Deng Yaping, Wang Nan and Zhang Yining, three well-known names, are known as the "top stream" of Chinese table tennis.
But some people say that Deng Yaping is not a genius, just hardworking.
The person who said this was Chen Jing, a table tennis player of the same era.
Chen Jing's playing style is fierce, and he has the unique ability of backhand bouncing.
She became famous that year, winning China's first women's singles Olympic gold medal at the age of 20, but soon after bidding farewell to the national team and leaving for Taiwan.
The master is far away, 30 years gone, how is she doing now?
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Teacher Zhu Daren is Chen Jing's enlightenment coach, in 1975, he instructed the children to practice table tennis at Wuhan Liji Road Primary School, and when he passed the dance rehearsal field, he "looked at" Chen Jing with two pigtails.
After the start of the practice, Teacher Zhu found that Chen Jing seemed to be quiet, but her temper was stubborn.
In a junior table tennis match, she chased after the previous champion and finally won. Other games were played carelessly, resulting in a low overall score.
Chen Jing and the children
After being selected to the provincial team, Teacher Zhu taught her in a serious way to listen to the coach's words, but Chen Jing, who was not yet 12 years old, said, "I will listen to what the coach says, I will listen to the right one, on the court I play with the other party, and I know best how the opponent is."
In the face of this righteous rebuttal, Teacher Zhu was speechless.
Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and athletes with a little pride are not just a manifestation of self-confidence?
In 1988, the Seoul Olympic Games, table tennis was included in the competition for the first time, and the team members boiled over.
But who can go? At that time, the national team was full of talents, but there were only three places to participate.
When voting in the team, Chen Jing, who has only been with the national team for 2 years, wrote a sentence on the note handed in: Why don't you choose young players?
By implication, choose me.
These ten or so words also changed Chen Jing's fate.
This stubborn girl was eventually included in the list of the Olympics.
Later, Chen Jing responded, "I think there are some things that must be fought for by myself, otherwise there are good opportunities that may slip away." ”
During the game, Chen Jing and teammates Jiao Zhimin and Li Huifen lived up to expectations and successfully reached the women's singles semifinals.
The semi-finals were extremely fierce, with Jiao Zhimin facing Li Huifen and Chen Jing playing against Czech player Hrakova, who had eliminated Jiao Zhimin in the World Table Tennis Championships.
Jiao Zhimin
The coaching staff met overnight and made strategic adjustments, allowing Jiao Zhimin to concede the ball and lose to Li Huifen to prevent Hrakhova from defeating Chen Jing to reach the final.
This period of handicap past, there are many opinions, the result is Jiao Zhimin tears on the field, after the game announced retirement.
But for Chen Jing, it was the highlight of her life, and it is still exciting to remember today.
She first defeated Hrakhova, then Li Huifen, and won the first Olympic gold medal of the table tennis women's team!
Looking at this old photo, Chen Jing standing in the middle is really full of spirits and invincible youth!
It is reasonable to say that after winning the championship, Chen Jing should have a bright future, but in the 40th World Table Tennis Championships, Chen Jing did not win a single championship, and her name was not included in the list of the 1990 Beijing Asian Games.
Chen Jing thought left and right, and decided to bid farewell to the national team and go to the "outside world" to have a look.
In this regard, there are many opinions, some say that the coaching team asked Chen Jing to give the ball to Li Huifen on the eve of the Olympic final, and Chen Jing was as "stubborn" as always, did not obey the arrangement, and sat on the cold bench after the game.
It is also said that when Deng Yaping rose, the team shifted the focus to her, which made Chen Jing feel lost and heartbroken.
There is also a saying that her head coach was transferred to the men's team, which caused Chen Jing to not adapt to the wait
For all kinds of rumors, Chen Jing said, "I left because I had no interest in table tennis. "At that time, there were a lot of players who left the national team, and the reasons for them were not good for me to evaluate, whether the coach had selfish intentions, who knows?"
Later, Chen Jing planned to study in Japan to continue her studies, but this plan was opposed by her family, and she thought about it again and again, and finally set her destination in Taiwan.
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In October 1991, Chen Jing came to Taiwan at the invitation of a computer company. In addition to using her identity for product promotion, the company also let Chen Jing guide the table tennis team.
