"Flying Man Liu Xiang" must be a classic image engraved in the memory of the Chinese people. That year, Liu Xiang won the 2004 Athens Olympics with 12The 91-second time was a big hit, successfully tying Colin Jackson's world record, which not only became the pride of China, but also made all yellow people breathe a sigh of relief.
You must know that in the major sports of track and field, the yellow race has never surpassed Europeans, Americans and blacks for many years due to their congenital genetic inferiority. As a result, the yellow race has been unpopular in this sport. However, Liu Xiang is like "God", creating one miracle after another for Asians in this sport, becoming the much-anticipated world champion. He represents not only China, but also the yellow race.
There is no doubt that Liu Xiang is a commendable athlete. He has set an example for athletes in China and Asia. At the Beijing Olympics and the London Olympics, everyone has high hopes for Liu Xiang. However, Liu Xiang retired halfway due to an old injury. Liu Xiang also went from being a role model to being despised by the Chinese. His reputation changed all of a sudden, and some people even scolded him as a "** actor", and Liu Xiang's reputation plummeted.
What kind of turmoil did this former "Chinese flyer" experience?Now that more than ten years have passed, have the Chinese forgiven him?What kind of life did he live?Have you let go of everything in the past?
The development history of "Asian Flying People".
The reason why Liu Xiang became the "Asian Flyer" is by no means a height that can be reached overnight through simple training. At a very young age, Liu Xiang showed many athletic talents that surpassed those of his peers. Liu Xiang's parents had hoped that he would learn Xi cultural knowledge and become a successful scholar in the future, but Liu Xiang went against his parents' expectations. He didn't like to learn Xi culture. His favorite class is physical education.
When he was in elementary school, Liu Xiang showed an extraordinary talent for running. Every time he raced against his classmates, he was able to far surpass them. During his run, he would occasionally look back at his classmates behind him. Grimacing and very naughty. His physical education teacher also saw Liu Xiang's talent in this area, so he encouraged Liu Xiang to participate in the long-distance running competition of the school games.
Sure enough, in the sports meeting, Liu Xiang defeated the second place by more than half the distance, attracting onlookers from all over the school. Everyone began to talk about the "little flyer" in the school. Because of this, Liu Xiang, known as Zhong Sogui's track and field coach, took a fancy to him.
Zhong Sogui believes that a very talented child like Liu Xiang cannot be buried. Although they are a bit playful and difficult to control, their high energy is not a bad thing for learning Xi sports. Liu Xiang's parents are also very supportive of this matter. At that time, it was in the midst of the upsurge of reform and opening up, and the people's living standards were gradually improving. Although Liu Xiang's family of three is just an ordinary salaryman, they still have enough conditions to give their son the best life. 。
As the only child in the family, Liu Xiang's parents have never treated him badly, especially in terms of physical nutrition. In order to meet their son's daily high-intensity training consumption, Liu Xiang's parents often buy him milk and beef and mutton to replenish their son's physical strength. It is precisely because of the support of his parents that Liu Xiang can continue to train and maintain good physical fitness.
What makes Zhong Suogui even more pleased is that although Liu Xiang has better living conditions and a naughty temper, he is a good boy who is hard-working and hard-working. In the daily high-intensity training, Liu Xiang never complains about hardship and tiredness. He gritted his teeth and persevered every time, which he admired very much.
You know, to become a truly good athlete, you need not only physical fitness and athleticism, but also tenacity, the quality of being able to endure hardships and the determination not to give up easily. However, Liu Xiang is such a person. He always trains later than his teammates, and he never relaxes when others are resting.
However, although Liu Xiang's running performance at school was quite good at that time, it could only be regarded as an upper-average level if compared to the larger teams. Despite his hard work, he couldn't compare to the professionals on the track and field team.
However, when Liu Xiang was ten years old, he met Bole who changed his life, that is, Gu Baogang, the coach of the Shanghai Putuo High Jump Team. Gu Baogang stumbled upon Liu Xiang's gold medal at a primary school track and field competition. As a professional high jump coach, he could see at a glance that Liu Xiang's Achilles tendon was more slender than ordinary people. Therefore, compared to ordinary running, Liu Xiang may be more suitable for some sports that require higher bounce power, such as hurdles.
He took a fancy to Liu Xiang's tenacity, but at the same time didn't want him to bury his natural advantages in the hurdles, so he applied to the school for Liu Xiang's coaching qualification. But in the beginning, Liu Xiang was just a simple high jumper and had not yet entered the hurdle sport. However, Liu Xiang still did not give up the running skills he had accumulated in school in recent years, so he became a person who could both jump and run. Child.
The combination of running and jumping is undoubtedly a hurdle. But hurdles are actually a very difficult sport. In Asia, very few people have achieved results in hurdles. In the process of running at high speed, it is not so easy for ordinary people to jump and jump over obstacles. However, Liu Xiang's ability to achieve extraordinary results in hurdles shows that talent and hard work are lacking. Not even one.
