On the evening of September 4, 2018, several people came to Sun Yang's residence in Hangzhou and knocked on the door.
It is alleged that they were inspectors sent by IDTM, an FINA-authorized doping agency, who planned to monitor Sun Yang's post-competition medication and demonstrated the corresponding qualifications.
Surprisingly, Sun Yang did not recognize their qualifications and refused to accept the drug test.
He didn't expect that such an insignificant thing would make him fall from the altar of the highly respected son of heaven who won glory for the country and became a controversial figure.
Sun Yang was born on February 11, 1991 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
Sun Quanhong's father was a player in the men's volleyball team of the Anhui Provincial Sports Industry Team, and his mother Yang Ming was also a main player in the Zhejiang women's volleyball team.
Sun Yang was born into a family of sportsmen, and his parents had high hopes for him to achieve success in swimming in the water town of Hangzhou.
Subsequently, Sun Quanhong took three-year-old Sun Yang to the swimming pool.
When Sun Yang went into the water for training for the first time, he couldn't cry, and his parents felt very distressed when they saw it.
The coach of the swimming pool was very satisfied with Sun Yang, because he thought that Sun Yang had long hands and feet, which was very suitable for learning to swim.
If he is willing to work hard to Xi, this young man has great potential and will definitely achieve something.
After confirming Sun Yang's talent, Sun Quanhong and his wife began to hesitate, because they felt that the child was still too young and knew that the hardships of competitive sports were unparalleled.
After much deliberation, they decided to wait and see for a while. Wait for Sun Yang to grow up, and if he is interested in swimming, he will study Xi systematically and professionally.
1997 was fleeting, and when Sun Yang was 6 years old, he was tall, sunny and cute with a sunny smile, long hands and feet, and was particularly conspicuous compared with his peers.
Mr. and Mrs. Sun Quanhong specially invited Coach Zhu Ying, who focuses on children's swimming training, and asked Sun Yang to follow her to learn Xi swimming skills.
A successful start is always difficult, even for world champions.
Sun Quanhong recalled the scene when Sun Yang first learned to swim, and his heart was both amused and full of distress.
The coach asked him to go to the big pool to learn to Xi kicking, it was a large pool of 1.8 meters, he couldn't even stand steadily, crying while holding the swimming board, but he didn't forget to kick his legs.
Whenever he finished the course, Sun Yang would hug his parents tightly, tears welling up in his eyes, and he kept muttering that he didn't want to continue learning to swim.
As a parent, I will definitely feel distressed when I see this kind of scene, and my heart will begin to retreat.
Coach Zhu Ying repeatedly came to the door to do the ideological work of Sun Quanhong and his wife, telling them how talented Sun Yang was, and he was unwilling to give up on him, thinking that it would be a pity if he gave up.
Xiao Sun Yang also showed a lot of perseverance, and although learning to Xi to swim was difficult, even though he cried in class, he still wiped his tears strong when he returned home and prepared for the next training.
Mr. and Mrs. Sun then sent Sun Yang to a more professional swimming training class, where Sun Yang met his mentor, Coach Lou Hongmei.
Sun Yang is the youngest student in the class, and he is extremely talented in swimming, and Coach Lou and Sun Quanhong are very familiar with him and help him, so they are entrusted by them, and of course they will take special care of Sun Yang.
Coach Lou once witnessed an older, tall classmate bullying Sun Yang and maliciously snatching his swimming board. Therefore, Coach Lou decided to stop this classmate and decided to keep a separate float board for Sun Yang every day.
Sun Yang was deeply moved by this incident at that time, and he was even more eager to learn Xi swimming, so his progress was rapid.
When Sun Yang was 8 years old, he began to receive systematic swimming training at Chen Jinglun Sports School.
After Sun Yang entered the sports school, the training became more difficult, because the coach attached great importance to him, required him to work hard, and was very strict with him, so Sun Yang often trained for a whole day in a row.
Sun Yang's parents, Sun Quanhong and his wife, looked at Sun Yang with distress, especially his mother Yang Ming, who took care of Sun Yang's life in every possible way.
Yang Ming lives a frugal life on weekdays, but whenever her son comes home, she always makes sure that the table is full of delicious fish and meat, and often cooks fish soup for him. It can be said that the love for her son runs through every dish of her vegetables.
Yang Ming was worried that Sun Yang's training nutrition was not comprehensive, so he would squeeze juice and send it to the sports school every day, regardless of wind or rain.
As he grew older, Sun Yang gradually became sensible, he began to realize the hard work and hardship of his parents, and decided to redouble his efforts in the professional field to repay them with excellent results.