At that time, the environment for practicing table tennis in Taiwan was not good, not even professional table tennis players, either office workers or students, let alone finding a master to fight against it.
Chen Jing's psychological gap at that time could be imagined.
"Without the environment in the mainland, I really can't maintain the position of the world's top?"
Chen Jing's stubbornness was repeated, and she represented the Chinese Taipei team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, winning the silver medal in women's singles for table tennis.
Talking about the reason for the game, she said, "We are training outside, the conditions are much worse than in the national team, training in such an environment, I just want to prove that I can still compete with the world's top players." ”
In this game, Chen Jing met her former old teammate and strong opponent Deng Yaping.
At 0:2, she adjusted her tactics, tied the scoreline, and finally lost in the decider.
Some people said that she was "distracted" and actually lost by a big score of 5:21.
Some people also say that Chen Jing did this in order not to "confront" the national team that cultivated herself.
However, with Chen Jing's personality, it is estimated that he will not let the ball go.
After 8 years, she once again appeared on the Olympic stage to prove that she could still do it!
Four years later, Chen Jing played again, winning the bronze medal at the Sydney Olympic Games, becoming one of the rare athletes to win three medals in the Olympic table tennis women's singles, gold, silver and bronze medals.
Some people may say that the bronze medal is nothing more powerful, but it is only the third place.
You should know that at that time, Chen Jing was over 30 years old, and her peak period was no longer there, and she worked in a bank for four years while working part-time in a direct selling company.
She even signed a contract with Taiwan's gold medal agent Xia Yushun, sang and hosted commercials, became Lin Zhiying's classmate, and stepped into the entertainment circle with half a foot - these affairs occupy most of her life, and are not the same as the athletes who have been training regularly for many years.
But in the end, Chen Jing chose to return, and she felt that playing table tennis was the most suitable for her.
Stumbling and trying in different industries is not useless, on the contrary, it has helped Chen Jing complete the transformation from a simple athlete to a "social person".
Of course, her love life did not fall, and Xiao Zhan, the coach who came to Taiwan to coach after retiring, felt sorry for each other and talked about a "master-apprentice love".
Years later, coach Xiao, who brought out Grand Slam champions such as Zhang Jike and the top of the entertainment industry, was still active in the football world with a polished "smart top" head, while Chen Jing announced his retirement in 2000, opening a new page in his life.
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Chen Jing is a person who likes to make plans, and she has a lot of plans for life.
Believing in the power of knowledge, she retired from work and went to Princeton University, an Ivy League school in the United States, where she coached the team and learned English.
In 2003, Chen Jing returned to South China Normal University to study sports psychology, successfully obtained a doctorate, and stayed on to teach.
With the help of her old friend Liu Guoliang, Chen Jing returned to the national team after a 16-year absence, in 2006.
This time, she has a new identity - psychological counseling teacher, free of charge for the members of the national table tennis men's team to adjust their psychology, relieve pressure, and calmly prepare for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The team members trusted her very much, calling this senior Sister Jing, talking to her from time to time, shaking off the weight, and easily fighting.
Chen Jing's steps have never stopped, and in 2013, she added a new identity - the owner of the "Guangdong Chen Jing Table Tennis Club", which is a new adventure.
From the idea of running a table tennis super club to buying a team of her own, Chen Jing only took a week.
The table tennis "female bully" has always been on the road, she said that she did not want to remember the past when she was old, only the memory of that gold medal.
Although the club's initial development was not as expected, smashing into 5 million a year, Chen Jing was full of confidence in the future.
In 2015, the club accepted sponsorship and changed its name to Shenzhen Baoan Ming Jinhai Club and set sail again.
As for whether she will personally lead the team, Chen Jing said with a smile that it is enough to have a coach, before becoming a boss, she is a mother, and it is also very important to accompany the growth of her children.
Born in 2008, his son Chen Liye is healthy and lively, adding a different kind of fun to Chen Jing's life.
Online legend has it that Chen Jing's husband is Xu Li, director of the Front Row Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports, but no real information has been found, and the man behind the championship is also quite mysterious.
As Chen Jing's autobiography said, "To win others, you must also surpass yourself."
With each turn, she showed off a beautiful record.
Chen Jing, who is good at controlling life, wishes you to write more wonderful chapters.
Author: Finney
Editor-in-charge: Zeria