In the table tennis national first team, there are two "thorn heads".
They are all teenagers who became famous, one won the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris and was called "tiger hero"; the other was named "killing god" at the Athens Olympic Games.
At the same time, they are also Liu Guoliang's most "headache" team members, one loves to wrestle, one loves to go out without permission, and later one of them was sent to "military training" and one was punished to "raise pigs".
Seeing this, perhaps everyone has already guessed the names of these two people, one is called Qiu Yike, and the other is called Chen Xuan.
Because of their youthful madness, they have repeatedly stood on the cusp of public opinion; but because of their love and dedication to table tennis, they have become idols in the hearts of countless people.
Now 19 years later, the former young boy Lang has become a stable uncle, but he never expected that in 2022, this pair of good brothers will once again become the focus of the public because they coached Sun Yingsha before and after.
In the end, what are the stories and touching feelings behind Chen Xuan and Qiu Yike?
Why has their friendship remained the same for 19 years?
And in the end, what did they do that made Coach Liu Guoliang feel uneasy many times?
Today, let's walk into Chen Xuan and Qiu Yike to see how legendary the lives of these two good brothers really are.
01
Looking back at the early experiences of Chen Xuan and Qiu Yike, only the four words of "genius teenager" can be summed up, and even Liu Guoliang commented on the two: talent is rare, and in time it will become a great instrument.
Both began playing at the age of 6, entered the provincial team at the age of 11 and 12, and then were trained as "good seedlings" and sent all the way to the national team.
First of all, Chen Xuan, who was recognized by Liu Guoliang in 2002.
At that time, the 26-year-old Liu Guoliang had just coached the Chinese team, and he took a group of "national players" to participate in the Table Tennis Super League, and he never expected that Kong Linghui, Liu Guoliang, Qin Zhijian, these main forces, were beaten by the young Chen Xuan after arriving at the scene without the ability to fight back.
Therefore, on the spot, Liu Guoliang assured Chen Xuan that he would definitely take him under his command and be his own disciple.
It can be said that the "killing god" was hit by Liu Guoliang at a glance, and this starting point is really high!
Looking at Qiu Yike again, he was guided by the "bald head" Xiao all the way!
No better than Chen Xuan being caught by Liu Guoliang, Qiu Yike was able to repeatedly suffer twists and turns before entering the national team.
Before the age of 8, Qiu Yike could train in the Sichuan provincial team, because the team was full of talents, and a coach wanted him to go to Qingdao to develop, so Qiu Yike, who was "not understanding anything, was bold", took his backpack and washbasin, and followed the coach to Qingdao that night.
But after coming to Qingdao, Qiu Yike found that his identity was somewhat "embarrassing", and he ridiculed himself at that time: "Even if you are a member of the escape team, the identity authentication is more complicated."
The consequence of the "escape" is that Qiu Yike cannot participate, and even if he later returns to the Sichuan provincial team, he is still unable to represent the team in the big competition.
During that time, Qiu Yike trained with the Sichuan team members, and after everyone trained well, they all went to participate in the competition, only Qiu Yike, after training well, then retrained.
During that period when there was no game to play, Qiu Yike felt that it was difficult to stay up, and he even wanted to change his career to play saxophone, just when Qiu Yike was about to give up table tennis, Xiao coached.
Xiao Jiao, who is also the Sichuan team going out, is very fond of Qiu Yike's "seedling", and he feels that this person must be a "sword" of the Sichuan team in the future, so he is particularly strict with Qiu Yike.
Every morning from 8 o'clock to 12 o'clock in the afternoon, from 2 o'clock in the afternoon to 7 o'clock in the afternoon, Qiu Yi can play with a racket, and Xiao Guide is watching from the side.
In 2002, Xiao guided Qiu Yike all the way from the Sichuan provincial team to the national second team, and half a year later, Qiu Yike was promoted from the second team to the first team, which showed how strong the strength was.
In 2003, Qiu Yike and Chen Xuan were on the national first team, from strange to at first sight, the two "thorn heads" completed the encounter, perhaps because of similar temperaments, the relationship between the two increased day by day.
To say that the development of this period, Qiu Yike seems to be more "top-notch".
