Immediately afterwards, the "March of the Volunteers" was played over the Bird's Nest. Guo Yue, who was only 20 years old, stood on the championship podium symbolizing the highest glory and won his first Olympic champion.

008, in the Beijing Bird's Nest Stadium, thousands of people were watching the ping-pong table in the middle at the same time. The highly anticipated athlete held up his racket and sent out a crucial ball.

accompanied by deafening cheers, Guo Yue on the venue gave a sincere smile.

Immediately afterwards, "March of the Volunteers" was played over the bird's nest. Guo Yue, who was only 20 years old, stood on the championship podium symbolizing the highest glory and won his first Olympic champion.

Table Tennis, Olympic champion, Chinese women's table tennis leader... These seemingly glamorous titles were once added to the young Guo Yue at the same time.

As a rising star in the national team, Guo Yue has carried too many anticipated gazes, and everyone hopes that she can break through herself and create a peak again.

But just in his year of fighting, Guo Yue suddenly retreated bravely, and withdrew from the national team in disgrace. The reason behind this matter is still talked about.

Why did Guo Yue suddenly announce his retirement? What kind of life did she live after retiring?

Table Tennis Talents Showed since childhood

1988, Guo Yue was born in Anshan City, Liaoning Province. Before Guo Yue was born, her parents actually wanted a boy.

However, things went against my wishes. When the baby's cry sounded in the delivery room, the nurse told Guo Yue's father: "Congratulations, it's a girl."

At this time, the situation was done. Guo Yue's father had no choice but to accept this fact.

In order to comfort herself, Guo Yue's father gave her a masculine name - Guo Yue. In this way, Guo Yue laid the foundation for the first half of his tomboy-like life.

Although Guo Yue is not a boy, her parents did not treat her harshly because of this. Within the scope of financial allowance, Guo Yue was given the best care.

Maybe it's because the name is more masculine, or maybe it's because he was raised as a boy since childhood. When Guo Yue grew up, his hobbies gradually moved closer to boys.

When other little girls had long hair and tied it into two small braids, Guo Yue cut his clean and neat short hair and was doing well among the boys.

In kindergarten, Guo Yue is a veritable "big brother". She always takes a group of little boys to play around and make fun of it, leaving the teacher helpless.

Because of this, Guo Yue's father was often invited by his teacher to kindergarten. After a while, he also muttered in his heart, The girl is so energetic, should she send her to learn sports or something?

Among all sports, Guo Yue's father chose table tennis for her, and Guo Yue was also interested in this sport.

In 1996, Guo Yue participated in the teenage table tennis contest . At that time, Guo Yue was only 8 years old. When she was not tall, she stood next to the table, it was hard to tell whether it was higher or Guo Yue.

, such an inconspicuous little girl, achieved very impressive results in the competition. When the competition was held, the coach of the provincial sports school was deeply attracted by her.

Finally met a good seedling, and the coach certainly would not miss it. He immediately found Guo Yue's parents and expressed his desire to enter the provincial sports school.

Provincial Sports School is the cradle of national team players. Countless national team players have gone out of their respective provincial sports schools. If Guo Yue can enter the provincial sports school, it will be very beneficial to her future development.

However, this is also a double-edged sword. Accepting professional sports training means that Guo Yue must give up his normal school life. Even if she decides not to take the sports path in the future, there is no chance to turn around.

Two choices were placed in front of Guo Yue and his parents. They were undecided. In the end, Guo Yue's father took the idea and personally sent his daughter to the provincial sports school.

Although Guo Yue looks like a little boy on the outside, there is a very soft little girl living inside her.

When she first entered the provincial sports school, Guo Yue was always shy because she was too young. She was reluctant to leave her parents and enter such a strange environment.

Guo Yue's father felt sorry for her, so he often rushed from home to Shenyang in different ways, either bringing her changing clothes or making delicious food for her mother.

Guo Yue has a good personality. She is never stingy to share the delicious food she received to her companions. There are many Guo Yue’s peers in the provincial sports school. They are all of the same age and have endless common topics to talk about.

