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After many years of absence, Ye Shiwen, an outstanding giant in the Chinese swimming world, once again shined in the 2023 National Championships, although the years have made her no longer have the vigorous heroic posture of the year, she still went all out, showed tenacious sportsmanship, and finally won a precious runner-up medal by only 0.59 seconds.
When she stood on the podium, although her face could not hide the traces left by the years, her bright eyes still flashed with endless love and unyielding determination for swimming.
This undoubtedly indicates that the former genius girl Ye Shiwen is about to embark on a new chapter in her career.
Looking back on the past, Ye Shiwen has won the supreme honor for the motherland many times, and her youthful name has long been deeply imprinted in the long history of Chinese swimming and has become an eternal legend.
At the age of 16, she successfully achieved the Grand Slam in swimming, and at the age of 17, she achieved the amazing feat of the Golden Slam, becoming the youngest Golden Slam winner in the history of Chinese swimming.
At that time, Ye Shiwen was like a dazzling new star, shining brightly, illuminating the vast night sky of the entire swimming world.
However, behind these brilliant achievements, Ye Shiwen had to bear the huge pressure and distress caused by physical development alone. Whenever she longs to take a short break from the ring, there is always an invisible force that pulls her back into the battlefield of intense training.
Her heart seemed to be torn apart by life, and she was in agony.
Faced with the ardent expectations of his family and the country, Ye Shiwen could only grit his teeth and persevere, strive forward, and even pay the price of his life.
In 1996, Ye Shiwen landed in Hangzhou, a beautiful city known as "paradise on earth". However, her parents were just ordinary working-class people, and their busy work made it too time for them to take care of their daughter, so after careful consideration, they decided to send the young Ye Shiwen to her grandmother's house in the countryside for foster care until she reached school age.
For the sport of swimming, Ye Shiwen has always had a strong interest and yearning. She already likes to play by the West Lake in downtown Hangzhou, and learning to swim not only allows her to enjoy the water better, but also helps to improve her self-protection ability.
Seeing that their daughter loves swimming so much, the parents are happy to express their support, and they firmly believe that learning to swim will make Ye Shiwen more calm and confident in her future life and cope with all kinds of sudden challenges.
So, Ye Shiwen unconsciously stepped into the door of the swimming field. Her exceptional talent, which immediately came to prominence in a short period of time, shocked the coaches with amazement.
With the encouragement and encouragement of the coach, Ye Shiwen worked harder in the next training process. At that time, there was a period of time when she accidentally fell from a rockery in the midst of joy and frolic, and her knee was cut by a stone with a treacherous deep wound.
In the face of such a serious injury, if you were an ordinary person, it would take at least a month of cultivation to recover, however, when the scars were about to heal and close, Ye Shiwen could no longer bear it and was full of expectations to devote herself to training again! Her spirit of facing difficulties and moving forward bravely is really admirable.
Because of this, Ye Shiwen's progress in the sports school can be called fast. In just four years, under the careful guidance of Coach Wei Wei, she has grown into an all-round swimmer, proficient in four swimming styles: freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly stroke, and backstroke.
In the 2006 Provincial Games, Ye Shiwen, who was only 10 years old, won the gold medal in the 50-meter freestyle in one fell swoop, which enabled her to successfully enter the Zhejiang Provincial Swimming Team and become a real professional athlete.
However, fate doesn't seem to want to let the young swimming phenom go easily. Just when Ye Shiwen's career was booming, fate played a cruel joke on her.
In 2016, in the prime of her youth, she suffered a huge blow from her second physical development, and her competitive form plummeted, and she finally missed the coveted Olympic medal.
That year, Ye Shiwen's body seemed to have suddenly betrayed her years of care, so that she could no longer swim freely in the water. Her once light and graceful figure now looked bulky and sluggish, her movements stiff, and her breathing became hard and heavy.
Like a swan on the verge of despair, struggling and rolling helplessly in the water.
On the field, she was no longer able to lead as comfortably as she used to, and instead often fell behind, and during training, her body seemed to betray her at any moment, making her feel suffocating pain.
All this is undoubtedly too cruel and ruthless for Ye Shiwen.
What is even more heart-wrenching is that when she was physically and mentally exhausted and suffering, all kinds of accusations and slanders came like a storm and sharp swords.
Those who like to tell right and wrong and turn black and white upside down have begun to question her strength, believing that all her brilliant achievements are just luck, while others are mercilessly humiliating her in public, ridiculing her former glory as all vain.
In the face of such tremendous pressure, coupled with the deterioration of his physical condition, Ye Shiwen reluctantly gradually moved away from the pool full of sunshine and laughter, and bid farewell to the familiar blue waters.
She began to walk alone in the schoolyard, her eyes empty and blank, as if she had become a soulless shell.
In those difficult and difficult days, Ye Shiwen has been sent to Tsinghua University, a top university in China, and should have studied with peace of mind and enjoyed the last time on campus. However, there is a blazing flame burning deep inside her, eager to one day return to the Circle and prove herself to those who doubt it, that her strength is not unreal.
In this way, time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye, 2018 came. After two long years of rest and adjustment, Ye Shiwen finally made up his mind to embark on the journey again and prove his strength again.
So, she resolutely decided to participate in the short course World Swimming Championships that year.
She gave up all her spare time, even reduced her sleep time to almost half, and devoted herself to high-intensity training.
Even when her body was devastated again and her muscles ached unbearably, she never wavered in her faith.
She is like a battering bull covered in bruises but still moving forward, doing her best on the training ground. Every time she breaks the waves, every time she jumps out of the water and takes a deep breath, she shows her endless desire for victory.
The coaches were all moved to see her working so hard and gave her the greatest guidance and encouragement.
However, fate is always unpredictable, and Ye Shiwen's performance in the short course World Swimming Championships still failed to meet his expectations, and in the end he could only leave with regret and pass by with a medal.
It was undoubtedly the hardest blow she's suffered since returning to the Circle, and she even had doubts about her future.
However, in her most helpless moments, the loved ones around her did not sneer at her or give up lightly, but encouraged her to continue to pursue her dreams.
One of them affectionately reassured her that a magnificent turn always requires a long and arduous process, and that a clear sky cannot erase the past defeat, and failure cannot hide the true strength.
What's more, relatives and friends also told her in a direct and clear way that the profound connotation of the classic adage "the road knows the horsepower, and the people will see the hearts of the people over time", and that the short-term unemployment now does not mean that she has lost her future opportunities.
The encouragement and understanding of her relatives poured into Ye Shiwen's heart like a warm current at this time, making her rekindle her dedication and love for her dreams.