Asia's butterfly queen Zhou Yafei once married the second-married Moko through Du Feng's mother, and they have been married for 10 years. So, what is the current situation of the couple?What was their married life like?On the bright stage of the 2012 London Olympic Games, the well-known swimmer Zhou Yafei brought a wonderful commentary to the audience of the swimming competition as a special guest commentator of CCTV. Her professionalism and unique insights have left a deep impression on countless audiences. Especially when Ye Shiwen won gold medals in a row, but was questioned by the West for no reason about the use of doping, Zhou Yafei did not hesitate to stand up to defend Ye Shiwen, this scene is unforgettable.
She said excitedly: "A country with true cultivation, as well as individual citizens, should have the determination to dare to compete and the mind to accept defeat calmly. When Western players can win gold medals on their strength, they are seen as excellent performers;And when our players won the gold medal, they were accused of cheating for no reason. This is by no means the right thing for a big country to do. At that moment, Zhou Yafei used her words to speak out for injustice and defend the truth.
Zhou Yafei comes from a military family, she has a strong willpower, and despite suffering from congenital anemia, she still dares to fight. She was not afraid of hardships and fainted on the field, winning 97 medals for her country and becoming a role model for Chinese athletes.
After retiring, Zhou Yafei married former men's basketball player Mo Ke, and the two had a son and a daughter together, and also took care of Mo Ke's parents who died early, which became a good story in the sports world.
Zhou Yafei was born in 1984, a native of Qingdao, Shandong, who has been weak since she was a child and does not like to communicate with the outside world, so her parents began to let her learn to swim at the age of four and a half, in order to exercise her body and cultivate communication skills.
However, what Zhou Yafei's parents didn't expect was that she had a very high swimming talent. At the age of 6, she had already won three gold medals in the East China Doll Cup swimming competition in Shanghai, and was praised as the "little yellow hat" from Qingdao by the Xinmin Evening News.
Subsequently, many swim teams approached Zhou Yafei's parents, and they finally chose to send her to the most demanding Qingdao Military Sports School. This is done in the hope that she can endure some hardships, because Zhou Yafei grew up in a greenhouse since she was a child, and she has never experienced hardships, and she can't even eat by herself.
Under the militarized management of the military sports school, Zhou Yafei gradually became tenacious, began to train hard, and learned to take care of her own life. Two years later, she successfully entered the Shandong provincial team and regarded swimming as a lifelong career.
However, Zhou Yafei's swimming path was not smooth. After joining the professional team, she specialized in backstroke, and although she became a model worker in the team, she was never able to make a breakthrough and was always between 2-3. During this time, she was also plagued by injuries, and she herself suffered from congenital anemia, which caused her to faint if she exerted too much force. Even in 1996, when practicing special ability, there was a serious problem of lumbar disc herniation.
During this time, Zhou Yafei almost fell into despair, and once considered retiring and going back to study. Luckily, she met Coach Yao Ying.
Yao Ying is the wife of the famous weightlifter Ma Wenguang. Since she began coaching the national swimming team in 1993, she has spared no effort to help athlete Zhou Yafei regain her form.
Yao Ying found that Zhou Yafei had a waist injury in the backstroke, so she decided to help her switch to butterfly, which requires less waist strength. Zhou Yafei devoted herself to training after switching to butterfly swimming, but she has not been able to break through her bottleneck, causing her to gradually lose confidence and perform abnormally in competitions.
Two months before the 2001 National Games, Zhou Yafei suffered from acute appendicitis, which required up to two months of infusion**. Even though she was completely ** two days before the race, her mental block kept bothering her and she ended up in 16th place in the 400m heats.
The next day, Zhou Yafei found Yao Ying in frustration, expressing concern that she was not in good shape, and even suspected that she would not be able to swim the 100-meter butterfly. Yao Ying was very angry when she heard this, because the doctor had already told her that Zhou Yafei's body had already recovered, and her unsatisfactory grades were completely due to psychological problems.
Yao Ying didn't want to expose her lies, but when she heard Zhou Yafei's quibble, she couldn't help but scold loudly: "If you don't even have the courage to try, just give up!."Don't make excuses to escape. I can forgive you for losing;But will the stopwatch forgive you?After Zhou Yafei was exposed, she quietly returned to the dormitory and cried for noon, not even eating.
Yao Ying was very distressed when she learned about it, she pushed open the dormitory door and said to Zhou Yafei: "Those who succeed must be strong!."Your opponents want you to fail, and without self-confidence, no one else can help you. The coach's words woke up Zhou Yafei, and she understood that difficulties only bully the weak, and the more you are afraid, the more difficulties will bully you.
