
Zheng Liang's brother Zheng Wu was the main forward of the Chinese men's basketball team. Zheng Wu is 1.97 meters tall and weighs 92 kilograms when he was an athlete, and he was the hero of the Chinese men's basketball team in the 90s of the last century.
Zheng Wu was selected for the Chinese men's basketball team in 1991, and from 1993 to 1995, Zheng Wu helped the Chinese men's basketball team win the Asian Championships, the Asian Games champion, and the 8th place in the Men's World Basketball Championships.
(Zheng Liang's brother Zheng Wu)
Zheng Wu also participated in the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, helping the Chinese men's basketball team win the 8th place in the Atlanta Olympics.
Zheng Liang and his brother Zheng Wu, one is a Chinese men's volleyball star and the other is the main force of the Chinese men's basketball team, shining together on the court. The media called the brothers a pair of twin stars.
Zheng Liang was born on May 3, 1970 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and was selected for the Zhejiang men's volleyball team in 1989.
In 1992, Shen Fulin served as the head coach of the Chinese men's volleyball team and recruited Zheng Liang into the team. Zheng Liang has good personal conditions and has been reused by Coach Shen Fulin.
(Shen Fulin explains tactics to the players)
In 1996, Zheng Liang trained with the Chinese men's volleyball team in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. Due to the intensity of training, Zheng Liang ruptured the ligament in his left wrist and had no choice but to return to the Zhejiang men's volleyball team to recuperate.
Due to the severity of his injuries and the fact that his girlfriend broke up with him, Zheng Liang was in a gloomy mood and was very confused.
Zheng Liang is an excellent seedling, and the coach is very anxious, but he can't resolve his knot.
In 1997, Wang Jiawei, the head coach of the Chinese men's volleyball team, recruited Zheng Liang into the team in order to strengthen the secondary offensive strength of the Chinese men's volleyball team.
(Coach Wang Jiawei guides the team training)
In 1997, the 9th Men's Volleyball Asian Championship was held in Doha, Qatar, and Zheng Liang accompanied the team.
The 12 members of the Chinese men's volleyball team are: Zhang Xiang, Zhang Liming, Li Tieming, Zhang Chi, Zheng Liang, Zhu Gang, Zhao Yong, Xie Guochen, Zhou Jian'an, Cai Bin, Lu Weizhong, An Jiajie.
Zheng Liang and Zhu Gang are the main secondary offenses of the Chinese men's volleyball team and have become a solid barrier in front of the Chinese men's volleyball team. Zheng Liang's short flat and fast attack at the No. 3 position is sharp, high, and fast, making it difficult for opponents to guard.
Zheng Liang's fixed-point blocking and mobile blocking are also excellent. As the main force, he started every game, and finally the Chinese men's volleyball team defeated the Japanese team 3-1 in the final and won the Asian Championship. Zheng Liang is one of the heroes of the Chinese men's volleyball team to win the championship, and his heroic appearance on the court is still fresh in the memory of fans.
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(Zheng Liang on the court)
In the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games, the main lineup of the Chinese men's volleyball team was: the two main attackers were Zhang Xiang and Zhang Liming, the two secondary attacks were Zheng Liang and Zhu Gang, the second setter Zhou Jian'an, the second setter Lu Weizhong, and the free man Li Tieming.
On December 9, the Chinese men's volleyball team played against the Japanese team, which was regarded as a championship battle in advance.
At the beginning of the game, both teams showed a fairly high level of skill. The Chinese men's volleyball team is dominated by Zhang Xiang, Zhang Liming, and Li Tieming, with a high pass completion rate, Zhou Jian'an frequently organizes fast attacks, and Zheng Liang and Zhu Gang have repeatedly played close to the body and scored quickly in the No. 3 position.
The Chinese men's volleyball team then cooperated with the strong attack and the back attack, leading all the way and winning the first game 15-3. In the second game, the Chinese men's volleyball team lost 14-16, and in the third and fourth games, the Chinese team won 15-9 and 15-8 respectively, thus defeating the Japanese team 3-1 and gnawing this hard bone.
(In December 1998, in the women's volleyball final of the 13th Asian Games, the Chinese team defeated the South Korean team 3-1 and reached the championship podium.) ）
In the group stage, the Chinese men's volleyball team won all the way and faced the South Korean team in the final. The women's volleyball final was held a day earlier, Lang Ping led the team to win the Asian Games championship, Zheng Liang and his teammates were deeply encouraged and decided to win the championship as well.
The overall strength of the Chinese men's volleyball team is significantly stronger than that of the South Korean team, leading 2-1 with a big score. At the beginning of the 4th game, when the main setter Zhou Jian'an was playing the second attack, he collided with Zhu Gang, who rushed up to prepare for a fast attack, and Zhou Jian'an's head hit a hole, and the blood flowed.
