China is a big sports country and a sports power. In the history of Chinese sports, there have been many excellent athletes. They also have China's sports career, paid their youth, the protagonist of our article, is the weightlifting world champion Chen Yanqing.
Chen Yanqing was born in 1979 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, and at the age of 11, at the athletics games held by the school, Chen Yanqing was favored by amateur sports coaches for her outstanding talent. It was also from this year that Chen Yanqing began weightlifting training.
As we all know, weightlifting is a physical fitness-led training program, and core strength is the main content of weightlifting training. Strength training, no shortcuts. It is a great test of the patience and resilience of athletes, so every weightlifter is "boiled".
At the age of 15, Chen Yanqing entered the Jiangsu Provincial Weightlifting Team, and at the age of 16, Chen Yanqing participated in the Asian Weightlifting Championships and successfully won the championship.
In Chen Yanqing's weightlifting career, she has won countless honors. Medals in various competitions are also soft. The medals with the most gold content are undoubtedly the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Among them, at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Chen Yanqing broke the Olympic record of the deadlift and the total result.
It is worth mentioning that Chen Yanqing has retired three times, and unlike most athletes, Chen Yanqing is not because of injuries. After three more comebacks, each time he returns, Chen Yanqing is in the posture of a king. In her weightlifting career, injuries seemed to insulate her.
After the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Chen Yanqing officially retired. After retiring from the military, she served as the deputy director of the Suzhou Municipal Sports Bureau. In 2010, 31-year-old Chen Yanqing announced her marriage, and the other half was her weightlifting coach Cao Xinmin, who is worth mentioning that Cao Xinmin was 52 years old at the time.
The relationship between Chen Yanqing and Cao Xinmin has attracted the attention of netizens. In fact, in the sports circle, such "yearless love" is not uncommon. Zhang Yining, the "big devil" of the table tennis world that we are familiar with, married Xu Wei, a wealthy businessman of his own.
In the face of true love, age is not an issue. Moreover, Chen Yanqing and Cao Xinmin already have a deep emotional foundation. The fact that the two can come together is a kind of fate.
Chen Yanqing, 40, is still working in the Suzhou Municipal Sports Bureau, while his husband Cao Xinmin has retired, and the two gave birth to a daughter after marriage, it is worth mentioning that the daughter follows the mother's surname Chen.
Although there are still many netizens who are puzzled by Chen Yanqing's behavior. But in any case, everyone has the right to choose freely. Bless Chen Yanqing, come on!