Chen Yueling won the women's 10km race walk championship at the Barcelona Olympics with a time of 44 minutes and 32 seconds in 1992.
Chen Yueling was born in a rural area to a poor family, and she suffered tears and pain on the road to chasing her dreams. She was slapped by coach Wang Kui, what happened?
After being discharged from the army, Chen Yueling and her Chinese-American husband Fu Ruiqin got married, what is the current situation?
Barcelona hosted the 25th Olympic Games in July 1992, and the women's 10km race walk was included in the women's race walk for the first time.
Chen Yueling, Li Chunxiu and Cui Yingzi are the leaders of the race walking event, and they have the important task of winning gold medals for our sports delegation.
The women's 10km race walk officially kicked off on August 3, 1992, with Li Chunxiu, Chen Yueling and Ivanova of the CIS leading the way.
Ivanova entered the competition with the determination to win the gold medal, but was sent off for two fouls. Although she crossed the finish line first, she was given a third red card for a foot-off violation, which resulted in a disallied result. Subsequently, Chen Yueling won the women's 10km race walking championship at the Barcelona Olympics and won the victory with a time of 44 minutes and 32 seconds.
Lee Chun-so won the bronze medal, while Choi Young-zi was fifth.
In the Olympic track and field competition, Chen Yueling assisted the Chinese sports delegation to achieve an unprecedented gold medal "zero" result, which is of historic significance.
The women's 10km race walk was replaced by the women's 20km race walk at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
However, Chen Yueling won the gold medal at the Olympics, but regretted that she could not experience the joy of celebrating around the stadium with the national flag.
Chen Yueling was born on April 2, 1968 in the countryside of Tieling, Liaoning Province, and her parents were farmers. At home, Chen Yueling ranks 7th, and she has 8 brothers and sisters. Due to the large size of her family, Chen Yueling has lived in poverty since she was a child and is often hungry.
My mother used to stay up late sewing soles for the whole family. Chen Yueling woke up in the middle of the night and saw her mother working hard to sew the soles of her shoes under the lamp, and she couldn't help but wet her eyes with tears. She secretly vowed in her heart: to change the fate of herself and her family through hard work!
In 1983, Chen Yueling entered the No. 3 Middle School of Faku County, Liaoning Province to study in junior high school, and began to train for middle-distance running and race walking.
Her parents acted as the missing alarm clock in Chen's family because their family was not wealthy.
Every morning at 5 a.m., Chen Yueling's parents wake her up to go for a run, which she has to run 15 kilometers on a bumpy mountain road. To replenish her nutrition, the mother would give her an egg as a reward for breakfast.
In 1985, Chen Yueling was admitted to Tieling Sports School, and she was selected as a self-financed student, and all expenses were borne by herself.
Her mother asked Chen Yueling to bring an old blanket that had been used at home for 12 years and an old washbasin with paint off to school as her luggage when she entered school.
Every month, Chen Yueling needs to spend 15 yuan on living expenses, which puts huge financial pressure on her poor parents.
In addition to farming, his parents also engaged in tobacco cultivation. Her mother raised 12 hens, and she was reluctant to eat their eggs, but instead saved them up to a certain amount, and then sold them to Chen Yueling at the market to make ends meet.
A year later, Chen Yueling was successfully selected for the Liaoning Provincial Race Walking Team and became a professional athlete who no longer needed to rely on any support from her family.
In addition, Chen Yueling will save a small monthly living allowance to help her parents pay for the household expenses and sponsor her brother's wedding.
She kept her worn sportswear, washed it and sent it home, and was reluctant to throw it away. Since Chen Yueling joined the Liaoning Provincial Race Walking Team, her mother and sister have never bought new clothes.
Once, my father went to Shenyang to visit Chen Yueling. He saw her running desperately on the 40-degree track outside, as if she had been fished out of the water, and finally collapsed on the runway gasping for breath.
Chen Yueling's left calf suddenly cramped, she shrunk her leg and hugged it, her facial features were distorted and deformed due to pain, and tears came out of her eyes.
The tearful father came to Chen Yueling's side and said, "Child, we are rural people, this is your only way out, you have to persevere." ”
I can hold on, Chen Yueling choked up and said to her father.
When sending her father to the station, Chen Yueling handed her father the 300 yuan she had saved and said, "Dad, the third brother is going to get married next year, and I saved some money for him." The father was moved to tears and praised his daughter for being too sensible.
Chen Yueling looked at her father's white hair and tears in the corners of her eyes, and her heart hurt as if she had been pricked by a needle. She knows that only by achieving excellent grades can she give her parents real peace of mind.
