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(Zhang Yining and mentor Li Falcon)
Zhang Yining, known as the "big devil of table tennis", is the leader of the national table tennis women's team, and created the "Zhang Yining era". She has won 19 world titles, including four Olympic titles.
In the eyes of fans, Zhang Yining is invincible all over the world, and winning the gold medal seems to be in his pocket. However, this is just the appearance that fans see, only Zhang Yining's head coach Li Falcon knows how she won the championships one by one.
Li Falcon has witnessed Zhang Yining's growth and is also the driving force behind her success. Zhang Yining spends much more time with Li Falcon than her parents, and in her mind, Li Falcon is her other father......
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(Zhang Yining)
Zhang Yining became the leader of the national table tennis women's team, not by waiting, but by fighting.
At that time, Wang Nan, another leader of the national table tennis women's team, was still at her peak, and Zhang Yining relied on her strength to snatch the banner of the leader from her and firmly planted this flag in her position.
In the 2004 Athens Olympics table tennis women's singles final, Zhang Yining defeated North Korean player Kim Hyang-mi 4-0 and won the women's singles championship.
Zhang Yining also teamed up with Wang Nan to win the women's doubles championship.
In the 2008 Beijing Olympics table tennis women's singles final, Zhang Yining defeated Wang Nan 4-1 and won the women's singles championship.
(Zhang Yining and Wang Nan)
Zhang Yining also cooperated with Wang Nan and Guo Yue to win the women's team championship.
In the two Olympic Games, Zhang Yining won all 4 gold medals, which is the same as the "Queen of Table Tennis" Deng Yaping.
Zhang Yining also won the 2005 World Table Tennis Championships, the 2009 World Table Tennis Championships, and the 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005 World Cup Women's Singles Championships.
Zhang Yining was born in Beijing on October 5, 1981, and his father Zhang Qiyuan and mother Wang Fengying both joined the team in the countryside. After returning to the city, Zhang Qiyuan worked night shifts all year round at a factory in Beijing. Wang Fengying works as a drug administrator in a hospital.
(Zhang Yining and parents)
Zhang Yining's uncle Wang Baoxin is an amateur table tennis master and led Zhang Yining into the table tennis team of Beijing Dongdan Amateur Sports School.
At that time, Zhang Yining's family lived in Taoranting, Xuanwu District, and the sports school was in Dongdan, Zhang Yining had to transfer 3 buses to the sports school, and his parents took turns to pick him up.
At 5 o'clock in the morning, Wang Fengying and Zhang Qiyuan got up and carried their daughter to take the bus. Zhang Yining is young and drowsy, and has to sleep on the back and arms of her mother or father until the sports school.
In winter, Beijing turned into ice, and Wang Fengying and her husband wrapped their daughter tightly, but their ears were frostbitten.
(The title of "self-financed student" inspires Zhang Yining to work hard)
In 1991, Zhang Yining entered the Beijing table tennis team. At that time, Zhang Yining did not have a formal establishment, and he had to pay a training fee every month.
In 1994, the Beijing table tennis team established a club, and Li Falcon was transferred to the women's team to coach as Zhang Yining's head coach.
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Li Falcon was born in Beijing on July 12, 1963, and has a younger sister named Li Jun. Li Falcon's father, Li Shiming, is the gymnastics coach of the Bayi Industrial Brigade and has trained world champion Ma Yanhong.
Li Falcon's mother Ye Peiqiong was once the main player of the national table tennis women's team, and she and Sun Meiying and Qiu Zhonghui were known as the first generation of "Three Musketeers" of the national table tennis women's team.
((Outstanding table tennis player in the mainland in the fifties.) From left: Ye Peiqiong, Sun Meiying, Qiu Zhonghui Group photo))
(Li Ying with mother Ye Peiying and sister Li Jun)
Li Jun's sister Li Jun is also the main member of the national table tennis women's team, participated in two World Table Tennis Championships, and won the women's doubles bronze medal at the World Table Tennis Championships twice.