This year, 18-year-old Qiu Yike followed the "national players" to compete in the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris, and no one thought that this nameless youngster would actually perform very brightly in the opening.
In the first round, Qiu Yike swept the Danish team Monrad 4:0, and in the second round, he won Pol with a bang, knowing that the ranking of the veteran Ball at that time was the first in the world.
After seeing Qiu Yike defeat Pol, cai Zhenhua, the authority watching the game, applauded excitedly and shouted: Qiu Yike is comparable to a "tiger hero" because he has cleared the biggest obstacle on the way forward for the Chinese team.
Similarly, Qiu Yike's performance at the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris also greatly boosted Chen Xuan's morale.
Chen Xuan said, "I am really happy for Qiu Yike, from Qiu Yike, I can see the potential of our small team members, and I will work harder in the future." ”
This year, Qiu Yike was 18 years old, Chen Xuan was 20 years old, and seeing that the good brothers had just entered the national team and achieved such eye-catching results, Chen Xuan's future training was also more hard.
Fortunately, Chen Xuan's glorious road soon came.
At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the 21-year-old Chen Xuan stood on the stage that all athletes aspire to.
But for Chen Xuan's participation, coaches Liu Guoliang and Wu Jingping were both pinching a handful of sweat.
In the words of Liu Guoliang, "Chen Xuan did not even participate in the Asian Championships at that time, he was completely a big white." ”
Not only that, at that time, the situation of the national table tennis team at the Olympic Games was not optimistic, the women's unilateral Wang Nan was out of the cold, the men's singles side was even more stressful, Ma Lin, Wang Liqin lost in the men's singles, and the faces of the men made Hui Wang Hao also both out.
No one expected that at the end of the game, the hope of winning the gold would be left with Chen Xuan Ma Lin's doubles.
Faced with such a situation as the national table tennis team, Chen Xuan knew how heavy the burden on his body was.
Before the game, Liu Guoliang came to Chen Xuan's room to reduce the pressure on the apprentice, but he did not expect Chen Xuan to turn his head to comfort the master, and he said firmly: Liu Guide, you can rest assured, I will fight tomorrow!
Sure enough, when he came on the field, Chen Xuan was even far more calm than Marlene, and he was more and more fierce, and the scene was full of Chen Xuan's roar.
Driven by Chen Xuan, Ma Lin finally adjusted the rhythm and fought with Chen Xuan to fight against the opponent, and many years later, recalling this game at that time, all the participating national table tennis people still remember it vividly.
Liu Guoliang said that he had forgotten to applaud at that time, Wu Jingping said that he did not dare to look at the last time and had been wiping his glasses, and Ma Lin was even more emotional, if there was no Chen Xuan at that time, he really did not have the confidence to win this round.
In this battle, Chen Xuan did not live up to Liu Guoliang's expectations, nor did he live up to himself, he used his own efforts to let the field fly the five-star red flag of the motherland.
After the return of Athens, Chen Xuan became famous in the First World War.
It is not difficult to find out here that Qiu Yike and Chen Xuan are both geniuses who have become famous as teenagers.
A newborn calf at the age of 18, who was not afraid of tigers, directly defeated Pol, who was ranked first at the time;
At the age of 21, he stood on the stage of the Athens Olympic Games and won a precious gold medal for his motherland.
In addition to the remarkable achievements, the momentum and action of the two men also fascinated the fans, and later Qiu Yike was praised as "the successor who most resembled Liu Guoliang", and Chen Xuan was known as "killing god".
If they follow the pace of the time, they may be able to achieve more brilliant results in the future.
Unfortunately, the two young boys are not taking the usual path, they are like the two brightest shooting stars, fleeting.
But it is also these "unusual" of theirs that have written the most legendary stroke for their respective lives.
Next, we want to talk about the "mistakes and punishments" of the two "thorn heads" in those years.
02
To say that "fame should be early", Chen Xuan is not as good as Qiu Yike, after all, Qiu Yike became famous at the age of 18, and Chen Xuan became an Olympic champion at the age of 21.
