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On July 9, 2024, diving Olympic champion Tian Liang posted a post on his personal account, "If there is a time machine, which moment do you want to go back to?" video.
In the video, I can't see that he is 45 years old, I saw him carrying a schoolbag, like a student, looking towards the inside of the schoolbag, flashing Tian Liang's appearance when he was young, the sacred moment of winning medals in the Olympic Games, and the happy picture of his wife and daughter.
Tian Liang looks handsome, Yushu is in the wind, the breath of youth is still nostalgic, 2000 is the era of Tian Liang, with clean and neat movements, no deviation of the perfect water to win medals many times, known as the "Prince of Diving".
However, unexpectedly, such a career peak only lasted for 5 years, after participating in the 04 Athens Olympics, Tian Liang was suddenly announced by the national team to "quit class", and then seamlessly transferred to the entertainment industry......
"The national team hurt me"
In 1993, Tian Liang, who was only 14 years old, was selected into the Chinese men's diving team, because of his love for diving, Tian Liang trained day and night, in addition to the achievements in the 10-meter diving platform he was good at, he would also practice the 3-meter springboard in his spare time.
In 1997, Tian Liang participated in the 10th Diving World Cup team competition, worked hard with the team members, and successfully won the team championship.
In 2000, Tian Liang's outstanding performance in the Sydney Olympics captured the attention of audiences all over the world, and he won an Olympic gold medal, because of this gold medal, his time has finally come.
In the next competitions, Tian Liang played in the best condition, and won many medals without his mission, and over the years of engaging in sports, Tian Liang has won 2 world championships, 3 world championships, and 15 World Cup championships.
In 2004, athletes all over the world were preparing for the Sydney Olympics, and Tian Liang became a high-profile one.
still played normally as usual, Tian Liang and Yang Jinghui cooperated and successfully won the gold medal title of the 10-meter platform, which also made Tian Liang's fame only increase.
Tian Liang, who is popular all over the world, is known as the "Prince of Diving", and just when his career was steadily rising, a piece of news completely knocked Tian Liang into the abyss.
On January 14, 2005, some relevant media broke the news that the diving champion Tian Liang had secretly signed a contract with the Emperor and took a "signing fee" of 10 million.
It is known that 12 days later, on the morning of January 26, 2005, Li Hua, director of the National Swimming Sports Management Center, directly announced that Tian Liang was temporarily removed from the national diving team and adjusted back to the Shaanxi team. The crowd had no choice but to believe in the truth of the matter.
At the end of the day, Tian Liang's mobile phone was blown up, and Tian Liang himself faced the reporter's inquiry, and he only said one sentence on the other end of the phone: "I knew about this matter for a long time, but I didn't expect the national team to deal with me like this, I feel that I was hurt." ”
From the tone of his voice, he could hear that he had not yet come out of the punishment of his superiors, and he was listless: "I didn't expect them to deal with it in this way, it's too hurtful, I've been in the national team for so many years, I have a deep feeling, I'm very strange, I think the national team's approach is inappropriate." ”
In March 2007, under the pressure of various news, Tian Liang finally announced his official retirement, and his era lasted only 5 years.
Many people don't understand, is it because they signed a contract with an entertainment company that they have to abandon such good seedlings? Wouldn't it be too "cautious"? But after digging deeper, I found that netizens said: You must be fired!
"Does he look like an old athlete?"
It turned out that after the 04 Sydney Olympics, in October, the athletes entered the national team and began training, but Tian Liang proposed to the leader that he wanted to take a vacation for half a year to adjust his state on the grounds that he had just finished the game and was unwell.
After hearing Tian Liang's thoughts, the coach of the team also communicated, feeling that the athletes' training itself was very tiring, and it was reasonable to propose a break, so they approved it.
Unexpectedly, Tian Liang's desire to rest is an excuse, as the focus of the national team, he has participated in some commercial activities one after another to appear in the public's field of vision, and the national team has never known about these activities, nor has he agreed.
After seeing Tian Liang's face appear many times, he realized that his behavior really had a big impact, and the coach also criticized and advised Tian Liang, but Tian Liang still went his own way and did not realize his mistakes at all.
Speaking of this turmoil, in addition to Tian Liang, there is also a key figure, diving coach Zhou Jihong, who has trained many Olympic champions and has also gained a firm foothold in the team.
On the day of the 10th National Games, a senior leader went to the referee's lounge and told them that "no matter how well Tian Liang jumps, he can only give 8.5 points at most".
In the game, Tian Liang jumped perfectly, only one of the referees scored 9.5 points, and the rest scored 8.5 points as required, and later the referee who scored 9.5 points revealed that his senior leader was Zhou Jihong.
And the reason why Zhou Jihong is so much is because Tian Liang has violated the rules of the national team many times, "Tian Liang doesn't look like a veteran player at all, since the end of the Olympics, we gave him 5 months to correct, but he still can't recognize his mistakes, the national team does not welcome the kind of half-hearted and ideologically problematic people." ”
It can be seen that it is not that he has not given Tian Liang a chance, but that he himself does not cherish it, since retiring, Tian Liang has officially entered the entertainment industry and restarted a new life.
In 2007, he participated in the love movie "Hibiscus Out of the Water", the TV series "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl", and in the same year, he and the supergirl Ye Yiqian officially entered the marriage hall, and the two joined hands as guests in the variety show "Luyu has an appointment", in addition to founding Tian Liang Swimming School in Xi'an and establishing a training base.
Although Tian Liang was forced to retire, there are still many fans who don't believe it, until he has participated in these works, his fame has not diminished at all, and many netizens said that this is indeed doubtful.
Tian Liang, who had never set foot in the film and television industry, quickly gained a firm foothold, but it was only a temporary freshness, after all, his fame at that time was limited to the title of Olympic champion.
The entertainment industry is a circle, survival of the fittest, people like him who have no foundation in acting, it is a matter of time before they are eliminated, maybe there is no way out, Tian Liang still insists on taking the drama and receiving the notice.
In 2008, Tian Liang's daughter Tian Yucheng was born, and in 2011, his son Tian Chenyu was born in Hong Kong, and in the subsequent 2013 and 2016 reality show "Where Are You Going, Dad", Tian Liang took a pair of children to participate.
Because of this reason, Tian Liang has gained a lot of fame again, and the career of the husband and wife has also risen, and it is also a scene of affection when they appear in public, and it can be seen that the family of 4 is very happy.
Tian Liang in life is very fond of his family, and he is also responsible, and he also has his own ideas about educating children.
In addition to the steady development of Tian Liang in the entertainment industry, he also opened a personal account with Ye Yiqian, recording the daily life of the family in the video, and selling goods live from time to time, both at the same time!
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Source: On March 27, 2007, the "Legal Evening News" published a report on "Tian Liang announced his retirement with a net worth of hundreds of millions and joined the entertainment industry".
On November 29, 2013, the Yangtze Evening News published a report on "Zhou Jihong Talks About the "Tian Liang Incident" Again: Alluding to Tian Liang's Becoming a Bad Example for Big Names".
On January 27, 2005, Jingzhou.com published a report on "Tian Liang was removed from the national diving team: the national team hurt me (pictured)".