In the bright starry sky of sports, Lang Ping is like the most dazzling star, which has long exuded dazzling light, illuminating the way forward for the Chinese women's volleyball team and warming the hearts of countless Chinese people. She used the iconic "iron hammer" to show her strength and hope again and again on the volleyball field, writing a magnificent chapter that belongs to herself and belongs to Chinese sports. However, when the years passed, she also entered the field of public life outside the arena, experiencing the ups and downs of life, which attracted a lot of attention and emotion.
Back in the 60s of the 20th century, in an ordinary alley in Tianjin, Lang Ping fell to the ground. It was an era of material scarcity, and the life of the family was tight, and the mother often guarded a pot of millet porridge in front of the stove in order to supplement the nutrition of the child, and the smoke was full of hardships of life. And his father, an avid follower of sports, planted a seed of a dream in the heart of little Lang Ping. For as long as she can remember, volleyball has been like a magical playmate, breaking into her world. In 1973, the selection of the volleyball class of the sports school was like the knock of fate, and Lang Ping, who was 169 cm tall, stood out among the children. At that moment, she ignorantly but firmly grasped the fate that accompanied her volleyball for a lifetime, and at the age of 13, she embarked on this unknown but passionate journey.
In the following five years, the training hall of the sports school became her second home. In the early morning, before the first rays of sunlight completely dispelled the coolness of the night, Lang Ping was already running, jumping, and smashing on the court, sweat soaked his clothes, and exhaustion invaded his body, but the light in her eyes never went out. fell again and again, her knees and elbows grazed the flesh and flesh, oozing blood, she just dealt with it briefly, and then returned to the battlefield; After working day and night with intense training, her hands were calloused, and her arms were so sore that she couldn't lift them. The hard work paid off, the height jumped to 190 centimeters, and the technique improved by leaps and bounds. Finally, in 1978, the doors of the national team opened to her, and she officially started her journey with full of vision and skills.
As soon as he entered the national team, Lang Ping met the women's volleyball competition of the 8th Asian Games. On the field, she made her debut, fighting side by side with her teammates, and finally won the silver medal. The silver medal shone in the sun, reflecting her young and resolute face, although there were regrets, but more of an infinite hope for the future. The following year, she and her teammates lifted the volleyball championship trophy and cheered loudly on the field. Since then, the pace of champions has been out of control, the 1981 International Volleyball Invitational Tournament, the 9th World Women's Volleyball Championship in 1982...... In those years, with her help, the Chinese women's volleyball team went down the mountain like a tiger and achieved a brilliant record of three consecutive championships. With his super strength, Lang Ping smashed vigorously on the field again and again, and the momentum seemed to be able to break through the sky, and the name of "Iron Hammer" shook all directions and became a legendary symbol in the history of volleyball.
After the glory, injuries quietly entangled her body. Years of high-intensity competition and training have overwhelmed her knees, and every time she takes a step, there is a piercing pain in the joints, and the doctor can't help frowning after examination, bluntly saying that "this knee is no longer something ordinary people can bear." But even so, her love for volleyball made her difficult to give up, and after retiring, Lang Ping resolutely picked up the coaching whip and transformed into a coach, starting another legendary journey.
She has coached major competitions at home and abroad. She stood on the sidelines, her eyes were as sharp as an eagle, observing every detail on the field, shouting tactical instructions loudly, the voice was firm and powerful, like a general on the battlefield, directing the team to charge. In 2013, the Chinese women's volleyball team fell into a trough, and Lang Ping was appointed as the head coach. She has made drastic reforms, introducing new training methods and tapping young potential. After a year of devil training, at the 2014 Women's Volleyball World Championships, the girls fought bravely and finally won the runner-up, allowing the world to see the hope of the Chinese women's volleyball team to rise again. The 2016 Rio Olympics was the pinnacle of battle, and in the finals, the atmosphere was tense like a full bowstring, Lang Ping was calm and calm, and her eyes were full of determination to win, and she carefully arranged tactics for the players and cheered them on. When the last heavy deduction score, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the Serbian team and won the championship, the audience was boiling, the players hugged each other and cried, Lang Ping's eyes also flashed with tears of excitement, at this moment, her years of dedication and persistence have turned into the most beautiful medal.
Outside the arena, Lang Ping's love life has also attracted much attention. When she was young, in the bloody world of volleyball, she and the men's volleyball player Bai Fan met, knew and fell in love. The same profession allows them to have endless topics, and the tacit understanding of sweating together on the field has also continued to life. In 1987, a grand and warm wedding was held in the Beijing Hotel, and the two made a lifelong commitment amid the blessings of family and friends. After getting married, Lang Ping went to the United States to study, accompanied by Bai Fan, and although the days were dull but also warm. However, the variables of life are always sudden, during the study abroad, Lang Ping is pregnant, on the one hand, the pressure of study, on the other hand, the responsibility of becoming a mother, she struggles to balance the difficulties. The birth of her daughter Bai Lang has brought endless joy to this small family, but it is also accompanied by new challenges. In 1995, as Lang Ping was concerned about the national team and wanted to return to China to play, the husband and wife got together less and left more, and conflicts gradually arose, and finally, this marriage that lasted for seven years came to an end, and the two chose to break up peacefully, which is embarrassing.
For many years after that, Lang Ping devoted all his energy to his volleyball career, and his love life was blank for a while. It wasn't until 2016 that fate struck again. Wang Yucheng, a knowledgeable and sports-loving man, walked into Lang Ping's world. He understands Lang Ping's dedication to volleyball, and when she is depressed and stressed, he can always use warm words and intimate companionship to dispel the haze for her. The two fell in love and got married in Beijing in a low-key manner. The days after marriage, warm and sweet, when they are free, the two will walk into the kitchen hand in hand, between the collision of pots and pans, full of fireworks of life, Wang Yucheng spoiled Lang Ping as a treasure in the palm of his hand, and the happy smile on the faces of the two became the most beautiful footnote in life.
However, when Lang Ping gradually faded out of the arena and returned to life, a piece of news caused an uproar. She has not appeared for a long time, and her appearance in the variety show "Supernova Games" was supposed to surprise the audience, but she didn't expect everyone's eyes to focus on her face. The once familiar face, the iconic smile, and the lines left by the years in the corners of the eyes, which were the marks of hard work and glory, are now more strange folds, and the face is slightly puffy, with a bit of unnatural "sense of technology". For a while, public opinion was in an uproar, and netizens were hotly discussed, "Is this still the Lang Ping we know?" "Could it be that Iron Hammer has also joined the army of plastic surgery?" Knowledgeable netizens were even more blunt, speculating that this was the sequelae of the medical beauty project.
In fact, if you have an in-depth understanding of Lang Ping's past, you can understand her choice. As a national-level coach, in the past years, she shouldered heavy responsibilities, and as soon as she appeared, she was in the limelight, representing not only the individual, but also the image of the national team. For this responsibility, beautiful nails can't be made, fashionable clothes can't be worn, and she poured all her energy into her volleyball career. Now that she is retired, she finally has the opportunity to be herself, wear her favorite pleated skirt, try to show the femininity of women, and pursue beauty and youth, so what's wrong?
Lang Ping's life is a legend of blood and hard work, and it is an interweaving of tenacity and gentleness. From a little girl from a poor family, she grew into a superstar in the volleyball world, then to a famous coach who coached the field, and finally returned to the ordinariness and happiness of life. No matter what the outside world says, she is writing her own chapter of life at her own pace. I hope that in the days to come, she can continue to be in her own world, leisurely, and bloom her unique brilliance, after all, she has paid too much for Chinese volleyball and the country, and she deserves this peace and beauty.