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In April 2013, at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing, an atmosphere of deep and mournful air permeated the air. Ms. Chen Zhaodi's life is quietly coming to an end, and the figures who once showed bravery and brilliance on the volleyball court are no longer there, replaced by a cold body lying quietly in a brand new coffin.
In front of the East Auditorium, more than 600 relatives and friends stood silently, some supporting the elderly and carrying children, and some with sad faces and solemn expressions. When Chen Zhaodi's daughter Guo Chen hugged her mother's portrait and walked slowly into the mourning hall, a spontaneous sound of mourning immediately sounded at the scene, and people shook their heads in pain, clapped their hands and sighed.
At the memorial service, Chen Zhaodi's mentor, Mr. Yuan Weimin, laid a wreath to her, his eyes were full of bloodshots, and it seemed that it was difficult to suppress the welling of tears. And her former teammate Lang Ping couldn't stay calm anymore, and tears slid down like a spring, blurring her vision.
She recalled the in-depth conversation with Chen Zhaodi a month ago, and the other party sincerely talked about the difficulties faced by the Chinese women's volleyball team, and eagerly looked forward to her returning to China to take charge of the coaching whip.
Although Lang Ping did not give an immediate reply at that time, at this moment, the guilt and uneasiness in her heart surged like a tide, and she said to the cold body with tears in her eyes: "In the next life, we will still be teammates who fight side by side."
This regrettable promise turned out to be the final farewell, and countless people present were moved. Soon after the death of Ms. Chen Zhaodi, Lang Ping firmly returned to the Chinese women's volleyball team as the head coach.
She is determined to translate Chen Zhaodi's high hopes for her before her death into practical actions, and devote all her resources to contribute her endless strength to the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Under the brave and fearless leadership of Lang Ping, the Chinese women's volleyball team has really achieved great results, winning the supreme gold medal honor in the 2016 Rio Olympics, the runner-up in the World Championships in 2018, and the title of World Cup champion in 2019.
Behind these brilliant achievements, there is a condensation of the sacred belief and immortal spirit that Ms. Chen Zhaodi fought for all her life during her lifetime.
Looking back on Chen Zhaodi's brilliant volleyball journey, we can't help but sigh that this "one-armed general" who is fearless and brave on the field and has made new achievements has outstanding talent and outstanding sports talent since he was a child.
She is tall and powerful, with a passion and talent for sports such as sprinting, long jump, shot put, and more.
In 1972, Chen Zhaodi, who was only 17 years old, was selected for the Zhejiang women's volleyball team with her outstanding athletic performance. Faced with a new field of sport, Chen Zhaodi also felt lost and confused at first, but with unwavering perseverance and a deep love for volleyball, she quickly integrated into this new team and opened a new chapter in her career.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Zhaodi entered the national volleyball training team with impressive results, and fought side by side with many outstanding athletes in the future such as Lang Ping and Sun Jinfang to receive professional training at the national level.
As a newcomer, Chen Zhaodi knows that there is a huge gap between herself and these seniors, so she never slackens off and goes all out, even if her body is scarred, she gritted her teeth and persevered to the end.
Once, in a fierce training match, Chen Zhaodi failed to block the net because of a mistake in her movements, and was immediately severely criticized by coach Yuan Weimin. Chen Zhaodi was a little unconvinced at first by the advice of her elders, but soon she humbly accepted Coach Yuan's teachings and worked with her teammates to improve and upgrade her skills.
It is with this unyielding tenacity that Chen Zhaodi finally won the reputation of "one-armed general".
From an unknown novice to the core figure of the national team, from the initial clumsiness, to the later handy, Chen Zhaodi with her unremitting efforts and tenacious struggle, constantly surpass herself, overcome many difficulties, and fully demonstrate her outstanding volleyball talent.
In 1979, on the field of the 4th National Games, an eye-catching figure came into view - her left arm was lightly hung from her neck by a white bandage, her face was cold, but her eyes showed incomparable determination.
That's right, it is the women's volleyball national player known as the "one-armed general" - Chen Zhaodi! With her debut, the originally quiet and peaceful audience instantly erupted in warm applause and cheers, and everyone focused on this unique girl, and the camera naturally focused on her.
However, in the face of the flood of attention, Chen Zhaodi did not show any pride and complacency, but walked towards the arena with a calm and calm attitude, ready to meet the challenge.