With Yao Ying's help, Zhou Yafei overcame her inner fears, became more confident in herself, and opened up a new situation. After the Ninth National Games in 2001, Zhou Yafei finally entered the national team and met with her mentor Yao Ying in the national team.
In 2002, Yao Ying, who was new to the national team, performed well at the Busan Asian Games, winning gold medals in the women's 100m butterfly and 4*100 medley relay, as well as winning one silver and one bronze in the individual medley. Since then, Zhou Yafei has a new title - Asian Butterfly Queen.
Zhou Yafei has a strong sense of responsibility, whether it is her main event or not, she goes all out in every competition. At the 2003 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, she competed in 14 competitions, winning bronze medals in the 200m medley, bronze medals in the 4x100 freestyle relay, and breaking the national record ...... although she did not win the 50m butterfly
Before the last 4*100 medley relay, Zhou Yafei, who suffers from congenital anemia, was already in a state of physical exhaustion, but as the top butterfly swimmer in China, Zhou Yafei did not flinch. When swimming the third bat, she tried her best to stabilize the lead and successfully handed the last stick to Yang Yu.
When watching Yang Yu arrive at the finish line first and the Chinese team won the second gold medal of the World Championships, Zhou Yafei suddenly collapsed and fainted directly under the arena. After emergency treatment by the team doctor, she and her teammates reached the podium.
Since the 2004 Athens Olympics, Zhou Yafei has suffered from injuries ranging from the initial cold to injuries to her collarbone, shoulder, back and legs. At the height of her injuries, she couldn't even turn her neck and couldn't breathe properly underwater, and every time she was in extreme pain. However, she never complained and never complained to her parents. She silently underwent massage, acupuncture, and cupping**, and then continued to train and compete.
Zhou Yafei's quality of not fearing injuries and moving forward bravely was deeply appreciated by Yao Ying. Yao Ying said to her teammates: "You don't need to study as hard as she does every day, Sister Yafei is your role model." Whoever can endure hardships as she does will succeed. ”
Before the 2005 World Swimming Championships, Zhou Yafei had symptoms of breathing difficulties and was rushed to the hospital for treatment. However, she didn't choose to give up and insisted on participating in multiple competitions.
Despite her poor performance in the butterfly, Zhou Yafei stubbornly refreshed her personal best in the 4*200m freestyle event, and finally helped the Chinese team retain a bronze medal with difficulty. Coaches praised her tenacity and hard work, believing that without her, the bronze medal might not have been saved.
After the World Championships, Zhou Yafei was out of action for nearly a year due to injury. After her comeback, she competed at the Asian Games in Doha, where she won back-to-back gold medals in the 50m butterfly and 100m butterfly, both of which broke Asian records. In the 4*100 medley event, Zhou Yafei helped the team successfully overtake Japan in the third stroke, and finally won the championship.
With her endurance and courage to challenge, Zhou Yafei broke the Asian records in the 50m butterfly and 100m butterfly many times. One of the most memorable was the 2009 World Swimming Championships, where Zhou Yafei competed in the 50m butterfly three times, breaking the Asian record three times and eventually winning a silver medal.
After the 2009 Shandong National Games, due to a long-term injury, Zhou Yafei's physical condition could not continue to compete, and she finally decided to withdraw. In her more than 20 years of swimming career, she has won a total of 97 medals for the country, and has broken the Asian record in the 50-meter and 100-meter butterfly more than ten times, so she deservedly won the reputation of "Asian Butterfly Queen".
After retiring from the army, Zhou Yafei entered Beijing Sport University as a graduate student, specializing in sports media. In 2010, because the former swimming Olympic champion Qian Hong took a leave of absence, Zhou Yafei was invited by CCTV to "top shift", and since then she has embarked on the road of swimming commentary.
Zhou Yafei cherished this rare opportunity very much, and made full preparations in the six months before her first appearance. She is in **other excellent commentators** every day, and at the same time collects all kinds of information everywhere, whether it is Chinese team members, foreign team members, butterfly events or other events, she has meticulously conducted in-depth research.
Zhou Yafei was highly praised in the commentary of the Guangzhou Asian Games, and she was able to share with the audience the interesting stories of Japanese athletes training with mineral water bottles, and at the same time, she could accurately analyze the personality characteristics and technical characteristics of each coach and player of the Chinese team. This shows that Zhou Yafei has done a lot of preparation work behind the scenes.
