He was once a very representative athlete in the mainland table tennis world, and has made remarkable achievements in the field of table tennis with his unique style of play.
He was also the head coach of the women's team of the mainland national table tennis team, and led the team to lead athletes to major international competitions and won numerous honors.
But it is such a person who is full of honors, but there are constant controversies, one married the "Queen of Ping Pong" Cao Yanhua, and the second paragraph is even more outrageous, and he married his female apprentice who is 23 years younger.
was even more in the "abandonment" of Guo Yue, which once pushed him to the forefront!
In the end, he also paid the due price for his actions, and since then he has also been labeled as "old cows eat tender grass" and "no teacher morality", and these remarks are still with him today.
Now 65 years old, is he happily married to a female apprentice who is 23 years younger?
Shi Zhihao
Shi Zhihao was once a popular figure in the table tennis world in the mainland in the 80s, with his superb strength and unique skills, his name soon resounded in the football world.
In 1978, Shi Zhihao won the national singles championship in table tennis in one fell swoop, you must know that the "gold content" of the national championship is heavier than the world championship, and he was only 18 years old at the time, so let the national team also discover this talented player!
In 1981, Shi Zhihao joined hands with Xie Saike and Cai Zhenhua as a seeded player to participate in the "Table Tennis World Championships", when these three provoked the beam of the entire men's table tennis team, won countless championship medals, and won countless honors for the country, and they were also known as the "Three Musketeers" of national table tennis in the 80s.
In the men's table tennis, Shi Zhihao is the first main force, and in the women's table tennis team, Cao Yanhua should be the one.
Cao Yanhua, who practiced table tennis at the age of 5, entered the national team in 1977, and his direct shooting and fast attack combined with curve ball play, made opponents embarrassed, and was also the player who won the most world championships among mainland women's table tennis players.
At that time, it was a pity that there was no women's table tennis World Cup, and if there were, then Cao Yanhua might have become the first "Grand Slam" player in the history of mainland national table tennis! But in any case, she was the champion player before Deng Yaping, and she undoubtedly confirmed the position of "queen of table tennis"!
Shi Zhihao and Cao Yanhua are both fellow Shanghainese, Cao Yanhua is three years younger than him, the first contact between the two was because of a mixed doubles match, the two of them came together to train, this is also the only time in their careers that they partnered in a doubles match, but the two "fell in love because of the game".
"Lao Yan Flies Separately"
After a long time of running-in training together, Shi Zhihao had a good impression of Cao Yanhua, and when he went abroad to participate in the competition, Shi Zhihao became very active, helping Cao Yanhua carry her luggage, and inviting her to eat and watch movies...... And these inadvertent details happened to touch Cao Yanhua's heart.
It took Shi Zhihao less than a month to chase Cao Yanhua into his hands, but in the national team, it is expressly forbidden for athletes to fall in love, and the two also started an "underground relationship" under the cover of their friend Cai Zhenhua
Every time on the weekend, Cao Yanhua and Shi Zhihao disappeared one after another, and the other players were working overtime to summarize their football experience, while the two of them hid and fell in love.
But there is no impermeable wall in the world, and soon the news of the two falling in love reached the ears of the national team leaders, and then in order to verify whether the two really had a relationship, they talked to the two separately, but the two replied very consistently: they are not in love!
But paper can't contain the fire after all, and the relationship between the two was finally discovered, but Cao Yanhua was at her peak at that time, and it can be said that almost no one in the national team could compete with her, and Cao Yanhua was not punished too much. On the other hand, Shi Zhihao's level declined seriously, and he was finally returned to the "Bayi team"
In 1983 and 1985, Cao Yanhua made great progress and won the women's singles championship for two consecutive years, which shows Cao Yanhua's dominance in women's table tennis that year.
After the second consecutive championship, Cao Yanhua announced his retirement due to physical reasons, and the following year, the two officially registered their marriage, and then Cao Yanhua went to Japan to study, Shi Zhihao followed to coach in Japan, and gave birth to a son in 93, and the family was happy.