But when it comes to "making mistakes", Chen Xuanna can be much earlier than Qiu Yike, just so-called: early mistakes are corrected early, perhaps this is the reason why Chen Xuan later became more mature than Qiu Yike.
Looking back at the young madness of the two "thorn heads" now, I have to sigh that the temperament of these two brothers is really similar.
In 1999, when Qiu Yike was still being stared at by Xiao's guidance and immersed in hard training, "Big Brother" Chen Xuan had already begun to make mistakes for the first time in his life.
At that time, Chen Xuan played a game with the Bayi team, which belonged to the exchange game, that is, his own people and his own people, in the eyes of the coaches, it did not matter who lost or who won in this game.
But Chen Xuan, who lost the game, fell on the spot, and at this moment, his teammates were stunned, and his opponents were also stunned.
Seeing Chen Xuan who was "stunned", the coach punished Chen Xuan on the spot to run in circles, and after running 4000 meters, Chen Xuan thought it was over, but he did not expect to receive the notice of being returned to the provincial team.
In the face of such a punishment, Chen Xuan was very unwilling, he said: I was wrong to drop the beat, but I hated myself for losing, and I had no intention of disrespecting my opponent at all.
So before leaving, Chen Xuan silently swore in his heart: Go away, go Lao Tzu is a big deal and fight back!
After 1 year of "lying down and tasting the guts", Chen Xuan did play back to the national 2 team again, but less than 5 months after coming here, Chen Xuan was once again removed from the list.
This time was on the National Day in 2000, because everyone's mood was relatively loose during the holiday, Chen Xuan secretly ran out with a few teammates in the middle of the night, and he never expected to be caught by the coach who later checked the room.
It is said that in fact, if this matter is to bow down and admit mistakes, it is estimated that it will criticize the past, but Chen Xuan is also a "hard bone", and other teammates have "recruited", and he is "willing to die unyielding" on his morality, so he was expelled again.
In the face of this second expulsion, Chen Xuan was also a teenager, he said: Ok, this time gone, I will not come back after I am killed.
Fortunately, Chen Xuan later met Liu Guoliang, who had a discerning eye, in 2002, which gave him the opportunity to enter the national first team, paving the way for becoming a "killing god" in the future.
After coming to Liu Guoliang's hands, Chen Xuan was diligent and earnest, after all, there was a "fat man who didn't understand the ball" as a guide, and he made rapid progress.
In Liu Guoliang's eyes, Chen Xuan this person has the courage to play ball, the psychological quality of the front team is strong, no matter who stands opposite you, this boy is not afraid of heaven, he dares to fight with you, especially his top 3 boards, who encounters are afraid
In addition, Liu Guoliang also firmly pinched Chen Xuan's "seven inches", that is, he likes to listen to good words, typical "give a little sunshine is brilliant", the more you praise him, the more fierce he plays, the more fiercely he practices.
At that time, Chen Xuan had a habit that if he played well, he would think of the "chance encounter" Liu Guoliang of the Fa, just to hear Master boast: Ok, today is a good fight; if the game is not played well, Chen Xuan does not even dare to go to the canteen, hiding in the dormitory does not dare to show his head, for fear that Master will ask himself.
Compared with Chen Xuan's "give a little sunshine and shine", Qiu Yike is a typical "no fight can not be a tool".
Usually, when training in the team, the coaches all reflected that Qiu Yike was playing too fiercely, and often his mouth would not stop as soon as he played.
The team members with personality will all yell two sentences on the scene, and Xiao Guide "also turns a blind eye" to this, but what makes Xiao Guide the most headache is that Qiu Yike "always loves to go out without permission".
In this regard, Liu Guoliang also hated that iron was not made of steel, and shouted directly: Qiu Yike is a talented person, but his heart is too heavy, and he does not completely focus his heart on playing.
Looking back at Qiu Yike's several "mistakes", almost all of them are undisciplined.
The first time was in 2003, when it coincided with the Guangzhou Tour Finals in December, Qiu Yike lost the doubles, followed the sponsors to go out to drink, lost and was so undisciplined, Liu Guoliang was angry when he heard the news. Subsequently, the punishment given to Qiu Yike by the team was a fine of 10,000 yuan, suspended for half a year, and stayed on probation for 1 year.
