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Glorious times
Barcelona in 1992 witnessed the most dazzling moment of the Chinese women's swimming team. In this passionate Spanish land, five outstanding girls have won four gold medals and five silver medals for their country with iron will and extraordinary strength.
They are affectionately known as the "Five Golden Flowers" by the world, and this resounding title has witnessed the peak glory of Chinese women's swimming in that year.
Lin Li, Zhuang Yong, Yang Wenyi, Qian Hong, Wang Xiaohong, these household names have excited the whole of China. In the pool, they transform into smart fairies and dance among the splashes.
Every audience was impressed by their heroic figures, and they shouted and cheered for them enthusiastically. This glorious light belonging to athletes not only shines on individual athletes, but also shines on the hearts of every Chinese, becoming a symbol of national pride.
Life course
Speaking of Zhuang Yong in "Five Golden Flowers", her legendary life is like a surging charge, which always makes people's blood boil. In the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Zhuang Yong, who was only 16 years old, won the silver medal in the women's 100-meter freestyle with his extraordinary strength.
At Barcelona 1992, she finally realized her dream of winning the gold medal, winning gold in the women's 100m freestyle and winning two silver medals in a row.
Height 1. Zhuang Yong, who is 71 meters old, has an excellent physique, amazing arm strength, and is born with excellent physical conditions. Coupled with her perseverance and will, it was her perseverance and will to forge such a brilliant career.
Despite the coaching staff's struggles to keep her on the court, Zhuang eventually retired at the age of 21, fearing that injuries from long-term intense training would miss her from future competitions.
After leaving the identity of an athlete, Zhuang Yong once went to Hong Kong to engage in film and television work, and also hosted a program on Phoenix Satellite TV. In 1995, she married Liu Yong, a basketball player at the time, but the marriage was too hasty and broke up after only two years.
In 1997, Zhuang Yong founded an urban advertising agency in Shanghai, and his life trajectory finally got back on track. At the same time, a fateful marriage also closely linked her to Shen Jianqiang, the senior brother of the swimming team.
After the two registered their marriage in Las Vegas in a low-key manner, they ushered in the birth of their beloved son Shen Junyan in 2004, and Zhuang Yong has since taken care of both career and family responsibilities.
Today's Zhuang Yong is a wealthy party with a net worth of more than 100 million, and her husband Shen Jianqiang also opened his own swimming club in Shanghai, and his career is thriving. The relationship between the two is just like the age of Top Gun back then, and they are still sweet and affectionate.
Shen Junyan has entered the golden stage of his studies, and as parents, they will fully support their children's future.
Love encounters
Shuttling through the gaps of Zhuang Yong's fate, a dark line about Yang Wenyi is also told. As a dazzling member of the "Five Golden Flowers", Yang Wenyi was once a popular swimming star, and in 1988 she won 24. She set a new world record in the women's 50-meter freestyle with a time of 98 seconds, and in 1992, she won the Olympic gold medal and became a national idol in one fell swoop.
This man is 1 tall. Although the 78-meter "mermaid" has an outstanding figure and a good face, it has never had a good match. In fact, she once had a longing for Shen Jianqiang to get together.
At that time, Shen Jianqiang was still playing in the national team, vowing to win more honors for the country, but he did not have time to respond to Yang Wenyi's expectations in time. It's a pity that Yang Wenyi completely misunderstood his original meaning and fell into a painful fog of confusion and couldn't extricate himself.
In this way, the marriage between the two ended without a hitch, and it was destined to become an unattainable dream. Yang Wenyi embarked on his own entrepreneurial path and founded a sports media company in Shanghai.
In 2001, she finally entered the marriage hall with a Chinese-American, and the two had two lovely babies and a happy family.
Although she has a successful career and a sweet marriage, her relationship with her good sister Zhuang Yong was a little awkward because of an episode, and she inevitably has regrets. That episode of secret affection was destined to make the "Five Golden Flowers" of the year unable to reunite, and they could only bury those years deep in their hearts.
International weddings
Compared with Zhuang Yong and Yang Wenyi, Lin Li's life trajectory is another sky. Her experience with Feng Jiuhua can be called a dreamy romantic chapter.