After the team doctor helped Zhou Jian'an treat his wound briefly, he took the injury into battle. The exercise was so intense that blood stained the bandage red. This stimulated the fighting spirit of the teammates, and the eyes of the players were red, and they tried their best to win the game.
(Zhou Jian'an)
(Recent photo of Lu Weizhong)
Lu Weizhong greeted his teammates: The old captain is persisting when he is injured, we must resist and win the gold medal!
Zheng Liang and his teammates were full of momentum, and finally defeated the South Korean team 3-1 and successfully won the Bangkok Asian Games.
After the game, Zheng Liang and his teammates were in tears, and then everyone laughed again and excitedly threw head coach Wang Jiawei up. This situation brought tears to the eyes of many fans at the scene, and they called the gold medal of the Chinese men's volleyball team a gold medal with blood.
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In 1999, Zheng Liang participated in the 10th Men's Volleyball Asian Championship held in Tehran, Iran. The champions and runners-up of this year's World Championship will participate in the men's volleyball World Cup in Japan in November, and the top three teams in the World Cup will qualify for the Sydney Olympics.
(Zheng Liang)
Therefore, the whole team attaches great importance to this Asian Championships. On September 30, 1999, Zheng Liang flew to Tehran, the capital of Iran, with the team, and despite the fatigue of 25 hours of turbulence, they only rested for half an hour before departing into training.
In this Asian Championships, the Chinese man excluded Wang Haichuan, a supplementary newcomer, and was basically the original team that won the championship two years ago. In the final, the Chinese men's volleyball team defeated the Australian team to win the championship, and the South Korean men's volleyball team won the third place.
The men's volleyball team coached by Wang Jiawei is known as the "golden generation" of the Chinese men's volleyball team.
(Former national men's volleyball team setter Wang Hebing, receiver setter An Jiajie, deputy attacker Zheng Liang and main attacker Zhang Xiang (from left to right) before training)
In the 1999 Men's Volleyball World Cup was held in Tokyo, Japan, with a total of 12 participating teams, the Chinese men's volleyball team finished 11th and did not qualify for the Sydney Olympics.
The top three teams of this World Cup, Russia, Cuba and Italy went straight to the Sydney Olympics. As a result, the Chinese men's volleyball team had to participate in the Olympic qualifying tournament.
In December 1999, the Asian qualifying tournament for the Sydney Olympics was held in Shanghai, and the Chinese men's volleyball team lost to the Japanese team in the first stop.
defeated Chinese Taipei in the second round, but lost to South Korea in the final round and did not get a direct place, which was a great blow to Zheng Liang and his teammates.
(Zheng Liang launched a strong attack)
But the Chinese men's volleyball team still has one chance to participate in the Sydney Olympics, and that is the next qualifying match. From 22 to 26 July 2000, the Sydney Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Piraeus, Greece, and the first-place team was able to participate in the Sydney Games.
The Chinese men's volleyball team lost to the Spanish team in the first round, and then defeated the Greek team and the Tunisian team. The Spanish team won all three stops, squeezed out the Chinese men's volleyball team, and entered the Sydney Olympics.
After the defeat in the Olympic Games, Zheng Liang returned to the Zhejiang men's volleyball team in frustration, and head coach Wang Jiawei also resigned.
As early as May 1999, Zheng Liang got married, and his wife's name was Zhao Liang, who was a switchboard operator at a hotel in Hangzhou.
(Zheng Liang and Zhao Liang and their daughter)
Zhao Liang is tall and beautiful, with a sweet voice, Zheng Liang fell in love with her at first sight. In November 2000, Zheng Shuyang, the daughter of Zheng Liang and his wife, was born in Hangzhou.
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Originally, Zheng Liang wanted to play in the Zhejiang men's volleyball team, so that he could find time to take care of his wife and daughter, but in 2002, Di Anhe served as the head coach of the Chinese men's volleyball team and recruited Zheng Liang into the team.
In 2003, 33-year-old Zheng Liang helped the Chinese men's volleyball team win the runner-up in the Asian Championships as the main assistant attacker. In the same year, Zheng Liang helped the Zhejiang men's volleyball team win the national league championship as the absolute main force.
In 2005, Zheng Liang officially retired and served as the coach of the Zhejiang Beach men's volleyball team. Since then, Zheng Liang has been coaching while taking care of his family, wife and daughter, and his life has been turbulent.
