Weightlifting is a very old sport, even dating back to the ancient Greek period, when people used to lift stones to exercise their bodies or to test their physical strength, and later the Romans tied stones to the two ends of the stick to train soldiers, which slowly evolved into today's weightlifting.
Later, this sport was introduced to China, according to historical records, as early as more than 2,000 years ago in the Chu and Han Dynasties, there were many types of weightlifting competitions such as large knives, stone weights, stone locks, etc., until the Qing Dynasty, weightlifting was also used as a martial arts subject.
At the time of the first Olympic Games, men's weightlifting was included in the official event, while women's weightlifting was only included in the official event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Athletes hold high barbells that ordinary people cannot bear, and are regarded as "Hercules", who constantly challenge the limits of their bodies and win one award after another for the country.
At the same time, we also know that the profession of athletes is very short-lived, after the physical consumption to a certain extent, they will choose to retire, some people return to the life of ordinary people, and some people transform into coaches and continue to contribute to this cause.
However, there is such an athlete known as "Asia's first lux", he used 8 years to win more than 60 championships, but after retiring, he did not even have basic living security, he is talented.
Born on June 30, 1970 in Changtu, Liaoning Province, Caili embarked on the path of a weightlifter because of his large and strong stature.
In September 1985, Caili represented Liaoning Province in the first national youth games weightlifting competition held in Zhengzhou City, and he won the championship in the over 110 kg category, and since then he has ushered in the peak of his career like a hanging.
In 1990, at the 11th Asian Games, Caili stood out from many players from all over the world, not only successfully winning the championship, but also breaking the Asian record.
During his career as an athlete, he has won more than 40 national championships, including more than 20 Asian champions, making him a veritable "First Force in Asia".
In 1993, Caili represented Liaoning in the Seven Games, and announced his retirement after winning the championship again.
After years of hard training, he has achieved good results for the country again and again, and has also brought irreversible trauma to his body.
In the era when bonuses were used as a source of wages, retirement was equivalent to unemployment, and he was very uncomfortable with his return to society after returning to society.
The organization had arranged for him to work as a porter in the transportation department, but his perennial career as an athlete left Caili with a legacy, and the pain made him unable to do the job, and even added new injuries to send him to the hospital.
Since 1998, Caili has suffered from severe respiratory diseases, in addition to leg injuries and waist injuries have been afflicting him, and the parts where he once performed cocoon surgery have also begun to ache, often waking up in sleep.
Such a physical condition made Caili get a lot of cold eyes when looking for a job, and finally had to go to the sports hospital to work as a security guard.
Although the security work is idle, but the monthly salary is only 1200 yuan, coupled with the wife gave birth to a daughter for him in 2000, the family's life has become more difficult, and they can't afford to buy meat several times a year.
Sometimes because he was poor, he had to live on credit, and the quarrels caused by it also gave him a headache, but there was nothing he could do.
Not only that, but his condition also began to deteriorate, suffering from sleep apnea syndrome, he may suddenly fall asleep with others in less than 20 minutes, because he is afraid of sudden death when bending over and cannot wear his own socks.
Caili himself has also said that the days after retiring from retirement are the most difficult time in his life, not only to endure physical discomfort, but also to adapt to psychological problems caused by the economic pressure of status gap.
On the night of May 30, 2013, Caili's wife suddenly woke up in her sleep, saw her husband breathing hard because of illness, his chest rose and fell violently, and he hurriedly put on a small ventilator he got from the hospital.
Although Caili finally went to sleep smoothly, the previous discomfort had made his clothes soaked with sweat, and Caili's wife watched all this through the moonlight, leaving tears in pain.
The next day, Caili's wife's parents and nephew came to visit Caili's family of three, and she was busy making a large table of good dishes, and strangely enough, Caili, who usually ate an amazing amount of food, did not eat anything this morning.
Caili kept nagging about his headache, and his wife was afraid that he had some disease to infect the child, so she asked him to go back to his mother-in-law's house for a few days.
CaiLi returned to his mother's home, after lunch at noon, he took a taxi to the Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University with only 300 yuan at home, at this time Caili had already experienced respiratory failure, Professor Kang Jian said:
"At that time, I knew that there was no rescue, there was almost no good place in the lungs, and everything was too late."
After the doctor tried his best to treat him for 8 hours, he died after 5 years of retirement, and he no longer had to worry about the disturbances of the world.
After Caili's death, his wife has said many times on various occasions that "the country does not ignore us", but this matter has slowly fermented, making everyone feel sad and angry about the tragic "dying life" of the world champion.
It was also after that the state began to attach importance to the life of athletes after retirement and began to guarantee their basic life.
Hopefully, in the days to come, while we cheer for the world champions, we will also lend a helping hand when they need help in their lives, and don't let similar tragedies happen again!