The world's No. 1 "female Aquaman" has never been married for life, and her story should be seen by every girl 

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2024-06-18 11:12Posted in Beijing, creators in the field of parenting

Text | Mi Li's mother

It's been a long time since a movie has been able to bring Mi Li's mother such a high shock and touch, and I took the time to go to the cinema to watch "The Heart of a Swimmer", and I cried three times the whole time, and I choked up countless times.

This movie was produced by Disney, and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" production team produced it, so I was quite confident in its quality before I watched it.

That's true, for two whole hours, I was highly immersed in following the heroine's growth process, crying and laughing, I want to Amway this movie for everyone, especially if there are girls in the family, you can take your children to watch it.

The film is based on true events, so to be precise, it's more like a documentary about the life story of Trudy Eder, the world's first female athlete to cross the English Channel.

More than 100 years ago, girls were not allowed to learn to swim. With a stubborn persistence, Trudy achieved a feat that shocked the world: he completed the challenge of crossing the 34-kilometre English Channel in 14 hours and 31 minutes, two hours faster than the previous record held by male swimmers.

Trudy became the first woman in history to cross the English Channel, and along the way, she had to face not only treacherous seas, unpredictable currents, and stinging red jellyfish, but also doubts and obstacles from male athletes.

This is the real sister who rides the wind and waves!

Difficulties

Playing Trudy Eder is British actress Daisy Ridley, whose last work was in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as the powerful female hero character Rey.

Mi Li's mother really snorted her face, and she was extremely comfortable to watch the whole process, and the feeling of being resolute and stubborn, kind and innocent was really interpreted by her very well.

At a time when Eder was born, women were not allowed to learn to swim. Because this kind of rude sports is too unsuitable for girls, girls just have to marry a husband and children when they grow up, which is the best destination.

When he was 7 years old, little Eder heard from his mother that a boat had an accident and many people died, most of them women.

She asked her mother why they didn't leave the ship. Mom said that because they couldn't swim, they had to wait for death.

From then on, Eder was determined to learn how to swim. Her butcher's father, who was very traditional, did not approve of her learning to swim at all, but he couldn't stand her day after day, and finally bought her a swimsuit that wrapped her whole body tightly.

The prototype of the heroine is swimmer Gertrude Eder. She broke the 800m freestyle record at the age of 12 and seven world records at the age of 15.

After receiving the trophy, she was invited to Paris to participate in the Olympic Games.

This part of the film can be regarded as Eder's low period. Because at that time, the Paris Olympics did not want women to really win, they invited girls to compete, just to show their tolerance and openness, but in the end it was the men who won the medal.

Eder was not able to train for the entire pre-tournament preparation period, while the male players were able to train and work out their fitness every day.

Eder has a very good relationship with his sister, the two have been inseparable since childhood, and his sister also swims well, but she does not fight as hard, so she was not selected to participate in the Paris Olympics.

My sister gave up first, and she chose to go home and get married.

After competing in Paris, Eder was disappointed and even thought about marrying the butcher's son like his sister and about going home to help out at his father's butcher's shop.

But she didn't give up in the end, because there are already many little girls in the folk who regard her as an idol, and it is precisely because of her existence that these girls have persuaded the family to successfully learn to swim.

At their sister's wedding, the two sisters sneak out to talk.

Her sister wore a beautiful wedding dress to encourage her not to give up, and after countless struggles, Eder finally decided to challenge herself to cross the 34-kilometre English Channel to prove that what male athletes can do, female athletes can do too.

indomitable

Undoubtedly, this decision meant that she had to gamble with her life, swimming from France to England, the sea was extremely dangerous, even the veterans of the First World War failed to challenge it, and countless athletes were buried in this sea.

Of course, the father who opened the butcher shop was strongly opposed, and even the mother, who had always been open-minded and stood on the side of the two sisters, was completely unacceptable.

When she finally used her stubbornness and persistence to convince her family, she realized that the resistance she had to face was far more than a vast ocean.

When Eder announced that he was going to challenge the English Channel, there was a wave of ridicule from the sports world. All the male coaches, athletes, said that she was beyond her strength, and asserted that she would definitely die in the sea, and she would not be able to swim even a third of it.

Sharks, poisonous jellyfish, disorienting currents, icy waters...... Everything is enough to kill, how can she be so self-conscious as a woman?

The sponsor who finally applied for it appointed her a toxic coach. This coach became the biggest obstacle to her first match in the English Channel.

Nine hours after departure, Eder, who was originally swimming well, was "rescued" by this coach. He claimed that Eder was physically exhausted and had reached his limit.

