The war-torn Athens in August has returned to its former calm, but the hearts of people obsessed with the Olympic Games are still full of glory and heroism. China's impressive record of 32 gold 17 silver 14 bronze not only proved its strength to the world, but also showed us a lofty spirit. Let's see how many touching stories are hidden behind those gold medals.
Li Du: Looking back and smiling, the family behind the gold medal is priceless.
Shooting teenager Li Du's last shot won the first gold medal for the China delegation. Everyone can't forget how touching Li Du's smile was after winning the championship. Tao, a famous mouth of Phoenix TV, even described this beautiful girl as "really beautiful". But who knows how much sweat and tears there are behind this touching smile?
In the winter of 1994, Du Ligang, who was only 12 years old, went to Lishan Middle School in Yiyuan County to study in Grade One, and was chosen as the shooter by teacher Zhou Bing.
"There is no pie in the world", which is what his father Du often said to him. The old policeman from a military background didn't talk much when he was with his daughter, but his public security style and spirit of not bowing to difficulties deeply influenced Li Du. When I first started practicing gun raising, there were fewer guns and more people in the sports school, and I often couldn't touch them for a long time. To this end, Li Du often raises bricks at home to practice his arm strength, and his movements are monotonous. Every time I see my daughter's tired eyes, Du's heart softens, but his tone is not soft, because he knows that every success needs to be soaked in sweat. This training enabled Li Du to enter Zibo Sports School on 1996. The training conditions of the shooting team in the city sports school are not very good, and there is no air conditioner or fan in the hot summer. The players wore thick clothes, and after each training, their backs were covered with prickly heat. When using toilet water, it is half a bottle, but the coach and teammates have never heard Li Du complain.
When entering the sports school, Li Du has to pay nearly 7,000 yuan in tuition fees, while her monthly living expenses are more than 300 yuan, and she has to pay for herself when going out to watch the game. This is undoubtedly a huge expense for a family whose mother is laid off and whose father earns more than 600 yuan a month. For the sake of their daughter's future, Mr. and Mrs. Du did not hesitate to borrow from the east and the west, saving money from their mouths, so the family still owed more than 6 thousand yuan that year. Due to poor living conditions, Li Du's mother beat straw ropes and sold pancakes. The couple haven't bought new clothes for several years. Du came to see her every half month when she was training in the city sports school. In order to save some bus fare, he always walks to school from the bus station. After Li Du joined the provincial team, Lao Du still walked more than five miles from the coach station to see her.
"Children from poor families are taken care of early", and the situation of life and the care of relatives make Li Du precocious.
From 65438 to 0999, Li Du entered the provincial shooting team and entered the threshold of the national team in February 2002, and his achievements soared. She won the bronze medal of10m air rifle in the World Cup in Shanghai, the bronze medal of 3× 20m sports rifle in the United States, and three gold medals in Busan Asian Games, until she won the first gold medal of10m air rifle in Athens Olympic Games.
Wang Yifu: The Gun King of the Six Dynasties created the legend that the shooting range was not old.
Raise your gun, aim, shoot, then raise your gun. When you do these boring actions for 20 years in a row, whether you can stand on the podium or not, you have become an innocent king.
44-year-old Wang Yifu has experienced too many hardships in his career, and his illness tortured him after 1992 12 years. In the face of the entanglement of illness, he returned a heavy medal. Six Olympic Games and five medals, which is a miracle in the history of the world Olympic Games.
1992 After winning the Barcelona Olympic Games, Wang Yifu's veins contracted, making the blood vessels supplying his brain only one third as thick as those of normal people. Because of the serious blood supply to the brain, he often has dizziness and blurred consciousness, and once he doesn't rest well in different environments, he will have a fever and swollen face. Eight years ago, I went to Atlanta in a wheelchair and fainted in the stadium. It was just a fragment of Wang Yifu's struggle with the disease 12. For more than 4,000 days and nights, the "old gun" of the Six Dynasties has been suffering from dizziness, shoulder pain and low back pain, and his vision has dropped from 0.3 to less than 0 now.1! But he also smiled and said, "I may meet the standards of the Paralympic Games." In Athens, the goddess of fate finally gave him the most precious gift, and Wang Yifu's persistence was rewarded.
