Liu Xiang: Life has been full of ups and downs. He got divorced less than a year after receiving the certificate. Later, his second wife was both talented and beautiful.

Speaking of Liu Xiang, as a non-sports enthusiast, my most profound memory still remains in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Before 2008, he was a genius who emerged from nowhere, a man of the times, a champion in major events, breaking Asian Games records and Asian records.

In 2004, he broke the Olympic record and won the gold medal. In 2006, he ran a personal best of 12.88 seconds and broke the world record...

For a while, the media was full of publicity about him. Reports said that he filled the gap in the Chinese track and field hurdles event, ran faster than China, and ushered in the era of Liu Xiang...

Even the number 1356 he used when participating in the Olympic Games in 2008 was jokingly called a representative It has raised the hopes of 1.3 billion people and 56 ethnic groups.

Although the media knew that Liu Xiang had an injury on his leg before the Olympic Games, everyone still looked forward to him, hoping that he could win another gold medal for China at the Beijing Olympics.

But in the preliminaries of the 110-meter hurdles in the Olympic Games, the audience chanted Liu Xiang's name, and the world's attention was focused on the track and field, but Liu Xiang walked off the track with a face full of pain after starting.

Everyone was confused. Is he going to give up the game? Yes, when Liu Xiang announced his retirement due to injury, the audience was in an uproar.

Originally, it was a common situation for athletes to withdraw from the competition due to injury. What Liu Xiang did not expect was that his withdrawal became an exception.

Because of his withdrawal this time, he became the center of public opinion, with overwhelming criticism, questioning and even abuse.

If others start from 0 after failure, then Liu Xiang's retirement almost brought his life and sports career back to -100.

Later, some people speculated on the Internet that Liu Xiang had long known that he was injured and could not participate in the competition, but he had been acting to deceive the public in order to get high endorsement fees, and deliberately delayed the injury to the Olympics. Withdrew due to illness.

Although this statement was later proven to be completely groundless, the impact on him personally was so great that his personality was completely reversed.

Almost overnight, he went from being a star to a liar and a coward.

Later, although he worked hard to return to the top of his personal level and won many championships in many subsequent professional competitions, his reputation could never return to its former glory.

What is even more regrettable is that in the 2012 London Olympics, Liu Xiang made the same mistake again and failed to complete the game due to injury.

During the competition, his leg injury recurred, so he had to jump on one leg to the finish line. Finally, he leaned over and kissed the railing that had accompanied him in his youth.

This time, he has confirmed the impression that some people think he "drops the chain at the critical moment". Since then, he seems to have stopped participating in major international competitions and announced his retirement in 2015.

Liu Xiang's era seems to have ended in a high and low way, leaving only a lonely and tragic figure of the hero in the end.

In fact, looking back many years later, the public’s reaction at that time was indeed somewhat irrational.

Liu Xiang himself has never shied away from the responsibility for his retirement, and has only silently accepted all the accusations. However, injuries are objective reasons, and this is really not something you can grit your teeth and persevere.

However, both of his withdrawals occurred at the Olympic venues with the largest number of spectators. His withdrawal in full view also made him suffer a lot of criticism that may not be fair.

Many people have even forgotten the young man who was so high-spirited after winning the championship in the Athens Olympics, and call him "Liu Paopao".

In fact, if we seriously evaluate his entire sports career, I personally think that he can be regarded as a great athlete at any time.

Although Liu Xiang has always been said to be a talented athlete, like all champions, Liu Xiang's achievements are achieved through hard work day after day.

In 1993, ten-year-old Liu Xiang was selected into the school track and field team because of his long legs. He mainly practiced high jump. Soon he won the Shanghai Junior High Jump Championship.

Several coaches also took notice of this good prospect in track and field. After he was recruited into the city sports school and changed to hurdles, he won the Shanghai Youth Track and Field Championship Group B (13-14 years old) in 1996. champion.

At the age of 15, Sun Haiping found him and asked: "Will you follow me to practice hurdles?" This is a famous coach who has led the Asian hurdles king. Liu Xiang followed him and truly embarked on the road of competitive sports. .

Sun Haiping later recalled: "When I watched Liu Xiang's competition, I found that his skills were not very good, but his tallness and strong sense of rhythm were his advantages. He was born as a seed-type hurdler, so we must find him." Let him practice with me if I have the opportunity.

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After following Coach Sun, Liu Xiang made the transition from the second-tier team to the first-tier team. At the beginning, his grades were at the bottom of the team and his age was also the best in the team.

Making the basics During training, someone else was carrying a 50-kilogram barbell, but Liu Xiang struggled to even carry a 20-kilogram empty bar. Coach Sun, who had always taken care of Liu Xiang in life, had a "different face" during training.

Seeing that Liu Xiang was struggling, he only said: "Basic training must be completed. If you can't complete it, don't talk to me about anything else!" ”

When running laps in the track and field, because his physical strength was not good enough, Liu Xiang even vomited several times, but after vomiting, he wiped his mouth and had to continue running.

Finished every Saturday After strength training, Liu Xiang's father came to take him home. He felt sore all over when he lifted his legs and couldn't even go up the stairs. But he still couldn't let his mother know about all this, for fear that she would be distressed.

