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Cao Yanhua, a shining pearl born in the bustling metropolis of Shanghai in 1962, has formed a deep friendship with the world-famous table tennis sport since childhood. Her fathers — her father, two older sisters and a cousin — were obsessed with the sport and often fought it out at home.
What is amazing is that Cao Yanhua, who is only 3 years old, has already taken on the role of "little caddy", running around the court to pick up table tennis balls.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, Cao Yanhua is 5 years old, and she began to officially hold the racket and devote herself to the world of table tennis. During her time in primary school, she was deeply attracted by the flowing skills of her physical education teacher, Yang Hua'an, who often consulted the tutor for advice, and her skills improved by leaps and bounds.
After school, Cao Yanhua always stood quietly in front of the mirror, imitating the action of kicking off and throwing the ball, looking forward to receiving guidance and evaluation from her family.
When Cao Yanhua's father witnessed his daughter's ardent pursuit of table tennis, instead of obstructing it, he gave firm support and encouragement. He not only bought a shield racket for his daughter, but also repeatedly told her to practice diligently and persevere to the end.
Despite the limited resources of the table tennis table in the school, Cao Yanhua won the right to use the table by competing for strength, courage and speed by virtue of perseverance.
With her natural studious spirit and unremitting efforts, she quickly rose to become a "table tennis master".
However, Cao Yanhua's love for music is also deep, and she longs to learn piano one day. Unfortunately, this dream was strongly opposed by his father, which caused Xiao Yanhua's heart to be hit hard, and he once lost his enthusiasm for table tennis and stopped touching the racket for a long time.
Fortunately, Cao Yanhua's mentor did not give up easily, and he personally visited her father to persuade her father, hoping to rekindle her love for table tennis. The teacher even promised her father that she would go all out to train Cao Yanhua to become an outstanding athlete of the national team and win glory for the motherland.
Under the careful guidance of her mentor, Cao Yanhua finally regained her love for table tennis. In one of the competitions, she achieved a remarkable result, and her father gave her a double happiness racket to express his encouragement, and repeatedly told her to persevere and move forward.
When she was only 11 years old, Cao Yanhua was fortunate to be selected to be selected for the table tennis training center located in the bustling city of Shanghai's Hongkou District, and began to receive comprehensive training under the guidance of the famous coach Wang Lianfang. Although she was timid about Coach Wang's rigorous and strict style when she first met, after careful consideration, she gradually realized that the strict requirements of this outstanding mentor for his disciples were actually due to deep respect and ardent expectations for them.
Coach Wang's selfless dedication and firm belief have paved a broad path for Cao Yanhua's future career.
So, Cao Yanhua moved forward bravely on this road, after the collapse of the piano dream, her father's persuasion made her devote herself to table tennis, overcome many difficulties, and finally with her perseverance and outstanding talent, she climbed to the highest peak of Chinese female table tennis players and won the reputation of "first sister".
Since the moment Cao Yanhua stepped into the national team, she has become the center of attention and is known as a "young genius". She is so talented and skilled that she was once expected to become a new generation of leaders in Chinese table tennis.
However, just as she was reaching the pinnacle of her career, some of her misdeeds were disappointing. She fell in love with her teammate Shi Zhihao, choosing to spend sweet time with her lover every weekend, and when others were training hard, she sat leisurely in her room and swallowed the clouds.
The National Training Bureau has strict discipline for athletes, clearly prohibiting love, smoking, gambling, wearing strange clothing and other behaviors. Cao Yanhua's "willful and reckless behavior" was soon made public, triggering a high degree of attention and serious investigation by the leadership.
After a party, cigarette butts left behind at the scene caused a late-night fire, and although it was not confirmed whether Cao Yanhua and others were involved in the incident, they still suffered severe criticism from the bureau chief, and at the same time exposed Cao Yanhua's relationship with Shi Zhihao.
In this "pressure like a mountain" predicament, Cao Yanhua went to Germany for intensive training, and fortunately she met a wise and reasonable head coach Zhou Lansun. On the one hand, Zhou Lansun did everything in her power to defend Cao Yanhua, claiming that her love behavior did not distract her attention and did not have any negative impact on the results of the competition, and on the other hand, he patiently enlightened Cao Yanhua in private, sincerely asking her whether the relationship was real.
Facing Coach Zhou, who is full of love like a father, Cao Yanhua really couldn't suppress the emotional torrent in his heart, and treated his shy but warm love affair to him frankly. Coach Zhou did not take a drastic way to condemn anyone or anything, but put forward a concise and clear request in a calm and powerful tone: although love is beautiful, it must not affect the quality of training, and must continue to work hard for their own future and strive for more honors.
Cao Yanhua deeply felt the profundity of this lesson, and she made up her mind to completely change those bad habits and behaviors in the past and devote herself wholeheartedly to training. After countless days and nights of hard work and unwavering faith, she finally won the women's singles championship at the 37th and 38th World Table Tennis Championships for two consecutive years, once again proving her strength and value with outstanding performance, and becoming a new generation of leaders in the Chinese table tennis industry.
Just as her career was reaching new heights, the 22-year-old suffered a major blow in her life - she was diagnosed with hepatitis B. Faced with this sudden bad news, Cao Yanhua did not hesitate to make a difficult decision: announced his retirement, left the familiar dormitory, and began to live independently.
