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Text: Lalala
Editor: Lalala
"Drama life" is not enough to describe Ning Zetao's encounters in recent years, this "Asian flying fish" who had high hopes finally fell into the quagmire of life and his future is uncertain.
A sports hero is so disoriented and shocking. His heroic swimming posture, which once led the pride of the whole Chinese people, has faded away in the haze. All that is left is doubts and accusations.
Ning Zetao grew up in a military family. Mother Liu Wenhong originally hoped that her son could follow his father's example and become a soldier. However, Ning Zetao was not interested in this, on the contrary, he developed an inexplicable fear of water.
Once, the young Ning Zetao accidentally fell into the pond, if it wasn't for his mother to save him in time, his life might be in danger. This experience undoubtedly aggravated his "water fear". But her mother did not give up, she insisted on letting Ning Zetao learn to swim, and proved with her actions that "water" is not so terrible.
Gymnasium
Sure enough, under the careful guidance of his mother and coach, Ning Zetao gradually overcame his fear and showed amazing swimming talent. Since then, he has embarked on a life path that is destined to be extraordinary.
11-year-old Ning Zetao entered the Henan Provincial Sports Brigade and studied under coach Guo Hongyan. After that, he was approved to join the Navy swimming team and began to receive professional and systematic training. At that time, Ning Zetao was in a rebellious period and did not have much enthusiasm for joining the navy, but his family insisted that he become a "soldier".
Ning Zetao finally obeyed his family's arrangement, but in the stage of the Navy swimming team, he repeatedly had the problem of sloppy training and loose style. Coach Ye Jin was stern with him, pointing out that Ning Zetao's biggest advantage was that he was "smart and flexible", but if he didn't train hard, he would only achieve nothing.
Ye Jin's reprimand seemed to have played a role. Ning Zetao broke the Chinese record in one fell swoop at the National Swimming Championships and won the 100-meter freestyle championship. This laid the foundation for the take-off that followed.
At the Incheon Asian Games, the Chinese team led by Ning Zetao won gold in the 4x100m medley relay, and he personally won two gold medals in the 50m and 100m freestyle. The good news came that a "flying fish in Asia" was born in his hometown of Henan.
Popularity soared, and there was a problem with the style
After that, Ning Zetao's popularity reached its peak. At the World Championships in Kazan, he broke the Asian record and became the first Asian athlete to win a world title in this event. The motherland is full of pride, and the people of the whole country are cheering for it.
However, at its peak, hidden dangers began to brew. People found that after Ning Zetao's success, his personal style became more and more loose and conceited, which coincided with Ye Jin's evaluation. At the Rio Olympics, his results were subpar and he failed to reach the final of the men's 100m freestyle.
The failure of the trip to Rio was just the beginning of Ning Zetao's life. The next series of events finally put the popular athlete in the quagmire of his career.
took endorsements privately, and his strength declined
Before the Rio Olympics, Ning Zetao was exposed to "disciplinary violations", the most serious of which was that he privately accepted an advertising endorsement from Yili Dairy, a direct competitor of Mengniu, the sponsor of the Chinese Olympic team.
This is seen as a blatant betrayal and disrespect to the national team. In response, the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China immediately imposed severe penalties on Ning Zetao.
Ning Zetao was denied the subsidy for training expenses, as a national athlete, the cost of training should have been paid by the state, but after being punished, he was no longer allowed to bear all this out of his own pocket.
To make matters worse, he was ejected from the Navy swim team's training apartment and forced to leave the environment where he had trained for many years. As you can imagine, this is undoubtedly a heavy blow for a professional athlete.
In addition to the familiar environment, in addition to the familiarity of the environment, there is also the company and support of teammates, which is the motivation for them to work together. However, now, Ning Zetao has to stay away from all this and face the pressure alone.
The most brutal blow was that he was publicly condemned and criticized by the entire national swimming team. Although he is only a team member, due to his brilliant achievements, Ning Zetao once became the leader, idol and spiritual pillar of the entire national swimming team.
Now everything he does is considered a betrayal and betrayal of the national team. The teammates expressed their disappointment and anger, and Ning Zetao became a loner in the entire team.
In the face of collective criticism and criticism from the national team, Ning Zetao had almost no room for refutation and explanation except for bowing his head and admitting his mistakes. This kind of absolute authority shows the ruthlessness of the General Administration of Sports at that time.
He was banned, and he was expelled
Subsequently, Ning Zetao's psychological and physical state was on the verge of collapse. Isolated for a long time, under pressure from all sides, it was difficult for him to concentrate on training.
The hard work did not bear fruit, and at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest, Ning Zetao fell a thousand miles and failed to enter any of the finals. This is also believed to be the result of him being sealed and artificially eliminated.
In the more than a year since then, Ning Zetao has completely become the target of public opinion. The endless abuses and doubts on the Internet completely drowned him out. The outside world simply characterized him as a typical example of "selfishness" and "ingratitude".
Due to serious disciplinary violations, Ning Zetao was eventually expelled from the Navy swimming team and was forced to leave the stage of swimming. For him, who was only 25 years old at the time, this was undoubtedly a cruel ending.
Regarding Ning Zetao's shaking, the high-level sports industry did not publicly reveal much inside information. But on the surface, the treatment is indeed too harsh and lacks human care. The root cause of all this is probably the problem of the domestic sports management system at that time.
The reason why Ning Zetao suffered this doom is that although his personal style is the main reason, the overly rigid system also contributes to it. This enlightens us that further humane reform of the management system is needed to avoid the recurrence of such regrettable incidents.
But perhaps because the previous exercise was too strict, Ning Zetao did not give up. After retiring from the army, he began to transition to modelling and commercial endorsement work, which led to finding another career in the business world. According to data, his annual income has exceeded 10 million yuan.
However, commercial value and popularity alone cannot make up for everything that has been lost in the pool. Today's Ning Zetao is difficult to reproduce the glory of the past again and become a leader in the Chinese swimming world.
Life is so unpredictable, no one could have imagined that the high-profile "Asian Flying Fish" would end up in such a predicament. This time it was so far from shore that it was difficult for him to set sail again and ride the waves again.
Water can carry a boat and capsize a boat, and Ning Zetao's life trajectory can be called a vivid tragedy. People sincerely hope that this hero, who once led the Chinese swimming scene, can finally come out of the trough of his life and get a new life.
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