Li Shiming and Ye Peiqiong married in 1962, and their son Li Falcon is 4 years older than their daughter Li Jun. When Li Falcon was 6 years old, he was sent to the third uncle's house by his father.
Li Falcon's third uncle worked as a physical education teacher in a middle school in Yanqing, and he practiced table tennis with his third uncle.
At the age of 11, Li entered the Beijing Shichahai Sports School to practice table tennis. In 1976, Li Falcon joined the Railway Soldier Sports Team and became a military table tennis player.
In 1979, Li Falcon participated in the 3rd National Games and helped the Bayi table tennis team win the men's team championship.
(Li Falcon)
In 1982, the Railway Corps was disbanded, and Li Falcon's file was sent back to the Beijing Municipal Resettlement Office. The relevant departments sent his file to Beijing Normal University, but the school was unwilling to accept it, on the grounds that Li Falcon only graduated from junior high school, how could he be a university teacher?
Subsequently, Li Falcon's file was sent to the Xicheng District Sports Committee, where he worked as a handyman.
At that time, the Xicheng District Sports Committee was responsible for maintaining social order in the Xidan Roller Skating Rink, and some social idlers brandished kitchen knives and threatened Li Falcon. Li Falcon and a group of young men from the judo team used grace and power to subdue these idle people.
A few years later, Li Falcon was promoted to deputy director of the Xicheng Gymnasium. He said that he was a leader, but in fact, his daily job was to paint the floor.
(Falcon's alma mater)
A kayaking coach of the Xicheng District Sports Committee said that Li Falcon's painting was Qu Cai, and persuaded the leaders to send Li Falcon to Wuhan Institute of Physical Education to study water sports.
After returning to Beijing, Li Falcon coached the canoe team and sent one player to the national team.
In the 90s of the last century, Xicheng District advocated professional centralization, and Li Falcon entered the Beijing table tennis team as a coach. He coached first in the men's second team and then in the women's team.
Zhang Yining was only 13 years old when he played under Li Falcon. She has a well-proportioned figure, a high ball quotient, has to pay money every month, and is a little impetuous, wanting to rush to become an official player.
(Zhang Yining in the early years)
Li Falcon warned her: The growth of an athlete requires a process, and it is unrealistic for you to want to be a national champion or a world champion now.
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Li Falcon asked Zhang Yining to practice the basic skills hard, and also accompanied her to practice. Sometimes the training is late and the cafeteria is closed, so Li Ying invites Zhang Yining to eat fried noodles.
Sometimes on Sundays, Li Falcon accompanies Zhang Yining to practice, and at noon he will bring Zhang Yining to his home for dinner.
Ye Peiqiong and Li Shiming were optimistic about Zhang Yining, they coaxed Zhang Yining to eat more, and asked her not to leave until she finished eating. At that time, Zhang Yining's body seemed a little thin and the amount of food was not large, so Li Ying took her to the hospital twice to prescribe traditional Chinese medicine for conditioning.
(Zhang Yining when he was young)
Bathed in Li Falcon's fatherly love, Zhang Yining grew up quickly. In 1995, Zhang Yining was selected for the national table tennis team, and Li Falcon also entered the national table tennis team to coach and continued to serve as Zhang Yining's head coach.
At that time, Deng Yaping was the eldest sister in the team, Wang Nan ranked 4th, and Zhang Yining ranked 7th in the team and was an ordinary player.
It is not an easy task to stand out in the national table tennis women's team, Li Falcon always thinks that Zhang Yining can play, and the master and apprentice soak in the training hall every day.
Sometimes one morning, Li Falcon had to feed Zhang Yining a basket of balls, and his arms were numb.
(Li Falcon and Zhang Yining)
Fans think Zhang Yining is very calm, but in fact, she has a short temper. Zhang Yining has a habit of writing a competition plan every time the competition comes.