In a blink of an eye, the two have been married for 10 years, and life has long smoothed out the passion of the two, after returning to China, Shi Zhihao was lucky to enter the national team coaching, and Cao Yanhua is carrying out his own career, the two are busy with their own affairs, which led to a serious crisis in their relationship, and finally divorced without telling their children.
"Second Marriage and Marriage to a Female Apprentice"
Love amnesia, career proud, Shi Zhihao was later promoted to the coach of the national table tennis women's team, but what she never expected was that she had a love affair with her 23-year-old female apprentice!
Li Nan can be said to be Shi Zhihao's protégé, Shi Zhihao cares for him, but what people didn't expect is that Li Nan actually took the "old road" of his master and fell in love with Hou Yingchao of the national team, but in the end their relationship was also discovered by the national table tennis team and forcibly dismantled the pair of hard-working mandarin ducks.
At that time, Li Nan was very sad, but at this time, Shi Zhihao was always by Li Nan's side, caring for her, taking care of her, and helping her get back on her feet.
In 2010, 51-year-old Shi Zhihao suddenly announced his relationship with his apprentice Li Nan, and the news shocked the entire sports world!
This dramatic scene caused a sensation in the move, and at that time, Li Nan and Shi Zhihao had secretly fallen in love.
But countless fans still condemned Shi Zhihao's behavior of eating "grass by the nest", and even thought that Shi Zhihao violated ethics and morals, but the two still tried their best to disagree and finally went to the palace of marriage!
After the abandonment of Guo Yue, the incident once again pushed him to the "cusp"
Deprecation of "Guo Yue"
In his coaching career, the national table tennis women's team can be said to have achieved remarkable results, and has successively produced many powerful players such as Wang Nan, Zhang Yining, and Guo Yan. From the 2000 Sydney Olympics to the 2012 London Olympics, the national table tennis women's team has won many honors, all of which are inseparable from Shi Zhihao's careful guidance.
At that time, in the 2010 World Championships, Shi Zhihao let the main Guo Yue change to the bench, and instead chose the 19-year-old Liu Shiwen to play against him.
In the face of countless controversies, Shi Zhihao ignored it and still went his own way, which eventually led to the loss of the game, and for a time there were rumors of discord between Shi Zhihao and Guo Yue. Countless fans have asked for an explanation, why is Guo Yue's "refrigeration" rumored discord, or is there another arrangement?
When interviewed by reporters, Shi Zhihao only said very calmly, "Guo Yue has been in a bad state recently."
Until Shi Zhihao resigned as head coach, he never got an accurate answer.
Today's Shi Zhihao
Now he is 65 years old, you can see that there are obvious traces of aging on his face, but the only thing he remains unchanged is the love for table tennis, now Shi Zhihao is still active in the table tennis world, and is now the vice president of the International Table Tennis Federation and the vice president of Shanghai University of Sport.
After he married Li Nan, the two soon had a baby, and since then, Li Nan has been living a life of "husband and child" at home, and the two are still very happy.
The information in this article is from:
Sina Sports Table Tennis Magazine "Shi Zhihao's Recent Situation: Shanghai, Tianjin and Beijing Run to Learn How to Be a Dean"
https://sports.sina.cn/sa/2013-09-29/detail-ikftssap7457246.d.html?from=wap
Youth Daily "Cao Yanhua: A lifetime is inseparable from table tennis"
http://app.why.com.cn/epaper/qnb/html/2014-09/01/content_219495.htm
Northern News "Shi Zhihao and Li Nan compose a teacher-student love song, the age difference is 22 years old, and the feelings are simple and true"
http://sports.sina.com.cn/o/2013-04-02/11296498157.shtml
and other official media news, but in order to improve the readability of the article, the details may be polished, please read sensibly, for reference only!