Swimming has always been a major event in the Olympic Games, breaststroke, freestyle, butterfly, 100m, 200m, 800m......
Because of the large number of medals produced, many countries attach great importance to swimming, and China has been at a disadvantage in men's swimming more than ten years ago.
Since the birth of a person, Chinese men's swimming has a place in the world swimming arena and can look forward to gold medals in the Olympic Games.
This person is Sun Yang, who used to be the "first brother" of Chinese swimming, and even the "first brother" of Chinese sports.
But now that Sun Yang has almost disappeared, he rarely sees reports about him, and many netizens think that Sun Yang's "fall" is related to "refusal to take urine tests".
In fact, "refusal of urine test" is just an introduction, and today we will understand how he got to this point through Sun Yang's story:
One
In 1991, Sun Yang was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, in a sports family!
Sun Yang's mother Yang Ming used to be the main player of the Zhejiang women's volleyball team, and his father Sun Quanhong used to be a member of the men's volleyball team of the Anhui Provincial Sports Industry Brigade.
Both parents are athletes, and Sun Yang has also inherited his parents' excellent genes, not only is he much taller than his peers, but he also learns to walk much faster than other children.
Sun Yang was taken to the pool by his parents for the first time when he was two years old, and they also watched the coach "throw" Sun Yang, who was only two years old, into the pool.
The reason why Sun Yang's parents did this was just to confirm whether their son was talented in swimming, and the final result was that Sun Yang had a high talent in swimming.
After determining their son's talent in swimming, Sun Yang's parents began to make trouble again.
They were all athletes, they knew that it was very difficult to become professional athletes, but they didn't want to waste their son's talent in swimming, and in the end, Sun Yang's parents still couldn't make up their minds, but put the issue on hold for the time being, and waited until Sun Yang grew up.
waited until Sun Yang was 6 years old, and Sun Yang, who had grown sharply in height this year, could no longer sleep in the kindergarten bed.
After hearing the news, Coach Zhu Ying, who was in charge of children's swimming training, came to Sun Yang's kindergarten and fell in love with Sun Yang at a glance.
Yang Ming and his wife, who originally wanted their son to practice swimming, saw that a swimming coach came to their son, so they made up their minds to let their son practice swimming.
But Sun Yang, who has been pampered since childhood, obviously can't stand the pain of practicing swimming, the most important thing is that he is very afraid of water, according to Sun Yang's father recalled the state of his son when he first practiced swimming: "The coach asked him to go to the big pool, where the water is 1.8 meters deep, the buoyancy is very large, he can't stand at all, it feels like he is floating in the water, Sun Yang is holding the swimming float and learning to beat his legs, while crying, my mother and I are very distressed after watching it......"
This kind of training once made Sun Yang very frightened, and he began to cry every time he said that he was going to the swimming pool, Sun Yang's parents did not want to train their son to become a professional athlete at that time, but just wanted him to strengthen his body and have one more skill at the same time.
Therefore, seeing that their son was so miserable every time he trained, they began to think about whether they should give up, not wanting their only son in the family to suffer this pain.
Sun Yang's parents wanted to give up, but his coach Zhu Ying has always been firm and has been persuading Sun Yang's parents that Sun Yang is very talented in swimming and should not just give up.
Coach Zhu Ying's continuous persuasion played a role, and Sun Yang's parents finally sent their son to the swimming training class for training, and here Sun Yang met his true enlightenment teacher Lou Hongmei.
Two
In Coach Lou Hongmei's team, Sun Yang is the youngest player, so his swimming float is often taken away by some big players.
Lou Hongmei, who learned about this, specifically told Sun Yang that she could keep a swimming paddle for him every day, and Sun Yang's parents and Coach Lou Hongmei were friends, so they didn't have much to say.
But Sun Yang's mother Yang Ming was afraid that her son would be bullied, so she often went to the swimming pool to train with her son, and then slowly she almost became half of her son's coach, and Coach Lou Hongmei sometimes asked Yang Ming to help take care of Sun Yang's training.
Yang Ming treats his son more harshly than the coach, once Sun Yang failed to meet the training requirements, Yang Ming let him run home from the swimming pool, she just wants to use this way to make her son understand, or don't do it, you must do your best.