But the field was changing rapidly, and the opponent did not play according to her plan, Zhang Yining's temper came up, crackling and fighting, and the result was lost.
In 1999, Zhang Yining won the second place in women's singles and the third place in women's doubles at the World Table Tennis Championships.
In the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Zhang Yining was on the primary list, and she cried with emotion.
Subsequently, the 45th World Table Tennis Championships was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Zhang Yining, Wang Nan and Li Ju participated in the team finals against the Chinese Taipei team. Wang Nan is the first main force, Li Ju is the second main force, and Zhang Yining is the third main force.
Wang Nan and Li Ju played well, Zhang Yining was eager to win and also wanted to score 1 point for the team, and she played against Xu Jing, a veteran in his 30s.
As a result, Zhang Yining capsized in the gutter and lost this 1 point.
This hit Zhang Yining hard, and she was worried that she would not be able to participate in the Sydney Olympics, and she began to suffer from gains and losses.
(Li Falcon)
In May 2000, Zhang Yining participated in the Asian Olympic Games qualifiers held in Hong Kong. Because of too much psychological pressure and abnormal performance, Zhang Yining did not qualify for the Olympic Games and missed the Sydney Olympics.
In the Sydney Olympics, the lineup of the national table tennis women's team is Wang Nan, Li Ju, Yang Ying, and Sun Jin. Zhang Yining was not convinced, and in the Ninth National Games in 2001, she fought indiscriminately, and was punished by the national table tennis team.
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Zhang Yining's sports career fell into a low ebb, and he once had the idea of retiring. Li Falcon did not blame her, but wrote a review with her and took the initiative to take responsibility for Zhang Yining.
Zhang Yining often cried in the dormitory, using a stainless steel knife and fork to tie his thighs into blue and purple. Li Falcon hated that iron could not become steel, and kicked Zhang Yining.
(The love of the coach and the admiration of the disciples have built a deep friendship between master and apprentice.) ）
After Zhang Yining calmed down, Li Falcon communicated with her with confidence, and then accompanied Zhang Yining to watch the game video, helping her analyze the ball one by one.
Li Falcon also told Zhang Yining with his own personal experience: I only have a junior high school education, I am not a world champion, and I am not coaching in the national table tennis team?
Li Falcon also got in touch with Zhang Yining's parents, who accompanied Zhang Yining to recall the stormy days when she accompanied her to the sports school to practice.
(Zhang Yining and parents)
Mother said: If you give up on yourself, your efforts and our efforts over the years will be in vain. Zhang Yining burst into tears and stood up spiritually.
After that, Zhang Yining trained harder, and when her legs were too tired to run, she sat on the ground and rested against the wall for a while, and then continued training for 10 minutes.
In order to supervise Zhang Yining, although Li Falcon's home is not far from the national table tennis team, he eats and lives in the team, and only goes back for half a day on Sunday a week.
In 2001 and 2002, Zhang Yining won the World Cup women's singles championship twice. In the 2002 Busan Asian Games, Zhang Yining won the women's singles championship.
(Zhang Yining was solemn and calm, unchanged in shock, and finally showed a rare smile)
At that time, Deng Yaping had already retired, and Wang Nan was the leader of the national table tennis women's team and the first sister who was the best sister, but Zhang Yining already had the strength to compete with her for the first sister.
At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Zhang Yining defeated North Korea's Kim Hyang-mi 4-0 in the women's singles final and won the women's singles championship. She also teamed up with Wang Nan to win the women's doubles title.
And Wang Nan lost to Singaporean star Li Jiawei in the life-and-death battle of the women's singles eight into four, and finally did not enter the semifinals.
After the Athens Olympics, Zhang Yining took over the flag in Wang Nan's hand and became the leader of the national table tennis women's team, which also opened the "Zhang Yining era". After that, it was difficult for Wang Nan to defeat Zhang Yining in the competition.
