Recently, the Tokyo Olympic Games finally came to an end, in the women's gymnastics team final, the Chinese team player Lu Yufei made a mistake to drop the bar, her first sentence after standing up was: "Can I turn it again?" "Let netizens break the defense in an instant."
Unfortunately, the Chinese team ranked seventh in the final total score, and it was completely out of touch with the medal. Looking back at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, it can be said that the peak of Chinese women's gymnastics was a group of teenage girls fighting for national honors and finally winning the team championship, which was also the first Olympic team gold medal.
Among these girls, the youngest was Deng Linlin, who was not only young at the time, but even only 137cm tall, and for the first time in a big occasion, Deng Linlin's stable play won valuable points for the group. After four years, she competed in the London Olympic Games again, won the balance beam championship, the first Chinese women's gymnastics, she deserved it.
Such a gymnastics prodigy, once in the eyes of the coach, was the "dumbest" child, a simple action she needed to practice hundreds of times, or even thousands of times to fully learn. The sword blade came out of the grinding, and the plum blossom fragrance came from the bitter cold, and it was precisely because of all the hardships that it had created the current Deng Linlin.
Deep ploughing in the sports world for more than ten years, but she chose to enter Peking University at the peak of her life, before retiring was a balance beam princess, after retiring is a beautiful girl, Deng Linlin is so powerful?
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In 1992, Deng Linlin was born in a peasant family in Anhui Province, her father loved sprinting, she was a sprinter, she could run 11.8 seconds in the 100-meter race, her mother was practicing martial arts since she was a child, and her parents liked sports, so she wanted to train both children to become athletes.
Influenced by her parents, her brother was sent to practice gymnastics from childhood, every time she went to training, Deng Linlin would also go to the gymnastics room to play together, she was small and active, her brother practiced air flips, she was learning to turn her head on the side. This lively and studious energy immediately attracted the coach, and the coach took her into the gymnastics team to train together.
With the blessing of talent and hard work, Deng Linlin's progress was much faster than her brother. At the age of 8, she was selected for the provincial team, and the coach of the provincial team told her: "I must have a dream in my heart, that is, to participate in the Beijing Olympic Games." ”
For her young age, she did not know what the Olympics represented, but the coach told her that if she could win the world championship in the Beijing Olympic Games, then her life would not be worried, and she could count the money to the hand cramps. Hearing that there was money to take, Deng Linlin was moved, at this time, her goal of training every day was to win the championship in The North Olympics.
Due to her outstanding ability, Deng Linlin was finally selected for the national team, the athletes in it are elites from all over the world, the national team training is particularly strict, and the serious atmosphere makes her extremely uncomfortable. In the provincial team, she is a very talented wizard, and in the national team, she is invisible.
One action, others only do ten times to grasp the essentials, and she needs to do it hundreds of times to learn, the coach to take her alone, the energy spent, equivalent to bringing four people. Someone told her, "How can an athlete like you practice?" ”
Deng Linlin's self-esteem was suddenly hit, learning slowly, and her own lack of conditions became her lingering nightmare. The stupid bird flies first, diligently can make up for the clumsiness, Deng Linlin's biggest advantage is that she is willing to work hard and endure hardships, and she can complete the training tasks formulated by the coach on time.
At that time, the athletes of the Beijing Olympic Games were being selected, and due to their serious attitude, Deng Linlin was also selected for training, which had a very strict hierarchy system, playing the "excellent and good" level according to the performance, so that a group of people were eliminated year by year, and finally only six people could enter the list of the Olympic Games.
In order not to be eliminated, a group of 11 and 12-year-old girls are accustomed to getting up early and going to bed late, controlling their weight, and spending all day with balance beams, they have no childhood, and becoming a professional gymnast is their common goal.
And Deng Linlin is the smallest in the body, only 137cm tall, in the gymnastics industry, it is good to be short, and the body center of gravity is low, which is conducive to reducing mistakes. In the training, Deng Linlin mainly attacked vaulting and free gymnastics, she was the most crying among all the girls, scolded by the coach and cried, the competition results were not good, and she cried if she did not practice well.
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In the national gymnastics competition in 2006, this was The first time Deng Linlin participated in a national competition, before playing, she was so nervous that she could not even breathe smoothly, and she could not stop shaking when she made movements, and excessive tension caused her to lose the game. From this moment on, she finally understood the cruelty of competitive sports: if you can do it, you can go, and if you can't do it, you can go. After going back, Deng Linlin trained harder, she did not compare with others, but competed with herself.
