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(Cao Yuan at the Tokyo Olympics)
On June 18, 2024, the Aquatics Center of the General Administration of Sports of China announced the list of divers for the Paris Olympics, and Olympic champion Cao Yuan was on the list.
Cao Yuan has participated in three Olympic Games, London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2021, winning a total of 3 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze.
He has won gold medals in three consecutive Olympic Games, and has won gold medals in both the 3-meter springboard and the 10-meter platform, making him the first male diver in the world.
The Paris Olympics will be Cao's fourth Olympic tour, and he will compete in the men's 10 platform with the biggest goal of successfully defending his title.
Cao Yuan's parents divorced since he was a child, and his life and sports career have had ups and downs. The Olympic "veteran of the four dynasties" is 29 years old this year and does not have a girlfriend yet......
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(Cao Yuan's parents)
First of all, "Celebrity Detail" has to correct a message: Cao Yuan was born on February 7, 1995 in Changsha City, Hunan Province.
But in an interview with the reporter of "Beiqing Sports", Cao Yuan personally confirmed that he was born in Beijing and grew up in Beijing.
Cao Yuan's mother's name is Liao Yuejing, a native of Liaojia Village, Qiaoshi Township, Guiyang County, Hunan Province.
Cao Yuan's father's name is Cao Yangjun, a native of Beijing, and a musician.
Liao Yuejing and Cao Yangjun have incompatible personalities and have big differences in living habits, Cao Yuan was born just half a year old, the two divorced, and Cao Yuan lived with his mother.
(Cao Yuan in the early years)
Liao Yuejing, a single mother, has to go to work to support herself and her son, and every day she goes out early and returns late, so she sends Cao Yuan back to her hometown to be taken care of by her parents.
Cao Yuan's grandfather Liao Wanxi and grandmother Cheng Luhua are both farmers, giving their grandson simple and mellow love.
When Cao Yuan was 2 and a half years old, he was taken back to Beijing by his mother to go to kindergarten. In 2000, the mother planned to enroll her son in an extracurricular class, and Cao Yuan said that she wanted to learn martial arts. Liao Yuejing inquired around, but did not find a suitable martial arts training class.
At this time, Peng Yuanchun, a former member of the national diving team, opened a diving training class near the General Administration of Sports of China.
(Cao Yuan's enlightenment coach Peng Yuanchun)
In 2001, when 6-year-old Cao Yuan was in the first grade of primary school, Liao Yuejing asked her father to come to Beijing to help pick up and drop off her son.
My grandfather took Cao Yuan to school every morning by bicycle for a cultural class, and then went home to cook lunch. After the grandfather and grandson had lunch at home, the grandfather rode a bicycle to send Cao Yuan to the training class to practice diving.
Liao Wanxi doesn't speak Mandarin, doesn't know much, has no other relatives and friends in Beijing, and revolves around his grandson all day long, taking good care of Cao Yuan's life.
Cao Yuan is bold, has good body flexibility, and learns movements quickly, and quickly stands out among the children in the class.
(Cao Yuan in the early years)
In 2003, when Cao Yuan was 8 and a half years old, he was selected for the Beijing diving team. He eats and lives in the team and goes home once a month. It was only then that my grandfather returned to his hometown in Hunan.
My grandfather picked up Cao Yuan for 3 years, and I was separated from my grandmother for 3 years, and I didn't go back to my hometown once during this period. This experience beautified Cao Yuan's childhood, and he also formed a deep relationship with his grandfather.
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In the Beijing diving team, Cao Yuan's head coach is Li Weiwei. She thinks that Cao Yuan is a genius boy and cultivates him as a key seedling.
(Cao Yuan's alma mater)
At this time, Cao Yuan gradually became sensible and realized that he was a single-parent child, which was different from the vast majority of children, and he couldn't help but feel a little inferior in his heart.
Liao Yuejing peeked through her son's mind and fell into contemplation: in her son's mind, the position of parents is the same, and the grievances of adults cannot be imposed on children, otherwise it will affect the formation of children's personalities.
Liao Yuejing gave up her grievances and took the initiative to get in touch with her ex-husband. Cao Yangjun is talented, kind-hearted, and Liao Yuejing are both good people, but two good people may not become a good couple.
After the divorce, Cao Yangjun has been worried about his son, and guilt and self-blame have made him cry many times. Now that he heard that his son was unhappy, Cao Yangjun's heart hurt like a pinprick.
