In the sport of diving, the teenager Quan Hongchan can be said to have attracted much attention in the past two years, and she won the Grand Slam at a young age, but there is one thing that not many people may know, her coach is Chen Ruolin, who was also a star player who attracted much attention in the past.
When Chen Ruolin was 14 years old, she successfully won the world championship, and when she was 24 years old, she already had 22 world championships and 5 Olympic gold medals.
On the diving platform, Chen Ruolin was full of spirits, but this is also a flower that bloomed after her ordealChen Ruolin was abandoned at the age of three, and her mother did not recognize her again until she became famousLet's take a look at her story.
In 2008, the Beijing Olympics officially opened, which was the first time we had hosted the Olympic Games, and the significance of this is self-evident, for all athletes, it is a time to play at their best, no matter what.
The same goes for Chen Ruolin, who also participated in the Olympics as a diver and gave a lot for this moment.
Originally, Chen Ruolin's training tasks were already very heavy, but after learning that she was going to compete in the Olympics, she once again strengthened her training intensity.
At that time, Chen Ruolin was 16 years old, and her body was developing at this age, which was originally the age when she could eat, coupled with high-intensity training every day, Chen Ruolin often went hungry.
But she didn't dare to eat much even if she was hungry, because she had to control her weight, and only by staying in good shape could she look her best at the Olympics.
It can be said that in the period before the game, Chen Ruolin basically went hungry.
Carrying out high-intensity training despite being hungry, Chen Ruolin couldn't control her desire to eat a big meal several times, of course she endured it, and her efforts were definitely rewarded.
In the Olympic Games, Chen Ruolin's score has always lagged behind her opponent, until the end, she stabilized her mentality, seized the opportunity, completed the overtake with an absolute high score, and won the gold medal of the Olympic champion.
This is definitely the highlight of Chen Ruolin's career, although she has had good results before, but it is far less noticeable than winning the Olympic championship.
After winning the medal, Chen Ruolin was interviewed, and she mentioned that the thing she wanted to do most after winning the championship was to eat a big meal, even if it was a snack.
This wish is very simple, and it also shows that Chen Ruolin trained hard before, and in order to win the championship, she rarely had enough to eat.
Of course, in addition to having a good meal, Chen Ruolin also mentioned one thing, that is, if she can, she will divide the medal into three parts, and she will not take these three shares herself, but give them to her parents and grandmother.
Regarding the three people mentioned by Chen Ruolin, they are actually not her biological parents and grandmother, but Chen Ruolin's uncle's family, and the reason for this is Chen Ruolin's experience when she was a child.
Chen Ruolin was born in 1992, she is not the only daughter in the family, she also has an older brother before her, and she has become a happy family of four after she was born.
However, this happy and harmonious atmosphere did not last long, Chen Ruolin's parents became more and more emotionally disharmonious, and finally came to the point of falling apart, and the two began to divorce.
Chen Ruolin was only three years old at the time, she didn't understand anything, and because her health had not been very good, none of the couple was willing to let Chen Ruolin follow her.
The elder brother was taken away by his mother, and the mother and son went to Australia, completely cutting off contact with the family, and the father's side was not much better, and he was not willing to take a child alone, so he chose to leave quietly.
One of the parents divorced, this family is completely gone, and everyone else has their own home, except Chen Ruolin, who was left.
Three-year-old Chen Ruolin didn't know where to go, but fortunately, Chen Ruolin's grandmother appeared, she heard about her daughter, and she was a person who knew right from wrong, in addition to accusing her daughter, she took Chen Ruolin away to take care of her.
Chen Ruolin also has an uncle, who was married at the time and had his own children, but the uncle had a sense of indebtedness to Chen Ruolin, which came from what Chen Ruolin's mother did, which made him feel a little sorry for the child.
In order to take better care of Chen Ruolin, the uncle simply adopted Chen Ruolin directly and took care of her as his own daughter, so the uncle and aunt became Chen Ruolin's adoptive parents, and the title also became Mom and Dad.
As mentioned earlier, Chen Ruolin's health has not been very good, and she is often sick after arriving at her uncle's house, and her uncle discussed with her grandfather that if you want to solve your frailty, you need a healthy body, and the way is to exercise.
Uncle signed up Chen Ruolin for a swimming class and asked her to learn to swim, and Chen Ruolin showed excellent talent in swimming.
Chen Ruolin was training in the pool, and she happened to be taken by a swimming coach, she began to practice with the coach, and she began to dive from the high platform at the age of four or five, and her courage has surpassed many of her peers.