At the beginning of the game, the strength of the two sides showed an even situation, you come and go, the attack and defense are staggered, and the scene is extremely intense. Just as Chen Zhaodi jumped up to block the net with all her might, she was accidentally knocked to the ground by her opponent and happened to hit the arm that had been injured earlier.
She moaned a few times in pain, her face instantly turned pale as paper, and other teammates immediately stepped forward to help her, but Chen Zhaodi shook her head resolutely, saying that she was okay and insisted on staying on the sidelines to watch the game.
It wasn't until the end of the game and the Chinese team won the victory that Chen Zhaodi went to the treatment with everyone and was diagnosed with a fracture. Even so, she continued to train for the next year, taking part in a crucial battle against Japan despite her injury.
Before the game, she waved her arms confidently and announced to her teammates that she was fully prepared.
However, fate doesn't seem to want to let her go easily. During the game, Chen Zhaodi's old injury recurred, and she suffered great pain, but she still stuck to the sidelines, cheering for her teammates until the end of the game.
Since then, she has earned the awe-inspiring new title of "One-Armed General."
In 1981, in the third World Cup Volleyball Tournament, the Chinese women's volleyball team went to Japan as an Asian powerhouse, and Chen Zhaodi shouldered the heavy responsibility of providing one-on-one guidance to newcomer Lang Ping.
They lived in the same room, encouraged each other, and grew up together In the end, under the leadership of Chen Zhaodi, the Chinese women's volleyball team returned with a brilliant record of winning 7 games.
In the group stage of the 1982 World Championship, the Chinese women's volleyball team once fell into passivity and the situation was precarious. At this time, the coaching staff quickly gathered all the players to boost morale. Chen Zhaodi is also anxious in her heart, she knows the importance of this match to advance to the knockout round.
Sure enough, with the concerted efforts of all the players, the Chinese women's volleyball team successfully reversed the decline, defeated Cuba and the former Soviet Union, and broke into the semifinals in one fell swoop.
In the following finals, the Chinese women's volleyball team went all out and swept the Peruvian team 3:0, successfully reaching the top of this tournament! Since then, the Chinese women's volleyball team led by Chen Zhaodi has won the world championship three times, four times, and five times in a row, and has written a brilliant chapter in the international sports arena.
However, the good and evil hands of the goddess of fate are always unpredictable, and in the next three major events, Chen Zhaodi had no choice but to say goodbye to her beloved arena because of her waist injury.
Although she is far away from the battlefield filled with gunpowder, she still sticks behind the scenes, dedicating her spare heat to the volleyball cause of her motherland.
Although Chen Zhaodi had to say goodbye to the prime of her career due to injuries, she did not stop because of this, but continued to play her light and heat in other areas of volleyball.
In 1983, Chen Zhaodi firmly entered the Beijing Institute of Physical Education for in-depth study, hoping to improve his theoretical knowledge reserve.
After returning from school, the former "one-armed general" became the deputy political commissar of the "Bayi" women's volleyball team, and she led the new generation of women's volleyball girls to forge ahead with her rich game experience and superb technical and tactical guidance.
Under Chen Zhaodi's careful cultivation, the performance of the Chinese women's volleyball team has risen steadily, and once ranked third in the world.
In addition to her outstanding performance on the court, Chen Zhaodi's contributions have also been highly praised and rewarded by the state. The National Sports Commission awarded her the Sports Medal of Honor in recognition of her outstanding prestige and high esteem.
On the road to winning glory for the country, Chen Zhaodi also cherishes the beauty of her personal life. On that hot summer day in 1986, she was pleasantly surprised to find out that she was pregnant.
As a professional athlete, she is well aware of the hardships of pregnancy, but she still decided without hesitation to give birth to her baby daughter Guo Chen.
Despite the arduous tasks and the heavy responsibility of leading athletes to compete in the Quartet, Chen Zhaodi has never slackened her enthusiasm for the national team and her firm belief in cultivating outstanding reserve talents throughout her life.
In the event that she could not do her best, she could only gently touch her abdomen and whisper her apologies to her unborn child, hoping that she would be considerate and forgive her mother's hard work.
Facts have proved that with Chen Zhaodi's dedication and unremitting efforts, the overall strength of the Chinese women's volleyball team has been significantly improved, and it has repeatedly achieved brilliant results.
Although Chen Zhaodi has made outstanding achievements in her career, fate played a cruel joke on her in 1993. Due to the expiration of the secondment period, she had to temporarily bid farewell to her beloved volleyball in reluctance and return to the Culture and Sports Bureau of the General Political Department to continue to perform her duties.