Wang Yifu and Zhang Qiuping are undoubtedly a striking couple in sports. As teammates of the national shooting team, they formed a family in 1986, but they still live in the dormitory and eat sports stoves, so they can only get together on weekends. Although he has lived in Beijing for many years, Wang Yifu has not changed his authentic Northeast dialect and generous temperament. His wife Zhang Qiuping is a typical Hunan girl, quiet and gentle. Their combination forms a kind of complementarity. Wang Yifu had a bad temper, so Zhang Qiuping comforted him gently. Over time, Wang Yifu changed her careless impatience and learned to be a careful and good husband. After the game, Wang Yifu said emotionally, "She is not only my wife, but also my coach. Many times, my wife is in charge of me-taking care of me in life and giving me technical advice, so this gold medal is not half of a person and should be dedicated to her. "
Wang Yifu, who was seriously ill, may be old, but when countless expectant eyes turned to him, Wang Yifu shouldered this heavy hope. After winning the championship, Wang Yifu smiled and said to reporters: "If necessary, I will continue to fight." Wang Yifu, the king of the shooting range forever, deserves it!
Zhang: The declaration of love, the wife is the most difficult.
Weightlifting is a source of happiness. It was this happiness that made Zhang Ke overcome all worries and pressures on the field, and won this remarkable gold medal for the China Legion, which recently lost its dominant project. We can't forget that in the third attempt, he fell to the ground in pain because of a waist injury, and only came down with the help of two staff members. This gold medal is really hard-won.
For weightlifters, the most painful thing before the game is to lose weight. This time in Athens, Zhang lost the most among all the athletes. Speaking of those days, Zhang felt really unbearable: "Don't mention those days, it's too painful! I lost 7.2 pounds a week and haven't eaten anything in the last four days. After the game, I think my stomach will be perforated! "
Zhang outside the stadium is actually a simple and frank person, just like he called his wife "baby" on the other end of the phone in front of everyone after the game and said "wife, I love you" without shame. He doesn't look like an introverted oriental at all. However, after listening to too many post-game speeches thanking leaders and coaches, Zhang's confession was naive but touching.
Zhang and his wife fell in love at first sight. During the period of 1999, Zhang visited his fellow villagers in Beijing University of Physical Education and came across Gao, then the monitor of Class 1 of Beijing University of Physical Education. "She is like a ray of sunshine, illuminating my life," Zhang said with a smile. "I didn't know what love at first sight was until I met her." In this way, Zhang Xiang launched his love offensive. When preparing for the Eighth National Games, he kept in touch with his relatives every day in Yunnan. Careful care, coupled with romantic "tricks", Zhang slowly won the high heart.
From acquaintance to marriage, Gao witnessed the progress and glory of Zhang's career. Although we don't see each other often, Zhang loves his wife very much: "Seriously, the wife is the most difficult! She is much better than me. Without her, I can't have today! " "At that time, her conditions were much better than mine. After being with me, we were really poor and started from scratch. But she didn't complain and silently supported me for so long! " When interviewed after the game, Zhang cried and said, "Wife, you have worked hard." The tall eyes are moist.
No matter for weightlifting or love, Zhang adopts the most direct way of love: I love weightlifting, so I will practice hard, even if I don't necessarily win the gold medal; I love my wife, so I will tell her, even if the whole world hears it! 〓
Luo Xuejuan: The swimming pool is a beast. The stronger the opponent, the more excited she is.
At the National Games two years ago, 17-year-old girl Luo Xuejuan publicly declared war on the doping scandal in the swimming pool. At the Olympic Games two years later, Luo Xuejuan swept the Athens Swimming Pool with aggressive momentum, winning the first Olympic swimming gold medal for China in eight years. I not only proved myself with hard work and strength, but also won the international reputation of swimming in China.
The "beast" in the swimming pool is a metaphor of Luo Xuejuan, but this "beast" is the most beautiful "beast" in the world. Luo Xuejuan in life is a straightforward girl whose legs are faster than her mouth. After winning the championship, the phrase "Thank you to all those who care about me, those who like me and those who hate me" is like her competitive and independent personality. "The stronger my opponent is, the more excited I am," she said to those who were worried about her before going out to war. "The biggest difference between me and western players is that it always breaks out at the last critical moment, because China people are very reserved." This is a question about her backwardness in the semi-final after winning the championship.
Luo Xuejuan is famous for his filial piety. When she was very young, her father Luo Guoan died of liver disease, and her monthly salary was only 300 yuan; Mother is an ordinary clerk in a department store. The total family income is less than that of 800 yuan, and Luo's illness once reached a very serious level. Luo Xuejuan spent the most difficult time with his parents. In the eyes of parents, Luo Xuejuan is an obedient child. In order to save money for her family, she dresses more simply than others and doesn't like snacks like other girls. Now, whenever there is an opportunity, Luo Xuejuan will go shopping with his parents. She never forgets to bring some presents to her parents when she goes out to play. Luo Xuejuan's greatest wish now is to try his best to make his parents live a comfortable life.
Regarding her love life, the beauty in the swimming world revealed her criteria for choosing a spouse: "Because I have been on the swimming team for a long time, I have met more handsome guys and have a good figure. At least my future boyfriend should not be bad in this respect. On the other hand, however, these are not very important. The key is that he must be able to be world-class in his field, at least outstanding. "
Luo Xuejuan is lovely not only because of her impressive achievements, but also because of her straightforward, witty and wise language.