In addition to the professional level, Zhou Yafei showed humor and humor in the live broadcast, which left a deep impression on the audience. In a live broadcast, her partner Han Qiaosheng asked her: "The Chinese team is now a young player who has achieved good results, and the younger generation is emerging in endlessly, so what about the older generation?"Zhou Yafei replied casually: "Being watched in the comment seat!."”
At the 2011 World Swimming Championships, the Chinese team ranked fourth in the 4*100m medley relay and missed out on a medal. Zhou Yafei said: "0.The three-second gap was a shame for us to finish fourth, but I'm sure all the team worked hard. When everyone felt regretful, Zhou Yafei encouraged the members of the swimming team.
At the 2012 London Olympics, this is the third time that Zhou Yafei has served as a guest commentator. Her commentary added a lot of excitement to the swimming competition at this Olympic Games. When Ye Shiwen was questioned about the use of doping, she responded firmly, with sharp words and a great country demeanor;When Jiao Liuyang reached the finish line first and won the 200-meter butterfly championship, Zhou Yafei, who was ill, shouted Jiao Liuyang's name six times in a row, and was so excited that she burst into tears in the live broadcast room.
Zhou Yafei's comments were well received by all the coaches and swimmers, who praised her as the best commentator of all time for a swimming competition. She not only has a unique style, humor, passion, and extremely quick response, but has won wide praise from the audience, and many netizens call her "the most beautiful female commentator".
Since the London Olympics, Zhou Yafei has served as a commentator for the 2013 Military Games, the 2014 Asian Games, and the 2015 Kazan World Championships. Her passionate commentary style is unforgettable, and her voice is hoarse when the Chinese athletes win the championship, especially when Ning Zetao crosses the finish line first in the Kazan race, and Zhou Yafei's repeated shouts are impressive.
Take it!Take it!It was the first time I saw an Asian in the final, and he also won the championship", and she asked excitedly at the Rio Olympics: "Have you seen Sun Yang?"Did you see Sun Yang?"These scenes are undoubtedly emotional, and sometimes the thought of them brings tears to my eyes.
However, it is a pity that Zhou Yafei suddenly withdrew from the commentary post soon after, and almost did not participate in the commentary swimming competition again. After CCTV changed the commentators, the swimming competition lost a lot of passion, and even many viewers have forgotten the names of the athletes. Today's commentators seem to be far inferior to Zhou Yafei, a "veteran".
There are many reasons why Zhou Yafei quit the commentary field, one of which is because she found her happiness and chose to spend more time with her family. This is incredibly understandable and supportive.
On May 12, 2012, Zhou Yafei was invited to attend the wedding of Chinese men's basketball player Zhang Qingpeng. She wore a pair of earrings in the shape of "Xi", which was originally to celebrate with friends, but unexpectedly, her boyfriend Mo Ke (a former men's basketball player and a member of the Bayi men's basketball team) proposed to her in public. Zhou Yafei burst into tears with excitement, she said: "It was a surprise to be proposed, I know that Moko is usually not good at words, so I am very touched by his actions, I am really grateful, Moko gave me a moment that I will never forget." ”
On October 7, 2012, Zhou Yafei and Mo Ke held a wedding in Changchun, taking the "Mo" in Moko's name and the "Fei" in Zhou Yafei's name, and the two set the theme of the wedding as "Fei You". At the wedding, Mo Ke and Zhou Yafei invited Wang Fan's parents to the scene and sat down with Mo Ke's parents, saying that they would treat them like their biological parents and treat them as their own parents.
At that time, Moko had not yet retired, and Zhou Yafei's commentary career was in full swing. As a result, the two have been separated. But Zhou Yafei didn't care, she said: "I feel more sorry for him, because he is the most tired." We are both athletes and I understand him perfectly. I wouldn't ask him to be with me 24 hours a day, that's unrealistic. I have taken everything into account when choosing him. ”
After getting married, Zhou Yafei and Mo Ke fulfilled their promise to Wang Fan's parents, and would go to Tangshan, Hebei Province every once in a while to visit Wang Fan's parents, and go shopping, shopping, and cooking with them. Each time they also leave some money for living expenses. So the family lived a happy life and achieved the consummation of the family.
Moko first became the head coach of the Bayi men's basketball team after retiring. Subsequently, he served as the head coach of the Sichuan men's basketball team in 2022. However, his coaching career has not been smooth. Last season, his team went 12-30 and missed the playoffs. At the start of the season, he opted to play with an all-Chinese squad but failed to win one of his first ten games. Finally, on November 7, 2023, he regretted stepping down and ended his first career as a head coach.