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The sun rises, the thick golden sunlight shines all over the earth, and the gentle spring breeze caresses the face. Chen Nan was immersed in a comfortable and pleasant atmosphere, sitting firmly on the spacious and bright balcony of the house, with a bright and happy smile on the corner of his mouth.
She gently raised the delicate tea cup in her hand and took a sip, letting the rich aroma of tea slowly spread in her mouth, which was intoxicating.
Chen Nan turned her head to stare at the living room, her eyes fell on her husband Gong Bin, who was engrossed in work, and the two lively and lovely children who were playing happily on the side.
This is exactly the good life that Chen Nan is looking forward to after retiring, spending warm time with his family, enjoying a leisurely rhythm of life, as a legend in the Chinese women's basketball world, Chen Nan has won countless honors for the motherland with his outstanding strength and perseverance.
Recalling the grand Olympic Games held in Beijing in 2008, Chen Nan is still excited. It was a historic moment for Chinese women's basketball, the first time they participated in the Olympics at home, and the enthusiastic cheers of the audience were like magnificent waves, pushing Chen Nan and her teammates to the peak.
Except for the defeat against the superior United States, the Chinese women's basketball team won all the other matches and finally managed to reach the quarterfinals.
In the key battle of the eight-in-four, their opponent was a strong team from Belarus At the beginning of the game, Chen Nan was closely defended by the opponent on the inside, although her competitive state was not ideal that day, but fortunately, teammate Miao Lijie stepped forward and led the team to move forward bravely and struggled to break into the semi-finals.
In the final, Chen Nan once again faced the suppression of the center of the strong opponent Russian team, and although she had tried her best, the Chinese team finally fell to the runner-up by a narrow margin.
Although she failed to win the championship, this is already the best record of Chinese women's basketball in the Olympic Games since 1992, and in the eight games of this Olympic Games, Chen Nan's scoring is closely behind teammate Miao Lijie, averaging 14.9 points and grabbing 7.5 rebounds per game, which has won widespread attention around the world.
Looking back on this glorious time, Chen Nan felt a deep emotion in his heart. If it weren't for Shan Ruirong, the coach of the Bayi Youth Team, who had a discerning eye and careful training, she might have passed by basketball.
Chen Nan, who was only 12 years old at the time, was recommended to contact basketball at Qingdao Sports School with her outstanding height advantage At first, this thin little girl had no interest in basketball, until Coach Shan Ruirong patiently guided her, she ignited her determination to give it a go.
Since the day he was discovered by the famous basketball coach Shan Ruirong, Chen Nan's life has been injected with fresh blood and has flourished in a new direction.
In the excellent and comfortable soil of the Bayi Youth Team, her basketball skills are like spring rain moisturizing things, and she has grown at an astonishing speed.
In just a few years, Chen Nan has emerged with his outstanding talent and tenacity, becoming the mainstay of the national team and shouldering an important mission.
Fast forward to 2001, a historic moment. At that time, the Chinese women's basketball team had just undergone a reorganization, and this young team had not yet been widely recognized by the outside world.
However, Chen Nan scored 50 points at the Asian Championships in Bangkok with her height of 1.94 meters, leading the Chinese women's basketball team to defeat the Japanese team by an overwhelming margin of 105:76 and successfully return to the Asian hegemony.
This exciting victory made the Chinese women's basketball team once again shatter the doubts of the outside world, and at the same time showed the world the strong strength of this new force.
As a result, Chen Nan quickly rose to become the leader of the whole team, and was known as the "Troika of the Chinese Women's Basketball Team" along with Miao Lijie and Sui Feifei.
In the 2002 Busan Asian Games and the 2004 Asian Championships, the Chinese women's basketball team won many brilliant victories with the outstanding performance of the three people, and trophies came one after another. While expectations were high for them, the result of the 2004 Athens Olympics was a surprise – they only stopped at the top nine, a far cry from the pre-tournament goal of "three out of six".