(Cao Yuan's life photo)
Not long after, on a weekend, the Beijing diving team was on vacation, and Cao Yangjun went to visit his son in the team. As soon as he saw Cao Yuan, he hugged his son tightly in his arms. Father and son are connected, Cao Yuan and his father are no strangers.
Father told Cao Yuan: Although Dad didn't give you a complete home, he will love you more than before, and you will always be Mom and Dad's baby.
After that, as soon as Cao Yuan was on vacation, his father took him over for a reunion. Cao Yuan is still a child, he likes toys, he likes anime cartoons, and his father buys him Dragon Ball and Ultraman.
His father also taught Cao Yuan to play the piano. Cao Yuan's piano talent is very high, and he can play "Adhelina by the Water" and other tracks.
(Cao Yuan plays the piano)
Nourished by his father's love, Cao Yuan became cheerful and lively, and he no longer had low self-esteem.
In an interview, Liao Yuejing said: For Cao Yuan, my father has paid a lot and thanked him.
In 2004, Cao Yuan won the 10-meter platform championship in the National Youth Diving Competition.
In 2005, Cao Yuan was selected for the Beijing first-line diving team, and the head coach was Gong Ming.
In 2008, Cao Yuan was selected for the national diving team, focusing on the men's 10-meter platform single and double events. In the doubles event, he partnered with Zhang Yanquan.
(Cao Yuan (left) and Zhang Yanquan)
The two are of similar age, body and size, and are the most suitable partners. But each other's personalities are very different: Cao Yuan is outgoing, loves to talk and laugh; Zhang Yan is completely introverted and doesn't talk much. But this does not prevent them from creating brilliance, and netizens affectionately call them "Yuanquan Combination".
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In June 2010, at the FINA Diving World Cup, Cao Yuan/Zhang Yanquan won the men's double 10-meter platform championship.
In November 2010, Cao Yuan won the men's 10-meter platform championship at the Guangzhou Asian Games.
In April 2011, Cao Yuan was forced to give up the World Championships that year because he practiced too hard, resulting in a fracture in the palm of his left hand. This casts a shadow over his prospects for the London Olympics.
(Cao Yuan)
On the days of recuperation, Cao Yuan's psychology fluctuated greatly, and he lived like a year. His parents took turns to accompany him, comfort him, and give him confidence and strength.
In September of this year, Cao Yuan returned from injury and partnered with Zhang Yanquan to participate in the National Diving Championships and Olympic Trials. In the end, the two won the championship with a high score of 764.76 points and got the ticket to the London Olympics.
On July 30, 2012, the final of the men's 10m platform double event at the London Olympics began, and Cao Yuan/Zhang Yanquan defeated the United Kingdom pair Daley/Waterfield to win the championship with a high score of 486.78 points.
(Cao Yuan (left) and Zhang Yanquan at the London Olympics)
After the game, Cao Yuan cried several times. His parents, who were far away in Beijing, and his grandparents who were far away in Hunan, were even more crying uncontrollably.
The Chinese diving team is a "dream team", and the outside world thinks that winning the gold medal is in the bag, and only the coach and his family know the tears and hardships behind Cao Yuan's gold medal.
In the winter training of the national diving team in 2014, the coaching staff asked Cao Yuan to try to practice the men's 3-meter springboard.
The 10-meter platform is completely different from the 3-meter springboard, and the physical requirements for athletes are extremely high, and there are few athletes in the world who win the championship at the same time.
(Cao Yuan's life photo)
In 2015, Cao Yuan was 20 years old and his body began to develop. After growing taller, Cao Yuan gradually became unsuitable for the 10-meter springboard, so the coaching staff asked him to give up the platform and practice the 3-meter springboard instead.
In July 2015, at the World Swimming Championships in Kazan, Cao Yuan partnered with Qin Kai to win the men's double 3-meter springboard championship.
Moreover, in the men's single 3-meter springboard event, Cao Yuan also showed super competitiveness. In the first half of 2016, Cao Yuan won the 3-meter board championship in Dubai and Kazan, ensuring the qualification for the Rio Olympics.
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At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Cao Yuan participated in the men's 3-meter springboard single and double events.
(Cao Yuan (left) and Qin Kai at the Rio Olympics)
On August 11, Cao Yuan's partner Qin Kai won the bronze medal in the men's 3-meter springboard double top final with 443.70 points.
Cao Yuan was originally determined to win this gold medal, but he only won the bronze medal, which made him very disappointed and regretful.
His parents have been comforting Cao Yuan on the phone, asking him to adjust his mentality and strive for the championship of the single top. Cao Yuan didn't squeak, tears rolling in his eyes.