(Won the Beijing Olympics.) From left: Wang Nan, Zhang Yining, Guo Yue)
In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Zhang Yining defeated Wang Nan 4-1 in the women's singles final and won the women's singles championship. She also cooperated with Wang Nan and Guo Yue to win the women's team championship.
When Zhang Yining won the championship at the Beijing Olympics, Li Falcon was so excited that he stayed awake all night. His parents were also very excited and texted Zhang Yining. Zhang Yining texted Li Falcon's parents back, calling them "grandpa" and "grandma", thanking them for their attention.
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Li Falcon got married in the 90s of the last century, and his wife is also from Beijing and works in the medical department. Mr. and Mrs. Li have a daughter named Li Yihui, who was born in 1993.
(Wife of Li Falcon)
Li Falcon used his home as a hotel, and was a tourist in the minds of his wife and daughter. He never sent his daughter to kindergarten, and went outside to lead the team to train for a few months.
When my daughter was a child, she didn't understand, so she yelled at him: Stinky dad, are you coming back? Just come back every Friday, pay my mother some salary and bonus, and leave.
Li Zhanghui complained to his mother many times: You really had no vision at the beginning, why did you marry my father?
Mother retorted to her: If you have the ability, you can find someone better than your father to come back, and you will complain about me again.
(Li Falcon with wife and daughter)
She enlightened her daughter: to be top in career, to be caring and responsible in family, to be applauded by everyone in interpersonal relationships, and to have all the advantages in one person, is there still a person who has all the advantages?
His wife understood herself so well that Li Falcon burst into tears.
After entering high school, Li began to understand his father. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, Zhang Yining and North Korean player Kim Xiangmei were in the final, and Li Falcon's wife was afraid to watch the live TV broadcast, so she took her daughter to Xidan Joy City to wander around.
But what she had in mind was table tennis. Li Falcon's wife asked her sister to report the results to her on her mobile phone, and later asked her nephew to report it.
(His wife fully supported Li Falcon and took on all the housework)
When she learned that Zhang Yining had won the women's singles championship, Li Falcon's wife cried loudly. People in the mall turned their eyes to her, wondering what this middle-aged woman had experienced.
Zhang Yining knew that Coach Li Falcon's sacrifice for the family, and her heart was full of gratitude, and she regarded Li Ying as another father. Zhang Yining has a very good relationship with Li Falcon's parents, wife, and daughter, just like a family.
When Zhang Yining was a guest on Beijing TV, Li Falcon's family of three also rushed to the scene. Zhang Yining told about Coach Li Falcon's cultivation of himself, and Li Falcon told about his debt to his family and wife and daughter, and the scene was warm and touching.
(Wedding scene)
On October 18, 2009, Zhang Yining and Xu Wei held a wedding in Beijing. Li Falcon has a complex psychology of her daughter's marriage, and tears spilled on Zhang Yining's wedding scene.
After marriage, Zhang Yining went to live in Hong Kong with her husband and gave birth to a daughter and a son one after another. The daughter was born in April 2012 and the son was born in 2019.
Many athletes retire, especially when they get married, they no longer contact their coaches. And Zhang Yining has always been in contact with Li Falcon's family, and when she returns to her parents' home in Beijing, she will reunite with Li Falcon and his wife.
(Recent photo of Li Falcon)
(Zhang Yining and a pair of children)
Li Falcon's wife and daughter traveled to Hong Kong, and Zhang Yining warmly received them.
A teacher for one day and a father for life, not to mention that Coach Li Falcon has taken him for more than ten years, and Zhang Yining will never forget this love for the rest of his life.
In December 2022, Li Falcon served as the head coach of the Chinese table tennis team, and Zhang Yining learned the news and congratulated him on WeChat as soon as possible.
In April 2024, Zhang Yining will be 43 years old, and after experiencing a lot of worldliness in middle age, she is still grateful to Coach Li Falcon and regards him as her other father.
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