Ren Qian, the champion of the post-00s, went to Beijing at the age of 12 and never returned to Chengdu Grandpa: a filial granddaughter

On August 19th, on Qingyang East 1st Road in Chengdu, my grandfather's family watched the replay of the game and was still excited. Photo by Wu Xiaochuan

In the final of the women's single 10-meter platform at the Rio Olympic Games, Ren Qian, a 15-year-old Chengdu girl, won the championship with a rare super high score of 439.25 points with a strong psychological quality. The gold medal also made Ren Qian, born in 2001, the first post-00s in the history of the Chinese delegation to win an Olympic gold medal.

Grinning on the podium, revealing braces and missing teeth, and with a childish look on his face, this is Ren Qian, who was born in Jinfeng Village, Puyang Town, Dujiangyan City, and won the Olympic gold medal!

This 15-year-old Chengdu girl laughed sweetly like a doll, and some netizens gave her a name for this - Princess Xixi.

"My name is polysyllabic, and I prefer to pronounce xi, but when I get my passport, it becomes qian, so it's always qian." Ren Qian said.

In the early morning of August 19, on East 1st Road in Chengdu's Qingyang District, a 66-year-old man who stayed up all night was Ren Qian's grandfather Xiao Chuanli. Seeing his granddaughter win the Olympic gold medal, the old man was excited.

Xiao Chuanli said that Ren Qian lived with them since childhood, and because she was thin and sickly when she was a child, he had the idea of strengthening her body and enrolled her in an exercise class. In the following 12 years, he watched Ren Qian's jumping platform increase from 1 meter to 3 meters, then to 5 meters, 7 meters, 10 meters, and there were 37 medals in the family's collection. After Ren Qian entered the Sichuan Provincial Diving Team, she did not stop training for a day, did not have a day of long hair, and rarely wore skirts.

At the age of 12, he went to Beijing and never returned to Chengdu

In a 50-square-meter home, in a bedroom of about 10 square meters, three beds are separated by two wardrobes, from the door to the window, in order, ren Qian, grandma, and grandfather's beds.

At the age of 1 year and 8 months, Ren Qian came to her grandparents' home until she was transported to the Sichuan Provincial Diving Team at the age of 6. After moving on campus, she could only go home for one night a week and leave in a hurry the next day. Xiao Chuanli said that Ren Qian entered the national team at the age of 12 and went to Beijing, and never returned to Chengdu.

On Ren Qian's bed, there were two rag dolls, one given by the school and one bought by Xiao Chuanli, which was her only toy. An electronic keyboard has been placed at home for nearly a decade, and Ren Qian has not systematically learned it.

This year, in order to watch Ren Qian's competition, Xiao Chuanli specially purchased a large TV. At 2 p.m. on the 19th, Xiao Chuanli, who had not closed his eyes for two nights, put on reading glasses, carefully took out a slightly old iron box from the bottom of the bookcase, opened the plastic protective bag, took out a piece of medals, yarded neatly, and carefully counted it. "37 pieces", this is the medal that Ren Qian has won in the national team for 3 years. Whenever the coach returned to Chengdu, she asked the coach to take the medal home and let Grandpa keep it.

Because she was weak, her grandfather sent her to practice gymnastics

Now Ren Qian is muscular and athletic, but in the beginning, Xiao Chuanli sent her to study sports because she was thin.

In the winter of 2004, Xiao Chuanli took Ren Qian, who was less than 3 years old, to the Chengdu Children's Amateur Sports School to play to see if there were any projects that Ren Qian liked. Ren Qian was lying on the windowsill of the gymnastics team, clinging to the glass, watching intently, "shouting can't leave."

"Do you like it?" Xiao Chuanli asked. Ren Qian blinked his big watery eyes and nodded. Xiao Chuanli entered the house and found the coach Tao Liting. According to the regulations, you can only practice gymnastics at the age of 3, and grandpa asked for affection. Tao Liting finally had to agree.

The next day, Xiao Chuanli led Xiao Renqian to the gymnastics team. After 2 hours of training, she sweated like rain without complaining. "She's a seedling studying sports." Watching his granddaughter concentrate on practicing, Xiao Chuanli left with confidence.

Turning into diving choked on the first practice

In the fall of 2007, coach Tao Liting thought Ren Qian had potential and suggested sending her to the Sichuan Diving Team. "Moving from amateur learning to professional training, good thing!" Xiao Chuanli weighed for a moment and agreed.

At that time, Ren Qian was not watery at all. On the first day of practice, Ren Qian was asked to jump into a 5-meter-deep pool. The coach's orders were given several times, and she was still shivering and standing in place with her hands in her arms. At this moment, Xiao Chuanli pushed her from behind, Ren Qian stepped back, Xiao Chuanli used more strength, "bang", Ren Qian fell in the water and fluttered up, choked a few mouthfuls of water, wow wow crying...

On November 9, 2013, Xiao Chuanli received a phone call that Ren Qian was selected for the national team. The moment he put down the phone, Xiao Chuanli was a little lonely, "It's hard to meet again."

Mind delicate race home with gifts

As an athlete, Ren Qian is much more simple than other girls. Since entering the diving team, worried that it is not easy to dry long hair and cause a cold, Ren Qian has always had short hair. Xiao Chuanli bought her a few dresses, which she wore several times while taking advantage of her culture class. Ren Qian especially likes a cloth dress with a pure white upper body and a floral lower body, and every time she wears it, she has to look in front of the mirror.

In Xiao Chuanli's eyes, in addition to loving beauty, granddaughters also have the delicacy of girls. When she was 10 years old, she went to Shantou to compete, specially brought back a pack of cigarettes for her grandfather, bought a bracelet for her grandmother at the stall, and she didn't buy anything... West China Metropolis Daily reporter Mao Yuting Li Tianyu Chen Ganlu