In the summer of 2008, at the Beijing Olympic Games, a dazzling new star in the swimming world was rising! 22-year-old Liu Zige went all out in the crucial women's 200-meter butterfly final, and won the gold medal with an excellent time of 56.63 seconds. The cheers were like a tide, Liu Zige was like an innocent girl, with a bright smile on her face, and the joy of victory was overflowing.
At the post-race press conference, the champion, known as the "Queen of Butterfly Swimming", gave a detailed introduction to her mentor, Coach Jin Wei.
It turned out that as early as nine years ago, Liu Zige was still a little-known little girl, and under the arrangement of her parents, she stepped into the swimming pool and started her swimming career.
Liu Zige, who was new to the pool, did not show extraordinary talent, and in the eyes of Coach Jin Wei, she was just one of many students. However, as time went on, the seasoned coach gradually discovered that as soon as Liu Zige jumped into the water, he burst with amazing strength and potential.
"At that time, I had a strong premonition in my heart that this seemingly ordinary little girl would shine in the future!" Coach Jin Wei recalled, in addition to Liu Zige's outstanding talent, what he appreciated more was the calmness, perseverance and persistent pursuit of the excellent qualities exuded by this child, "She is like a seed waiting patiently to break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly."
So, under the insight of Coach Jin Wei, Liu Zige began her swimming training journey. Coach Jin Wei gave everything he had and wholeheartedly protected this talented child under his wing.
In 2003, in order to provide Liu Zige with a more professional training environment, Coach Jin Wei did not hesitate to send her to Australia out of his own pocket to devote herself to the famous coach Ken Wood to receive a higher level of guidance.
In the following years, under the careful cultivation of the two teachers, Liu Zige's skills became more and more exquisite, his strength steadily improved, and finally bloomed with dazzling light.
In 2004, the Shanghai swimming team deeply admired Coach Jin Wei's outstanding talent and hired him as the head coach with great expectations. In the face of such an honor, Coach Jin Wei was not only pleasantly surprised, but also put forward a special request: he hoped to join the Shanghai team with his beloved disciple Liu Zige.
The Shanghai swimming team readily agreed, and with this golden combination of master and apprentice love like the sea, it undoubtedly injected strong combat effectiveness into the team.
Setting foot in the bustling Shanghai Tang for the first time is undoubtedly a new challenge and endless loneliness for Liu Zige, who is only a teenager. However, fortunately, she has such a fatherly teacher as Jin Wei who is always by her side and takes care of her life meticulously.
Under Jin Wei's careful and rigorous guidance, Liu Zige devoted himself to arduous training, and quickly showed his amazing strength, and his fame rose like a bamboo.
The 2008 Beijing Olympics is undoubtedly the best stage for Liu Zige to shine. This time, she lived up to expectations and became famous in the 200-meter butterfly final, not only successfully winning the gold medal, but also setting a new world record! Since then, Liu Zige's name has spread like a bright new star throughout the country.
And her mentor Jin Wei, because of his unique vision, discovered this piece of jade, so he won the reputation of "Gold Medal Coach".
After returning to China in triumph, Liu Zige generously donated his Olympic prize money and spent nearly one million yuan to purchase a luxury extended Lincoln sedan for his mentor Jin Wei as a return gift.
There is also a touching story: a few years ago, in order to build his own swimming training base, Jin Wei reluctantly parted his love and sold his beloved car.
Liu Zige once attended a car exhibition with Jin Wei, and at that time she made a vow that when she became famous in the future, she would definitely thank her teacher for a brand new car.
Life is full of countless coincidences, and Liu Zige unexpectedly tied the knot with his mentor Jin Wei. The extraordinary relationship between the master and the apprentice immediately attracted wide attention from all walks of life.
Some media hyped up the huge age gap of 23 years between the two, accusing this teacher-student relationship of being a scandal, while others pointed out that Jin Wei took advantage of the situation to seek personal gain.
In the face of all kinds of doubts, Jin Wei has resolutely denied and forcefully refuted through public statements, but this layer of doubt has never completely dissipated.
What's even more striking is that some media later revealed that Jin Wei's bride Liu Zige was actually the third disciple's wife he married in a row. This undoubtedly once again pushed the pair of masters and apprentices to the forefront of public opinion and became the focus of everyone's accusations.
Some people severely condemned Jin Wei for his improper behavior and bad intentions, and for taking advantage of his position to deceive female students, while others ridiculed him as a "greedy old cow" who was keen to "eat tender grass."
