It's been six years since I retired. Who remembers the Olympic champion named Liu Xiang?

The prologue of the promo was madly forwarded by many people:

"Life is like a hurdle. We always want to be faster, faster and brighter. "

Isn't this passage a true portrayal of Liu Xiang's life? Looking back on his half life, he seems to have been running and on the road.

This state lasted until 20 15.

This year, Liu Xiang announced his retirement in a stadium with 80,000 people.

That night, amid the shouts of the audience, Liu Xiang stepped onto the podium. He took a deep breath and turned around. When he turned to face the audience again, his eyes were already wet and his voice choked:

"In my sports career, I try my best to show myself to everyone, but there are always peaks and valleys in life. Don't be too egoistic in prosperity, and don't compromise in adversity. .....

I want to tell you that in my personal professional sports career, when I encounter setbacks and difficulties, I never escape and fear. I always try my best to challenge and struggle. "

Then Liu Xiang walked around the field and waved to the audience constantly. Fans in the stands put up banners that read "Liu Xia dreams of flying together".

Liu Xiang ended his sports career on 15 in a touching way. Looking at the back of his departure, countless people shed tears, both sad and distressed.

In the misty eyes, people seem to have returned to the summer of 2004.

In the midsummer of 2004, after a lapse of 108, the Olympic flame was lit again in Athens, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games. As in previous years, China people have no hope for track and field events.

But no one expected that a dark horse would be killed in the track and field of this Olympic Games.

On that day, Liu Xiang was the only yellow-skinned racer on the runway. In fact, before going to Athens, Liu Xiang was ready to fight without bloodshed. He is like a soldier about to go to war, and he has a feeling of death.

Before the game, Liu Xiang said to Sun Haiping very firmly, "Master, trust me."

When Liu Xiang stood on the runway, the commentator's mood was relatively calm, but after a gunshot, everything changed.

Liu Xiang's start was very smooth. He rushed out like an arrow and was ahead in the blink of an eye. At this time, the commentator's mood began to rise slowly.

One column, two columns ... By the time of the sixth column, Liu Xiang was far ahead, and the commentator kept shouting: "Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang."

In the end, Liu Xiang broke the world record with a score of12.91and won the gold medal.

The first one came too suddenly, and many people didn't react, only to hear the commentator shout:

"Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang won, and Liu Xiang made history. A China man with black hair and yellow skin has become a flying man in the world. "

Liu Xiang on the field is crazy, too. Wearing a five-star red flag, he ran around the field and waved to the audience. He really became a soldier and didn't let the motherland down.

In an interview after the game, Liu Xiang made no secret of his excitement. With tears in his eyes, he panted:

"Who said that the yellow race can't enter the top eight of the Olympic Games? I must prove to everyone today that I am an Olympic champion. "

Then Liu Xiang announced to the world: "China has me, and Asia has me".

His young face is full of pride. He used the "China Speed" to break the record of monopolized track and field events in Europe and America, and even raised the mood of Chinese people to a higher level.

One night in Athens was a turning point in Liu Xiang's life and career.

Before that, he was unknown. Later, he became a "flying man" that attracted worldwide attention.

But no one will succeed casually, and Liu Xiang is no exception.

Liu Xiang ran like the wind on the field, but when he first arrived at the track and field team, his state was almost the worst.

Take lifting barbells as an example. At first, Liu Xiang could only lift a barbell. He was particularly insecure, but coach Sun Haiping said:

"These are the basic training you must complete."

Liu Xiang can only grit his teeth and insist. At the end of the day, his arm was so painful that he lost consciousness.

After training day after day, Liu Xiang finally lifted the bar from the air, to add 5 kilograms of barbell pieces, and then to 10 kilograms and 30 kilograms, up to 50 kilograms.

In addition to lifting barbells, running lap training is also a thing that makes Liu Xiang feel deeply painful.

Because of the intensity of training, I have been seriously overdrawn many times, and sometimes I will vomit after running. In order not to delay training, he spat and drank before continuing to run.

This kind of ultra-intensive training is not a day or two, but runs through Liu Xiang's whole career, so he became famous overnight in Athens.

Overnight fame has brought numerous honors to Liu Xiang. Like a top, he was invited to interview, record programs and receive commendation on various occasions.

In the media at home and abroad, Liu Xiang's name appears frequently, and endorsements in various fields also give Liu Xiang a contract. Every time Liu Xiang appears, it can create a sea of people. One of his friends said:

"If he is not careful, he will be trampled into a meat pie."