In 2019, we were fortunate to witness the gratifying moment when Lin Li was hired as a visiting professor at Nantong University in Jiangsu. This former sports hero is now past the age of knowing his destiny, but he still has a pure feeling for swimming.
Every year, she works in China for three or four months to sow the seeds of swimming. As a mother, she also taught her daughter Feng Yiling to love Chinese culture, hoping that she could inherit her swimming dream.
Back in 2003, Lin Li ushered in the most important moment in her life - the birth of her beloved daughter Feng Yiling. In a foreign country in the United States, the immigrant couple began a happy new phase of life.
Soon after, Lin Li worked as a coach at a local swim club, passing on her experience and coaching skills to enthusiastic students, many of whom were selected by the U.S. collegiate sports team.
It all started in 2002. Lin Li and Feng Jiuhua formed a good relationship of love in Silicon Valley, USA, and the marriage between the two was tied by old teammate Wang Xiaohong.
In 2001, Wang Xiaohong encouraged Lin Li to go to the United States to find a good match, but she didn't expect to get this good marriage for her in one fell swoop.
Soon after their marriage, Lin Li and Feng Jiuhua returned to their hometown of Nantong and were solemnly celebrated by the local government. A grand wedding ceremony was held here, which was very lively and became a hot topic of conversation among the local people.
Previously, Lin Li, as the leader of the "Five Golden Flowers", has created countless brilliance in the sports arena. She is not only the first Chinese swimmer to participate in three Olympic Games, but also the first athlete to win a gold medal for her country in a world-class event.
In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Lin Li won one gold and two silvers; At Atlanta 1996, she added two bronze medals.
Legendary Encounters
At that time, swimmers became famous and became the pride of thousands of families. But for some reason, Wang Xiaohong has never been able to go to the next level in the Olympic arena and win the enviable gold medal.
At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, she finished seventh in the women's 200m butterfly; At Barcelona 1992, she won silver in the women's 200m butterfly, but she had to stop there.
When the reporter mentioned this in the interview, Wang Xiaohong couldn't help but burst into tears. As an elite athlete, she knows that she has the strength to win the championship, but the reality is so cruel.
Although it was painful, there was nothing to be done, leaving only deep regrets.
Wang Xiaohong was born in an ordinary family in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, and graduated from the Capital Institute of Physical Education. It was her outstanding personal strength and tenacious hard work that allowed her to stand out.
Although she failed to win the gold medal in the Olympic Games, during the period from 1988 to 1992, Wang Xiaohong won many championships in many competitions at home and abroad, and her fighting spirit was highly praised by the masses of people and people in the industry.
Wang Xiaohong, who loved sprinting as a child, only started swimming when she was in the third grade of primary school. In less than two years, she became the top swimmer in the country with her extraordinary willpower and endurance.
After receiving formal training, he was able to swim 100,000 meters a week, and even when he was sick, he managed to maintain an intensity of 50,000 meters, which was breathtaking.
In 1993, Wang Xiaohong chose to retire at the age of 21 and resolutely went to the University of Nevada in the United States for further study. During her time at the school, she not only devoted herself to her studies, but also participated in swimming competitions across the United States as a school representative, from which she earned enough living expenses.
In 1996, she successfully completed her studies and worked as a coach at a top swimming club, teaching beginner swimmers between the ages of 6 and 12.
With her outstanding teaching results and dedication, Wang Xiaohong was quickly promoted and eventually became the club's head coach. In 1997, she married Ho Hongbo, a Chinese-American IT person, and the two moved to Silicon Valley together the following year, and had a son and a daughter, forming a happy family.
After entering the 2000s, Wang Xiaohong changed her career to become a software testing engineer and was hired by Microsoft Enterprises, with an annual salary of nearly $100,000, which can be described as a leader among high-income people.
In 2009, after saving a considerable fortune, Wang Xiaohong and her husband decisively quit their jobs and co-founded a swimming club and school to pursue a career they love.
Today, their swimming club has grown rapidly in the United States, with more than 5,000 members and more than 50 coaches.
Although her career is thriving and her family is happy, Wang Xiaohong's longing for her homeland has never been extinguished, and she often returns to her motherland to participate in public welfare and cultural exchange activities, giving back to this hot land with sincerity.