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Editor|Uncle Yu
"Hello everyone, I'm Liu Xiang",
Who understands the lethality of this sentence.
A few days ago, Liu Xiang settled on a certain platform, and everyone was very concerned, where has he been in the past few years?
"Pathetic" status quo
Recently, Liu Xiang announced his "comeback", and some netizens began to be weird again: they were short of money and came to absorb money.
I have to say that in the Internet era, trolls are really everywhere.
The comment on the top one made the audience laugh, but I didn't expect this scene to be real.
On the day Liu Xiang won the National Games, his pants were grabbed by the audience.
The people who grabbed it were unwilling to let go, and in the end they had to share a piece of cloth with each person.
A lucky netizen also emerged in the comment area, saying that he had grabbed one-eighth of the precious one.
Some netizens said that they had a fight with their father for Liu Xiang back then.
and he jokingly replied to netizens: "I really don't know each other, call me next time."
One stroke brings the "encounter" of the year.
Not long after retiring that year, Liu Xiang married his girlfriend.
gradually faded out of people's sight, and in those years, he did not accept variety shows and had no endorsements.
He can only live on a lifetime contract.
It was only in recent years that the situation improved, and he began to share his daily life.
also began to slowly go on variety shows, and also contributed his hurdle debut in "Running Man".
Let people see Liu Xiang who galloped on the field again.
The birth of a genius
Hong Kong media said: It is difficult for China to wait for a hundred years to produce Liu Xiang again, and he has crossed the yellow divide.
Since he was a child, Liu Xiang has shown excellent hurdling talent.
At the age of 12, he entered the sports school and began to practice high jump, and he was the fastest among all the high jumpers.
When he first started training, Liu Xiang was the worst performer in the team.
He can only train more than others to improve his physical fitness, and he is the last one to walk every day.
At first he didn't have confidence in himself, he felt that he was too tall and that the hurdles were not dominant.
But the coach said: you have a very good flexibility, which is not comparable to others.
Blacks have a natural advantage over yellows, and they are very explosive.
To surpass them can only spell skill and flexibility.
After a year of professional training, Liu Xiang competed in the World Junior Championships, finishing fourth.
This was an unexpected result, as it was his first time competing in a world class competition.
Later, in the indoor hurdles held in France, Liu Xiang won the third place.
However, after the game, Liu Xiang was wrongly judged to have committed a foul and had no results.
Faced with this result, Liu Xiang felt incredible, obviously ran the third place, why did he not have a result?
Because they don't believe that the yellow race can run so fast.
Fortunately, the coach recorded a video of the whole process, and the organizing committee recognized his results.
At this time, Liu Xiang said: He wants to let people all over the world see that the yellow race is not bad at all.
The following year, he won his first world championship at the National Games and China's first track and field gold medal at the National Games.
That year he made the world remember his name.
At the Athens Olympics, Liu Xiang broke the world record with a time of 12.91 seconds and won the championship.
At that moment, commentators all over the world were cheering for a name "Liu Xiang".
In his post-match interview, he said:
Who said that the yellow race can't win the Olympic championship.
At that time, he did not have a scarred Achilles tendon, and he was still a young man full of enthusiasm.
At this point, his time has come.
The next day, the headlines in the domestic newspapers were full of news of his victory, and the celebrants who returned home were photographed from the airport to the hotel.
With all kinds of honors and a soaring value, the streets and alleys are full of his advertisements.
United States Time magazine put him on the cover, but all his games are highly anticipated.
At this time, he didn't know that the higher he held, the worse he would fall.
The era is over
Looking back at the first half of Liu Xiang's life, he seems to have been running and hurrying.
They say he's a legend and a hero, but that doesn't stop them from venting their anger.
But the "flying man" also has moments of stopping.
In the 08 home Olympics, friends from all over the world gathered in Beijing.
The scalpers are all speculated to "sky-high", just to see Liu Xiang.
This was also the beginning of his fall from the altar.
Before going on the court, Liu Xiang was still doing sports, trying to get back to his best.
Unexpectedly, after the gunshot, he stopped in front of the fence and left the field lonely, and then the radio broadcast the news that "Liu Xiang retired due to injury".
For a while, the audience was scolded.
In fact, as early as a few days before the Olympics, Liu Xiang injured his right foot.
But in order to stabilize the hearts of the audience, it can only be kept strictly secret.
But this accident made him unabashedly announced in front of the people of the world.
He tried his best to leap forward, but in exchange for the abuse of his compatriots.
"The Chinese have not engaged in the Olympics for a hundred years, and he dropped the chain at the critical moment, and we feel very faceless!"
