In June 2012, in a gymnasium in Beijing, a group of young and energetic boys and girls were sweating on the sports field.
Athletes repeat the same movements over and over again, striving to be the most detailed and perfect, and the coaches on the side will give them professional advice from time to time.
Suddenly, in the gymnastics training ground, an athlete in his twenties fell heavily to the ground.
"Ah," she exclaimed in pain, curled up in a ball, and hugged her calves tightly with her hands.
"How is it going? Send it to the hospital quickly and call an ambulance quickly." The coach shouted anxiously to the people around him, and then everyone started to act.
Although everyone sent the athlete to the hospital in time, due to the serious injury and the Achilles tendon ruptured, she still missed the game since then.
The athlete could only choose to retire and bid farewell to the sports field at the suggestion of his coach.
Who is this athlete? What contributions did she make to our country before she retired? What was her life like after she retired?
Want to learn table tennis, but embarked on the road of gymnastics
Cheng Fei and his family are in Huangshi City, Hubei Province. Her father is Cheng Ligao. He is strong and has been a professional athlete for a period of time. What’s more important is that he is very educational and worried about his children’s future. After retiring from the military, he also did martial arts related work for a long time.
Because of these two experiences, as his daughter Cheng Fei gradually grew up, Cheng Ligao was very sensitive to discover that his daughter Cheng Fei inherited his talent in sports.
He felt that since his daughter has such good conditions, she should take the path of athletes and bring glory to the country in the future.
He knew that athletes worked very hard during training, but for the sake of his daughter's future, he decided to let her daughter try it out.
Table tennis is China's national football, and it is relatively easy to get started, so Cheng Ligao chose the path to play table tennis for his daughter.
"Let the child try the water first, and if possible, let her continue training. If it really doesn't work, it's time to choose other exercises." Cheng Ligao told his wife.
After making up his mind, Cheng Ligao began to inquire which sports schools are more reliable.
Although the couple are just workers and their income is not high, they still want their daughter to receive more professional training.
In 1991, Cheng Fei, who was only three years old, was sent to an amateur sports school in Huangshi City by his father Cheng Ligao to learn table tennis.
At that time, although Cheng Fei didn't know anything, his love for sports was as if it was engraved in her genes.
As soon as she arrived at the sports school, she fell in love with it and soon became as good as a fish in the sports school.
Although Cheng Fei was not as tall as a broom at that time, he was very particular about holding the table tennis racket and learning with the coaches. The training process of
is very hard. There are constantly crying and some children of the same age as Cheng Fei, and some children start to strike with their coach's legs.
However, Cheng Fei was not affected by the surrounding environment, but was devoted to the training.
Each time the training ends, the other partners are already exhausted and out of breath and just want to sit down and rest early.
But Cheng Fei's energy is like she can't finish it. After the training, she still has the energy to wander around.
When resting, Cheng Fei would sometimes visit the gymnastics training ground. Seeing the children doing gymnastics movements, Cheng Fei gradually joined in with a fun mentality. Although the coach
discovered this "outsider", he did not care too much, but instead taught her as an ordinary student.
But soon, the coaches' attitude changed.
They were surprised to find that this "transfer student" has good flexibility and balance, and is naturally suitable for gymnastics.
After a period of careful observation, all the coaches of this amateur sports school in Huangshi City have confirmed this.
"Your daughter is very flexible, has good balance, is usually energetic and very active, and is a good seedling for gymnastics."
14 After seeing Cheng Ligao, the coach who originally taught Cheng Fei's table tennis proposed a suggestion for children to change their exercise direction. It was Cheng Ligao's wishful thinking, and the couple were also mentally prepared for their daughter to change directions in the future.
So, after Cheng Ligao asked about some related matters about gymnastics, he nodded and agreed.
The birth of "Gymnastics Queen"
As the coaches said, Cheng Fei does have extraordinary talents in gymnastics.
