Young boys and girls have deep feelings, and the ripples of youth are unbearable!
Which girl doesn't have spring, which boy doesn't love it!
In their teens, everyone has a longing for love, and many people have experienced one or several unforgettable loves.
It's the same for everyone, even if we think of athletes who spend all their time training.
Today, we will take stock of the four "true couples" in the history of the Chinese table tennis team, some of whom have achieved positive results and some who have parted ways:
One: Deng Yaping and Lin Zhigang
Deng Yaping, who was born in 1973, is 51 years old this year, and her husband Lin Zhigang is three years older than her, 54 years old this year.
Everyone should be familiar with Deng Yaping, she is the first Grand Slam of the Chinese table tennis team, and she is also the most well-known athlete in the history of the Chinese table tennis team in the world.
But everyone should be relatively unfamiliar with Lin Zhigang, in fact, Lin Zhigang is also a national table tennis player, and he was also the main force of the national team, and won the third World Cup men's team championship with Liu Guoliang.
Deng Yaping and Lin Zhigang both entered the national team in the late eighties of the last century, and the height of the two is not much different, so slowly the two began to have hazy feelings.
It is reported that when the two first got together, their relationship was recognized by their parents, but later as Deng Yaping's grades got better and better, Lin Zhigang began to have an inferiority complex, but the two really broke up because of a "third party".
Lin Zhigang was handsome and chic when he was young, and he played the ball well, so he won the title of "Ma Liugang".
After a game with the team to visit the United States, Lin Zhigang was chased by a Chinese-American female fan, it is rumored that wherever Lin Zhigang went, the female fan followed, and there were correspondence between each other, when Lin Zhigang did not play, the girl also flew from the United States to Guangdong to visit Lin Zhigang, so Deng Yaping chose to break up with Lin Zhigang in a fit of anger.
Soon after the breakup, Lin Zhigang went to France to play, which was five years, during which Deng Yaping announced his official retirement, and then entered Tsinghua University, the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and the University of Nottingham for further study.
When Deng Yaping was studying in the UK, in France, across the sea, Lin Zhigang cooperated with the Swedish star Karlsson and led the team to win two French table tennis championships.
Britain and France are not far apart, Deng Yaping and Lin Zhigang are both "fallen people at the end of the world", not only former lovers, but also friends, teammates, and compatriots.
Not only do they feel lonely and lonely in a foreign land, but they also miss each other's friendship.
So, Deng Yaping always flew to France to watch Lin Zhigang play on holidays, and Lin Zhigang would also go to the United Kingdom to visit Deng Yaping, who was studying at Cambridge University and Nottingham University, when he was free.
For Lin Zhigang, Deng Yaping is the "Queen of Table Tennis", and the only achievement she can achieve in her career is the World Cup team championship, so it is inevitable that she will have some inferiority complex in the face of Deng Yaping.
But Deng Yaping didn't mind this at all, and even the two were able to get back together later because of Deng Yaping's initiative.
At the end of 2004, Deng Yaping and Lin Zhigang ended their long-distance love for many years and chose to register their marriage.
In 2006, Deng Yaping gave birth to her son Lin Hanming, after which Deng Yaping first worked in the Olympic Committee, then went to work in the People's Daily, and later chose to go to the sea to do business, while Lin Zhigang entered the Beijing Gas Group Company as the vice chairman of the trade union.
Two: Liu Guoliang Wang Jin
Liu Guoliang and Wang Jin were both born in 1976 and are 48 years old this year.
Liu Guoliang's father liked table tennis very much when he was young and wanted to become a professional table tennis player, but Liu Guoliang's grandfather was born in the old Red Army and felt that playing table tennis was not a serious business, so Liu Guoliang's father did not enter the field of table tennis until Liu Guoliang's grandfather died, but at that time he was already in his 20s, and it was obviously unrealistic to become a professional athlete, so he became a table tennis coach.
After Liu Guoliang and his brother Liu Guodong were born, Liu Guoliang's father pinned his dream of becoming a professional athlete on Liu Guoliang's brothers, and Liu Guoliang began to practice table tennis.
Wang Jin's father, Wang Jixin, was born as a professional table tennis player, and began to coach after retiring, and also served as the head coach of the Liaoning Provincial Team, cultivating world champions such as Hu Yulan and Wang Nan.
Before becoming a coach, Wang Jixin was one of the 108 generals of the Chinese table tennis team and won the 50-year contribution award of Chinese table tennis.