The premise in the film is that the coach mixes seasickness pills into tea and throws them to Eder, who is thirsty in the water.

After drinking it, she went limp and was rescued.

In the real situation, it is unknown whether the coach drugged or not, but it is true that she was rescued by the coach without needing to be rescued.

The failure of the first challenge was a relief to the men represented by the coaches. Just as they were about to send Eder back to the United States, Eder resolutely changed himself to a reliable coach.

At that time, her news caused a sensation in the media, and many of the media were sharp, "England or death", "a man who has never succeeded, is afraid of Eder's success"......

This kind of report is overwhelming, and the mother at home is also watching the radio every day, paying attention to her daughter's news.

Finally, her father and sister decided to come to Paris to accompany Eder, give her courage, and personally sail her to lead the way, this time, no one wants to plot against her, no one wants to "rescue" her.

Edel went into the water again, and she was followed by various media outlets, as well as the ships of her father, sister, and coach. She felt very excited, and in order to encourage her, her sister even jumped into the water and swam with her for a short while.

The sisters were singing, and Edel was smiling heartlessly as she wandered in the endless sea.

There was an area of sea full of stinging red jellyfish, and Dad was worried about asking the instructor to rescue her, but in the end they held back.

Edel swam bare-handed across the sea of the red jellyfish, stinging all over her body, and she braved the wind and waves, and carried it with a tenacity that ordinary people could not match.

With only 8 kilometers left to the finish line, it was already dark. The currents disrupted the course, and they entered the shallows, into which the pilot ship could not go.

This meant that for the last leg of the journey, facing a dark sea, Eder had to swim the rest of the journey alone.

She didn't know the direction, and she didn't have her family and coach to guide her, only the icy waters and the endless night. If she still can't find her way before she freezes to death, she will be buried alone in this sea.

It was a really hard journey! Edel was about to give up a few times, because she was so cold that she couldn't see a single clue about her course in all directions.

She swam helplessly for a long time, and the media on English land had already followed Eder's situation the whole time.

More and more British people are building bonfires by the sea, hoping that the light of the fire will help Edel find his way.

When Edel finally saw the fire, she was so excited that she couldn't stop crying. With all her strength, she swam towards the firelight.

She successfully crossed the English Channel, and thunderous cheers awaited her on the shore, as well as hugs from her father, coach, and sister.

The old lady and the sea

After the triumphant return, Manhattan held a grand parade with more than 2 million people celebrating in the streets, and everyone cheered and greeted the hero with unprecedented pomp.

车队经过时，曾经质疑的男士纷纷脱帽，恭迎这位“Queen of the Waves”！

Eder's achievements have had a profound impact on the status of women in sporting events around the world.

Her swimsuit and swim cap became popular for the season, and the number of women who signed up to learn to swim skyrocketed.

When watching the movie, the words "sportsmanship" have been lingering in Mi Li's mother's mind. Eder really interprets the spirit of sportsmanship to the extreme, and that kind of extraordinary mental quality, over-recovered confidence and tenacious willpower are all the goals that professional athletes pursue all their lives.

When she decided to challenge the English Channel, there were countless examples of people who had failed and died in the sea.

Almost everyone around her is saying that she will definitely die at the bottom of the sea, and I believe that this pressure is not something that everyone can bear.

In the face of challenges and physical limits, in the face of provocation and suppression by opponents, athletes must maintain a stable core and firm belief in order to play stably in the event.

After 14 hours of soaking in the icy sea, including the despair and helplessness of losing course, for Eder, the importance of faith and mindset definitely exceeded his own skill level.

Whether it's in the movies or in black and white photos of Eder herself, the images of her in the sea are almost always smiling. There was a fire in her heart that would never be extinguished, and the cold and biting waters would not crush her.

Because he had measles as a child and was soaked in water for many years, Eder lost his hearing at an early age.

She has never been married, has no children and no daughters, and marriage is not a necessary choice for her in life at all.

In her later years, Eder had been teaching children to swim in a school for the deaf and mute, and she did not have the word "afraid" in her dictionary, and it was her mission to ride the wind and waves, and she wanted to pass on this belief to every child.

She often uses sign language to tell her students:

"Don't be afraid, kids! Under water, words are useless, we must sing bravely! ”

Eder died in 2003 at the age of 98.

Her story deserves to be read seriously by every girl: on the road of growth, what is more difficult to deal with than thorns along the way is that there are always people who say in your ear: "You are a girl, you can't ...... it", "You are a girl, you can't study science", "You are a girl, you can't do this job well", "If you are a girl, you should put your family first"......

And this movie just tells the girls, you are a girl, you can.

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