preface
Running away from the battle is a shame, and defecting before the game is a loss of conscience!
Recently, 21-year-old Zheng Qinwen won China's first women's singles tennis gold medal at the Paris Olympics, breaking the monopoly of Western countries on tennis events in one fell swoop.
The moment when I saw Zheng Qinwen doing his best for the honor of the country not only reminded people of the tennis genius "Hu Na" 42 years ago.
It's just that, unlike Zheng Qinwen, instead of doing her best for the country, Hu Na turned around and threw herself into the United States camp and became a "defector".
What is even more unexpected is that Hu Na, who retired successfully in the United States, returned to China shamelessly in her later years.
So why did Hu Na defect back then? What kind of attitude will the outside world give to such a defector?
Tennis genius
In April 1963, Hu Na was born in Sichuan into a sports family, her grandfather was named Wen Ling, who was one of the first people in China to contact tennis, and served as the head coach of the Sichuan tennis team.
Hu Na's grandmother, Yang Yujun, was the main basketball player of Shanghai Jiangnan Girls' School, and thanks to the excellent genes of her grandparents, Hu Na showed super high athletic talent since she was a child.
When she was 4 years old, Hu Na picked up a tennis racket for the first time, and at that time she was only a little taller than the racket, but Hu Na seemed extremely excited, as if she had met her best friend.
Since then, the family began to teach Hu Na to play tennis, from the very first rules, to the later physical fitness, and finally step by step to train the footsteps and ball sense, Hu Na's talent showed shocked her demanding grandfather.
Under the careful training of her grandfather, Hu Na soon began to make a name for herself in school, and at a young age, she not only had a fierce fighting style, endless physical strength, but also a desire for victory that shocked people.
With her outstanding performance, Hu Na, who was only ten years old, followed her grandfather to the Sichuan team, but she did not take advantage of her grandfather's position, but instead cultivated a stubborn character that speaks with strength.
During the time in the provincial team, Hu Na worked very hard and desperately, every day without the coach's urging, she would be the first to get up to practice physical fitness and practice footsteps, and when the players were assembled, Hu Na was already sweating profusely.
After unremitting efforts, Hu Na quickly stood out in the domestic youth arena at all levels, and at the age of 15, she won the national junior women's singles championship.
Since then, Hu Na is no longer a thing in the pool, and her stage will only become broader as her strength becomes stronger, so after winning the championship, Hu Na came to the national team.
However, there were very few domestic tennis competitions at that time, so whether it was the senior group or the youth group, the coach would bring Hu Na, and Hu Na did not live up to the coach's approval and won the Asian women's singles championship at the age of 16.
Hu Na's appearance has given hope to Chinese tennis, but as everyone knows, it is precisely because of this international trip that Hu Na's position and principles have been laid hidden dangers.
In 1979, when the continent's sporting events faced a major turning point, the year the continent was reinstated as a member of the International Olympic Committee, so there was an urgent need for results to break the doubt.
Hu Na, who was only 16 years old at the time and had outstanding strength, could just fill the vacancy in tennis, so countless people pinned their hopes on this girl.
At first, Hu Na did not disappoint, she played several matches in Mexico and United States, and won the White House Cup and the Virginia Cup.
Later, Hu Na came to Canada to learn the training of tennis superstar Rod · Laver, which shows that the country really regards her as the cornerstone of the team.
After a series of polishing, Hu Na's strength has improved considerably, so she also got the opportunity to go to the United States to participate in the competition.
I thought that this would be another miracle journey for Hu Na, but who would have thought that she would betray the motherland here.
Defected
In 1982, Hu Na was invited to participate in the tennis joint tournament held by United States, and she unsurprisingly participated as the main player.
In the first match against Japan, Hu Na lived up to expectations, but in the second time against Germany, she disappeared.
According to coach Shen Jianqiu's recollection, when he set off for the arena, he went to Hu Na's room to inform the other party, but as soon as he opened the door, the room was empty, and even Hu Na's equipment was gone.
Seeing that the game was about to start, but the main general could not be contacted, the coach could only let Li Xinyi go up, although Li Xinyi's strength was also very strong, but in the face of the Germany team's turns, she quickly lost, and finally the Chinese team could only drink hatred and defeat.
Although the match is over, there is still no news from Hu Na, which can't help but make people worry about her physical safety, after all, in the land of United States, any accident can happen.
What people never expected was that when everyone was worried about Hu Na's safety, she had already contacted the organizer and expressed that she had sought United States's protection, which also meant that Hu Na had defected to United States's camp.
Hu Na's behavior deeply hurt the country and hurt those who worried about her, and it was precisely because of her selfishness that the goodwill between China and the United States that had been built up so hard fell to the freezing point in an instant.
On the other hand, Hu Na, after she defected to the United States, she was not happy, because she was a "black household", so she could not participate in large-scale competitions, and if she could not participate in the competition, there would be no bonus, so eating for a while became the biggest problem.
After finally getting the "identity", Hu Na was riddled with injuries again, but Made in China must produce high-quality products, although Hu Na's behavior is immoral, but her strength is still very strong.
In 1984, Hu Na won her first Grand Slam as an United States, and since then has set new records and won honors.
At the age of 29, Hu Na retired successfully, not only did she get into college, but also became a tennis coach to train fresh blood for the United States.
Later, because of the unexpected death of his younger brother in China, Hu Na was not allowed to return to China, and this was the first time he returned home after defecting for ten years.
"Homecoming"
In order to take better care of her parents, Hu Na plans to stay in China, but she is already notorious, so there is no place willing to accept her.
After going around and around, Hu Na came to Taiwan to work as a tennis commentator, and the reporter asked her why she wanted to be a traitor, and Hu Na also retorted justifiably: "I didn't take a penny from Taiwan, why should I say it?" ”
It can be seen that Hu Na has never realized her mistakes, and she does not think that her actions will bring harm to the Chinese people.
Since then, Hu Na has stayed in Taiwan to develop, and her partner with Xu Nai was once regarded as the first Chinese commentary group in tennis, and also opened a tennis club.
In 2008, Hu Na brought three players she had personally trained to Beijing to participate in the competition, during which she went to visit her coach Yang Mingxun, who quipped: "If I had led the team in that year's game, would you have left?" ”
Hearing this, Hu Na was silent, and no one knew what she was thinking.
When Hu Na appeared on the mainland for a while, it was already 2014, but this time she was neither a narrator nor a coach, but a "painter".
Hu Na and two friends held an exhibition in Beijing, but the outside world is more concerned about the reasons for her defection than the 12 beautiful paintings in the exhibition.
In fact, as early as 2003, Hu Na said in an interview that she wanted to become a professional tennis player so much, especially after watching Ivert's game, she made up her mind to stand on Center Court in the future.
But at that time, the Chinese team was not allowed to go out to participate in the tour, and there were no tennis competitions in the Olympics, so Hu Na had no hope of realizing her dream.
Under the pull of reality and dreams, Hu Na began to waver, and at this time, the United States invited her to train for the competition and released the bait in private, which was undoubtedly a rare shortcut for Hu Na.
When she went to United States to compete in 1982, United States found Hu Na again, and this time between her national interests and her own interests, Hu Na chose the latter without hesitation.
Summary:
For the older generation, Hu Na is definitely an unavoidable topic, and her behavior has caused a great negative impact on the country's image and deeply hurt every Chinese.
But her mother is always tolerant, and many years later, the motherland became stronger, and Hu Na also "returned home", although no one held her accountable, but Hu Na still owes all Chinese an apology.
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