Sun Yang soon surpassed his classmates in the sports school, winning the championship of primary school competitions one after another, and he felt both proud and pressured when he saw the satisfied expressions of his father and coach.
Sun Yang joined the Zhejiang Provincial Swimming Team in 2004 and began to be coached by Coach Zhu Zhigen when he was only 13 years old.
Yang Ming is a persistent person, although the provincial team is far away from the sports school, she still insists on sending juice and soup to Sun Yang every day to show her concern.
Mom, you don't have to send me, the food there is delicious, you don't have to worry about me.
Even if Sun Yang personally calculated like this, Yang Ming was unwilling to listen.
After discussing with Sun Quanhong, Yang Ming gritted his teeth and bought a car, and continued to deliver the soup to the provincial team in Xiaoshan every day, a distance of 30 kilometers.
Sun Yang's teammates often encountered Yang Ming driving to deliver soup, and after a long time, they all joked that this car was a "soup delivery car".
Yang Ming didn't understand at the time that it might not be a good thing for a poplar tree to live in the shade for a long time.
In 2016, Sun Yang won three gold medals in the men's 400-meter medley, men's 200-meter freestyle and men's 1500-meter freestyle at the Zhejiang Provincial Games at the age of 15.
* At the time, it was reported that he was a rare genius, and Sun Yang was very proud of it.
It didn't take long for him to join the national team as a substitute trainer, and he officially became a member of the national team after he turned 16.
In 2017, Sun Yang participated in the World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne for the first time, which was a major challenge for him, and he was both nervous and full of excitement.
Unfortunately, the 400m freestyle and 800m freestyle events he signed up for were eliminated in the preliminaries.
Sun Yang felt very disappointed about this, firstly, because it was difficult for him to accept such a big gap, and on the other hand, he also felt sorry for his parents and coach.
As a result, he redoubled his Xi and was eager to prove himself one day.
Sun Yang competed in two individual events and a team relay event at the Beijing Olympics, and reached the final of the 1500m freestyle event. At the World Championships in Rome, he performed even more, winning gold in the 1500m freestyle.
Starting with gold in the men's 1500m freestyle at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, Sun Yang's career has risen steadily, winning two gold medals in the men's 800m freestyle and 1500m freestyle at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, while also breaking several world records and accumulating many accolades.
Sun Yang became a rookie in the world swimming world, and at the same time stood up the burden of the Chinese swimming team, applause, praise and honor gathered around him.
Soon after Sun Yang became famous, he met the person he liked, that is, 25-year-old flight attendant Li Yingnian.
He was busy preparing for the 2012 London Olympics, so he and Li Ying agreed to put the competition first, and neither told anyone and quietly started a relationship.
Sun Yang performed well at the London Olympics, winning the men's 400m freestyle championship, the men's 1500m freestyle champion, the men's 200m freestyle runner-up and the men's 4x200 freestyle relay third place with outstanding results, becoming the Chinese delegation to win the most awards in this Olympic Games.
It is no exaggeration to say that Sun Yang has become a hero of all China, and at the same time, he has also emerged in the world swimming arena and become a pivotal figure.
The Olympics are coming to an end, and Sun Yang made his relationship with Li Ying public on Weibo shortly after returning to China.
Sun Yang's mentor Zhu Zhigen disagreed with this, believing that it would distract Sun Yang, affect his grades, and even lead to the breakdown of the master-apprentice relationship, so Sun Yang chose to switch to Zhang Yadong's disciple.
In 2013, Sun Yang was unprepared to usher in an unexpected "surprise" - his girlfriend Li Ying was pregnant with a child.
Sun Yang had never encountered such a situation, so he reported the incident to his mother Yang Ming as soon as possible.
What he didn't expect was that his mother would ask them to end their relationship immediately.
Yang Ming pointed out that as an athlete and public figure, how can you have the energy to get married and have children when you are still young?
Yang Ming asked again, how could you make such a wrong behavior after learning to Xi swimming for so many years and putting in so much effort?
When the young swimming genius stood in front of his mother, he felt as if he had returned to his childhood, as a carefree and irresponsible child.
In the end, Yang Ming used the house and money as a "breakup fee", so that Sun Yang and Li Ying completely ended their relationship.
This incident shows Yang Ming's strength and Sun Yang's cowardice and immaturity.
Subsequently, Sun Yang ushered in a new girlfriend.
Sun Yang was driving a luxury car with his girlfriend one day and accidentally collided slightly with a bus.
It was just a simple accident, and the bus driver also called the police as required. As it should be, Sun Yang is the party who was scratched and does not bear any responsibility for the accident. However, when the traffic police arrived at the scene, they found that Sun Yang was suspected of driving without a license.