Under the guidance of the gymnastics coach, Cheng Fei quickly mastered various basic movements, had a very solid foundation, and his learning progress was far greater than that of his classmates.
Some difficult movements need to be practiced for a long time before others can barely master them, but Cheng Fei can do it very well after several trainings.
Gymnastics has extremely high requirements for athletes' physical flexibility and flexibility.
will often fall due to inadequate movements during training, and in severe cases, you may even be injured.
No matter how talented you are, you cannot avoid injuries on the training ground. Moreover, the path of gymnastics cannot be smooth sailing by talent.
She needs 99% of sweat and hard work, plus one percent of talent to achieve brilliant achievements.
Therefore, Cheng Fei often fell blue and purple on the training ground, and sometimes she would look like a bruised nose and a swollen face.
When she fell and hurt, she would cry and would throw herself into her parents' arms for comfort, but she never thought of giving up.
"Feifei, we won't practice anymore. Can we go to school to study safely?"
Looking at her daughter's miserable little appearance, Cheng Fei's mother was very reluctant and even advised her to give up sports and choose a more relaxed development path again.
But whenever this time, Cheng Fei, who still had tears on his face, immediately refuted, "I don't want to choose other ones, I like to do this."
Just as tears and sweat alternated, time slowly passed, and Cheng Fei gradually grew up.
She is talented and willing to work hard. When she was 7 years old, she passed the layers of assessment and entered Wuhan Sports School to study.
Because she was too young, she was just an auditor at the beginning, not a formal student.
But soon, the teachers of Wuhan Sports School discovered Cheng Fei's talent. The coaches of
Sports School felt that Cheng Fei's future was promising and should not be buried just like that, so they discussed with the principal to improve the treatment of Cheng Fei.
After consultation and communication by many teachers, everyone said that Cheng Fei is very strong and should be given the qualification of a formal sports student.
In this way, Cheng Fei, who was only 8 years old, became the youngest official student in Wuhan Sports School and the youngest "technical technical school student" at that time.
After becoming a formal student, Cheng Fei's treatment has also improved a lot accordingly.
Not only does she not have to pay tuition, she can also get a living allowance every month, which has really reduced her burden to her poor family.
In Wuhan Sports College , Cheng Fei still insisted on training day after day. Whether it was windy or rainy, or other unexpected situations, she had never delayed her studies. Although
is the youngest, Cheng Fei's level of hard work is not the least.
In order to learn a difficult action, Cheng Fei pondered every detail tens of thousands of times.
Sometimes, she feels that this movement is not done well, so she will practice it repeatedly alone, repeating these boring and boring movements.
She knew that her parents and school coaches had high expectations for her, and she herself hoped to achieve outstanding achievements in gymnastics.
Gradually, Cheng Fei's strength became stronger and stronger, and her light finally bloomed in front of everyone's eyes.
1999, Cheng Fei, who was only 11 years old, passed five levels and six generals, passed layers of strict assessment and screening, and became an athlete of the Hubei Provincial Team. In the Hubei Provincial Team, Cheng Fei received more and more professional training and made rapid progress in technology.
Although he is only in his early teens, Cheng Fei has become the leader of the Hubei Provincial Gymnastics Team.
She participated in many competitions on behalf of Hubei Province and won many honors. Her name also started when she stood on the podium again and again.
At this time, Cheng Fei is a rising star in the gymnastics world. Everyone is hoping that she can release the most dazzling brilliance.
Two years later, the excellent Cheng Fei was attracted by the national team and then entered the national team to develop, with a bright future.
Although Cheng Fei was only 13 years old at this time, she has been studying gymnastics for nearly 10 years and has a deep precipitation and foundation.
's training in the national team is also more targeted. The coach will tailor the training plan for Cheng Fei based on her actual situation.
Although the outside world has already praised her a lot at this time, Cheng Fei still maintained her original intention and continued to work hard on the training ground.