Before the real punishment, Liu Guoliang also went to do ideological work for Qiu Yike, after all, this was the first time Qiu Yike had made a mistake, and Liu Guoliang, who loved talent and cherished talent, did not want to make Qiu Yike too burdened.
Sure enough, with this punishment, Qiu Yike reviewed himself very seriously, and read 6 pages of self-criticism at the conference, and the training behind was also very down-to-earth and hardworking.
Just when Liu Guoliang and Xiao Zhi were relieved, they did not expect that Qiu Yike's "old problem" had been committed again.
Leaving aside the 5,000 fines he was fined in 2005 for "questioning" the referee, Qiu Yike's worst punishment was in 2006.
At first, during the Spring Festival in 2006, Qiu Yike was sent to "military training" by Liu Guoliang for 10 days because he "went out privately", and after he returned, Qiu Yike changed his attitude, honestly buried his head in training, and in the round robin of the team, he also defeated Wang Liqin and others one after another. ”
Subsequently, in the "straight to Bremen" season in March, Qiu Yike also won the quota with a bang, but the quota was not warm, and Qiu Yike made a serious mistake again.
The reason for the mistake this time is still going out late at night, and coach Wu Jingping talked about this matter later, and the words were really hateful and angry.
It turned out that at that time, Coach Wu Jingping saw that Qiu Yike was not sleeping well, so he wanted to dispel qiu Yike's idea of going out, and bluntly said that he would come back to check his sleep later, but he did not expect that Qiu Yike, who was holding a fluke mentality, still secretly ran out.
There was no "light forgiveness" in the team this time, and Qiu Yike was not only banned, but also sent back to the 2 teams.
When the news that Qiu Yike was returned to the second team had been announced, many media outlets reported on it.
In particular, the Sichuan media is even more "hating iron and steel", and the words are full of regret and regret, even the headline is "Serious violations of discipline were severely punished, Qiu Yike's old mistakes have been committed again." ”
The main text begins with: "It's Qiu Yike again, and it's a serious violation of team discipline again" ...
After being returned to the 2nd team, Qiu Yi can be regarded as a real "sudden realization", he said that this time he really reflected, he knew that he was wrong.
In the days of the 2nd team, Qiu Yike was not good, first, the training around him was a small team member, his "big brother" was very embarrassed in it, plus he was returned after making a mistake, which was even more embarrassing.
Later, in the interview, Qiu Yike said: Looking back on the past, I really regret it, and I didn't cherish the opportunity.
Not only Qiu Yi can regret it, but also Xiao Zhi and Liu Guoliang, but only they can pay for the mistakes of youth and madness.
When Qiu Yike was punished for making a mistake in 2006, his good brother Chen Xuan did not have a good year.
In 2006, in the men's singles final of the Kobe Asian Cup, Chen Xuan lost to Wang Hao and fell the beat again, although the beat was still angry that he could not beat it, but because of the serious damage to the image in the international arena, he was punished by Liu Guoliang to go to the countryside for training.
Chen Xuan went to The Peach Village of Zhengding, Hebei Province, where he hoeed grass every day, helped his fellow villagers clean the yard, and most importantly fed pigs.
However, even in the days when he "fed the pigs", Chen Xuan did not forget his good brother, he said: There is still a bed here, if Only Qiu Yi could be there.
Looking back on the past many years later, the temperaments of Chen Xuan and Qiu Yike still haven't changed much.
Chen Xuan said: Well, when you are young, you always have to be a little oblivious, too stable and not interesting.
Qiu Yike frankly said: Bad habits must be changed, but temper cannot be changed, and it is not me who has changed.
Seeing this, I have to sigh that when these two brothers were young and crazy, although they were wrong, they were also crazy.
03
On February 27, 2014, Wang Liqin, Ma Lin, Chen Xuan, Qiu Yike, Zhang Chao and others retired.
At the retirement ceremony, Chen Xuan and Qiu Yike, who have always been "afraid of the world", had a sad look on their faces than anyone else.
When Chen Xuan and Liu Guoliang embraced, the master and apprentice hugged each other tightly, everything was in silence, while Qiu Yike had already begun to shed tears before the master came to the eye.