This is undoubtedly a heavy blow in Chen Zhaodi's life process, and she left the battlefield she had fought for many years with deep nostalgia. However, even away from the field, her passion for sports has never waned.
In her new role, she actively planned various sports activities and events, and sometimes even wore multiple hats, often working overtime in a row, even working two days and two nights a week without any rest of the week.
What is even more admirable is that even when she is far away from the arena, Chen Zhaodi still adheres to a very high level of professionalism. As long as she has a moment to spare, she will not hesitate to throw herself into the court and sweat it to her heart's content.
As she once affectionately said, "No matter what kind of court I face, no matter what kind of game I have, I will give it my all and try to win, and that has become my instinctive reaction." "
However, the world is unpredictable, and the sky is unpredictable. Just as Chen Zhaodi was about to re-embark on the road of sports career development, a ruthless blow fell on her again.
In 1998, she was diagnosed with rectal cancer. Despite the surgery, her condition was no longer able to withstand high-intensity exercise training due to the severity of her condition.
In the face of the torture of illness, Chen Zhaodi never gave up her love for life. She made full use of her spare time and was successfully admitted to the graduate program of Tsinghua University, and completed all the courses with hunger.
She knows that she missed out on many valuable learning opportunities when she was younger, so she hopes to make up for this by constantly improving herself.
When the 2008 Beijing Olympics were held as scheduled, Chen Zhaodi was already in the old age of her life, but she still did her best to participate as a commentator, contributing to the country's sports in a unique way.
However, in 2013, Chen Zhaodi's health crisis again. This time, the face of the disease is even more hideous and terrifying. Under the persuasion of relatives and friends, she had to be admitted to the hospital for a full range of examinations and treatments.
However, when the doctor found that the cancer had spread to the liver and the disease had entered the advanced stage of liver cancer, Chen Zhaodi suddenly realized that her life was quietly coming to an end.
She knew that she was about to say goodbye to her loved ones and leave this familiar world, and her heart was full of complicated emotions, but she was not swallowed up by despair, but strengthened her belief and decided to dedicate her last strength to the country and the people in her last days.
The passing away of Ms. Chen Zhaodi has undoubtedly brought a huge loss to the entire sports world, and her heroic image of having performed many miraculous feats on the field and won countless honors will be forever engraved in people's memory.
At the last moment of her life, this great woman was still full of endless love for the country's sports cause, and she sincerely invited Lang Ping, who had just returned to China, to take charge of the Chinese women's volleyball team again, and explained to her in detail the current difficulties faced by the women's volleyball team and the problems of hindered development.
Facing the ardent expectations of his mentor, Lang Ping choked up for a while, but just held Chen Zhaodi's hands tightly, and tears slipped silently. She looked forward to the early reunion of these old friends, rather than saying goodbye in such a situation.
However, fate is always so unpredictable, just as Lang Ping was about to set off, Chen Zhaodi's condition suddenly deteriorated, and with severe pain and torture, she finally passed away.
This bad news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, hitting the hearts of every family member and friend. People from all over the country rushed to pay their final respects to this venerable friend and comrade-in-arms in their own ways.
At the solemn memorial service, Lang Ping couldn't help but burst into tears, she deeply recalled the last exchange with Chen Zhaodi, and the sincere and warm expectations of the other party seemed to echo in her ears.
Therefore, she silently made up her mind in her heart that she would not hesitate to return to the women's volleyball team of the motherland, shoulder the heavy responsibility, and inherit and carry forward Chen Zhaodi's great career.
As expected, shortly after the memorial service, Lang Ping officially served as the head coach of the mainland women's volleyball team and stood in this crucial position.
Under her fearless leadership, the Chinese women's volleyball team once again achieved brilliant achievements, winning the gold medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016, the third place in the World Championships in 2018, and the World Cup in 2019.
Behind these remarkable achievements, Chen Zhaodi's unremitting efforts and firm belief in realizing her dreams are all condensed.
Chen Zhaodi's beloved daughter Guo Chen also inherited her mother's legacy and became an outstanding volleyball player, unswervingly following in her mother's footsteps. Whenever she sweats and struggles on the field, she always deeply feels her mother's indomitable spirit with her.
The persistent pursuit of volleyball and the never-say-die belief in victory have long been deeply imprinted in the hearts of every Chinese women's volleyball player. Chen Zhaodi's legendary life and immortal spirit will always shine and become a model and model for future generations to learn, and the torch will be passed down from generation to generation and never extinguished.