Text: Tsuruo
Editor|Uncle Yu
At the badminton match of the Paris Olympics held recently, the director cut the camera to a gray-haired man in the audience from time to time.
The man was young, his hair was dyed in fashionable "granny gray", and he was dressed exquisitely but could not hide his exhaustion.
A netizen who doesn't know the truth posted a post asking:
"Does this gray-haired old man know how to play balls?"
This "white-haired old man" doesn't understand the ball for the time being, this netizen really doesn't understand the ball.
Where is this "old man", this is clearly our "badminton legend" Lin Dan!
Lin Dan appeared at the Paris Olympics this time because he was officially invited to watch the game.
He appeared on the badminton court, on the one hand, to cheer for his junior brother, and on the other hand, to recall the glory of the past.
"Super Dan" that shocked the world
Lin Dan was born in an ordinary family, but had a father who was a physical education teacher.
His father began to consciously cultivate Lin Dan's sports ability when he was a child, and shaped a strong body for him.
It is because of this strong physique that Lin Dan won the first championship in his life at the age of 12 and entered the badminton national team at the age of 17.
After entering the national team, Lin Dan officially started his "championship road".
In the three years from 2002 to 2004, Lin Dan was a fledgling, won a number of continental championships, and won the title of "Super Dan".
From 2005 to 2007, Lin Dan made great progress, winning more than a dozen championships in large and small competitions.
In 2008, Lin Dan represented China in the Olympic Games and became a god in the first battle.
In the following ten years, Lin Dan continued to break records, defending the championship, and became the first Grand Slam player in the history of badminton.
is such a world-class legendary player, but after retiring, the glory was lost, and the controversy continued.
And all of this starts with Lin Dan's wife Xie Xingfang.
The "Condor Heroes" in the badminton world
Lin Dan's wife, Xie Xingfang, is a badminton player, like Lin Dan.
Although not as powerful as Lin Dan, Xie Xingfang is also a serious badminton champion.
The story of the two of them began with Lin Dan's "Lustful Intentions".
At that time, Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang were both members of the national badminton team, and they trained on the same court every day.
However, the person who first noticed Xie Xingfang was not Lin Dan, but Lin Dan's teammates.
The teammates told Lin Dan that the women's team next door had a tall, long-legged, and beautiful girl named Xie Xingfang.
Under the reminder of his teammates, Lin Dan unconsciously paid attention to this girl named Xie Xingfang.
He found that Xie Xingfang was not only beautiful, but also played the ball very well, and her smile was as bright as the sun.
A voice in the shadows told him that he should get to know the girl.
So Lin Dan took the initiative to walk to Xie Xingfang's side and stretched out his palm to her, and the thread of fate of the two crossed.
People like to inch inch, and not long after Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang became friends, they were not satisfied with the status quo.
He didn't want to just be her friend, he wanted to be her boyfriend.
Lin Dan, who has always been decisive, did not hesitate in the slightest in terms of feelings, and after realizing this, Lin Dan quickly pursued Xie Xingfang.
At that time, Lin Dan was still a shy and sincere teenager, and he circled around Xie Xingfang with a sincere heart all day long.
Xie Xingfang is not hard-hearted, and it is normal for her to be tempted by Lin Dan.
However, considering various reasons, the two did not make their relationship public, but started an "underground relationship".
It wasn't until 2007 that Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang both won the All England Open, and the two officially made their relationship public.
In the third year of their public relationship, Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang entered the palace of marriage.
Lin Dan also prepared a romantic wedding for Xie Xingfang in the badminton hall of Beijing University of Technology, which has special significance for the two.
That grand wedding made everyone, including Xie Xingfang, convinced of Lin Dan's love.
Maybe at that time, Lin Dan did love Xie Xingfang deeply, but people change, and so does the world champion.
Cheating actress during pregnancy
In 2016, in the sixth year of Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang's marriage, they harvested the "fruits of love".
Xie Xingfang, who had just given birth to a baby, was lying on the hospital bed with a pale face, although her body was weak, she had a happy smile on her face.
She held Lin Dan with one hand and touched her newborn son with the other, and the pain of October pregnancy seemed to have disappeared at this moment.
Lin Dan, a first-time father, was also very happy, and he edited a Weibo to announce the good news to everyone:
"Welcome, Fangfang has worked hard."
Seeing that Lin Dan posted on Weibo and did not forget to care about his wife, netizens praised him for being a "good man".
As everyone knows, at the other end of the network cable, another Weibo that shocked their three views is coming.