In 1999, Liu Xiang was finally selected for the Shanghai Youth Sports Team and began to develop a new skill, which was hurdling. After all, he has a foundation in high jump and running. Liu Xiang made great strides in hurdles and it didn't take long for him to represent Shanghai in national competitions.
Because he has been performing well in the competition, the famous hurdle coach Sun Haiping is very optimistic about Liu Xiang and strongly recommends him to join the national team, and Liu Xiang's professional sports career began. He was 16 years old that year and had already experienced nearly a decade of athletic training. What awaits him next will be a world-class stage, and he is one step closer to becoming an "Asian Flying Star" in the future.
The "Asian Flyers" record-breaking process.
After entering the national team, Liu Xiang did not relax. After more than 8 months of training, Liu Xiang was arranged to participate in the World Youth Championships in Chile. After all, it was the first time to participate in the World Series, and Liu Xiang was still very nervous. While he was confident in himself, he was also worried about what could go wrong.
At this time, Liu Xiang's parents have been by his side, encouraging him and telling him that being able to participate in this competition has proved that his strength should not be underestimated. Whether you can get the ranking or not, it's already a big improvement. Hopefully he can relax and play his best.
It is precisely because Liu Xiang has such a pair of enlightened parents that Liu Xiang has been able to maintain emotional stability during so many years of training. Despite the hard and tiring training process, he never had an emotional breakdown. He always believes that as long as you work hard, you will be successful. You're sure to see results.
With the expectations of his parents and coaches, Liu Xiang walked towards the World Youth Championships. Although Liu Xiang's palms were sweaty and nervous before the start of the game, the moment he heard the gunshot, he still rushed out with all his strength. and finally ran out of 13A good result of 87 seconds.
This is a good result for an Asian, but at that time, he only finished fourth and missed out on a medal. In the face of such results, the coach was very happy, and Liu Xiang's parents were also very proud, but only Liu Xiang himself was not satisfied.
He knows that no matter how hard he tries, there is still the congenital disadvantage of the yellow race in his body, but he also knows that he has the blood of the yellow race in his bones, and he also has the blood of the Chinese nation in his body. He knows that his tenacity, potential, and indomitable spirit will eventually overcome his physical disadvantage and become a true "Asian Flyer".
In 2001, Liu Xiang once again showed his high level at the Universiade and broke the record he held. You take 13Won the championship with a time of 33 seconds. Before him, the Chinese team had not been ranked for many years. However, Liu Xiang won the championship as soon as he came on the field and became the pride of the Chinese people.
In 2002, Liu Xiang still achieved very good results in the IAAF Grand Prix in Switzerland, finishing with 13The 12-second time broke the Asian record at the time. After achieving certain results, Liu Xiang trained hard and participated in the competition crazily. Whether it's the National Games, the Athletics Championships, or major competitions around the world, he has almost never dropped out of the top three. For a time, Liu Xiang became the object of attention of athletes all over the world. As we all know, China has a hurdling talent with unlimited potential.
But everyone only saw the moment when he achieved great results in the competition. These ten seconds are the result of more than ten years of hard work. Everyone praised him as a genius, but no one paid attention to the accumulation of years behind him and how much he had paid.
During the 2004 Athens Olympics, Liu Xiang was truly known as the "Asian Flying Man". At this Olympics, the 21-year-old will be 12The 91-second time equalled the world record for British athlete Colin Jackson. He won the championship in one fell swoop, becoming the only yellow man to win the championship in track and field competitions in these years. 。
When Liu Xiang took the stage to accept the award, he appeared short and thin compared to the competitors around him. Although he has a very good physique among Asians, his small body bursts with tremendous energy compared to these foreign fighters, which has impressed Europeans, Americans, and blacks alike.
For a time, Liu Xiang became one of the most watched athletes in my country. He carried the expectations of the people of the whole country and became an international superstar. Liu Xiang's parents did not expect their son to have such a proud achievement. His son was injured several times during training. Liu Xiang's mother went to the training team many times to find a coach, hoping to save her son from suffering. Now it seems that all the hardships we have gone through have paved the way for success, and none of them have been in vain.
Liu Xiang's ability to win the championship at the Athens Olympics is not only the pride of the Chinese people, but also the pride of the entire Asian people. After all, before him, the yellow race had little status in track and field events.
I. The title of second and third place has never seemed to be associated with Asians.
It is precisely because Liu Xiang has created such a miracle that athletes across Asia have seen a glimmer of hope for a counterattack, and people across Asia have something to be proud of. At that time, Liu Xiang's status in hurdles was the same as Yao Ming's status in the NBA. They are all outstanding athletes who have influenced the world, and they are also the proudest athletes in our country's sports world.
Since then, Liu Xiang has broken his record step by step. At the Athletics Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland, he finished with 12The time of 88 seconds broke the record he had broken at the Athens Olympics. This time, his record is no longer equal to anyone's. It was his own glory.
