On July 23, the XXXII Summer Olympics opened in Tokyo, Japan.
According to the list of Chinese sports delegations that have been announced for the Tokyo Olympic Games, Zou Jingyuan, a 23-year-old gymnast from Yibin, Sichuan, will officially start the competition tomorrow (24th).
Zou Jingyuan was born in January 1998, trained at the Yibin Amateur Sports School from 2001 to 2005, trained at the Sichuan Provincial Sports School from 2005 to 2009, transferred to the Sichuan Provincial Gymnastics Team in 2010, and was selected for the national team in 2012.
In 2021, Zou Jingyuan won the parallel bars championship at the National Gymnastics Championships and Tokyo Olympic Trials, and was selected for the Tokyo Olympic Games to participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games.
On the morning of July 23, Red Star News reporters rushed to Zou Jingyuan's home on the south bank of Yibin to talk with his mother Liu Liqun and father Zou Zhiping, and learned many little-known growth stories of gymnastics zou Jingyuan.
Zou Jingyuan's parents were interviewed by Red Star News reporters.
Talk about honors:
Striving to win honors is inseparable from the cultivation of the country and organizations
Zou Jingyuan's home is located on the 17th floor of the community, the decoration is simple and generous, and the TV cabinet is placed with photos of Zou Jingyuan's childhood.
Zou Jingyuan was very cute when he was a child.
Mother Liu Liqun said that they have been moving here for 10 years, and Zou Jingyuan has only lived at home for two nights, and the rest of the time is in the team, otherwise it is a game.
At 9:10 a.m., Zou Zhiping, dressed in short, came back from outside, and he liked sports like his son. "I like running and climbing mountains, but I am not professional compared to my son, and I am very amateurish." Zou Zhiping said.
As early as the morning of July 16, the relevant person in charge of Yibin City comforted Zou Jingyuan through video link, Zou Zhiping and Liu Liqun participated in the video connection, and they remotely saw Zou Jingyuan who was about to leave for Japan to compete.
In the process of connection, Zou Jingyuan greeted the people in his hometown in Yibin dialect and revealed the recent training and preparations. His father and mother gave him encouragement, hoping that he would maintain a normal mind and play normally. "Just calm down, keep challenging and overcoming yourself." Pay attention to arranging a good rest time before the game. ”
"I was too nervous to prepare for the battle, and I didn't want to disturb him." Taking out his son's medal display book, although Zou Zhiping loved it, he told reporters: It is not appropriate to take pictures of these medals, after all, the medals are all obtained by Zou Jingyuan, and behind the honor is more the cultivation of the state and the organization.
Zou Jingyuan's medals.
"We are very satisfied with the results and honors he has achieved now. We are more satisfied with the country's cultivation of him. Zou Jingyuan's parents said that they hope that he will calmly and calmly deal with the game and play at the best level in the best state.
Talk about the original intention:
At that time, I wanted him to strengthen his physique and eat more
When Zou Jingyuan was born, he already had a 4-year-old brother. In this family of 4, his father Zou Zhiping is a laid-off employee of the food company, and he and his wife run a food store together to make a living. In addition to raising two children, they also have to support Zou Zhiping's mother.
Liu Liqun recalled that Zou Jingyuan was born with poor physical fitness, often fever, and at least every two months, he had to go to the hospital and inject fluids.
Because of his poor physique, Zou Jingyuan had a small amount of food, and when he reached the age of kindergarten, he could only eat a small half bowl of rice.
As a mother, Liu Liqun is always worried that her son will not have enough to eat, and often chases After Zou Jingyuan to feed.
In the summer of 2001, Li Xiaobing, a gymnastics coach at Yibin Amateur Sports School, went to Zou Jingyuan's kindergarten to select students. Zou Jingyuan, who was active by nature, was caught by Li Xiaobing at a glance. "At that time, we didn't know much about gymnastics, anyway, thinking that it was exercise, it must be good for the body." I hope he will strengthen his exercise and eat more when he is well. ”
Liu Liqun told reporters that as we all know, Coach Li Xiaobing is Zou Jingyuan's enlightenment coach, but Zou Jingyuan actually has an earlier "coach" - Ultraman.