Since then, Chen Yueling has worked harder to train, training more than 10 hours a day, and has been helped back to the dormitory by her teammates many times due to fatigue.
Chen Yueling won the third place in the women's 10,000-meter race walk in the 1986 national race walking competition.
Chen Yueling participated in the Sixth National Games in October 1987 and won the 10,000-meter race walking championship with a time of 43 minutes and 52 seconds, and successfully broke the world record.
In addition, Chen Yueling also won the title of women's 5000m runner-up at the National Six Games.
In 1987, Hebei Xinglong held the "Wuling Cup" National Race Walking Invitational Tournament, in which Chen Yueling won the women's 3000-meter championship and 5000-meter runner-up.
Chen Yueling won the World Cup women's 10km race walk championship in 1989.
Chen Yueling injured her left foot during the Spanish competition, but she still traveled with the injury. During the race, her sneakers were stained red with blood, but she endured the pain and crossed the finish line first.
Chen Yueling was reluctant to spend a cent on her monthly living allowance and competition bonus, and all of them were saved to subsidize her family. She used the money to build a new house for her parents in the countryside and to sponsor several older brothers to get married and start a family. Whether it's helping her brother build a house or taking care of their children, Chen Yueling has put all her heart and soul into it.
The 11th Asian Games were held in Beijing, and Chen Yueling won the championship in the women's 10km race walk that year.
At that time, the International Olympic Committee announced that the women's 10km race walk would be officially included in the Olympic programme in Barcelona.
The spirit of the team members has injected fighting spirit into the Chinese race walking team and made them full of energy.
Wang Kui, the head coach, burst into tears of excitement when Chen Yueling succeeded. He was full of enthusiasm and ambition, but he never had the opportunity to lead the team to the Olympics.
Wang Kui was depressed when he saw other coaches leading the team to the 1988 Seoul Olympics. However, he is looking forward to the upcoming Olympics. As an ace to the Olympic champion, Chen Yueling has the strength to win gold, which makes Wang Kui full of confidence.
Wang Kui's requirements for Chen Yueling are stricter than ever, and he can be said to be a "devil coach", because his expectations are too high.
At that time, paternalism was prevalent in the Chinese athletics community, and many coaches were accustomed to corporal punishment and verbal abuse of team members. According to a report by a Xinhua News Agency reporter, 72 of them are dominated by "devil-type" coaches5%, compared to 27 for "moderate" coaches5%。
In order to compete for the gold medal and achieve outstanding results, many coaches will resort to all kinds of extreme measures, even unscrupulous, in an attempt to stand out.
In the eyes of some sports authorities, gold medals and rankings represent the entire sports world, as well as political achievements and meritorious achievements. For coaches, gold medals and rankings mean fame, status, housing, wealth and social status.
Therefore, the coach justified the infliction of corporal punishment on athletes under the reputation of the sports world on the grounds of the gold medal.
They think that corporal punishment is part of the training, that the coach is similar to a parent, that in a sports team is like a big family, isn't it normal for a parent to scold a child?
Under such psychological influence, Wang Kui took it for granted that Chen Yueling should be reprimanded.
In 1992, the duo was in full swing preparing to compete in the Barcelona Olympics.
In order to exercise Chen Yueling's endurance, Wang Kui asked her to train in the field above 40 degrees, and asked her to race with the male team members, asking her to rush in front of the male team members first.
Chen Yueling's physical strength has reached the limit, and training is often accompanied by tears. When she fell to the ground due to exhaustion and couldn't get up, Wang Kui asked her with a straight face: "Do you want to participate in the Olympics?" Do you want to win the championship? Get up! Chen Yueling struggled to her feet, tears flashing in her eyes, and continued training.
In June 1992, the coach asked Chen Yueling to do hill climbing training and asked her to climb seven times in the morning.
Chen Yueling collapsed on the ground and cried due to physical exhaustion, unable to stand up. Wang Kui scolded her for more than a minute, and after Chen Yueling returned the favor, Wang Kui slapped her.
Chen Yueling was deeply traumatized, and the resentment that had accumulated over the years completely exploded, and she ran back to the sports team crying, picking up her luggage and going home.
The leaders of the Liaoning Provincial Sports Commission came forward to do the work and kept Chen Yueling because she was a key member of the Olympic gold medal team, which caused a sensation.
Since then, there has been a rift in the relationship between Chen Yueling and Coach Wang Kui. Although she is still being trained by Wang Kui, the master-apprentice relationship between the two has completely broken down, and they are cold and ruthless.
