preface
Today we talk about Liu Guoliang, a legend in the table tennis world.
Liu Guoliang is a good seedling, which is really gratifying
Liu Guoliang was born in Henan in 1976, his elder brother was two years older than him, and his father named them "Guodong" and "Guoliang" respectively, and their expectations for them are self-evident.
Guo Liang and Guo Dong were physically trained by their father at a very young age, and when they were children, everyone had all kinds of toys, but the two brothers only had rackets and table tennis.
When he was 5 years old, Liu Guoliang was taken to Beijing by his father to meet the former world women's table tennis champion Zhang Li, Zhang Li's status in the table tennis world is very high, it is the Asian Games "Golden Slam", his father wants to cultivate Liu Guoliang's championship consciousness through this meeting, and he hopes that his son can become Zhang Li's general existence in the future
Liu's father's efforts were not in vain, in 1986, Liu Guodong was successfully selected for the Henan provincial team, and 10-year-old Liu Guoliang was taken by his father to Beijing to apprentice and learn martial arts. Liu Guoliang defeated a lot of opponents, and was noticed by the coach of the Bayi team, before he returned to Henan, the notice of special recruitment of the Bayi Industrial Brigade arrived home first.
In 1989, two years after Liu Guoliang was selected for the national youth team, he was selected into the national table tennis team exceptionally, 16-year-old Liu Guoliang is the most energetic age, this year, he directly defeated the world No. 1 Waldner at that time, in the same year, he won a number of awards, no matter how many years have passed, everyone can not forget who on the field of the "straight shot" style of play. And when this game was broadcast, Deng Gong also watched it, and he said directly: "Liu Guoliang is a good seedling, which is really happy." In the same year, Cai Zhenhua returned to China from Italy to coach, and took Liu Guoliang and others to open the road of national football innovation.
Speaking of which, Liu Guoliang's object is still "national allocation", of course, only in a literal sense, if he had not entered the national team, he might not have met the love of his life - Wang Jin.
Wang Jin's father is the famous table tennis coach Wang Jixin, she is beautiful, but she did not commit murder, but devoted herself to the career of table tennis, with her own efforts, she stepped step by step from the Liaoning provincial team to the national youth team, she is best at the "four-sided attack" style of play.
There is only one wall between the national team and the youth team training hall. In 1992, Wang Jin went with the players to study and observe Liu Guoliang playing, Liu Guoliang played heartily and did not notice the surrounding scene, but Wang Jin, who was watching the game, was moved by Liu Guoliang.
And what about Liu Guoliang? As Wang Jin came more often, he gradually noticed this girl, and gradually fell in love, but the two never pierced this layer of window paper.
One day, Liu Guoliang invited Wang Jin to dinner, Wang Jin was too shy to agree, and finally agreed under Liu Guoliang's soft grinding and hard foaming, but to Wang Jin's surprise, in order to prevent Wang Jin from feeling embarrassed by the scene, he also brought a senior brother when he came. Wang Jin couldn't laugh or cry.
However, the two got along more frequently, and later, Wang Jin's father went to Beijing to visit his daughter, Wang Jin brought Liu Guoliang to his father, for this young man, the royal father was very satisfied, since then, the smile on Liu Guoliang's face has not fallen, and when he saw his friend, he couldn't help but share, his old father-in-law came to see him.
Everyone was eager to give him an elbow, and if he didn't have a word, he almost knew everything he was shouting about.
In 1993, on Wang Jin's seventeenth birthday, she made a special trip to buy a cake and wanted to celebrate with her roommates, as a result, not long after, her dormitory door was knocked on, standing outside the door was Liu Guoliang, he was still carrying a pair of brand new sneakers, after seeing this gift, the girls in the room laughed, but in Wang Jin's eyes, it was infinitely moved, Liu Guoliang, as an athlete, knew best what their real needs were, Wang Jin didn't expect that he would be considerate of this, Liu Guoliang leaned on these sneakers and completely knocked on her heart.
Liu Guoliang's training life is obvious to all, and he has truly achieved one minute on stage and ten years off the stage.
Liu Guoliang's dormitory has a bathroom and air conditioning, and the space is only a dozen square meters, and his roommate is familiar to us, which is another world famous player - Kong Linghui.
On Liu Guoliang's bedside table is a set of pioneer stereos and a large color TV, which is obvious, these are all purchased by music lover Liu Guoliang at his own expense, and there are several trophies on the windowsill, which is the result of Liu Guoliang's years of hard work.