On August 18, the men's 3-meter springboard final of the Rio Olympics began. Because his teammate He Chao played abnormally and was eliminated, Cao Yuan was under tremendous pressure. Liao Yuejing and Cao Yangjun, who were far away in Beijing, were also so nervous that their whole bodies trembled, especially Cao Yangjun, who didn't dare to watch the live broadcast for a minute, and his palms were full of sweat.
(Cao Yuan in the game)
Cao Yuan's grandfather was in Beijing, and he didn't dare to watch the live broadcast, so he walked back and forth on the balcony, and after a while, he probed his daughter to ask for the score. Liao Yuejing reported her son's score, her voice trembling.
In the end, Cao Yuan withstood the pressure and won the men's 3-meter springboard championship with a high score of 547.60 points, becoming the first Olympic champion of the mainland male diver in both the platform and the board.
After the game, Meng Qianghua, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau, and his entourage rushed to Cao Yuan's house to congratulate them, and Liao Yuejing and Cao Yangjun couldn't help choking up when they talked about their son.
(Meng Qianghua (first from left), deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau, and his party came to Cao Yuan's home to visit Cao Yuan's family)
After winning the two Olympic Games in London and Rio, Cao Yuan has become famous, and the relevant departments will have good arrangements after retiring. But Cao Yuan is only 21 years old, he feels that he still has potential, and his parents support him to continue jumping.
However, the high-intensity training left Cao Yuan with an injury, his shoulder injury, knee injury, and tibia injury were serious, and it hurt every day to train, and he struggled with the injury every day.
During the winter training from 2017 to 2019, Cao Yuan simply endured purgatory-like torment, and he couldn't sleep at night, but he relied on his tenacious will to survive.
After the Rio Olympics, according to the needs of the team, Cao Yuan gave up the 3-meter springboard and focused on the 10-meter springboard.
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(Cao Yuan)
In May 2021, when preparations for the Tokyo Olympics reached a critical stage, Cao Yuan unfortunately dislocated his left shoulder during training.
The 10-meter platform is different from the 3-meter springboard, which will bring a lot of water pressure when entering the water, and the shoulder will not recover well will cause problems.
It will take at least 5 months to recover from a dislocated shoulder, and many people think that Cao Yuan will miss the Tokyo Olympics.
However, Cao Yuan only recovered for more than 3 months and returned to the team for training, which is a miracle.
In July 2021, the Tokyo Olympics kicked off under the epidemic, and Cao Yuan participated in the men's 10-meter platform single and double top eye competitions. In the pairs event, he partnered with the handsome diving guy Chen Aisen.
(Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen)
On July 26, the final of the men's 10-meter platform double event at the Tokyo Olympics began.
In the first three jumps, Cao Yuan/Chen Aisen played well, ahead of United Kingdom's Daley/Marty. Lee 15.30 points.
In the fourth jump, Cao Yuan/Chen Aisen chose 207B with a difficulty coefficient of 3.6. Due to Cao Yuan's serious mistake in this jump, they were overtaken by the United Kingdom by 5.22 points, and finally fell to second place with a slight disadvantage of 1.23 points, and the championship was won by the United Kingdom group.
Cao Yuan was very sad and apologized to Chen Aisen. Chen Aisen behaved generously and tolerantly, smiling and hugging Cao Yuan.
On August 7, the men's 10-meter platform final began, and Cao Yuan and Yang Jian formed a double insurance for the Chinese diving team.
(Cao Yuan won the Olympic gold medal)
Cao Yuan adjusted his mentality, became more and more courageous, scored 97.20 points in the 4th jump, 101.75 points in the 5th jump, and 102.60 points in the last jump, and finally locked the championship with 582.35 points. Another Chinese player, Yang Jian, won the silver medal with 580.40 points.
Cao Yuan won gold in three consecutive Olympic Games and was recorded in the history of sports.
In July 2024, Cao Yuan, who is 29 years old, will participate in the men's 10-meter platform competition at the Paris Olympics for the fourth time and is expected to win another gold medal.
(Cao Yuan's life photo)
(Cao Yuan and Zhang Jiaqi)
Cao Yuan is 1.67 meters tall, handsome, and a star athlete. Over the years, he has devoted himself to training and competing, has never been in a relationship, and now he has no girlfriend.
At present, love is still not in Cao Yuan's consideration, he only has diving in his mind, and only after the Paris Olympics is over, he has the heart to consider love.
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