Liu Xiang: chasing the wind and creating the myth of track and field in China
12second 9 1, which is a number that countless people in China cannot forget. Liu Xiang, a yellow-skinned China native, makes China people proud, Asians proud and the whole world amazed! When the "Son of the Wind" jumped onto the podium of the 100-meter hurdles champion wearing the national flag, we saw a charming, healthy and sunny boy. When he faced the camera and announced to the world that "China has me and Asia has me", what we felt was the self-confidence and domineering of this favored son! He is an aggressive teenager chasing the wind in this field, but in his life, he is an ordinary man next door who is familiar to people.
Liu Xiang's father, Liu Xuegen, is an educated youth who went to the countryside for the third time. After returning to the city, I worked as a driver in Shanghai Water Supply Company, and my mother Ji Fenhua was an employee of a food enterprise.
Liu Xiang was very sensible since he was a child, especially considerate to his parents and filial to his elders. Since Liu Xiang has his own income, almost all his relatives and friends have received his gifts, even the neighbors are no exception. The watch on grandpa's wrist was bought by Liu Xiang when he went to Japan to compete. But what Liu Xiang will never forget is that he will never have a chance to repay his grandmother who loved, spoiled and raised him personally.
When grandma was seriously ill, it was the eve of the 200 1 9 th National Games. Liu Xiang visited her grandmother in the hospital during the day and will leave Shanghai the next day. Liu Xiang took the salute that night, but she couldn't let go of her grandmother who was in hospital. At half past eleven in the evening, Liu Xiang asked his father to accompany him to the hospital again.
Before leaving, Liu Xiang cried and begged his father to promise him that he must cure his grandmother's illness.
165438+1On October 23rd, the old man passed away, and Liu Xiang was competing thousands of miles away. It was not until he finished playing the game that night that his family told him the news. Early the next morning, Liu Xiang hurried home. He came to grandma's body, leaned down, quietly, for a long time.
In Liu Xiang's training diary, there is only one paragraph: "At 6: 30 in the morning, grandma passed away at the age of 78. Four hundred meters in the afternoon. "
At present, Liu Xiang, who is 2 1 year-old, is a college student of grade 200 1 in the Department of Political Science and Law of East China Normal University. Usually, Liu Xiang trains for 2 hours every day, and the rest of the time, like other students, he reads books, surfs the Internet and sings.
On the short stage of world track and field, we are delighted to see that Liu Xiang is beginning to write its own era!
Xian Dongmei: Qingdao daughter-in-law. After 1 1 year of training, she finally achieved "positive results".
From 1993 to winning the Athens Olympic champion, Xian Dongmei can be described as "grinding a sword in ten years". However, looking back on her sports experience, this time she won the championship, in fact, there was a "foreshadowing".
Xian Dongmei had an indomitable spirit when she was a small team member. She always loses when she falls with the old players, and cries when she loses. But after crying, I went up and wrestled with others until I knocked my opponent down. It is precisely because of such efforts that Xian Dongmei has made brilliant achievements in domestic competitions, but she always missed the championship of the world series. Liu Yongfu, the coach of Xian Dongmei, said with mixed feelings: "If you don't practice judo in 10, you won't win the championship!" In the words of her husband Liu Bo, "The race was only 1 minute 07 seconds, but Dong Mei struggled for it for more than ten years."
Xian Dongmei is a veritable "Qingdao daughter-in-law", and her husband Liu Bo happens to be a judo player. She is generous and clingy. Xian Dongmei said before going to Athens that if she won the championship, she would really have a rest. Because Dong Mei has a regret in her heart, she hasn't got a marriage certificate yet.
Xian Dongmei, who is nearly 30 years old, got a marriage certificate before the 2002 Asian Games. She signed up in the morning and reported to the national team in the afternoon. Because there was no time, there was no wedding in Guangzhou at that time, but I invited my relatives to hold a wedding reception in Xian Dongmei's hometown. Well, they have known each other for 10 years, but the total time together is only a little over 1 year. After Xian Dongmei arrived in Athens, Liu Bo called her every day and constantly encouraged her: "I always believe that you are the best!" Speaking of which, after Dong Mei won the championship, the seven-foot man couldn't hold back his tears of excitement any longer.
On the podium, the tears in Xian Dongmei's eyes can be seen all over the world, but crying in front of everyone is not the character of this stubborn Guangdong girl. Only the 29-year-old veteran knows the weight of this Olympic medal. Xian Dongmei didn't miss the last chance to compete. A heavy Olympic gold medal is the best summary of her judo career for more than ten years.