During this period, Cheng Fei participated in competitions of all sizes, but it was not until 2003 that she made her famous in the international sports world.
In 2003, Cheng Fei represented the Chinese team to participate in the competition. In the game, she became famous for her "small flip straight body back flip 540 degrees".
With this difficult action, Cheng Fei won the vault championship, and she was only 15 years old at this time.
004, the International Olympic Games was held in Athens, Greek , and Cheng Fei fought in Athens as a member of the Chinese team. Although he is very confident in Cheng Fei's strength, the coaches are still very worried because Cheng Fei is too young.
During the day-to-day training, Cheng Fei's technical level is very high, but due to lack of experience in participating in large-scale events, the coaches are very worried about Cheng Fei's mentality.
, especially in the Olympics, can be said to be the focus of attention of the whole world, and the pressure Cheng Fei has to bear is self-evident.
Although Cheng Fei made some mistakes on Athens Olympics , she quickly adjusted her mindset and won the fourth place.
coaches are very satisfied with this result. After all, this is Cheng Fei's first time participating in the Olympics, and there will be more opportunities in the future.
But Cheng Fei was very frustrated. She felt that she had let down the trust of her teachers and parents and was also sorry for the cultivation of the country. After
, she seriously learned from this failure, continued to carry out hard training, and focused on the training on the vault.
In November 2005, the East Asian Games arrived as scheduled, and Cheng Fei once again represented China.
This time, her progress was very obvious, and she finally won the silver medal in this competition with a high score of 9.256.
In the same year, Cheng Fei also appeared on the 38th World Gymnastics Championship .
This competition was held in Australia, but there are still many Chinese audiences in the stadium.
In this vaulting competition, Cheng Fei won the championship and also set a new record for the Chinese women's vaulting horse event.
This award is of great significance to Cheng Fei himself and to China.
For Cheng Fei herself, her movements were named after her by the international sports world. " Cheng Fei jumps " marks the emergence of a new difficulty of movement.
For the entire country, Cheng Fei stepped onto the podium, marking the birth of China's first women's vaulting world champion, and she is therefore called the "Gymnastics Queen".
Since then, Cheng Fei has participated in many large-scale events and also served as the captain of Chinese women's gymnastics team , continuing to win glory for the country.
was injured in training and retired as coach
In June 2012, Cheng Fei trained as usual, but unfortunately injured, causing a rupture of the Achilles tendon in his leg.
She is nearly 25 years old at this time, and for a professional athlete, she is already in an "old age". After
, at the coach's suggestion, Cheng Fei regretfully left the arena she loved and turned behind the scenes, becoming a coach.
Because he left a lot of hidden injuries during the years of training, Cheng Fei had to take medicine for treatment after retirement. The stimulation of the drug
caused her hormone imbalance in her body. In addition, she finally no longer had to control her diet, so Cheng Fei's weight even reached 200 kilograms.
Now, Cheng Fei is 34 years old and she is a coach at the Wuhan Sports School where she once attended.
Although Cheng Fei's technical level is very high, she still did not give up on studying. During this period, she also studied for a postgraduate degree and obtained the master's degree certificate in education .
Cheng Fei’s main task now is to teach children to conduct gymnastics training and lay a solid foundation for them, just like the help of the former teacher. The bonuses obtained by
in the competition, coupled with the savings and subsidies over the years, made Cheng Fei a little rich woman.
She has two houses in Wuhan, her life is relaxed and happy, and she lives a happy life every day.
Although she is still single, she also said, "Take it slow, don't worry, the fate will always come."
On June 8, 2022, Cheng Fei, who had disappeared for a long time, suddenly appeared on Baidu Tieba , and interacted with fans who still miss her.
Cheng Fei said that she has received everyone's blessings. She is very happy in her current teaching life, so there is no need to worry about her.
I hope this athlete who has made many contributions to the motherland can shine in other fields and live a happy and happy life every day.
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