Although he treats his son very harshly in training, Yang Ming also takes care of his son meticulously in life.
The life of Sun Yang's family was good in that era, but it did not reach the level of meat in the meal, but as long as Sun Yang went home to eat, Yang Ming would definitely make him a fish, and even the fish soup belonged to Sun Yang alone.
In addition to fish and fish soup, Yang Ming prepares a cup of freshly squeezed juice for his son every day, and delivers it to his son in person whether it is windy or rainy.
It was under this meticulous care that Sun Yang's swimming performance improved by leaps and bounds, and after only three years of practice, he almost monopolized the championship of all primary school competitions in Hangzhou.
Even Sun Yang's enlightenment mentor, Lou Hongmei, couldn't help but sigh: "He is swimming too fast, we are all surprised, how can he swim so fast?"
In 2004, 13-year-old Sun Yang entered the Zhejiang swimming team, and the head coach was Zhu Zhigen.
At that time, the Zhejiang swimming base had moved from the Qiantang River to Xiaoshan on the other side, which was 30 kilometers away from Sun Yang's home, and Yang Ming still insisted on delivering soup and juice to his son every day.
Previously, Yang Ming rode a bicycle to deliver soup to his son every day, but it was definitely not possible to ride a bicycle at this distance, so in the end, Yang Ming bought a car after discussing with her husband and continued to deliver soup to her son every day.
In the winter of 2006, there was a rare snowstorm in Hangzhou, when the roads were covered with snow and all the city's highways were closed.
But Yang Ming felt that giving her son soup was the biggest thing, so she went out against the blizzard, and Yang Ming drove for two and a half hours on the usual half-hour journey, but fortunately arrived safely.
When Sun Yang drank the hot soup sent by his mother against the blizzard, he couldn't help but cry, and at the same time secretly swore in his heart that he must train hard and repay his mother with his achievements.
That is, this year, Sun Yang, who was not yet 15 years old, won three gold medals in the men's 400-meter medley, men's 200-meter freestyle, and men's 1500-meter freestyle at the Zhejiang Provincial National Games, and entered the national team training as a "substitute training".
Three
In 2007, at the age of 16, Sun Yang officially became a member of the national team, and he also registered for the World Championships (World Championships in Melbourne) for the first time in the same year.
Sun Yang participated in the 400-meter freestyle and 800-meter freestyle events at that time, but unfortunately he was eliminated in the preliminaries.
In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Sun Yang participated in the 400-meter freestyle and 1500-meter freestyle two individual events, and also participated in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay with his teammates, and finally Sun Yang successfully entered the 1500-meter freestyle final, which was also the first time Sun Yang entered the final in the world competition.
Sun Yang won the bronze medal in the 1500 freestyle at the 2009 World Championships in Rome, the gold medal in the 1500-meter freestyle at the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, and the 800-meter freestyle and 1500-meter freestyle at the 2011 Shanghai World Championships.
Especially in the 1500m freestyle final of the Shanghai World Championships, Sun Yang won the championship with a time of 14:34.14, and this result is also the only world record that has not been broken in the era of fast swimsuits for ten years.
The two World Championships titles in Shanghai made Sun Yang the first Chinese athlete to win the Olympic gold medal in men's swimming at the World Championships, and the first double World Championships champion in Chinese men's swimming.
After winning the World Championships in Shanghai, Sun Yang became popular all over the country, and everyone was looking forward to his performance at the London Olympics, but Sun Yang "floated" after becoming popular.
Maybe it's the long-suppressed mood that needs to be released, maybe it's the complacent ambition after winning the championship, anyway, Sun Yang is in love, and the object of love is still a flight attendant (Li Yingnian) who is 5 years older than him.
Sun Yang has been training hard since he was 6 years old, and his mother is almost inseparable by his side, but he is also a normal person, and he also has the love needs of normal people.
So, when he faintly became China's "first swimming brother", Li Yingnian appeared, and the two of them were like dry firewood meeting fire, just one point.
Sun Yang didn't dare to tell his mother and coach about this matter, so he could only occasionally have a private meeting with Li Yingnian to comfort his lonely heart.
Perhaps it was Li Yingnian who gave Sun Yang special strength, and at the London 2012 Olympics, he won two gold medals in the 400m freestyle and 1500m freestyle, as well as second place in the 200m freestyle and third place in the men's 4×200m freestyle relay.