Cao Yanhua recalled that time with great emotion: "The moment I clenched the racket again, my heart was full of mixed emotions. I know that the piano dream may be out of reach, but table tennis has been deeply imprinted in my life and has become the whole of my life. ”
In this way, at the critical moment when his career was reaching its peak again, Cao Yanhua had to resolutely leave the arena he loved. However, it is precisely because of the confusion, punishment for violations, and in-depth reflection on herself that she was able to regain her form and create brilliance in just a few years. This experience was undoubtedly an important turning point in Cao Yanhua's life.
After announcing her retirement, Cao Yanhua ushered in a new married life, although it was warm and sweet, but it was not all smooth sailing. Just four months later, she left Shanghai, the city where she grew up, and embarked on a study journey to Japan to find a cure for hepatitis B.
The following year, Cao Yanhua made another jaw-dropping decision - she resolutely went to Germany with her husband Shi Zhihao and started a new chapter in her life in that strange land.
When she first arrived in Germany, Cao Yanhua bravely refused the invitation of the local table tennis team and chose to work hand in hand with her husband Shi Zhihao, starting from scratch and living a plain and fulfilling life. She drove alone to the market three kilometres away from her home to buy fresh ingredients and study how to make delicious dishes.
In the early stages, Ms. Cao Yanhua often had the situation that the rice was cooked too rough or the dishes were burnt black, which tortured her hands and feet. However, one day, when Mr. Shi Zhihao returned to that once warm home, he saw the terrible picture of his wife, Ms. Cao Yanhua, bursting into tears and snot, and couldn't help but feel worried, thinking that she had suffered some kind of painful incident, so he immediately stepped forward to try to comfort her. However, Ms. Cao Yanhua was not infected by his care, but broke into tears and told him that he had just accidentally shed tears in the process of cutting the onion.
With the endless understanding and support of her husband, Mr. Shi Zhihao, and her own perseverance, Ms. Cao Yanhua gradually mastered the culinary skills, and gradually became a "cooking master" in the eyes of her friends, a household name and enviable. She is able to personally cook authentic Chinese dishes such as meat buns, pot stickers, etc., which are mouth-watering.
With the birth of their son, Ms. Cao Yanhua and Mr. Shi Zhihao jointly decided that in order to provide a stable environment for their children's growth, they purchased a three-story independent small building, and since then they have their own warm home.
Although the years spent in Germany were full of laughter and happiness, there were also twists and turns, challenges, and many little-known crises and dilemmas.
On a hot summer day in 1994, when Ms. Cao Yanhua's family was enjoying a holiday, their home was patronized by thieves, and their belongings were turned into a mess and suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, the thieves did not take their passports and identity documents, thus avoiding greater trouble.
On another occasion, Ms. Cao Yanhua and her family were driving a car on Highway 5 when the tire suddenly burst, causing the vehicle to lose control and crash into the barrier in the middle of the road. Despite the severe damage to the car, the family of five escaped a catastrophe unscathed.
Despite the many family difficulties and crises she experienced during her time in Germany, for Ms. Cao Yanhua, these seven or eight years were undoubtedly a precious opportunity for her to return to her family and stay away from her career. With her husband and children by her side, she finally learned how to be a virtuous housewife and learn to face life independently. This unique experience has made her harvest an incomparably precious happy time.
In 1995, Cao Yanhua received a letter from her father, which was concise and clear, but it deeply shook her heart. In the letter, the father sincerely and warmly told his daughter that China has undergone earth-shaking changes, especially Shanghai, the hometown where she grew up and breathed, is full of vitality and presents a new scene.
As a relative that Cao Yanhua admired all her life, her father placed deep expectations on her, and eagerly hoped that she could grasp this once-in-a-lifetime historical opportunity, return to the motherland, and create a new chapter of her own in this hot land full of endless possibilities.
The call of family affection awakened Cao Yanhua's deep attachment to the motherland in an instant, and she could no longer stand by coldly. Inspired by her father's ardent expectations, Cao Yanhua resolutely took her family on the journey back to China.
After returning to China, Cao Yanhua first founded a dynamic enterprise and devoted himself to the turbulent waves of the business sea. However, in the course of participating in a table tennis tournament, she suddenly realized the special place of the sport in her life and its far-reaching implications.
As a former table tennis legend, she has an immense love and persistent pursuit of the sport.
In the context of this challenging but hopeful era, Cao Yanhua has an extremely ambitious idea: to create a table tennis school with worldwide influence with her profound attainments! The purpose of this school is not simply to teach skills, but to shoulder the mission of cultivating and exporting talented talents for the country, and she is willing to devote her lifelong knowledge and enthusiasm to this great cause of education.
With her unswerving love for table tennis and her unswerving pursuit of education, and with the strong support of many friends, Cao Yanhua finally founded a unique table tennis school in the bustling Baoshan District of Shanghai, and immediately launched the enrollment plan.
Although the school started out as a small school with only 8 students and 18 table tennis tables, Cao Yanhua's perseverance and hard work have led to a growing number of students, facilities and teachers, and eventually a large-scale table tennis education institution with thousands of students.
Undoubtedly, this is the key factor for Cao Yanhua to rediscover her career direction and realize her personal value after retiring. She has formed a deep friendship with table tennis since she was a child, and has an almost crazy love for this sport, and her father's letter ignited her deep desire to return to the motherland and devote herself to serving the motherland.
These two powerful dynamics came together to give birth to this world-renowned table tennis school.
Here, Cao Yanhua devoted his life's hard work and sweat to the great cause of cultivating successors. It is this firm belief and unremitting efforts that have finally shaped a group of rising stars in the table tennis world such as Xu Xin, which has enabled her educational ideals to be perfectly realized, and her life has become more fulfilling and fulfilling.