Weightlifting has always been highly valued by our country, although the income brought by engaging in this sport is not high, but in this ancient traditional sport in our country's talents, they have repeatedly won gold and silver in international competitions, the stories of many excellent weightlifters have become the topic of discussion among the majority of the people after dinner, today I want to say that the two weightlifters who are also Olympic champions occupy Xu gang and talent, but they have a completely different fate.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > two were born into poverty </h1>
Most of the weightlifters in our country are from poor families, Zhan Xugang is one of them, in 1974 he was born in an ordinary farmhouse, when he was a child, he had to shoulder and carry like adults, and did all kinds of farm work that adults should do, such exercise makes Xiao Zhanxugang's strength much higher than that of his peers, at the same time he also felt that it was not easy to be born in a farmhouse, and he was determined to go out of the countryside from an early age. In 1985, Zhan Xugang's local government issued a policy to allow a part of the rural household registration population that is useful to the state to be converted into urban hukou, and Zhan Xugang was overjoyed to learn of this news, and he won the consent of his father and decided to go to the sports school to practice weightlifting, so that he had the opportunity to make a certain contribution to the country.
Caili's childhood is almost the same as Zhan Xugang, born in 1970 in the liaoning countryside, because he was born larger than his peers, so the strength is also very prominent, his family named "Caili", Xiaocaili suffered more than his peers, but because the family is really poor, his parents can not afford to continue to go to school, Caili had to drop out of school early to help his parents engage in agricultural production, a chance he was favored by a weightlifting coach who went to the countryside to select seedlings, his parents felt that being an athlete was better than staying in the countryside. So he decided to let his son practice weightlifting, and caili's fate had its first turn.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > both have achieved brilliant results </h1>
Zhan Xugang has done a lot of farm work since he was a child, so his foundation is better than that of ordinary people, coupled with the determination and will and perseverance of ordinary people, his weightlifting performance has improved by leaps and bounds. In 1996, he qualified for the 26th Atlanta Olympic Games, and broke the world record for men's 70 kg weightlifting, winning a valuable Olympic gold medal for our country, and 4 years later he won the men's 70 kg weightlifting event again in Sydney. Talent is one of the few heavyweightlifters in China, he has broken the world record in the men's 110 kg category, won more than 60 championships of all sizes, it can be said that his achievements in weightlifting are no less than Zhan Xugang.
< H1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the fate of the two was diametrically opposed after retirement</h1>
In 2004, the 30-year-old Zhan Xugang chose to retire, and then married a beautiful flight attendant as his wife, which made many people envious, not only that Zhan Xugang is now a deputy department-level cadre, in February 2021, he was also the dean of a sports college, which is simply a double harvest of career love!
Different from the bright fate of Zhan Xugang after retiring, Caili retired and formed a husband and wife with another female weightlifter, due to the limited level of education, people are also generous and honest, so they have not been able to find a decent job, in order to live, they have to do security, but due to the injuries and illnesses accumulated during their athlete period and their own obesity, even the seemingly simple work of security guards can not be done, had to wait for work at home, the wife is also suffering from illness for many years, and the family lives a poor and sickly life. In 2003, the unfortunate year came, and the respiratory disease that he was infected with recurred, but he could not afford to go to the hospital for treatment, so he had to delay it again and again and finally stopped breathing one morning before dawn, at the age of 33.
The death of Caili did not arouse the attention of the outside world to this hungry and cold family, after more than ten years of wife and daughter both suffered from cancer, because there is really no cost to treat, the daughter caijian letter in 2017 had to use the Internet to seek help from the outside world, it is gratifying that the outside world caring people raised more than 600,000 yuan for the mother and daughter who have been suffering from illness.
From the different fates of the two weightlifting champions, it can be seen that it is difficult for the people at the bottom to break away from their class and simply sell coolies. Those who have truly made sacrifices for the country and society deserve our attention.