Liu Guoliang entered the national youth team in 1989 and was selected for the first team two years later, while Wang Jin entered the national youth team in 1992.
Soon after Wang Jin entered the national youth team, he became good friends with Liu Guoliang of the same age.
But at that time, the Chinese table tennis team was militarized, especially Cai Zhenhua, the head coach of the Chinese table tennis men's team at the time, was known for his strict management of the army.
At that time, Chinese table tennis players were absolutely not allowed to fall in love with each other, and the stronger they were, the more they had to be restricted by this precept.
At that time, Liu Guoliang had already entered the first team, and won the Asian Cup men's team and mixed doubles championships, and the Asian Championships men's team and mixed doubles championships in 1992, basically entering the main layer.
Therefore, Liu Guoliang, who was only 16 years old at the time, can be described as promising, if the relationship between him and Wang Jin is discovered by Cai Zhenhua, he will definitely be severely punished.
When Wang Jin was an athlete, she tried a variety of playing styles, and finally she chose the weird "four-sided attack" style of play.
Judging from the development trend of table tennis, this style of play is on the verge of extinction, but Wang Jin is still selected for the national youth team with his strong strength.
But Wang Jin's style of play is destined to be restricted, and it is basically impossible to enter the first team, so in the end, Wang Jin chose to leave the national youth team and go to Japan to play, which made her and Liu Guoliang's love continue to develop.
Originally, after the 2004 Athens Olympics, Liu Guoliang and Wang Jin planned to hold a wedding, but because the Chinese men's table tennis led by Liu Guoliang at the Athens Olympics lost the men's singles championship, the two postponed the wedding.
It wasn't until 2006 that Liu Guoliang and Wang Jin ended their seven-year long-distance love run and entered the palace of marriage.
After marriage, Wang Jin gave birth to twin daughters for Liu Guoliang, and Liu Guoliang rose from the head coach of the men's team to the chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association.
It can be said that Liu Guoliang's achievements today have a lot to do with Wang Jin's silent efforts behind the scenes.
Three: Zhang Jike and Liu Shiwen
Zhang Jike, who was born in 1988, is 36 years old this year, and Liu Shiwen, who was born in 1991, is 33 years old this year.
The reason why Zhang Jike practiced table tennis was because his father was a table tennis coach, originally when he first started practicing sports, his father wanted him to practice football, but the Chinese men's football team was too bad, and finally his father let Zhang Jike practice table tennis with him.
The reason why Liu Shiwen practiced table tennis is because her mother was a professional table tennis player, and after Liu Shiwen was born, her mother made up her mind to let her daughter inherit her unfinished sports career.
Zhang Jike and Liu Shiwen are rare geniuses in table tennis, Zhang Jike entered the national second team at the age of 14 and the national first team at the age of 15, while Liu Shiwen entered the national second team at the age of 13 and the national first team at the age of 14.
When Liu Shiwen entered the national second team, Zhang Jike had been in the national first team for a year, and soon the two established a friendship.
When she was a child, Liu Shiwen was very gentle, very caring at the same time, and treated her teammates without reservation, which is why her teammates in the national team took good care of Liu Shiwen, including Zhang Jike.
But the good times didn't last long, half a year after Liu Shiwen entered the second team, Zhang Jike was expelled from the national team for disobeying the coach's discipline, which was a very big blow to Zhang Jike, who was on the rise at that time.
According to some media reports at the time, after Zhang Jike was returned to the provincial team, in addition to his parents and the coach of Shandong Luneng Club, he had been encouraging him to continue working hard, and a little girl had been encouraging him.
And this little girl is Liu Shiwen, in Liu Shiwen's opinion, she will do this to anyone, after all, she is kind-hearted and doesn't want to see her former teammates ruined like this.
But for Zhang Jike, who has been a little withdrawn since he was a child, Liu Shiwen's actions and words are like a warm beam of sunshine shining into his dark and damp inner world.
So, Zhang Jike began to have another idea about Liu Shiwen, and it was also driven by this idea that Zhang Jike worked harder, and finally entered the national team again in 2006.
This year, Zhang Jike was 18 years old and Liu Shiwen was 15 years old, both of them were at the age of hormonal explosion, because Liu Shiwen's encouragement deeply moved Zhang Jike, so Zhang Jike began to launch a fierce pursuit offensive against Liu Shiwen.
In this way, Zhang Jike hugged the beauty soon after, but the relationship between the two was still underground at that time.
