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Fan Zhendong won the men's singles championship at the Paris Olympics!
Everyone cheered and cheered, and the national anthem resounded throughout the venue.
Among them, the proudest is Coach Wang Hao.
I saw that at the moment when Fan Zhendong won the championship, he rushed up and hugged Fan Zhendong high.
The excitement and joy were overflowing, and even the eyes were quietly red.
Wang Hao and Fan Zhendong's master-apprentice relationship is moving.
And the love story between him and his wife Yan Boya is even more of a good story.
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"A fat man who doesn't know how to play" Liu Guoliang once said: Wang Hao is a great runner-up.
Wang Hao's career is full of tragedy at the wrong time.
After three Olympic Games, it has not reached the highest peak.
Everyone felt sorry for Wang Hao, but no one would not love him because of this.
His experience vividly embodies "the sky does not fulfill people's wishes, and everywhere you go is fate".
In Athens in 2004, Wang Hao, who was in his prime, participated in the Olympic Games for the first time.
At that time, with the pride and ambition to win glory for the country, he stood on the field with great vigor.
Because it was the first time to participate in the Olympics, I was afraid that he was inexperienced, so Wang Hao's main task was to "sweep mines".
Unexpectedly, in the men's singles competition, Ma Lin lost half of the area.
The teenager Wang Hao charged all the way to the final.
Suddenly, Wang Hao attracted everyone's attention as a dark horse.
Everyone couldn't believe that this young man in his early twenties had such a big outburst.
Soon came to the men's singles final, Wang Hao against Korea's Yoo Seungmin.
Liu Chengmin is also a character when it comes to speaking, and his strength to reach the final is certainly not weak.
But before that, Wang Hao and Liu Chengmin had no defeat.
For this reason, before the dust settled, the Chinese people naturally included this gold medal in their pockets in advance.
But the charm of competitive sports is that you don't know what the outcome will be until the last moment.
In this game, Wang Hao took the lead with a decisive victory at the beginning.
However, in the next few rounds, Yoo Seungmin played uncharacteristically with extreme ferocity.
not only tied the score, but also quickly left Wang Hao behind.
Yoo Seung-min's fierce counterattack must have affected Wang Hao's mentality to some extent.
After all, the sudden rise of the "defeated players" in the competition, and they were crushed, it is inevitable that there will be a psychological gap.
However, the game continued, and the more anxious the score, the more it proved that the game was exciting.
After Wang Hao was counter-killed, his morale inevitably declined.
In the end, he lost to Korea's Yoo Seungmin with a score of 2:4 and unfortunately lost.
Participating in the Olympic Games for the first time, Wang Hao achieved such results very well.
But as he watched his opponent celebrate frantically after creating the Korea myth, sadness and remorse welled up in his heart.
This teenager who broke into the Olympic finals alone, in the face of such a result, he felt sorry for the expectations of countless Chinese people.
What made him even more desperate was that he personally shattered the illusion of defending the national table tennis title.
Too many spectators can't accept that the Olympic champion of table tennis is left behind.
All of a sudden, they attacked it in groups, and the rhetoric of declining was overwhelming.
Wang Hao was caught in the whirlpool of public opinion and could not extricate himself.
The defeat in Athens devastated him and he was in a doldrum.
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But the ambition of the youth, like the summer sun, is blazing and dazzling.
Wang Hao is still young, time will cover up sadness, and he will continue to scold Fang Hao.
After Athens, Wang Hao regained his strength and won the World Table Tennis Championships World Cup championship and the 07 World Cup men's singles final championship with his profound strength.
When he met his old rival Yoo Seungmin again, Wang Hao defeated the Korea man who missed the gold medal in the Olympics with a 4:0 record.
But this victory was far from making up for his regret at the Olympics.
Wang Hao is determined to redouble his efforts, and he is bound to be ashamed of himself in the next Olympics.
With his outstanding results in the Olympic cycle, Wang Hao won the men's singles quota for the second time.
At the Beijing Olympics, he is bound to win.
In the team competition, Wang Hao defeated his opponent with a score of 3:0 in the first game.
In the next doubles, he and Wang Liqin successfully defeated Europe's No. 1 men's doubles pair.
Won the table tennis team championship of the Beijing Olympic Games.
The successive victories made Wang Hao's morale high and he was full of confidence in himself.
It just so happened that the capital Beijing was the home stadium that year, and everyone thought that this was the best time for Wang Hao to win the singles championship, because the time and place were favorable.
But "The Return of the King" did not go as expected.
In the final final, Wang Hao faced his familiar teammate Ma Lin and lost the battle.
Once again, fate tormented this young man who had tried his best.
The defeat in Athens was once again played out in Beijing.
After four years, Wang Hao still missed the men's singles gold medal.
Although China won the championship, for Wang Hao, it is fake not to regret or be sad.
The Olympic gold medal, which weighs too much, is the dream of athletes and Wang Hao.
After this time, he knew that there were not many opportunities left for him.
The life span of an athlete is short, like a flash in the pan, and the physical strength and condition decline with age.
The Olympic Games are held every four years, and there will be many new forces to attack the position of veteran players as dark horses.