Zou Jingyuan liked Ultraman since he was a child, and he learned Ultraman to make a handstand. Bouncing around on sofas and beds, especially enjoying sports.
Liu Liqun remembers that there is a trampoline in Yibin People's Park not far from home, and Zou Jingyuan is very happy as soon as he gets on the trampoline, and he does not want to jump down, and he enjoys the feeling of taking off in the air.
Later, he entered the amateur sports school, and Zou Jingyuan's talent and potential were brought into play. He was the one of the smallest students in his group who went the furthest in gymnastics.
Liu Liqun found that after one or two years of training in the amateur sports school, Zou Jingyuan's physique had improved significantly, and he basically would not be hospitalized due to colds and illness.
As the intensity of gymnastics training gradually increased, Zou Jingyuan's potential in ligaments and strength was discovered, and he was finally selected by the Sichuan provincial team.
Talk about perseverance:
He gritted his teeth and endured the pain, otherwise he might give up halfway
When he participated in training at the Yibin Amateur Sports School, Zou Jingyuan was only more than 3 years old and was still an ignorant child.
Intensive training in amateur sports schools is basically carried out during summer and winter vacations. When practicing, sensitive and worried mothers always accompany their children and bear the pain of training with them.
The most basic thing in gymnastics training is to pull the ligaments apart, which is a difficult process. Liu Liqun remembers that some of the trainees who trained together did not meet the standard when practicing the "one-word horse", and the coach would exert external force to help the trainees pull the ligaments. Many dolls cried out in pain, but Zou Jingyuan never snorted.
"The other children can't stand it and cry, why doesn't Zou Jingyuan cry?" As a mother, Liu Liqun often sees her son grinning uncomfortably when practicing, but does not moan. "I asked him if it hurt?" Liu Liqun recalled that Zou Jingyuan's answer was "I don't think it hurts."
Because the initial training was very hard, some children could not stop giving up. However, Zou Jingyuan never thought of giving up training, and no matter how bitter and tired he was, he did not resist training.
Liu Liqun said that at that time, zou Jingyuan cried a few words, maybe she couldn't bear it, and she would give up halfway.
Another time I almost gave up halfway, but fortunately my father Zou Zhiping persevered. Otherwise, Zou Jingyuan's seedlings would not have been able to step onto the stage of the Olympic Games.
That is, Zou Jingyuan had just been selected to enter the provincial sports school, training alone in Chengdu, his parents went to Chengdu to see him, less than 7 years old Zou Jingyuan hugged his mother and would not let him go, Liu Liqun could not bear it, and took him back to Yibin.
After a week in Yibin, Zou Jingyuan still went to an amateur sports school to train. Although the nature of the child makes him reluctant to his parents, he seems reluctant to gymnastics when he returns home.
"As long as the path he takes is correct, suffering is nothing, and children should suffer more." In the face of his mother's tenderness, his father Zou Zhiping "hardened his heart" and sent Zou Jingyuan back to the Chengdu base despite his wife's objections.
Talking about self-reliance:
At the age of 7, he went to Chengdu to face difficulties alone
Liu Liqun remembers that Zou Jingyuan was not yet 7 years old when she was selected to chengdu, and she even had to chase him to feed him.
Yibin Amateur Sports School has five or six small partners in the same batch. On the first day of arriving in Chengdu, Zou Jingyuan seemed very excited, and when his father and mother left, he did not cry.
In order to spend as much time with her son as possible, Liu Liqun took the slow train from Yibin to Chengdu at 11 pm every Friday, after 6 hours of bumps, and arrived in Chengdu at 6 o'clock in the morning; at 11 pm on Sunday, Liu Liqun took a slow train from Chengdu to Yibin, which also took 6 hours.
The first time he went to see his son, Zou Jingyuan stopped doing it and did not let his parents go. Every time they leave Chengdu, the mother and son basically have to cry with a headache. That kind of emotional torment, Zou Zhiping and Liu Liqun still sigh. They clearly remembered that once when Zou Jingyuan was not paying attention, they sneaked away, and Zou Jingyuan found out and chased them out, looking for his parents everywhere in the middle of the night.