"We have such high hopes for him...... He is now giving us this blank scroll, which is just two words, disappointment! ”
They saw only one of his mistakes, but they denied his entire past.
After this time, Liu Xiang did not give up, and he began his long road to recovery.
With a love for hurdles, he returned to the world stage after only one year.
Winning the National Games again, he is the only three-time champion.
At this time, everyone thought that their genius boy had returned.
The much-anticipated London Olympics began, but he didn't expect to completely break his wings this time.
Liu Xiang, who had just crossed a hurdle, fell heavily on the field, and his Achilles tendon was broken.
At this moment, he also knew that his career was over.
He jumped in front of the hurdle with one foot and kissed this "old friend" who had been with him for many years.
But the audience didn't feel sorry for him, but intensified.
They began to scold him for putting on a show, saying that he had disgraced the Chinese and that he was cowardly.
For a while, he was infamous, but he never defended himself.
The genius boy stepped down from the altar.
Tearful retirement
Fortunately, the operation was done in time at that time, otherwise Liu Xiang would have participated in the Paralympics.
Three years later, Liu Xiang announced his retirement in a long post, ending his 12-year career.
At the retirement ceremony, he choked up many times and spoke with tears in his eyes:
"There are always peaks and valleys in life, although not every dream becomes a reality, but the process of pursuing dreams will become the most precious spiritual wealth in my life."
He is the only Grand Slam in the history of the men's 110-meter hurdles, which has made countless black people "jealous".
Such a hero was lost in the doubts of his compatriots, but he still had a bright face.
He has been at the top of the pyramid almost throughout his career.
But the audience only saw him fall and lose, but did not see him announce his comeback a year after the operation.
In the hurdle final of the National League, he broke the 13-second mark and set a new world best record that year.
In fact, it was the grief-stricken audience who should apologize for this accident, not Liu Xiang.
When Su Bingtian broke the Asian record and ran 10 seconds in the 100-meter final, Liu Xiang also immediately sent his blessings.
The day after the game, a topic appeared on the hot search and #那一句道歉来迟了#
Liu Xiang also expressed his position on this matter, he said: There is no need, everyone is growing up, and he understands.
But who understands the pressure he is under.
One mistake can drown out the countless brilliance of an athlete.
Back then, Li Ning laughed after making a mistake in the game, and was sent a blade and rope.
Everyone also forgets that he won 14 world championships for China and won more than 100 gold medals.
At the Hangzhou Asian Games, Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan teamed up again to create a myth.
She lost the game with Quan Hongchan, netizens: "No matter how hard you work, you can't compare to talent."
I have to say that "cyberbullying" is terrible.
Running abroad to "make money"
After retiring, Liu Xiang was not idle, and often went to the mountains to do public welfare.
Donate a running track to children and take them to PE class.
Promote China's track and field in their own way.
During the interview, the reporter asked him when he most wanted to go back.
He said: 21 years old.
It was his best year, winning gold in the 110m hurdles at the Athens Olympics.
When he was on a variety show, he said inadvertently: He was injured.
The first concern of the kids is where he got hurt, not whether he is a world champion or not.
In variety shows, he took the initiative to show his scars.
The five-centimeter-long scar still seems shocking now, and I can't imagine what kind of pain he endured before.
But he just said lightly: Actually, it doesn't matter.
This sentence is for children, and perhaps, it is also for Liu Xiang in the past.
This year, Liu Xiang returned to his hometown and returned to the field where he broke the world record, and now he has long been relieved.
This is also his first post to share his life after 473 days.
In this group of photos, I see his sense of relaxation for the first time in a long time.
Such a hero, and there are rumors that he emigrated to a foreign country and returned to China to make money, which is really chilling.
He wants to live each day happily now, just like his profile.
Eat, drink and have fun, be happy and don't worry.
Epilogue:
Don't come at the peak, don't turn away at dusk.
Some references:
Liu Xiang announced his divorce from actor Ge Tian due to personality incompatibility: I wish each other.2015
The cradle of the world junior world champion in track and field from Qu Yunxia to the flying man Liu Xiang. 2021
Liu Xiang, Guo Jingjing and 177 others won medals, and no one was selected for the football basketball project.2008
Sohu Sports|Foreign media: Liu Xiang is still the greatest athlete in Chinese track and field.2015
Sina Sports|Hong Kong media: It is difficult for China to wait for a hundred years to come out of Liu Xiang again to cross the yellow divide. 2014
Sohu Sports|Liu Xiang donated the first torch of the Beijing Olympics and admitted that he was reluctant to give up.2014