In the face of the storm of public accusations, Jin Wei and his disciple Liu Zige showed great calmness and calmness at this critical moment, and they sincerely told the audience the real situation behind this emotional experience, and gave full affirmation and respect to this matter.
However, the public skepticism has not subsided, but has intensified, forcing the couple's private lives to be put in the spotlight of public scrutiny.
Just as people are gradually fading the controversy between Jin Wei and his mentor and apprentice, a shocking news detonates the whole society like a bombshell - during the 2016 Rio Olympics, another of Jin Wei's protégés, Chen Xinyi, tested positive for doping and was found to have used illegal drugs.
This incident instantly aroused a strong reaction from the public, and doubts poured in like a tide.
In the face of such fierce public criticism, Chen Xinyi, who was only 18 years old, finally confessed the truth of the matter under tremendous pressure: It turned out that Jin Wei had personally handed over doping to her! As a professional coach, Jin Wei should know better than anyone else how serious a violation of doping in the sports world is.
However, he completely ignored it, and even did not hesitate to defy the Fa and force his disciples to take risks, which is really incomprehensible.
Under Jin Wei's insistence, Chen Xinyi could only reluctantly obey the order and swallowed the bottle of illegal drugs. With the help of the magical power of doping, Chen Xinyi did achieve a personal best in the competition, winning the fourth place in the women's 100m butterfly in one fell swoop.
However, the short-lived joy did not last long, as the results of Chen's doping test were made public, and she herself suffered a two-year ban.
And the culprit, Jin Wei, was also severely punished under the wrath of the Chinese Swimming Association - he was permanently expelled from the domestic sports organization and can no longer work as a coach.
The once glorious "gold medal coach" has now ended up in such a miserable situation, and his future is ruined. In order to escape the condemnation of public opinion, Jin Wei chose to flee his motherland and take refuge in Australia, but he never expected that this grievance between master and apprentice would set off a long-lasting heated discussion in the swimming world.
However, what is even more thought-provoking is that when Jin Wei was imprisoned, Liu Zige, the former legend in the swimming world, not only did not stingy with her own care, on the contrary, she chose to give up her beloved sports career and devote herself to the role of a housewife, silently guarding the teacher who had helped her achieve brilliant achievements.
Looking back on the past, Jin Wei in his youth also had his dream of being an athlete and joined the Liaoning swimming team without hesitation and started his career.
Although Jin Wei's talent was not outstanding at that time, and he was just an ordinary player on the field, his love for coaching and unwavering determination made him resolutely decide to devote himself to the sports coaching industry within a few years after his retirement, thus starting his brilliant coaching career.
As an outstanding and forward-thinking coach, Jin Wei is good at identifying and nurturing potential newcomers. In addition to Liu Zige, who later became a superstar in the swimming world, Chen Xinyi is also an excellent disciple cultivated by him.
Under Jin Wei's careful cultivation and patient guidance, these two disciples have shown perseverance and enterprising spirit, and their strength has been significantly improved as a result.
Finally, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Jin Wei's hard work finally paid off. His protégé Liu Zige won the championship in the final, not only breaking the shackles of the world record, but also winning the supreme honor for the country.
Chen Xinyi, on the other hand, set a personal best in the Rio Olympics eight years later, and she was only one step away from the gold medal, which is undoubtedly the greatest affirmation of Jin Wei's coaching career.
However, things are unpredictable, and if you make a mistake, you can make a big mistake. Just because of impulsiveness and selfish desires, Jin Wei deviated from his responsibilities and ethics as a sports coach and forced his athletes to use doping at all costs, which eventually caused an earth-shattering disaster at the Rio Olympics.
In the face of such a serious problem of teacher ethics and style, the Chinese Swimming Association had to endure the pain and cruelly terminate Jin Wei's career in order to rectify the sports environment and defend the spirit of sportsmanship.
was originally a once-prosperous "gold medal coach", but now he is in an embarrassing situation, unable to settle down, his reputation is ruined, and his heart is like ashes. However, what is even more regrettable is that when her husband Jin Wei fell into a low point in his life, Liu Zige, a legendary athlete who had won countless honors for the country, did not hesitate to stand up, calmly faced his predicament, decisively gave up his glorious career, and resolutely devoted himself to the role of a full-time housewife, silently guarding the teacher who had helped her realize her dreams, and supporting him to regain confidence and rise again with practical actions.