Later, as the two entered the main layer one after another, especially Liu Shiwen won the Women's Singles World Cup at the age of 18 in 2009, becoming the most dazzling rising star of the women's team.
As a result, many fans, including reporters, found out from some clues that the two might be in love, so the two faced a choice.
Because as mentioned earlier, the Chinese table tennis team has always been known for its strict management of the army, whether it is Zhang Jike or Liu Shiwen, they are all young players who are focused on training by the Chinese table tennis team, and they are absolutely not allowed to fall in love at this time.
In the end, in the intervention of the coach and the discussion between the two, the two decided to break up for the sake of their careers.
In the early commentaries of the two circulating on the Internet, Zhang Jike, who has always been known for his coldness, is always gentle and even a little shy when facing Liu Shiwen, so the two are also called "the world's first love" by fans.
Later, Zhang Jike achieved the Grand Slam and Liu Shiwen never won the Olympic women's singles quota, which is very regrettable.
After the breakup, although Zhang Jike had a relationship with actress Jing Tian, they broke up soon after, and the two were single most of the time, so many fans still hope that the two can reconcile.
But later, with Zhang Jike's accident, the two seemed to have no possibility of reconciliation, which couldn't help but make people sigh.
Four: Xu Xin Yao Yan
Yao Yan, who was born in 1988, is 36 years old this year, and Xu Xin, who was born in 1990, is 34 years old this year, and Yao Yan is two years older than Xu Xin.
Xu Xin and Yao Yan have no relatives or friends who are engaged in sports at home, and the reason why they chose to play table tennis was completely accidental.
Xu Xin was selected by the table tennis coach who came to select materials because he was left-handed and responsive because he was very responsive in kindergarten.
Yao Yan also met the table tennis coach when he was in kindergarten to select materials, when the teacher asked who belonged to the dragon, Yao Yan raised his hand, and the teacher asked who would play table tennis, Yao Yan saw that the classmates who raised their hands just now raised their hands, and she also raised their hands.
Yao Yan is from Shanghai, and Xu Xin is from Xuzhou, Jiangsu, and both of them practiced in their respective hometowns when they first started practicing.
But later, Tang Zhixian, Xu Xin's head coach of the Jiangsu team, was poached by Shanghai Cao Yanhua Table Tennis School with a high salary, and Xu Xin followed his head coach to Shanghai.
After Xu Xin arrived in Shanghai, he and Yao Yan entered the Shanghai team one after the other, and after becoming teammates, the two looked up and didn't look down, and they both had a good impression of each other, but the two of them were still very ignorant of their feelings, and they were under a lot of pressure in the Shanghai team, and they wanted to enter the national team.
In this way, after training for two or three years in the Shanghai team, Xu Xin and Yao Yan first entered the national second team, and then entered the national first team together in 2006.
Xu Xin is not only a left-handed player but also a direct shot, so he was focused on training after entering the national team, and Yao Yan was already not small when he entered the national team compared with Li Xiaoxia and Guo Yue of the same age.
But Yao Yan also has her own characteristics of playing, she and Wang Liqin, the main force of the men's team at that time, are right-handed horizontal shots, can pull the arc circle on both sides, although they can't be compared with Wang Liqin in terms of strength and speed, but the advanced playing style is consistent, which is also the world's top mainstream playing style at that time, so Yao Yan is also known as "Queen Liqin".
At that time, Lu Yuansheng, the former head coach of the women's team of the national team, and Cai Zhenhua, the former head coach of the national team, agreed that players like Yao Yan would become truly excellent athletes after four or five years of normal training.
But there are too many talents in the women's team, and Yao Yan has not been able to play yet, and Liu Shiwen and Ding Ning, who are younger than her, have already emerged.
At this time, her relationship with Xu Xin was discovered by the coaching staff, so Yao Yan chose to leave the national team to preserve her relationship with Xu Xin.
Although Yao Yan does not leave the national team, her future development is limited, but she gave up her career for so many years for the relationship between the two, which is also very admirable.
Xu Xin also did not disappoint Yao Yan, and after winning the Olympic championship in 2016, he proposed to Yao Yan at the concert of his idol Yang Zongwei.
After the Tokyo Olympics, Xu Xin faded out of the national team and chose to return to the Shanghai Kick-off Stadium, more to leave more time for Yao Yan and his children.
In addition to these four pairs of national table tennis real couples, everyone also knows the pair of national table tennis real couples, welcome to leave a message in the comment area to discuss!