The failure prompted the resignation of former coach Gong Luming and the arrival of new Australian coach Tom Maher. Due to the difference in tactical concepts, Chen Nan was uncomfortable with the new coach's system for a while, and his form was sluggish in the 2005 tournament.
After the match, the South Korean coach mocked her in an interview that she had "become mediocre". In the face of such a provocation, Chen Nan did not confront him-for-tat, but chose to fight back with practical actions.
As soon as the final began, she firmly controlled the rhythm of the whole game, led the Chinese team to show amazing dominance, and finally defeated the South Korean team.
In 2009, Chen Nan briefly went to the United States to join the WNBA Chicago Sky, and although he contributed 9 points and 3 rebounds in 11 minutes of his debut, his performance throughout the season was not satisfactory and he failed to get a contract extension.
However, she soon returned to her home country and was named Team of the Year at the 2011 Asian Championships in Nagasaki.
In the brilliant 2012 London Olympics, Chen Nan, the commander of the Chinese women's basketball team, led the Chinese team through hardships with an excellent score of 15.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game.
Just when everyone was eagerly looking forward to this powerful veteran being able to maintain his good form in the next games, what was shocking was that in 2013, Chen Nan, who was only 30 years old, suddenly announced his retirement, shed tears on the court, and officially bid farewell to the stage where she had worked hard.
She has written her own glorious chapter for more than ten years, and has made indelible contributions to the Chinese women's basketball team to re-establish its hegemony in Asia.
In Chen Nan's life, her wonderful fate with her husband Gong Bin can be traced back to the youthful time when they were young in sports school. At that time, Chen Nan didn't have much impression of Gong Bin, who was seriously injured in basketball training, and they only occasionally had a nodding acquaintance on campus.
However, who would have expected that this seemingly uneventful fate would shine again in a chance encounter many years later. In 2005, at a gathering of basketball lovers, Chen Nan and Gong Bin reunited as if they were destined.
After many years, Chen Nan obviously can't recognize the basketball boy at a glance, but when she sees the other party's face clearly, a sense of déjà vu emerges in her heart.
The same is true for Gong Bin, who looked at the national team player in front of him and was surprised to find that they were former classmates. As a veteran who loves basketball, Gong Bin is naturally well aware of Chen Nan's achievements.
"It's unbelievable that we were classmates at the sports school. Chen Nan took the initiative to step forward and greeted Gong Bin in a friendly manner.
"I really didn't expect that the unknown little boy back then has now become a player in the national team. Gong Bin responded with a smile. In this way, the two quickly opened the conversation box, and you and I spoke freely.
After the event, they left each other's contact information, and since then they have gradually built a deep friendship in their lives, and over time, the relationship has deepened day by day, and finally they have tied the knot.
Although Chen Nan, as a national team player, has been playing abroad for many years, Gong Bin has always unswervingly given her full support and selfless care. Even when Chen Nan went to the other side of the ocean to join the WNBA Chicago Sky team, Gong Bin resolutely put down everything in his hands and flew thousands of miles to the United States, wholeheartedly accompanying and taking care of his wife's daily life.
Gong Bin's meticulous care not only shocked Chen Nan, but also made her decide to make up for this wonderful marriage with a solemn and grand wedding.
In this context, in Beijing in 2012, many relatives and friends gathered together to witness Chen Nan holding the hand of his lover Gong Bin, and slowly stepping into the red carpet that represents love and commitment.
It is precisely in this way that Chen Nan and Gong Bin, in the warm blessings of relatives and friends, took a new step in their lives and entered the sacred hall of marriage hand in hand.
After marriage, Chen Nan seemed to have opened a new chapter in his life, and welcomed their first baby son in 2014.
As a former sports pride, Chen Nan has now devoted herself to caring for her husband and children. Whenever her son falls asleep, she always gently holds his tender little hand and watches the growth of this new life with affectionate eyes.