Because they know that no matter how arrogant and arrogant they were before, and no matter how many tribulations and setbacks they have experienced in the team, from this moment on, everything is over.
After retiring, the brothers' choice for the future is the same, one returns to Jiangsu Province as a coach, and the other returns to Sichuan Province as a coach.
Chen Xuan led the men's team in Jiangsu Province, and his motto to his disciples was: "When he can't kill you during the game, you go on stage to receive the award, and if he kills you, you applaud him";
Similarly, Qiu Yike, who led the women's team in the Sichuan Provincial Team, often yelled when guiding his disciples to play games: "Don't be afraid of losing, you are afraid of losing, after playing, you shout out to Lao Tzu, and whoever can't shout out will not come back." ”
The most surprising thing is that these two coaches treat the apprentices more strictly than the other, and when they meet disciples with extremely strong personalities, the two are also bitter and do not hesitate to talk about their former youth and madness over and over again.
As Qiu Yike said, only when I became a coach, I could appreciate the good intentions of Liu And Xiao in those years, I had taken many detours in the past, so I didn't want my team members to take detours again, and I must not let them regret it later.
Seeing Chen Xuan and Qiu Yike like this, I suddenly found that they may not be the best players when they are young, but they can become the best coaches in the future.
In 2016, Chen Xuan and Qiu Yike, one 33 years old and the other 31 years old, but as long as the two have the opportunity to meet, they are still the same teenagers as before.
During that time, Chen Xuan and Qiu Yike were both fascinated by live broadcasting, often ridiculing each other in the live broadcast, no matter good or bad, the two said everything.
They ridicule each other to cut the door, discuss who is the most handsome, and often show each other their pets, after having children, the two also agreed to "doll kiss".
The most surprising thing is that neither of them shy away from the past of those young and crazy years.
Chen Xuan said that it was a good thing that Qiu Yi did not accompany me to "raise pigs", and when he came, the pigs had to die.
Qiu Yike said that there was a reason why I didn't compensate Chen Xuan for raising pigs, and if I didn't go, he would have killed several pigs, and I couldn't save them if I went.
Later, Chen Xuan and Qiu Yike both became members of the national table tennis coaching team, and they also began to become people like their mentor Liu Guoliang.
They accompany the team members to train, care about the lives of the team members, and hope to cultivate several world champions for the country with their own efforts.
When Chen Xuan was a coach in the national team, he often squeezed the subway to buy mistakes, and also learned to make "scrambled eggs with small onions"; Qiu Yike also followed the small team members and sparred around.
As Liu Guoliang said, "The biggest harvest of the national table tennis team is the team spirit, everyone is selflessly dedicated, day and night sparring, resource sharing, all-round no complaints and no regrets to help the participants realize their dreams of the Olympic Games!"
Which country, which team, can have such a respectable sparring team, who can help us calculate how many Olympic and world championships these coaches and athletes have won? ”
Now that 19 years have passed, in 2022, the trajectories of Qiu Yike and Chen Xuan's lives coincide again, this time because they co-directed their beloved apprentice Sun Yingsha.
From the Tokyo Olympics, to the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, to Singapore, Chen Xuan accompanied Sun Yingsha to compete in the four directions, and he guided Sasha like an old father;
Now, the good brother Qiu Yike has taken over the baton in Chen Xuan's hand, and he has begun to become the head coach of Sasha and continue to work hard to realize Sasha's dream.
Seeing this, some people may compare the two coaches, but in fact, it is not necessary.
Because although Chen Xuan and Qiu Yike have their own advantages and disadvantages, their original intention as coaches has never changed, that is, they hope to continue to shine for the cause of national table tennis and cultivate several world champions for the country.
This original intention is the dream of all national table tennis people, and it is also the inheritance of national table tennis.
It is believed that in the future, Chen Xuan and Qiu Yike will continue to shine in their respective posts and do their best to help the team members realize their dreams.
I believe even more that Chen Xuan and Qiu Yike, the two "thorn heads", no matter how many years have passed, they are still good brothers, they have known each other for 19 years, and I believe that there will be another 19 years.