Gradually, Guo Yue integrated into this big family. When she met her father, she became more and more active, and she rarely quarreled and said that she was going home.

While adapting to the life of the sports school, Guo Yue is also urging himself to work hard.

She was born with a unyielding personality. Even in the provincial sports school where there were many strong people, Guo Yue wanted to become the most dazzling one through his hard work.

The coach who led Guo Yue's training at that time was named Gu Zhenjiang. From the first sight of Guo Yue, he was sure that this little girl would achieve a great cause.

When Gu Zhenjiang took Guo Yue to train on the table tennis court, he was seen by the coach of the track and field team next door. The coach of the track and field team also admired Guo Yue very much, and even thought about "poaching".

Gu Zhenjiang immediately refused. If it weren't for Gu Zhenjiang's determination, we might have really seen Guo Yue in track and field competitions in the future.

In December 1999, Guo Yue participated in the National Youth Table Tennis Player Selection Competition. In this game, Guo Yue passed five levels and defeated six players, and finally stood on the highest podium.

This is Guo Yue’s first national medal, symbolizing her surging life and set sail from now on.

leads an era

004, Guo Yue fought in the Athens Olympics . In the event that symbolizes the highest level of table tennis in the world, Guo Yue performed very well and won the third place in the women's doubles competition with his partner.

This year, she was only 16 years old. Even Guo Yue's senior sister Wang Nan said that her future opponent is likely to be the young Guo Yue.

In 2008, Guo Yue participated in the competition that had the greatest impact on her life, that is the 29th Summer Olympics held in Beijing.

At that time, Guo Yue, Wang Nan and Zhang Yining's table tennis skills were not much different. The stadium changed rapidly, and anything could happen.

If Guo Yue’s game goes well, she is likely to defeat Wang Nan and Zhang Yining and become the number one person in the national team’s women’s table tennis.

However, things went against my wishes. Guo Yue finally only won the bronze medal. Although the Chinese team won the top three women's singles, Guo Yue's own mood was mostly bitter.

Fortunately, she performed well in the women's team competition and finally won the gold medal.

When Guo Yue won the Olympic gold medal, the audience applause was thunderous. What she didn't know was that her original mentor, Anshan Sports School coach Bai Xiaodong, was also in the audience.

993, when Guo Yue turned five, her father brought her to Anshan Sports School coach Bai Xiaodong.

Before this, Guo Yue had been playing table tennis for a while. Her talent could be easily seen even her father, who was not proficient in table tennis.

But this was the first time Bai Xiaodong saw Guo Yue. In front of someone he was unfamiliar, Guo Yue was more restrained. After she timidly greeted Bai Xiaodong, she hid behind her father and dared not speak.

Fortunately, Guo Yue's table tennis talent conquered Bai Xiaodong, and she successfully entered Anshan Sports School.

This was a very novel experience for Guo Yue at that time. Other children were still learning that one plus one equals a few, so she was already holding the racket and sweating on the field.

Bai Xiaodong also noticed that Guo Yue has good physical fitness, in other words, she can adapt to long-term training.

Although table tennis and track and field sports are different and do not pay much attention to physical fitness, the time for a game is long, and the physical fitness of athletes also determines the quality of the results to a certain extent.

Guo Yue has good physical fitness and has a relatively flexible and soft way of playing basketball, which was relatively rare among female table tennis athletes at that time.

Guo Yue is indeed a rare table tennis seedling. Bai Xiaodong personally led her to train, and Guo Yue's table tennis skills have also been tempered in day after day training.

The tomboy who walked out of the town eventually became a national table tennis player standing at the top of the world.

In 2012, Guo Yue fought in the Olympic Games three times, which made her a legendary figure in Chinese women's table tennis team , and she was also said to be "leading an era."

In the London Olympics, Guo Yue once again won the gold medal of the women's team competition , three Olympics and two championships. Guo Yue announced his strength to the world with his outstanding results.

However, after the peak, it must be a trough. When everyone has not noticed it, the era of Guo Yue is coming to an end.

retired at its peak and has now become a winner in life

In January 2014, the news that Guo Yue withdrew from the national team shocked the sports world. This girl who had been fighting in the table tennis court for more than ten years was only 26 years old at that time.