Originally, Chen Ruolin was still studying in an ordinary primary school, but she still focused on diving training.
In 1999, seven-year-old Chen Ruolin qualified for the competition for the first time, but a mistake during training caused Chen Ruolin to break her arm.
For the uncle's family, although Chen Ruolin is not their biological child, they care for Chen Ruolin no less than their biological child.
Seeing that Chen Ruolin fell and injured herself in order to train, her uncle didn't plan to let her continue to learn diving, after all, they just sent the child here to exercise so as not to get sick, but she was injured, which is more than worth the loss.
Chen Ruolin, who was originally obedient, was not obedient this time, she likes to dive and doesn't want to give up like this, in order to be able to participate in the competition in time, Chen Ruolin chose to accept the orthopedic **, and after enduring the severe pain, she successfully caught up with the competition.
In this competition, Chen Ruolin ranked fourth, and the results were not particularly good, but the important thing was not the results, but through this performance, she got the opportunity to enter the sports school and conducted further training.
In 2003, Chen Ruolin participated in the children's diving competition again, and this time it was national, this time, Chen Ruolin won the championship directly, and she also got more attention.
Being noticed also means that there are more opportunities, because of this outstanding performance, Chen Ruolin successfully entered the provincial team in 2004.
Chen Ruolin formed a virtuous circle, performing well - being noticed - entering a better team, and after entering the provincial team, because of good results, she was in the national team in just one year.
In 2006, Chen Ruolin followed the team to participate in foreign competitions, which was her first time on the international stage, but her luck did not seem to be very good.
Among Chen Ruolin's opponents, basically the strength is very strong, and there are even Olympic champions, while Chen Ruolin is only a 14-year-old player, and the pressure is huge.
However, as long as the mentality is right, the pressure can be turned into motivation, and Chen Ruolin is like this, but she defeated her opponent and won her first world championship as a fledgling.
It is worth mentioning that at the Beijing Olympics, Chen Ruolin won the championship in the women's single 10-meter platform, and Chen Ruolin's victory was also the first gold medal in this event in more than ten years.
In 2016, Chen Ruolin participated in the Rio Olympics, and through a wonderful performance, Chen Ruolin won the gold medal again, and after that, she also chose to retire, ending her career as an athlete with five Olympic gold medals.
Chen Ruolin retired because of physical reasons, let's not mention this for the time being, let's talk about one thing Chen Ruolin encountered in the Rio Olympics.
After the competition, Chen Ruolin met a woman at the Olympics, who was her mother, not her aunt who was her adoptive mother, but the biological mother who had abandoned her.
After Chen Ruolin was three years old, she never saw her biological mother again, and after 21 years of absence, she couldn't recognize the woman in front of her at all, but after she identified herself, Chen Ruolin still couldn't help but redden.
This is a matter that is difficult for outsiders to express their opinions, for Chen Ruolin, her biological mother abandoned her for more than 20 years, if she hadn't become an Olympic champion and became famous, she probably wouldn't have looked for Chen Ruolin.
But after all, this is the person who gave birth to her, Chen Ruolin didn't have much impression of her parents, and she couldn't talk about much hatred after 21 years, she chose to let go and hugged her mother with tears.
As for retirement, it is because of long-term training, which has caused Chen Ruolin's body to have a lot of pain, which will definitely have an impact on the competition, and this age is not too young for an athlete, so she finally decided to retire.
Although retired, Chen Ruolin's heart is still in the sport of diving, with her own experience she served as a diving coach, although she can not personally play for the country to win glory, but she can cultivate more outstanding young people.
In addition to being a coach, Chen Ruolin will also serve as a referee in some games, and even if she retires, she is still shining.
Now the new generation of diving teenager Quan Hongchan began to train with Chen Ruolin in 2021, and the age difference between the two is only 15 years old, and they usually get along like a pair of sisters with a harmonious relationship.
With Chen Ruolin's teaching, Quan Hongchan's performance has always been excellent, and this master-apprentice combination has also attracted a lot of attention, and she has won excellent results in several world-level competitions in 2022.
On February 6 this year, Quan Hongchan successfully won the single championship in the World Championships, Chen Ruolin hugged Quan Hongchan excitedly, and in Quan Hongchan, Chen Ruolin could see her previous figure.
The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, but people will not forget this "diving queen" who once ruled an era, and I believe that Chen Ruolin will continue to cultivate more outstanding athletes.