Chen Yueling won the women's 10km race walk at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
During the game, Coach Wang Kui did not provide on-site guidance or develop tactics for her. When Chen Yueling returned to the Olympic Village after winning the championship, Wang Kui calmly suggested that she go for some instant noodles.
Chen Yueling held his hand and said "thank you", and since then she has not had any intersection with Wang Kui.
In August 1993, after Chen Yueling officially retired, she went to the United States to study at Brigham Young University in Utah, and began to study business management.
Chen Yueling studied at her own expense, and her financial situation was very tight.
I haven't eaten meat in two or three months. She relied entirely on her friends and a department to fund her study abroad, and she didn't dare to spend an extra dollar in her daily life.
She has a weak cultural background and knows nothing about English, so she can only learn from the 26 English letters. She spends up to 10 hours a day learning English and carries a tape recorder with her.
Half a year later, Chen Yueling was able to communicate with Americans in English, much to the surprise of her teachers.
Chen Yueling grew up in a closed group life and had no experience in cooking. When she came to the United States, she began to learn cooking and cooking skills. On weekends, she invites friends and classmates to her apartment and makes authentic Chinese food for them. If her dishes are swept away, Chen Yueling will be very happy.
After graduating, Chen Yueling received a green card, became a director of the American Walking League, and also served as the vice president of an American fitness equipment company.
Chen Yueling was invited by the United States Track and Field Association in 1999 to make a comeback to prepare for the Sydney Olympics.
During that time, Chen Yueling was received by Clinton, the then ** of the United States.
After two rounds of fierce competition in the national trials, Chen Yueling finally successfully qualified for the Sydney Olympics.
After the news of Chen Yueling's participation in the competition on behalf of the United States spread, it caused a heated discussion in China, and many ** and Chinese people condemned and crusaded against her.
In an interview with a ** family in Liaoning, Chen Yueling said: As a Chinese, no matter where I am, I always remember my motherland, always cherish gratitude to the motherland, and never do anything that hurts the feelings of the motherland.
Chen Yueling represented the United States in the women's 20km race walk at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, when she was already in her thirties and her physical strength had decreased, and finally only finished 38th, and the championship was won by China's Wang Liping.
After the Sydney Olympics, Chen Yueling went to a Chinese medicine clinic in San Diego, USA to receive Tuina** due to multiple old injuries**. It was there that she unexpectedly fell in love.
Fu Ruiqin, the owner of the clinic, is two years younger than Chen Yueling, whose ancestral home is Guigang, Guangxi.
After graduating from university, he went to the United States to study and then immigrated to the United States, where he founded a Chinese medicine clinic in San Diego.
Chen Yueling is beautiful, has a graceful figure, and is also dressed in the halo of an Olympic champion, which is quite attractive to Fu Ruiqin.
Fu Ruiqin is tall, handsome and chic, with a popular profession and a superior economic situation, and is also a high-class man in Chen Yueling's opinion. And both of them are domestic and have many things in common, and after several contacts, they have feelings for each other.
Chen Yueling and Fu Ruiqin married in the United States in 2002. Together, they run a TCM clinic and their reputation as Olympic champions has brought popularity to the clinic and has considerable influence in the local Chinese community.
By 2010, Mr. and Mrs. Chen had established five clinics in the United States.
Chen Yueling and her husband have two daughters, the eldest daughter was born in 2006 and the younger daughter died in 2009. The family of four lives in an independent villa in the United States, owns a famous car, and enjoys excellent living conditions.
Chen Yueling's parents and siblings are both in China, and it is difficult to see each other. As her parents grew older, so did she missed them.
Chen Yueling is worried because her two daughters can't even speak a word of Chinese. Therefore, in 2012, Chen Yueling and his wife returned to Guigang, Guangxi with their two daughters to live.
They bought a house and a car in Guigang and started a company in the health care products business.
Chen Yueling often travels back and forth between Liaoning and Guigang to visit her parents and sometimes take them to Guigang for reunions. Chen Yueling covered all the expenses of her parents, and she enabled her parents to live a dignified old age.
Every year, Chen Yueling travels to the United States with her husband to visit her parents-in-law who have settled there. Her two daughters received Chinese education and studied in Guigang.
Under the tempering of life, Chen Yueling has experienced thorough growth. She is grateful to Coach Wang Kui for his training back then, and gratitude arises spontaneously, and the past grievances have passed away with the wind.
2024 is fleeting, and Chen Yueling has entered the middle-aged stage of 56 years old. She and her husband run companies in both China and the United States, own real estate and are wealthy.
Many people around Chen Yueling have been divorced, but she and her husband have overcome all kinds of collisions and run-ins, and their marriage is as evergreen and fragrant as Milan.