Even at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Liu Xiang was assigned to the outermost track, the ninth track. It was very bad for the athlete, but he still took 12A time of 95 seconds won the gold medal. Because of this, Liu Xiang is also known as the "ninth miracle" of sports.
In this way, Liu Xiang became a well-deserved "Asian Flyer". However, because he attracted the attention of thousands of people and was regarded as a god, he was not allowed to make mistakes.
The "transformation" of Asian flying stars has sparked heated discussions.
If a person consistently succeeds, then his failures are labeled with shame. People don't seem to allow successful people to make mistakes, just as people expected of Liu Xiang at the time. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is a hot event of national concern. Since the successful bid for the Olympic Games, the Chinese people have been preparing for the Olympic Games with great enthusiasm. The beauty of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics shocked the world, and this Olympic Games is also the most important for Chinese athletes.
As a benchmark in the Asian hurdles world at that time, Liu Xiang was undoubtedly burdened with huge expectations and pressure. Therefore, he also trained very hard to prepare for the Beijing Olympics. People want to see him set a new world record at the Beijing Olympics. Even people who don't pay attention to sports events will sit in front of the TV with the expectation of Liu Xiang** to compete.
Liu Xiang naturally understands this truth, so he has never given up on improving himself over the years, nor has he relaxed because he has achieved high achievements. That year, he was ready to go and stood on the track with confidence. In his heart, he must be determined to win a gold medal for the motherland on the main battlefield of the motherland.
However, the facts surprised everyone. When the gunshot rang out, all the team members rushed out like a catapult, and Liu Xiang fell to the ground after a few steps of rushing out. Both the audience at the scene and the audience in front of the TV were shocked by this scene. Liu Xiang's face was also full of pain, struggling to stand up. It turned out that his Achilles tendon was ruptured.
This is a fatal injury for athletes. A ruptured Achilles tendon can cause the sole of the foot to be unable to exert force, walk normally, and perform difficult movements such as hurdles. In desperation, Liu Xiang had no choice but to withdraw from the game and walk off the field under the incredulous eyes of everyone.
In this way, under the spotlight, Liu Xiang actually left the stage like this, which made it difficult for many audiences who had high hopes for him to accept. At first, many people made a big fuss about it, believing that he was evading combat and lacked the Olympic spirit. This shouldn't have happened on his home turf.
However, Achilles tendon rupture is not an option for Liu Xiang. It can only be regarded as an accident. Many viewers also expressed their understanding. After all, Liu Xiang is not a real flyer, nor is he a real god, he is just an ordinary person. Although China has the highest number of medals in the world at the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese people always believe that we lack gold medals in hurdles.
In the face of public doubts, Liu Xiang did not make any response, but focused on the Achilles tendon, hoping to return to the original level and continue to compete. Finally made a comeback in 2009 and finished at the Shanghai International Athletics Gold Medal with 13He finished second with a time of 15 seconds.
Although it is only the runner-up, Liu Xiang can make a comeback, which is already very good. Subsequently, he won three more championships in the National Games, which once again inspired the trust of the people of the whole country in him. Expectations are starting to start at London 2012. Liu Xiang's performance.
But who would have thought that this time, Liu Xiang fell on the field again like in 2008, and this time, his Achilles tendon ruptured again. Although he did not choose to retire, he still could not finish the race normally and had to jump over the railing on one leg with a painful face.
If the first Beijing Olympics was an accident, then this time people have to wonder if Liu Xiang was really injured. The fact that Liu Xiang fell twice in the Olympics made it difficult for many netizens to accept. It is said on the Internet that he is **, and many people say that he is just an "actor", which is all a show.
When Liu Xiang crossed the last hurdle, he kissed the railing to express regret and sadness. The audience's sparse applause was mixed with a laugh or two. Because of these two falls, Liu Xiang was labeled as "Liu Ranran" and lived in public contempt for a long time.
This time, Liu Xiang still didn't choose to happen. On the contrary, on the day of his retirement, he openly expressed remorse for his actions back then.
He also said that he has never resented netizens' misunderstanding of him. He knew that it was impossible not to get angry in such a situation, but everything was irreparable.
Conclusion: Liu Xiang has been training hard since the beginning of his athletic career and has never given up every opportunity to compete. He fell twice on the Olympic track. For him, it was not only physical torture, but also mental torture. He himself didn't want to be like this because of the great trauma. It's just that there is too much uncertainty in the athlete's body. Years of training are sure to take a toll on the body. This is also a common problem for every athlete.
In any case, Liu Xiang's contribution to China's sports industry is indelible. Liu Xiang has achieved outstanding results on the Asian circuit and even the world circuit. He is also a veritable "Asian Flying Man". What happened to him back then was that he didn't want everyone to see his efforts and achievements, and not to be aggressive just about momentary mistakes.
I hope that after retiring, Liu Xiang can find his new value in life and get a better life.