He used to practice track and field. , long jump, sprint, high jump, Liu Xiang is the best, but in the team coached by Sun, not only experienced the feeling of lagging behind, but also "started a small game" after training

In order to let Liu Xiang catch up as soon as possible. He is often required to overtrain to reach everyone's level. After careful research, Sun Haiping found that the explosive power of black athletes depends on their hip muscles.

So he specially designed a set of exercises to strengthen the hip muscles. Give Liu Xiang "extra food".

Liu Xiang said: "The training ideas and system designed by my master are very targeted and the effect is very obvious when used on me. "

After a long period of hard training, Liu Xiang's hip muscles are very developed. Coach Sun joked: "This is the 'engine' for Liu Xiang's hurdles. ”

After Liu Xiang’s training results steadily increased, in order to guard against Liu Xiang’s complacency, Coach Sun also specially prepared two record books.

One record of each training session by Liu Xiang Results, the results in the other book were deliberately written slower, which was specially for Liu Xiang.

Liu Xiang's goal at that time was to surpass his senior brother Chen Yanhao, who was known as the "Asian Column King".

At the 2001 Guangdong National Track and Field Grand Prix, Liu Xiang once again lost to Chen Yanhao and finished second, but he was only 0.03 seconds slower than Chen Yanhao.

That time. After returning from the competition, Liu Xiang trained extremely hard and was so involved that even his master Sun Haiping couldn't understand. He said to Liu Xiang: "Why are you training so hard all of a sudden? "

Liu Xiang did not answer at that time, but later he said in his autobiography: "At that time, I realized that when something you have been looking forward to for a long time and originally thought was out of reach, it suddenly becomes within your reach. When it is within reach, that urgent mood will turn into a huge motivation. ”

This kind of practice is not just a few days or months, but year after year, and you can’t relax even a day.

Finally, “the hard work pays off”, in Sun Hai With the joint efforts of Ping and Liu Xiang, he has made great achievements in the world track and field competition.

A series of dazzling results rewarded every drop of sweat shed by the master and the apprentice.

Liu Xiang was under tremendous pressure after the Beijing Olympics. At this time, a girl named Ge Tian came to him as a fan and expressed her full support for him, and the two of them met. < /p>

Perhaps for Liu Xiang at that time, every support was precious, not to mention that he was supported by such a cheerful and beautiful girl, so they met, became friends, and then became lovers. Finally entered the palace of marriage.

As the old saying goes, marriage is like shoes, only the person who wears the shoes knows whether they fit well.

Over time, the two separated due to personality differences, and the marriage unfortunately ended in failure.

Soon after, there was news that Liu Xiang and Wu Sha were together.

Wu. Sha is a Chinese pole vaulter. Although her achievements in sports are not as dazzling as Liu Xiang's, she is also an athlete with good results in the country.

Since both of them are engaged in sports, they share the same passion. There are many topics, and we can understand and support each other better in life.

In addition, Wu Sha used to be Liu Xiang's first love. They broke up for no apparent reason at first, but they still managed to get along in the end. It's fate to be together, and all we can do is wish them eternal happiness.

It is said that the two held a small wedding in 2016 with only relatives and friends attending. After the marriage, their relationship was very good and relatively good. Low-key, but you can still see photos of the two traveling and exercising together on the Internet. Liu Xiang now posts updates about his daily life on Weibo, and occasionally Wu Sha travels abroad.

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It can be seen that their lives are peaceful and happy. After retiring, Liu Xiang couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food. He loved to eat, and he was full of praise for the steamed pork made by his mother-in-law.

Liu Xiang’s current life is relatively relaxed. It is said online that he worked in the Shanghai Sports Bureau after retiring. We don’t know the specific situation, but what we can see is that he has also participated in some sports-related variety shows. and some public welfare activities to promote track and field sports.

Because of his early success and advertising endorsements, it can be inferred that Liu Xiang's personal net worth must be quite high, and his current life should be relatively relaxed and comfortable.

It can also be seen from his personal Weibo that he likes traveling and food, and he interacts and shares his happiness with his fans from time to time.

For some time, someone on the Internet once said: "We owe Liu Xiang an apology."

Liu Xiang’s response to this was: “Everyone was young once and said some impulsive things. I can understand these and do not need any apology.”

Last year Su Bingtian ran well in the Tokyo Olympics. He said in an interview: "I have always been in contact with Brother Xiang, and he continues to encourage me and support me."

It seems that Liu Xiang is very interested in Track and field's love for sports has never changed. He has just changed his form to do what he likes, and will continue to support track and field in his own way for his beloved hurdle race.

Liu Xiang’s glory and era are in the past, but his life continues.

We don’t need to disturb his life, let alone judge his choices. We just need to send our blessings silently, hoping that he can always live the life he wants and protect the happiness of himself and his family.

Liu Xiang's autobiography - "I am Liu Xiang"

Liu Xiang's Weibo - "My runway!" My column! 》

Xinhuanet - "Xinhua News Agency News: Liu Xiang in 6 words, no one can withstand his pressure"