(Zheng Guobao (front row, first left), Zheng Liang (back row, first left), Zheng Qilong (back row, second left), Zheng Wu (back row, third left) in 2017)
In 2016, Zheng Liang suddenly walked with weak legs, he thought it was due to fatigue, and he didn't take it to heart. Who knew that in the spring of the following year, Zheng Liang's condition worsened. After multiple diagnoses, he was diagnosed with spinal cord lesions, a disease that currently has no mature treatment in the world.
Soon Zheng Liang lost consciousness from the navel down and was paralyzed in bed.
Zheng Liang's father couldn't bear the huge blow and passed away in 2018. To add insult to injury, Zheng Liang's marriage also broke down, and his daughter was taken away by his ex-wife.
Zheng Liang's mother is in her 80s and is unable to take care of her son. Zheng Liang's elder brother Zheng Wu served as the head coach of the Hubei men's basketball team, and his sister-in-law took care of Zheng Liang.
(Zheng Liang on the hospital bed)
However, my sister-in-law also has to go to work, and it is impossible to guard Zheng Liang 24 hours a day. So Zheng Liang hired a nurse, who couldn't take care of himself and applied for a second-class disability certificate.
Zheng Liang needs at least 150,000 yuan per year in addition to medical reimbursement, nursing fees plus medical expenses. If you include the daily living expenses, you need at least 200,000 yuan.
"Lao Yuji" interviewed Zheng Liang when he was an editor and reporter in a Beijing media. Zheng Liang is tall, refreshing and handsome, sincere to others, and is a high-quality player.
Now that Zheng Liang is suddenly paralyzed, "Lao Yuji" is psychologically unacceptable: how could a man as energetic as Zheng Liang get such a strange disease?
Zheng Liang is the hero of the Chinese men's volleyball team, and he has tried to help him in all aspects. In 2019, Wang Jiawei led his former disciples Zhang Xiang, Zhang Liming, Zhou Jian'an and others to visit Zheng Liang in Hangzhou and raised 100,000 yuan for him.
(Mr. and Mrs. Wang Jiawei visit Zheng Liang)
(Olympic champion Gao Min (right) and Zheng Liang take a group photo)
Gao Min, the former diving queen, also actively raised 200,000 yuan for Zheng Liang. Zheng Liang is a man who is self-reliant and has strong self-esteem, he works hard to recover and does not want to cause too much trouble to everyone.
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In 2020, Zheng Liang underwent rehabilitation and was already in a wheelchair. In order to reduce dependence on the outside world, Zheng Liang opened a Douyin account and did live broadcasts on Douyin every day, telling about his volleyball career and some rehabilitation exercises, and reminding everyone to pay attention to their physical health.
Zheng Liang in Douyin is dressed in blue, yellow or red sportswear, doing rehabilitation exercises on various equipment, and his mental state is very good.
On December 9, 2022, the author added Zheng Liang's Douyin friend and communicated with him on WeChat.
(Zheng Liang is the hero of the Chinese men's volleyball team)
Zheng Liang said: It's not easy for everyone, I don't want to add too much burden to others, it's better to rely on others than on yourself. Starting in 2023, Zheng Liang will sell eye patches on the platform, and many fans sympathize with Zheng Liang and place orders to buy the products he recommends.
Every time a product is sold, Zheng Liang will post a screenshot on WeChat Moments and thank the other party for their support.
During the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival in 2023, Zheng Liang will also promote American ginseng on the platform. Zheng Liang is very diligent, and almost every day he posts product-related graphic or video advertisements on WeChat Moments.
(Zheng Liang is live broadcast from the hospital bed)
During the Double 11 in 2023, Zheng Liang also sincerely gave back to new and old customers. Many people are very disgusted with advertising on WeChat Moments, but Zheng Liang is an exception. Everyone was very accommodating, not only buying his products, but also leaving a message below.
In January 2024, Zheng Liang will cross the threshold of 54 years old, and his physical condition is getting better and better, and he can do push-ups on the ground. Zheng Liang has to do rehabilitation exercises every day, but he can't take care of himself and has to rely on nurses to take care of him.
Since the medical expenses, nursing fees, and living expenses add up to a lot of expenses, Zheng Liang can't afford to sell the goggles by himself, and he is still facing huge financial difficulties, hoping that more well-meaning friends can support Zheng Liang and let him recover as soon as possible.
(Zheng Liang)
His daughter Zheng Shuyang sometimes came to visit her father, and every time Zheng Liang felt a different feeling in his heart: he felt that he had not given his daughter a complete home, and he had not given his daughter more fatherly love, and he felt guilty in his heart.
The daughter was considerate of Zheng Liang and encouraged her father to recover well, saying that she would do her filial piety to her father when she grew up.
Zheng Liang has a good mentality, and he also has confidence in the future, believing that he will be able to take care of himself one day.
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