Not long after Xie Xingfang gave birth, a paparazzi stood up and scolded Lin Dan as a "scumbag".
The key is that this paparazzi is not crazy and biting, he released a lot of video and photo evidence.
In the photo, Lin Dan and a mysterious woman are hugging in the hotel, their movements are intimate and unsightly.
The evidence is there, and Lin Dan's derailment is an indisputable fact.
Not only that, according to the paparazzi, Lin Dan's entanglement with this woman began as early as when Xie Xingfang was pregnant.
At that time, Xie Xingfang was in the critical period of pregnancy, her heart was full of her belly, and she had no time to pay attention to Lin Dan.
This gave Lin Dan the opportunity to be alone with the mysterious woman.
The two of them not only walked arm in arm on the street, but also went to other places to participate in competitions together.
In the days when Xie Xingfang was raising a baby, this mysterious woman became Lin Dan's "real wife".
According to netizens, this mysterious woman is an eighteenth-tier actor - Zhao Yaqi.
Zhao Yaqi has a complicated love history, and has intervened in other people's feelings many times before Lin Dan, and especially prefers men with family and status.
Seeing that the incident was revealed, Zhao Yaqi did not feel any guilt, but posted on the circle of friends, "Thank you for your concern".
This response is not like interfering in feelings, but like an official announcement of a relationship.
Lin Dan's reaction was also very fast, and before the fans could defend him, he jumped out and admitted it himself.
Compared with Zhao Yaqi's dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, Lin Dan obviously still has a trace of "conscience".
He did not excuse himself, but generously admitted his mistake and actively apologized to Xie Xingfang.
But if such a thing as "cheating" can be solved by saying an apology, there will not be so many broken marriages.
Everyone felt that in the face of such a bad act, Xie Xingfang would definitely divorce Lin Dan.
But Xie Xingfang didn't.
She not only chose to forgive Lin Dan, but also praised Lin Dan in front of the majority of netizens for "daring to take responsibility and changing when you know your mistakes".
Now netizens are dumbfounded, isn't this just pure love brain!
Not really.
It is undeniable that after Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang are together, Xie Xingfang's love is far greater than Lin Dan's.
But Xie Xingfang is not a fool, she can't have nothing to do with Lin Dan after he did such a thing.
The reason why she chose to forgive Lin Dan was just for her newborn child.
Now that 8 years have passed since the derailment incident, Xie Xingfang and Lin Dan are still playing a loving couple.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see that the two of them have long been separated.
Looks like a detached man
After the derailment incident, Lin Dane's reputation and commercial value were affected to varying degrees.
On the contrary, Xie Xingfang quickly set out to create her own maternal and child brand after confinement, and played a wave of advertising for herself with her popularity.
Over the years, Xie Xingfang's career development has been getting better and better, and she has become more and more indifferent to Lin Dan.
Looking at Xie Xingfang's social platform, eight out of ten are about her son Xiaoyu.
Occasionally, there is a record of Lin Dan, or a family of three going out to play.
When the three of them were together, Xie Xingfang's attention was always focused on her son, and she felt that she didn't bother to give Lin Dan a look at her.
Lin Dan is also very knowledgeable, he only concentrates on being a good father and does not bother Xie Xingfang.
The two of them seem to have reached some kind of tacit understanding to create a happy family atmosphere for their son.
Unexpectedly, the world champion who had unlimited scenery when he was young and had a bumper harvest in love and career is now struggling to maintain a precarious marriage like ordinary people.
epilogue
Looking back on Lin Dan's life, in his career, he has won 20 world championships in 20 years, and no one has broken the record so far.
In love, he not only married the woman he loved, but also had a happy family.
It's a pity that as soon as he made a mistake, his glittering "life history" left an indelible stain.
I wonder if in the dead of night, will Lin Dan regret betraying Xie Xingfang back then?
Some references:
1. Super Dan Slam! Asian Games men's singles Lin Dan 2-1 Li Zongwei won the first championship. Tencent Sports
2. Lin Dan Xie Xingfang registered marriage in Guangzhou, and the photo was released Super Dan by default. Sohu Sports
3. Nine years of love long-distance running has come to fruition, Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang perform the most romantic thing. Sohu Sports
4. "Super Dan" upgrade to be a dad! Xie Xingfang gave birth to a boy and the mother and child were safe. Phoenix.com
5. Lin Dan apologizes for cheating: I hurt my family as a man and don't justify. NetEase Sports
6. Xie Xingfang responded to Lin Dan's derailment: support this man who dares to take responsibility. NetEase