*After investigation and evidence collection, it was found that Sun Yang had driven without a license many times. According to the law, he was fined 2,000 yuan and detained for 7 days, and because of the incident, Sun Yang was also suspended and almost expelled from the national team.
It was at this time that Sun Yang's reputation began to suffer negatively, and he incurred public resentment for his self-esteemed behavior, even after achieving excellent results.
Does good results mean that you can be unscrupulous?Failure to follow traffic rules is slackness in the safety of others!
Sun Yang seems to have gotten carried away now, can he ignore the law with a few championships?
Sun Yang was deeply affected by these voices, and he vowed to achieve better results, because he knew that results were his most valuable asset.
Soon after, Sun Yang's ban was lifted. After all, he is the only member of the Chinese men's swimming team to win an Olympic title, and he has always delivered a near-perfect report card.
China's swimming team would not be able to survive without Sun Yang.
In 2014, Sun Yang once again faced a major challenge in his career.
During a competition at the National Swimming Championships, it was found that Sun Yang's "trimetazidine" exceeded the prescribed standards, raising suspicions of doping.
An uproar spread rapidly with the event.
Sun Yang quickly explained to the public ** center, insisting that he had never used any stimulants.
Due to overtraining, Sun Yang developed viral myocarditis. Trimetazidine, a heart drug prescribed by the hospital, was added to the banned list in January, but the national team did not update it in time, which led to serious consequences.
Although Sun Yang came up with a defensible explanation, he was eventually punished with a three-month ban.
Sun Yang was discriminated against in subsequent matches, especially Australia's Houghton. After losing to Sun Yang, Horton refused to take a photo with Sun Yang and deliberately provoked Sun Yang many times, which was widely criticized.
Sun Yang was furious and fell into a state of self-doubt, but he quickly adjusted his mindset.
At the Rio Olympics, Sun Yang won two glittering gold medals, and on the podium, he showed himself in high spirits and once again proved his strength.
Someone asked him, "How long do you plan to swim?"
Sun Yang proudly replied that he would at least swim until the Tokyo Olympics!
Unfortunately, Sun Yang was unable to participate in the Tokyo Olympics.
In 2018, there was a storm of "Sun Yang's violent resistance to inspection".
Sun Yang and his mother, Yang Ming, refused to undergo blood and urine tests due to the inadequacy of the inspectors, and there were some heated verbal and physical altercations.
Soon after, the company filed a lawsuit with FINA, accusing Mr. Sun of "violent resistance."
Sun Yang argued that his refusal to accept the inspection was justified due to the inspectors' lack of qualifications. FINA agrees with him.
The World Anti-Doping Agency was very dissatisfied with this, because they believed that Sun Yang had a precedent of exceeding the doping standard, so he appeared to be a little weak in this anti-doping test. They have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Sun Yang faced the beginning of the hearing with confidence, confident that he would be treated fairly, and a confident smile hung on his face.
Sun Yang was sentenced to an eight-year ban after the hearing, and he was stunned and unwilling.
Subsequently, Sun Yang appealed again, but only succeeded in reducing the eight-year ban to four years and three months.
Sun Yang should be thirty-three years old, and if he comes back when the ban is lifted, he may not be able to get outstanding results. As we all know, the brutality of competitive sports speaks for itself.
The price Sun Yang paid for his immaturity was miserable.
Could it be that Sun Yang can only be blamed for all this?Not really.
Yang Ming dotes on Sun Yang too much, which causes him to be weak and impulsive, always making mistakes that are beyond his ability to bear.
An elite athlete's career was cut short because the swim team negligently failed to keep the banned list up to date.
The misconduct of the doping agencies and the unfair adjudication were disappointing.
The public didn't hear from him for a long time, until the beginning of this year, when Sun Yang reappeared, but not in the pool, but in the live broadcast room, during which time he was banned.
He stood still, holding a sign that read:
30,000 people poured in to take off their sunglasses.
Smile at 50,000 people.
The number of people who keep smiling has reached 80,000.
100,000 people can contribute.
It is really touching that the once dazzling pride of the sky, the leader of the swimming world, has fallen into such a situation.
Surprisingly, however, Sun Yang was not pessimistic about his situation, and with his trademark smile, he still said with anticipation: "I will try to persevere until the Paris Olympics and prove myself." ”
Despite being at a low point in his life, Sun Yang has not given up swimming, and he has paid a heavy price for his mistakes, so he deserves a chance to start over.
Sun Yang, come on!Keep swimming, because that pool will always be yours!