Not only that, Sun Yang also broke the Olympic record in the 400-meter freestyle, as well as the world record in the 1500-meter freestyle held by himself.
Before Sun Yang, Chinese men's swimming had never won an Olympic gold medal at all, and Sun Yang won two gold medals and one bronze medal, which also made Sun Yang the most decorated Chinese athlete at the London Olympics.
Sun Yang, who won the gold medal at the World Championships, began to be known to the public, and Sun Yang, who won the Olympic championship, even has a huge fame all over the world.
Perhaps because he felt that he didn't need to be afraid of his mother and coach anymore with his results, Sun Yang and Li Yingnian's relationship was no longer hidden, and was known by his mother Yang Ming.
Who knew that his mother Yang Ming directly asked Li Yingnian to break up with Sun Yang, even if Li Yingnian was pregnant at this time, Sun Yang's mother was still resolute.
In the end, in addition to getting a part of the cash and a villa, Li Yingnian chose to leave Sun Yang, but left Sun Yang with a child with his own blood.
It wasn't until many years later that this matter was revealed by someone with a heart.
Four
At the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, Sun Yang won three championships in the 200-meter freestyle, 400-meter freestyle and 1500-meter freestyle, and he also won the best male athlete in the World Championships, which is not only the first time that a Chinese athlete has won this award, but also the first Asian athlete to win this award.
But as Sun Yang's grades get better and better, Sun Yang's demand in other areas will also increase.
In 2013, Sun Yang drove a luxury car and took his girlfriend out for a ride, but was scratched by a bus, and the bus driver recognized Sun Yang immediately and was willing to compensate.
Sun Yang had already agreed, but who knew that Sun Yang's girlfriend thought that the compensation amount was too small and asked to call the police (probably to take this opportunity to turn positive), but who knew that after the traffic police arrived, they found that Sun Yang did not have a driver's license and was driving without a license.
As a result, Sun Yang not only did not receive compensation, but was also directly sentenced to 7 days of administrative detention and fined 2,000 yuan.
After this incident, Sun Yang was directly suspended by the Swimming Association and expelled from the national team, and as for the girlfriend who wanted to become a regular, he had already run away.
After two things in a row, both his parents and coaches have become stricter in their discipline of Sun Yang, and Sun Yang also knows in his heart that only grades are his "arrogant" capital.
At the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Sun Yang won the men's 400-meter freestyle and men's 800-meter freestyle championships again, and also won the best male athlete at the World Championships, which is also the second athlete after Phelps to win this honor for a second consecutive time.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Sun Yang, who was ill, still won the 200-meter freestyle championship and the 400-meter freestyle runner-up.
Soon after the end of the Rio Olympics, the incident of "Sun Yang's illegitimate child" was exposed, but because Sun Yang's results were so good that he could be called the face of Chinese sports, this matter was deliberately downplayed.
In September 2018, during an out-of-competition doping test, Sun Yang not only questioned the identity of the inspectors, refused to take a urine test, but also smashed blood sampling.
I thought that this time it would be a big thing and a small thing, but who knew that the World Anti-Doping Organization directly sued Sun Yang to FINA.
FINA eventually ruled that Sun Yang had not violated the World Anti-Doping Code, and WADO, which was not satisfied with the outcome, took Sun Yang to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Finally, in 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced an eight-year ban for Sun Yang, who was 29 years old at this time, and he was 37 years later eight years later, and it was almost impossible to continue to compete at a high level.
In 2021, the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced that Sun Yang's ban would be adjusted from eight years to four years and three months.
So Sun Yang has not participated in any competitions in the past few years, and he chose to marry gymnast Zhang Doudou in 2023.
Now that the time is in 2024, Sun Yang's release date is before the Paris Olympics, but it is after the national trials, so it is still unknown whether he will be able to participate in the Paris Olympics.
Of course, Sun Yang has not participated in the competition for several years, and his state is also doubtful, it is worth mentioning that it has only been less than half a year since he got married, and Sun Yang's wife Zhang Doudou is pregnant.
I don't know if Sun Yang is now content with the status quo, or after the ban is lifted, he will chase his dream again?
In 2024, let's wait and see!