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From an early age, Chen Xi showed his extraordinary talent and passion for table tennis. In 1999, when he was only a 16-year-old young man, he successfully entered the national youth team with his outstanding strength.
For this young man full of enthusiasm and passion, he thought that this was the realization of his dream, the step towards a new stage of life and a broad vision. However, fate plays far more than that.
In an internal team event, Chen Xi, who was emotionally touched by the defeat, actually threw the racket in his hand to the ground mercilessly until it was shattered. In the face of the mess, his face was gloomy as water, his eyes were as sharp as knives, and his whole body exuded a wild and uninhibited rebellious aura.
The coaches were helpless and had to take severe punishment measures - sending Chen Xi back to the provincial team. In this way, the young man, who had only been in the national youth team for only 18 days, was ruthlessly expelled from the team.
Chen Xi's rebellious personality undoubtedly indicates that he will encounter many difficulties on the road to pursuing his dreams. The family's hearts were filled with heavy disappointment and endless worry when they saw their once high-spirited son suffer such a setback.
However, Chen Xi did not choose to give up because of this. He continued to train diligently and finally returned to the national second team in 2000 with an outstanding performance. This time, everyone expects him to learn his lessons, be disciplined and cherish every opportunity.
However, what is surprising is that everyone seriously underestimated the fiery heart of this young man. Only a little more than a year later, Chen Xi once again violated the rules with his teammates and caused trouble outside.
Although the other team members have frankly admitted their mistakes, Chen Xi resolutely refused to bow his head and admit his mistakes.
Eventually, he suffered another ruthless dismissal and had to leave the national team. Watching his son suffer blow after blow, the family's hearts were filled with deep despair. The mother even hopes that her son can put down the table tennis ball, devote himself to his studies, and find a more stable path of development.
However, Chen Xi earnestly begged his parents to give him another chance, "If I can't make a breakthrough within two years, I will definitely devote myself to studying." ”
The impulsiveness and rebellion of the young man doomed his future to be full of unknowns, but his firm belief in his dreams also determined that he would never give up easily. The family could only sigh helplessly, allowing this stubborn teenager to continue to pursue his own ideals.
After years of tempering and cultivation, Chen Xi finally became a member of the national table tennis team again in 2002 at the age of 19. At this moment, he seemed to have an epiphany of the quiet power in his heart, and poured all his enthusiasm and enthusiasm into table tennis, which will accompany him in his lifelong career.
Just a year later, Chen Xi has repeatedly achieved great results in many international competitions, and his world ranking has soared all the way to No. 5. At the 2004 Athens Olympics, he became the leader of the Chinese team, and joined forces with Ma Lin to create a brilliant result that shocked the world, and jointly won the gold medal glory in the doubles event.
The audience witnessed this exciting moment with their own eyes, and praised the "Young Killer" with his distinctive personality and superior skills as an unstoppable existence, and his first three board attacks were swift and accurate, leaving opponents powerless.
However, just two years later, in the 2006 Asian Cup final in Japan, Chen Xi once again lost control of his emotions and openly kicked the seat on the side of the court to smash, causing consternation among the audience.
Faced with another mistake by his disciple, head coach Liu Guoliang was furious, and his punishment reached an unprecedented degree of severity.
In May 2006, Chen Xi came to Pantao Village, a remote village in Zhengding County, Hebei Province, and began a week-long process of "labor reform". In the unique experience of this life journey, he learned to hoe the fields, feed the pigs and other farm work, things that he never thought of before, but now become the norm in his life.
At first, Chen always mistook the shoots for weeds, but it didn't take long for him to master the technique. Tending to his animals in the pungent smell of pigsty every day is now a part of his life.
Although the days of labor reform were full of hard work, Chen Xi never complained. On the contrary, it was through this special experience that he deeply felt for the first time the hard work of ordinary peasant friends, and he also cherished his superior living conditions in the past.
This "training in the countryside" not only honed his will, but more importantly, made him re-examine his attitude towards life and understand that he should cherish every opportunity in front of him.
After returning to the team, Chen Xi solemnly promised his coach and teammates that he would go all out to fight for more honors for the motherland.
Since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Chen's career seems to have entered a relatively quiet phase. As time passed, he gradually began to think about how to start a new journey in life - choosing to retire.
During that time, Chen Xi founded his own teahouse, and in the process of cooking fragrant tea, he exuded a completely different literati and elegant atmosphere from the past.
Around 2016, the webcast swept the country in full swing, and Chen Xi also actively participated in it. In the live broadcast room, he often shares his bits and pieces on the court and various interesting anecdotes to the fans, and his sincere and witty tone is impressive.
At this time, his handsome and dashing face always exudes a deep sense of nostalgia.
Sometimes, Chen Xi's friend Qiu Yike will also join the live broadcast and play his "villain" partner. The two old friends came and went, mercilessly teasing each other's living habits and appearance, and the atmosphere was warm and cheerful.
When talking about the past of the "labor reform" in Zhengding, Hebei Province, Chen Xi couldn't help laughing out loud, and joked to Qiu Yike: "If you feed these pigs, I'm afraid they will all be fed to death by you!" Qiu Yike responded in a humorous way: "You are the one who fed countless pigs to death, even if I come, I am afraid I will not be able to do anything."
In addition to live broadcasts, Chen Xi also boldly tried to sell his own clothes through online channels. Although some fans questioned the price, he still insisted on himself and was unwavering.
From this point, it is not difficult to see that Chen Xi's rebellious personality has not changed since he was a child.
Most of the time, Chen Xi has always been committed to promoting and developing table tennis and contributing to the sports cause of the motherland. After all, table tennis has become an important career and pursuit in his life, and it is with him.
Although his career has become dull, Chen Xi has not given up his lifelong love for table tennis. Since 2013, he has been the head coach of the Jiangsu Provincial Table Tennis Team, embarking on a new journey as a teacher.
Under the careful guidance of Chen Xi, batch after batch of young and promising table tennis players have grown up strongly. As a coach, he is very demanding of his students, but he is also unhesitant to pass on his knowledge and experience.
Whenever he sees students with tenacious personalities who are quite similar to his youth, Chen Xi will always unreservedly tell them about his youth.
"If there is no one to beat in the arena, you will proudly reach the top with great glory, and if you are defeated at the hands of others, you must also give applause and cheers without hesitation. This is the sincere words that Chen Xi often teaches to his disciples, hoping to inspire young people to be high-spirited and pursue excellence with his rich experience.
In 2018, Chen Xi responded to the call of his mentor Liu Guoliang and resolutely returned to the national team as a coach. Under his careful guidance, Xu Xin, Chen Meng and other new generation players have risen to become leaders in the Chinese men's doubles world.
During the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Chen Xi personally led the team and accompanied the newly popular Wang Sun Yingsha to gallop on the field together. Witnessing the former "God of Killing" incarnated as the cultivator of the "Killer", the audience was all moved and sighed.
In the end, under Chen Xi's careful training, Sun Yingsha successfully won the women's singles championship and won the highest honor for the motherland.
This year is undoubtedly a shining legend in Chen Xi's coaching career. At the end of 2021, the good news came that Chen Xi had been officially appointed as the first-line coach of the men's team of the table tennis team of Nanjing Institute of Physical Education until the end of 2025.