Every time before the stage to receive the award, he is very excited, he has been playing hard for so many years, to be able to win the championship in the big competition, to get the medal must be happy, but also feel that it is not easy to go all the way, but in fact, really happy for a while, after coming off the stage, you need to face how to play in the future.
The table tennis team gets up at 7 o'clock in the morning, ranks in the gym at 8 o'clock to train, finishes at half past eleven, and has to continue training in the afternoon.
Liu Guoliang once said that they don't have a big bow, only Sunday can rest, usually even if there is no training task and technical analysis at night, they are not allowed to go out, in fact, no one cares, it all depends on consciousness, but if you don't ask for leave to go out, you will be punished.
There is a small video camera at the head of Liu Guoliang's bed, because the Chinese table tennis team has a rule, but whenever they go abroad to play, they must bring a video camera, and they must take pictures of the technical information of the main opponent. Tapes like this are almost piled up in a room, but at the same time, the researchers of table tennis at the Institute of Scientific Research of the Sports Commission have summed up a set of technical characteristics of the main opponents for the main players, and this Liu Guoliang has provided convenience for their future games.
A famous table tennis player marries a Yue Opera student
In 2002, Liu Guoliang retired, at this time he has been glorified and became a "Grand Slam" winner, and he occasionally thinks of Su Zhenhua in midnight dreams, and now, like Cai Zhenhua, he started his coaching career.
Su Zhenhua, like Liu Guoliang, became associated with sports at a young age, but when Cai Zhenhua was a child, he was sent by his father to play football, and when he grew up, he participated in the school track and field team practice, however, after a long time, Cai Zhenhua realized that track and field could not vent all his energy, so he turned to play table tennis.
When he first started playing, Cai Zhenhua had a lump on his right palm, and every time he held the racket, he would feel unbearable pain, and in desperation, he could only change his left hand to play, and after a long time, Cai Zhenhua became "left-handed." ”
The following year, in the Wuxi City Youth Table Tennis Competition, Cai Zhenhua performed well on the court, all of which was seen by Coach Shen of the table tennis class of the City Youth Sports School who secretly watched the game, so the name "Cai Zhenhua" appeared in the list of new players to be admitted.
Coach Shen's vision is excellent, in just a few months, Cai Zhenhua's ball skills aided the students of the North Korean Sports School, and after that, he was taken to Nanjing by the coach, and then he entered the national team step by step.
At the 38th World Table Tennis Championships, Cai Zhenhua once again won the glorious title of world champion, and he retired and returned home.
On June 12, 1985, Cai Zhenhua held a grand wedding with Huang Sheng, a famous student of the former Beijing Hongqi Yue Opera Troupe, in his hometown. Nearly 300 guests applauded and sent their heartfelt congratulations to the couple, the bride and groom frequently bowed to the guests, and in the wedding march, Cai Zhenhua put the wedding ring on the hand of his lover Huang Sheng.
So, how did a world-famous table tennis player get together with a Yue Opera actor?
During the Spring Festival in 1983, Cai Zhenhua's good friend and Huang Sheng went to the table tennis team as guests.
After a long time, Cai Zhenhua and Huang Sheng were attracted to each other, and they only felt that they hated to see each other too late.
Before meeting Cai Zhenhua, Huang Sheng didn't pay much attention to sports competitions, and only pondered the content of Yue Opera all day long, since she met Cai Zhenhua, she also slowly became obsessed with table tennis, but whenever Cai Zhenhua participated in the live TV broadcast, she would watch it, and then she got together with Cai Zhenhua to summarize it seriously.
And what about Cai Zhenhua? Before he met Huang Sheng, he couldn't sit still for even a minute watching Yue Opera, after knowing Huang Sheng, as long as it was her performance, he tried his best to watch it, and his family also bought a lot of Yue Opera tapes, at first, he was still a layman, and after a while, he also had some understanding of Huang Sheng's service and makeup.
Cai Zhenhua and Huang Sheng were sent to Italy as head coach of the country's men's table tennis team just after their honeymoon, and in just over a year, he moved Italy, who were ranked in World Group B, to Group A. Cai Zhenhua's ability was too prominent, so the Italy Table Tennis Association decided to extend the two-year contract of hiring Cai Zhenhua until the end of 1989.
Cai Zhenhua is far away in a foreign country, he misses his wife very much, he rarely makes international calls with his wife, and can only communicate with Hong Yan, while Huang Zhenhua is not by her husband's side, but she serves Cai Zhenhua's parents wholeheartedly at home, she is a filial daughter-in-law praised by everyone.