Before this, many people said that the national team regarded Guo Yue as the second-class training of Deng Yaping, and Guo Yue did deliver a perfect answer.

In this case, the news of Guo Yue’s retirement seemed very sudden and even a little strange.

In fact, Guo Yue's retirement had some signs as early as a few years ago.

After participating in the Olympics in 2008, Guo Yue's mentality was inevitably greatly affected because he only won the bronze medal in the women's singles.

Guo Yue did not adjust her mentality in time. In the foreign war, she actually became the player with the most lost goals among the five main players, which surprised everyone.

The former pride of heaven fell to the point where it seemed extremely difficult to win the next game. How can this not be regretful?

Guo Yue was only 11 years old when he entered the national team. She was a talented player in the table tennis world, but in China, there is never a shortage of excellent table tennis players.

But even in such a harsh competitive environment, Guo Yue still attracted the attention of all those who pay attention to table tennis. When

entered the national team, Guo Yue was only 11 years old. she was the youngest athlete in the national table tennis team and was also regarded as the successor of Wang Nan, the senior sister who was at the peak of her time.

As Guo Yue entered the national team, she began to compete with the team in various competitions. This young girl quickly gained her fame.

When his daughter became more and more famous, Guo Yue's father reminded her meaningfully not to be influenced by the voices of the outside world. Under her reputation, it is inevitable that someone will over-praising her. An excellent athlete should never be dragged down by other things.

Guo Yue kept her father's advice in mind, and she focused all her energy on playing every game well.

However, Guo Yue's coach said that her personality has always been very strong. Since she joined the national team at the age of 11, Guo Yue has been living in the national team with a difficult image of refusing to admit defeat.

In a big table tennis country like China, there are many outstanding athletes. It can be said that the competition of table tennis teams is one of the best in all sports.

Guo Yue's stubborn personality is a double-edged sword. While allowing her to continue to climb new peaks, it also makes her unable to sustain her when she fails.

With the emergence of talents in the table tennis team, Guo Yue has been unable to return to his previous state for a long time, and being "retired" seems to have become the final destined ending for this famous table tennis player. The result of

not only hit the fans who love Guo Yue, but also made Guo Yue breathless.

When she first learned the news, Guo Yue still had a glimmer of expectations. She believed that as long as she worked hard to recover, she would be able to return to the national team one day.

However, it has been 8 years since he was "retired", and Guo Yue's dream has not yet come true.

At the end of 2014, Guo Yue became a member of the Liaoning Women's Table Tennis coaching team and was active in the table tennis arena as another identity. But in 2015, Guo Yue made up his mind to completely leave the world of table tennis. She found a job in a banking regulatory institution and began to study hard and pursue an MBA in finance.

On July 17, 2015, Guo Yue received the admission letter from Tsinghua University - Hong Kong Chinese University Financial and Financial MBA. This national player, who once stood at the peak of the world, finally began to shine in another field.

It is worth mentioning that Guo Yue has shown himself as a "tornboy" since he was a child. When she was a child, she didn't even have a skirt, and this state lasted until she was 27 years old.

After retiring from the national team, Guo Yue has grown long hair and his dress is more feminine, and he has become an elegant goddess.

When many people saw recent photos of Guo Yue, they said they couldn't recognize him.

In January 2022, Guo Yue became a "charity star promoter". In the promotional video, she had brown medium-length hair and looked gentle and intellectual.

While doing her current job well, Guo Yue has also actively participated in many variety shows. Occasionally, she will pick up a racket to show her style back then.

On July 17, 2022, Guo Yue celebrated her 34th birthday. On this day, she received a heart-shaped red cake. Many people speculated that this was given to her by Guo Yue's master's boyfriend.

However, Guo Yue did not make a formal response to these speculations. She only revealed in an interview that she was unwilling to get married too early and hoped to consider this issue two years later.

No matter what, Guo Yue is a famous table tennis player who has brought countless glory to the country. No matter what decision she makes, we all wish her a happy life!

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