In order to make it easier for her son to contact himself, Liu Liqun gave his son an IC card. After Zou Jingyuan finished training, he could talk to his parents who were far away in Yibin through the magnetic card phone.
"At that time, he was so small that he couldn't reach the telephone, and he had to put a stool on his feet to insert the magnetic card." Liu Liqun said that this state of homesickness lasted for about half a year, and Zou Jingyuan was able to completely adapt to the life of the base.
Although the son gradually adapted to an independent life, his parents were still very concerned. As long as Zou Jingyuan is on vacation for more than 3 days, Liu Liqun will take him back to Yibin.
If there is no holiday, Liu Liqun will take a slow train to Chengdu to accompany her son for two days, rain or shine for several years. Although the journey is far away, Liu Liqun is reluctant to buy a sleeper ticket for 50 yuan, and she has been sitting in a hard seat for several years, saving 25 yuan, and she can buy a carton of milk for her son.
For a laid-off worker family, it is very difficult to raise two children, but Zou Zhiping and Liu Liqun never bring the pressure and negative emotions of life to their children, and they always maintain optimism and smile in front of their children.
Probably influenced by his parents, Zou Jingyuan is also very optimistic, joining the gymnastics team for nearly 20 years, he has never complained in front of his parents.
Today, 23-year-old Zou Jingyuan has lived and studied alone in Beijing for nearly 10 years.
Two years ago, her mother, Liu Liqun, had proposed to go to Beijing to accompany her son, but Zou Jingyuan felt that she could handle it alone and refused her mother's kindness.
Talk about family affection:
A family thousands of miles apart, feelings come from the heart
With the continuous growth of Zou Jingyuan, his achievements have gradually become known to the world. He often walked up to the podium and stood in the spotlight. However, his quiet brother is little known.
My brother silently finished college and graduate school, and is now a software technician at a company in Shenzhen. One of the brothers is in Beijing and the other is in Guangdong, and the distance between the north and the south is more than 2,000 kilometers.
Although Zou Jingyuan is already a 23-year-old young man, his father Zou Zhiping still has some guilt in his heart when he talks about the past of gathering less and more with his son.
Zou Zhiping said that they have no material pursuits now, and their son's achievements and glory for the country are the best praise for them. It's just that they have always regretted that they have too little companionship with Zou Jingyuan.
In 2006, Zou Jingyuan's brother was admitted to a high school in Chengdu with good conditions. Our family once discussed going to Chengdu and renting a house to accompany our two children. However, due to economic reasons, it was finally abandoned. Speaking of this past now, Zou Zhiping is still difficult to calm down in his heart, and he believes that he did not seize this best opportunity, and the couple is still very sorry.
After Zou Jingyuan arrived in Beijing, it was even more difficult for the family to reunite. The only opportunity for reunion is for Zou Zhiping and Liu Liqun to go to Beijing to accompany their son for the New Year. After the family ate a reunion dinner, Zou Jingyuan hurried back to training.
Zou Jingyuan's parents flipped through the album.
In fact, Zou Jingyuan was worried about his parents who were far away from home. When he goes to Japan to compete, he will bring some cosmetics to his mother; when he goes to France, he will bring some French red wine to his father...
During the May Day period this year, Zou Jingyuan participated in the competition in Chengdu, his parents rushed to Chengdu to reunite, and his brother who was far away in Shenzhen also flew to Chengdu with his girlfriend, and the family happily ate a reunion dinner. "This is the first time his brother has seen his brother in person in the past 5 years, and it is also the first time that Zou Jingyuan has met his future sister-in-law..."
Zou Zhiping said that the couple is very satisfied with the current situation of their two sons, and the sons are their pride. But there is really no special method of education, that is, to influence children with their own behavior, to teach them to be honest, persevering, diligent, honest, kind, and never give up.
Red Star News reporter Luo Min photography Zhang Zhi
Edited by Peng Jiang
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