It was the highlight of Liu Xiang's life.

There is a saying that when the water is full, it will overflow, and when the moon is full, it will lose money. Liu Xiang, a famous city, is under unprecedented pressure while bearing a huge aura.

In order not to affect the next training and competition, Sun Haiping can only help him get rid of some unnecessary invitations and try to make his life return to peace.

When the craze for winning the championship recedes, Liu Xiang's life is still dull in the changes of sunrise and sunset. He is busy with all kinds of training all day, preparing for countless competitions.

When Athens won the championship, some people said that Liu Xiang might be a flash in the pan. In the face of all kinds of voices, Liu Xiang's response is simple, just showing his achievements on the field.

In July 2006, Liu Xiang broke the world record of 12.88 in the IAAF Super Grand Prix held in Lausanne, Switzerland.

In August 2007, Liu Xiang won the world track and field championship in Osaka, Japan, with a score of 12.95 seconds, and won the world championship for the first time.

At the age of 24, Liu Xiang completed the Grand Slam in the world series and became the world champion integrating the Olympic champion, the World Championships and the IAAF Grand Prix.

Liu Xiang, whose debut was the pinnacle, created a myth belonging to Asian and yellow people. He is also a well-deserved "national hero".

But in this world, there has never been a ever-victorious general, and sometimes it may only be a moment from the peak to the trough.

Liu Xiang stepped down from the altar in 2008.

At 1 1: 50 in the early morning of August 8, 2008, the huge bird's nest was packed with people. Tickets were once fired to 80,000 yuan, and crazy fans were willing to pay for it just to see Liu Xiang.

However, the change of things is hard to accept. At the beginning of the preliminaries, Liu Xiang retired due to injury.

At that moment, Liu Xiang changed from a hero admired by ten thousand people to a "coward" who ran away from the battle. All kinds of ugly words were thrown at him, such as "actor, humiliated, deserter", and some people joked that he was "Liu Jiang" and "Liu Paopao". At that time, as long as Liu Xiang appeared in the camera, he would be attacked and abused.

Dong Rina, a sports reporter, said: "The Athenians love him so much that they hate him now." .

At that time, whenever Liu Xiang's name was mentioned in any street interview, the answer was "disappointment", and some people even cried and cursed.

This retirement also plunged Liu Xiang's life into a dark moment.

In the face of cyber attacks, Liu Xiang chose to close himself up, draw the curtains in broad daylight, and then forced himself to watch the online slanders and abuse one by one.

The strange attack frustrated him, and the contemptuous eyes of acquaintances brought him close to collapse. Interview with Lu Yu for many years, Liu Xiang corners of the mouth with a smile, with tears in his eyes, said:

"I can't figure out how it suddenly became like this, and even people around me were cynical."

Lu Yu asked him, "Do you think the world is cold?"

Liu Xiang nodded vigorously: "Yes."

In those days, Liu Xiang was troubled by insomnia. He often stares at the ceiling all night. He can't figure out what he did wrong.

How did you finally become a sinner when you braved the competition with your feet?

The great pressure of public opinion once discouraged Liu Xiang, and this cliff-like gap almost drove him to the wall.

But Liu Xiang is an athlete. His life is not entirely his own, but also belongs to the country and track and field events. He can be sad and even desperate, but he can't give up.

In order to get to back in the game as soon as possible, shortly after the Beijing Olympic Games, Liu Xiang, led by Sun Haiping, flew to the United States for rehabilitation.

If ordinary training is painful, then rehabilitation training is a long and cruel process. Every time I go to the rehabilitation center from my residence, Liu Xiang feels like going to the execution ground.

At that time, strength training was the most difficult, with barbell push 120kg and squat 170 times per week.

Because of the intensive training, in the evening, Liu Xiang lay in bed and cried and kept telling the coach:

"It hurts here, it hurts there, and the whole person is falling apart."

Once, in order to make his basic skills more solid, Sun Haiping vigorously moved his legs upward, first on the coach's shoulders, and finally directly on his head.

Liu Xiang's sweat ran down his cheeks, his face showed a painful expression, and the veins stood out suddenly and violently on his forehead. He persisted, desperately persevering.

After his physical condition improved, he started outdoor training for at least three hours every morning, first taking the 13 km mountain road, then continuing strength training, and finally training in the swimming pool.

After several months of devil training, Liu Xiang announced his return.

