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From "giantess" to happy woman - Zheng Haixia's basketball life and love road
Zheng Haixia, the 2.06-meter-tall "giantess", was once the absolute core of the Chinese women's basketball team and one of the brightest stars in the world basketball world.
She is like a star shining on the court, sweating, doing her best, and writing her own basketball story. Leaving the arena, she is still true and open, and she manages the little happiness in her life with her heart.
Looking back on Zheng Haixia's life, we will find that behind the aura of "giantess", what is more important is a heart that bravely pursues dreams and loves life.
Zheng Haixia's fate seems to have been written with the word "extraordinary" since she was a child. She comes from an ordinary rural family, she has not inherited the height advantage of her parents, and her size is like a wheat seedling in a field, inconspicuous but full of vitality. However, Zheng Haixia seemed to be summoned by some mysterious power, and her height jumped all the way, and when she was 12 years old, she had grown to more than 1.7 meters, a head taller than boys of the same age.
's outstanding height makes Zheng Haixia stand out in the crowd, and it also makes her the focus of attention in school, however, this attention did not bring Zheng Haixia much happiness, but made her feel a kind of loneliness out of place.
The turning point of fate came in 1979. That year, the god of fate set his sights on the young Zheng Haixia, and Shangqiu Sports School opened its doors to welcome her to embark on the road of basketball, and since then her legendary basketball career has begun.
She was born with the advantage of playing basketball, coupled with hard training, her basketball level improved by leaps and bounds, and she was soon selected into the Wuhan Army Basketball Team, officially starting her professional basketball career.
It was as if she had been born on the basketball court. In just two years, with her superb skills and standing tall from the crowd, she put on the national team jersey and represented the Chinese women's youth in the Asian Youth Championships and Asian Championships.
Zheng Haixia is majestic on the basketball court, and when the opponent attacks, she can always use her strength and technology to build a solid defense line, making the Chinese team's basket solid. She is simply an impregnable wall on the court, and her defense is leaky. What's even more terrifying is that when she attacks, she is like a sharp knife, piercing the opponent's heart, hitting the basket again and again, so that the opponent can only watch her score.
In 1983, Zheng Haixia, who was only 16 years old, was successfully selected for the Chinese national women's basketball team with her outstanding performance in the youth team, becoming the youngest player in the national team at that time. After entering the national team, Zheng Haixia did not relax her requirements for herself because of her young age, but trained harder.
She understands that this battle is not only her personal competition, but also carries the weight of the national flag and carries countless expectations. She sweats on the field, and every time she fights, it is like a declaration: I can!
In Los Angeles in 1984, the young Zheng Haixia put on the Chinese women's basketball jersey for the first time with the expectations of the Chinese people and stepped on the Olympic stage. In the Olympic arena, Zheng Haixia showed maturity and sophistication that did not match her age.
In the end, the Chinese women's basketball team won the bronze medal at the Los Angeles Olympics, creating the best record in the history of Chinese basketball, and Zheng Haixia also became famous with her outstanding performance in the Olympic Games. In the years that followed, Zheng Haixia was like the anchor of the Chinese women's basketball team, fighting side by side with her teammates, raising the five-star red flag on the international arena again and again.
In the early nineties, Zheng Haixia was undoubtedly the leader of the Chinese women's basketball team. She led the team, in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 1994 Women's Basketball World Championships, missed the championship twice, but also engraved the name of the Chinese women's basketball team on the podium of the world runner-up twice, creating a new history of Chinese basketball again and again.
From "giantess" to happy woman - Zheng Haixia's basketball life and love road
1997 was a year worth remembering for Chinese basketball and Zheng Haixia. This year, she made a bold decision to join the Los Angeles Sparks, and the news was like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, which instantly stirred up a thousand waves and became the focus of domestic and foreign media coverage.
In her second season in the WNBA, Zheng Haixia's leg and back injuries began to recur, seriously affecting her form and games. After many years of fighting, injuries finally made Zheng Haixia make a difficult decision in 1998 - to say goodbye to her beloved basketball, and also to the court where sweat and glory were spent.