Wang Hao, who has "internal and external troubles", has not given up his dream, and he still wants to try again.
Another 4 years, the 2012 London Olympics began.
With unwilling regrets and a desire for victory, Wang Hao, who would become a veteran since childhood, appeared on the battlefield for the third time.
At that time, he was 29 years old, which is not small for a professional athlete.
He knows this will be his last attempt at the Olympic title.
In the semifinals, he faced a strong opponent Zhuang Zhiyuan.
He held the semi-district firmly and successfully met Zhang Jike in the final.
A battle between kings will take place between these two men.
In the battle for gold and silver, Wang Hao fought with a desperate mentality.
But unfortunately, the rain in Athens fell on Beijing and drenched London as well.
Wang Hao was defeated by Zhang Jike, a young student in the Later Jin Dynasty.
With the end of the game, the era belonging to Wang Hao also came to an end.
And missing the Olympic men's singles championship three times has become a knot in his heart that he can't untie.
Every four-year wait made Wang Hao nervous and full of hope.
After more than ten years, he knew that he would never be able to realize his dream in this life, so he could only regret it.
Not all stories will have a happy ending.
But inheritance and development can continue this story.
Four years and four years, at this year's Paris Olympics, Wang Hao's apprentice Fan Zhendong won the world men's singles championship.
Wang Hao in the audience looked at Fan Zhendong in the game, he was even more nervous than his apprentice.
At the end of the game, the dust settled, Wang Hao couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and rushed up to pick up Fan Zhendong.
In 2012, the rain in London continued to fall until now, but fortunately, Fan Zhendong held up a solid umbrella above the head of his master Wang Hao.
Some people say: Xiaopang fulfilled the dream of the master and apprentice.
The excitement of sports competition also lies in this, there are joys, regrets, inheritances, and touches.
"Your champion is my champion", which is perfectly reflected at the moment when Wang Hao excitedly embraced Fan Zhendong.
In addition to the twists and turns of his career, Wang Hao's married life has also experienced ups and downs.
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In 2012, Wang Hao met the beautiful and generous Yan Boya at a party with friends.
Yan Boya has learned dance since he was a child, and his temperament is elegant, like an orchid.
can be described as "My Fair Lady, Good Gentleman", after several contacts, Wang Hao had a good impression of Yan Boya, so he started to pursue.
One is a world champion and the other is a dancer, no matter how you look at it, it's a match made in heaven.
As expected, the two got licensed and officially married in 2013.
After marriage, Yan Boya took the initiative to give up the dance she loved, returned to the family, and took care of her husband and children wholeheartedly.
Their lives are just plain and happy.
It wasn't until 2015 that a show came to the door and broke this peace.
That year, a variety show about dance approached Yan Boya.
This opportunity made Yan Boya's dance dream beat again.
She quickly agreed to the invitation of the program team, hoping to return to the stage.
Perhaps in order to create a warm and touching scene, the program team also found Wang Hao.
The program team hopes that Wang Hao can appear on the show as a surprise guest.
Applause and blessings were sent to his wife Yan Boya on the stage.
I thought that a romantic and tearful picture was about to be born.
Who would have thought that the inappropriate dance chopping clip would shatter the original plan.
As a dancer, it's normal to have physical contact with your dance partner.
But the bad thing is that Yan Boya's dance is too ambiguous.
The dance has a bed, the scene is a bedroom, and the actors also wear performance clothes that resemble pajamas.
Seeing his wife "hugging" with her male dance partner on stage, Wang Hao in the audience was already angry.
After the show, Wang Hao was invited to the stage, and he picked up the microphone and said something very controversial.
He said: To be a woman, you should go back to the house to do housework, be a good wife, be a good mother, and don't wander outside.
After the output, Wang Hao turned around and left, leaving Yan Boya in awkward tears on the field.
Some netizens said that Wang Hao's machismo is too heavy, and women are not nannies.
Some netizens said that the key to Wang Hao's anger was not that Yan Boya regained his dream and did not take care of his family.
But Yan Boya, as a wife and mother, performed a little out of line on the stage.
Not all dances are suitable for married people.
After watching it, many viewers said that Wang Hao supported his wife's career, so he appeared at the scene to cheer for his wife.
As a wife, why did you choose to dance an intimate dance with a man, there are so many dance types to choose from.
In the meantime, everyone insisted on their own words, and the more neutral party said: It's all the effect of the program.
After the show was broadcast, Wang Hao was more controversial.
An entry of "should women return to the family" quickly rushed to the hot search.
thought that after this turmoil, Yan Boya would part ways with Wang Hao.
But not long after, Wang Hao's family appeared in front of the camera, and the husband and wife were harmonious and happy.
epilogue
No family's way of getting along can be a model.
Only when you are in it do you know what it is like.
The turmoil of that year was fleeting, and Wang Hao was still the world champion who won glory for his motherland.
Now that his career and love are good, I hope he will have no regrets in his life in the future.
Some references:
The Olympic champion showed the scene to watch his wife dance through the visual costume and get angry| Sina.com
Wang Hao announced his retirement and hopes to return to the national team as a coach | Tencent