And her husband Gong Bin went all out to take on family responsibilities, so that Chen Nan could devote herself to the joy of maternal love.
However, just as Chen Nan was immersed in the sweetness of family fun, the call of the national women's basketball brought her back to the court again. The 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics is about to kick off, and as the soul of the Chinese women's basketball team, Chen Nan had to leave her husband and son for a short time and re-enter the game.
Being away from home and going to a foreign country alone is undoubtedly a huge challenge for Chen Nan, a first-time mother. Whenever the competition is over, Chen Nan always impatiently returns to the room and shares the moments of the child's growth with his family through video.
Looking at the innocent and lovely face of the child on the screen, she will always be full of emotion, and silently look forward to returning to a warm home as soon as possible.
After countless arduous struggles, Chen Nan finally led the team to successfully complete the trip to Rio. When the smoke cleared, she quickly returned to her family and welcomed her second baby son in 2018.
For Chen Nan, becoming a new role as a mother is undoubtedly the most precious gift she has received.
Whenever late at night and everything was silent, Chen Nan always quietly entered his son's bedroom and quietly watched the two innocent little faces like angels.
She is full of hope and earnestly hopes that her baby will grow up healthy and strong, and one day in the future will be able to shine on the stage of sports competition like a mother.
Looking back at Chen Nan's classic battles in his illustrious career, we have to mention the 2001 Asian Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand. At the age of 18, Chen Nan made her debut to represent her country in international competitions, but she led the Chinese women's basketball team to an overwhelming 105-76 victory over Japan with an astonishing 50 points in a single game, successfully regaining the honor of Asian hegemony.
Before the game, although the Chinese women's basketball team attracted much attention as an emerging force, Chen Nan's outstanding performance made all doubts disappear in an instant.
With a proud figure of 1.94m, the slender girl showed strong dominance on the inside, making it difficult for opponents to parry.
With the blowing of the final whistle, the atmosphere reached a climax in an instant, the Chinese players cheered and hugged each other to celebrate the victory, while Chen Nan raised his arms high, showing a bright smile in front of the audience and the camera, full of youthful vitality and passion.
This hearty victory not only made the Chinese women's basketball team regain its position as the hegemon of Asia, but also established Chen Nan's position as the leader of the team.
Since then, she, Miao Lijie and Sui Feifei have been known as the "Troika of Chinese Women's Basketball", creating a new chapter for them.
It is an indisputable fact that Chen Nan's brilliant achievements today are largely due to the careful guidance and cultivation of former center forward Zheng Haixia.
After retiring, Zheng Haixia regarded Chen Nan as her own and did her best to teach her various basketball skills and tactical awareness, leading her to gradually grow into an outstanding interior player.
Zheng Haixia did not hesitate to lend a helping hand and brought Chen Nan, a little girl who was not deeply involved in the world, into the warm family of Bayi women's basketball team.
As the "eldest sister" of the team, Zheng Haixia cares about Chen Nan's life very much, like a biological sister.
However, when Chen Nan experienced the most difficult setbacks, Zheng Haixia, as the division commander, was like an eternal lighthouse, illuminating the road ahead with her own unique brilliance.
Just as the Chinese women's basketball team has failed miserably in international competitions for many years, and even failed to qualify for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Chen Nan's inner doubts and wavering about her own ability gradually emerged.
"You are the hope for the future of our women's basketball team, and I have full confidence in you!" Zheng Haixia said firmly to Chen Nan.
Immediately afterwards, she not only carefully planned a lot of actual combat training, but also provided Chen Nan with meticulous guidance, helping her master various skills on and off the field, thus paving a broad road to the national team for her.
After unremitting efforts, Chen Nan finally proved his worth with his outstanding performance. Visionaries have directly praised it as the modern interpreter of "Zheng Haixia's second" and "moving the Great Wall".
When the fans praised Chen Nan as a "world-class center", the former eldest sister also showed a proud look, and sincerely felt gratified and joyful about the brilliant achievements of her disciples.