Some people say that after 2008, Liu Xiang will no longer be a card winning machine, but will fight against the desperate situation until it dies.

In those dark days, the only thing Liu Xiang could do was to tell everyone "I can" with his grades.

At this time, Liu Xiang was 28 years old. In order to find his best state, overcome his weak links and make himself faster, he took the risk of changing his familiar "eight steps to the bar" to "seven steps to the bar" on 15.

In order to win the competition, Liu Xiang is willing to make various attempts and challenges. In the next competition, he really did well and got on the podium again and again.

20 1 1, Liu Xiang set a new Asian championship record with an impressive score of 13.22 seconds, creating a legend of the quadruple.

Liu Xiang World Men's 1 10 hurdles ranked in 20 12 years, and reached the top again after five years.

The familiar Liu Xiang finally came back.

In the blink of an eye, it will be 20 12 London Olympics. If Liu Xiang can win this time, his sports career will probably be perfect. Unfortunately, God plays tricks on people.

In London, he broke his wing again

In the preliminaries, due to a broken achilles tendon, Liu Xiang fell heavily in the first column, waiting for him to "retire".

But then Liu Xiang's action, with a sense of sadness.

He strongly realized that this might be the last time he stood at the starting line in his sports career. Then Liu Xiang, who had already retired, turned back to the starting line.

With the attention of the whole world, he jumped to the last hurdle with one foot and then bent down to "kiss" his partner who had been with him for more than ten years.

In "A Covenant between Shandong and Henan", Liu Xiang said quietly:

"At that time, I was cruel to myself, and even thought it would be nice if I really sacrificed here. I am worthy of everyone. "

When he said this, Liu Xiang cried, and so did Lu Yu.

In this way, the former "Asian trapeze" ended his career in a tragic way. When he retired from the stadium in a wheelchair, he felt a heroic loneliness.

In the past, he always left the stadium with a five-star red flag, accompanied by flowers and applause, but this time all the glory has nothing to do with him.

Many people cried on the field and in front of the TV, but the tears at that time were more accusations and disappointments, and some even questioned his "acting skills".

In the face of discordant voices, Liu Xiang has been relieved.

He was in a wheelchair, but he was very relaxed, and it was finally over.

Suffering from injuries, Liu Xiang can no longer wear spikes, and will bid farewell to the runway after all.

20 15 On April 7th, Liu Xiang announced his retirement on his personal social platform. He said:

"Although I don't want to make this decision, although it is very painful, I have no choice."

Liu Xiang's sports career lasted 12 years from her emergence in 2000 to her last competition in 20 12.

During 12 years, he participated in 48 major international competitions and achieved an impressive record of 36 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze, which is extremely rare in the history of world sports.

Unfortunately, for a long time, people only misunderstood and scolded him.

There is a saying in Zhihu:

"What is human nature? It was Liu Xiang who won countless championships and won glory for the country countless times, but people clung to those two retirements. "

It was not until Liu Xiang retired that people discovered that he had been really hard on him, and when we realized that heroes were not easy, we had lost them.

Some people say that there is no Liu Xiang after Liu Xiang.

Some people say, "Liu Xiang is the witness and leader of the times".

But more people said in a regretful voice, "We owe Liu Xiang an apology."

When the voice is getting louder and louder, Liu Xiang lightly responded:

"I don't need to apologize, and I have never complained about anyone. I think it is enough to blow a gust of wind in an era. "

On the day when Liu Xiang announced his retirement, he slept so soundly that he could finally be himself, instead of living in the eyes of others as Liu Xiang.

When he is not a hero, he has a chance to live a good life.

After retiring, Liu Xiang faded from the aura of Olympic champion and returned to the life track of ordinary people.

Through the pain from peak to trough and the darkest moment of life, he finally slowed down and enjoyed a simple life.

In the past five years, he hardly had a job, but he traveled, photographed and cooked food.

Those vigorous past events, good or bad, Liu Xiang should let go.

In fact, life is like this, you get it, you lose it, and finally you shake hands with the years.

We will never be Liu Xiang, but we can see a spirit from Liu Xiang. No matter what stage you are in, you must grasp the present.

At the peak, I can hold my heart, and when I fall to the bottom, I can have the courage to start again. Don't leave yourself any regrets when ups and downs.

Finally, when looking back, not regretting is victory, as Liu Xiang said:

"Looking back at the road you have traveled, if you don't regret it, you just don't regret it." # Liu Xiang #