With the spirit of not accepting defeat and being willing to work hard, Deng Linlin was finally selected into the list of the gymnastics team of Beilao as a candidate. Thousands of calls began to come out, the Beijing Olympic Games were successfully carried out under the attention of everyone, and the eyes of the people of the whole country were focused on their own athletes.
In the vaulting project, teammate Jiang Yuyuan was replaced by the coach due to poor state, Deng Linlin was ordered to take over Jiang Yuyuan's position, 5.8 vaulting difficulty, Deng Linlin's flip on the balance beam without mistakes, when getting off the horse, it landed steadily, a blockbuster,
Due to her outstanding performance, her overall score was second only to captain Cheng Fei, and the gymnastics women's team won the first Olympic team gold medal with a score of 188.9 points.
This year, countless flowers and applause surrounded the girls, and in the 16-year-old flower season, Deng Linlin has tasted the pride and honor brought by the champion.
Her biggest regret is that she does not have individual competitions except for the team competition, so Deng Linlin has set herself a goal: at the next Olympic Games, she will win a gold medal that belongs to herself, and the desire to win the championship will burn from this moment on.
In the following year's National Games, just when Deng Linlin had just finished knee surgery, the injury was not yet complete, she had a 720-degree aerial rotation action, it was possible to win the gold medal with difficult movements, regardless of the injury situation, Deng Linlin insisted on doing this turnaround, and finally won the all-around championship as desired.
Everything has advantages and disadvantages, Deng Linlin also paid a price for this adventure, her injury became more serious, forced to undergo knee surgery again, after the operation, Deng Linlin's training state was greatly affected, the injury made her reach a low point, her parents advised her to retire to recuperate, but Deng Linlin was unwilling, she still had a championship dream, she had to insist on the London Olympic Games in 12 years.
In 2011, at the World Championships in Tokyo, Deng Linlin made frequent mistakes, resulting in her failure to qualify for the Olympic Games, and her psychology suffered a huge blow compared to the pain caused by injuries. After losing the election, she put everything aside and concentrated on training, and you should never underestimate the motivation that dreams bring to a person.
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Later, at the London Gymnastics Championships, Deng Linlin won the balance beam event, at the Asian Games, she led her team to the women's team championship, and in 2012 she won the all-around at the National Championships. Perseverance and proof of herself with strength, Deng Linlin finally succeeded in qualifying for the London Olympic Games.
At this time, her coach was in China, and she was in London, and she could only report on her training status by making international calls every day, and the most common thing the coach said to her was: "Do a good job." So every night before going to bed, Deng Linlin will think about her own game actions in recent years from beginning to end, and then summarize the mistakes.
Two days before the competition, she and her teammates lived in the Olympic Village, the TV every day was broadcast which athlete won the gold medal, Deng Linlin was very eager to stand at the top of the podium, in the room, she imagined herself getting the gold medal, simulated walking on the podium, seeing this scene, the teammates could not help but spit out: "Are your nerves still normal?" ”
On the scene of the competition that day, Deng Linlin was the third to play, her state was particularly good, putting aside the distractions of the outside world, concentrating on her own actions, the whole set of actions flowed, the continuous small flip made her add 0.3 points, the side flip fell off the wood is still as stable as Tarzan, and finally she won the championship of the balance beam with a score of 15.6 points.
She is also the only female gymnast to have won two consecutive Olympic titles.
At the peak, Deng Linlin chose to retire, enter Peking University for further study, study at the School of International Relations, from athletes to college students, she was not adaptable at first, Peking University is very strict, Deng Linlin did not receive special treatment because of her champion status. When she first entered the school, she lowered her posture very low: "I don't just want to get a diploma, I want to learn something." ”
After entering Peking University, the first class was called Introduction to Politics, and after the whole class, she didn't understand a word, she could only sit in the same place in a daze, everyone around her was a bully, and her learning could never keep up with the rhythm, but where would the athletes give up? The true Olympic spirit is to never give up.
In order to keep up with the progress, Deng Linlin often asked for advice from the senior sister, she got up at five o'clock every morning to memorize English words, ran to the library after class, in order to better integrate into the collective, she actively participated in the activities of the student union, after successfully obtaining a master's degree, Deng Linlin went to the United States for further study and continued her studies.
After graduation, she engaged in her favorite gymnastics career, served as a referee for the Youth Gymnastics National Games, and became the chairman of the Anhui Provincial Sports Development Foundation, contributing to the cause of sports.
Gymnastics has brought Deng Linlin unlimited honors, and the gold medal taught her: with a goal to move forward, never give up in difficult situations, she said: "Hope is under your feet, fate is in your own hands." "The Olympic spirit lives on, and it is hoped that it will influence generations of young people and thus be passed on forever."
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