Zheng Haixia, who said goodbye to the court, chose to pour her love for basketball into cultivating the next generation. She returned to the familiar Bayi team, incarnated as a coach, and used years of practical experience and superb skills to escort young players. Under her leadership, the Bayi women's basketball team continued to maintain strong competitiveness and won many national championships.
After leaving the arena, Zheng Haixia's life also opened a new chapter, and the sweetness of love quietly came. The red line of fate quietly entangled her life with a man named Xu Qinghua, and since then, he has become the warmest harbor in her life.
Xu Qinghua, from Pingdingshan, Henan, has a proud height of 1.9 meters, and he sweated on the basketball court when he was young. Now, he has chosen to serve the community and has become a grassroots worker in the neighborhood office. He is a few years younger than Zheng Haixia, as early as when Zheng Haixia played for the national team, Xu Qinghua was her loyal fan, and he would stay in front of the TV to cheer her on every game.
Hearing that Zheng Haixia had retired and returned to China, the flame in Xu Qinghua's heart jumped again. This time, he didn't want to miss it again, and after thinking about it, he decided to pick up the pen and pour all the years of love for her into the letterhead. Zheng Haixia, who received the letter, didn't take it seriously at first.
However, Xu Qinghua did not give up, he insisted on writing letters to Zheng Haixia, one after another, the letters were full of sincerity, as well as his admiration and admiration for Zheng Haixia's basketball career.
As time passed, Zheng Haixia was gradually moved by Xu Qinghua's sincerity and persistence, and the relationship between the two slowly warmed up. Xu Qinghua is like a "topic bank", he will edit the news in the newspaper, the classic quotations in the books, and the thoughts in his life into text messages to Zheng Haixia every day, which makes Zheng Haixia feel very fresh and interesting.
After each other's heartstrings were tugged at for a while, they decided to step out of the virtual and into reality for a long-awaited meeting. The first time he saw Zheng Haixia, Xu Qinghua was so nervous that his palms were sweating. He found that Zheng Haixia herself was taller than on TV, which made him even more uneasy.
However, Zheng Haixia's enthusiasm and cheerfulness quickly dispelled Xu Qinghua's nervousness. The two talked happily, talking about basketball and life, and a few hours passed quickly. After this meeting, Xu Qinghua became more determined to pursue Zheng Haixia.
After three years of love, Zheng Haixia finally entered the palace of marriage with her beloved in the early summer of 2010. At the age of 43, she ushered in a new chapter in her life in the festive atmosphere of Beijing, which is closely linked to Xu Qinghua's name. At the wedding scene, Zheng Haixia's face was filled with a happy smile, and the "giantess" who used to dominate the arena has also become a gentle little woman at this moment.
Zheng Haixia and Xu Qinghua, a couple, have a married life like a trickle, calm and sweet. Xu Qinghua proved that he was Zheng Haixia's most reliable support with practical actions. He embraces everything about Zheng Haixia, whether it is her strength or her vulnerability.
However, the marriage was not all smooth sailing. Due to Zheng Haixia's intense training when she was young, her body left a lot of injuries, and as she gets older, childbirth is a great risk for her. In the end, Zheng Haixia and Xu Qinghua decided not to have children and live a two-person world.
Regarding the discussion of the outside world, Zheng Haixia and Xu Qinghua both looked very lightly. They understand that love does not have to blossom to bear fruit, and walking hand in hand and relying on each other is the appearance of happiness in itself. In 2019, Zheng Haixia, who once dominated the court, chose to put down basketball and officially bid farewell to the arena she had been fighting for for many years.
From the "giantess" on the field to the happy little woman in life, Zheng Haixia's life is full of legends. She sweated and did her best, not only achieving glory on the field, but also showing the true meaning of sportsmanship to the world. And she treats people sincerely, is kind and warm, and finally reaps the sweetness of love and the fulfillment of life.
Source: 54-year-old Zheng Haixia was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame Do you know how good she was back then. Guangming.2021-04-02
54-year-old Zheng Haixia was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, do you know how good she was back then. Guangming.2021-04-02
Zheng Haixia's love road finally came to fruition, and she thought she was incapable of coaching the Chinese women's basketball team. Sina.2010-03-04