Chapter 8 Tragic 207

During the practice of 207 (three and a half backward somersaults), teammate Yan Hui was burned and lay on the bed.Before leaving for training, I solemnly told him that if I can come back standing up tonight, it will prove that I have succeeded.Otherwise, I will lie back and stay by your side.He raised his fist and said seriously: Come on! In Beijing, under the strange eyes of the national team players, we practiced very depressed.In this state, I often have the worry of "I don't know tomorrow after today".At that time, I started to learn new movements, but I always thought: maybe today

I was injured when I was learning the movements, and I will be in the hospital tomorrow. At this time, two things happened during the Spring Festival that aggravated my worries: one was the girls’ dormitory caught fire, and the other was that teammate Yan Hui was scalded. In February 1992, on New Year's Eve, Beijing hadn't banned firecrackers yet, so we all bought firecrackers with the New Year's money.At that time, Li Rui always liked to joke with us, and the girls were quite afraid of him.So, after they bought firecrackers, they hid them in the quilt so that Li Rui wouldn't find them.

The girls' dormitory is a few rooms away from us.After eating, they locked the door and ran to our room to play.In the evening, Ren Jia, Wang Xuan and Liu Qian thought it was time to set off firecrackers, so they went back to their rooms to get them. When I opened the door, I found black smoke billowing in the room.They screamed in fright, we hurried over to check, and found that everything on the bed had been burnt, and the roof and walls were also blackened—for some reason, the firecrackers they hid in the quilt might have been heated to "autonomous firecrackers." explode".Fortunately, the cannon was fired in the quilt, and there was no open flame. Otherwise, the girl's dormitory is next to the warehouse of the Sikuaiyu training base, and the consequences would be disastrous.

The firecrackers couldn't be played anymore, we were so startled and frightened that we lost our mood, and the girls even stayed in our dormitory for one night.Since the house was rented and we had no money to paint the walls and roof, we were busy using a knife and other tools to scrape off the blackened parts of the walls throughout the Spring Festival holiday, completely forgetting to miss our family. The house leaked and it rained all night.Two or three days later, we children returned to our naughty nature and played tricks at breakfast. Zhang Lian was furious when he heard it: "You are free, fetch water for me!" As a result, we were still playing when we were fetching water in the boiler room , Accidentally smashed Yan Hui's water bottle, causing extensive burns on his legs.He went to the hospital to prescribe simple medicine, but he had no money for hospital treatment, so he could only lie in the dormitory and change his medicine every day. He lay down for a full month.

Although these two incidents were accidental, they spoiled my mood.Because after the Spring Festival, I'm going to do difficult moves, and it's high difficulty-207 (backward somersault three and a half weeks knee tuck) and 407 (inward somersault three and a half weeks knee tuck). The difficulty of 407 is slightly lower and easier, and I will learn it soon.Next, my task is to overcome the more difficult 207. On the day of preparing to learn 207, Yan Hui was still lying on the bed wrapped in bandages and unable to move.Before leaving, I said to him with a serious expression: "Today, I am going to go to 207, which Zhang Lian has already decided. If I can stand up tonight, it will prove that I have successfully danced. You have to be happy for me." ; Otherwise, I will just lie back and lie down with you."

I am surprised that such tragic words can be uttered. Why do I have such a sense of desolation that "the wind is rustling, the water is cold, and the strong man will never return when he is gone"?At that time, I was still young, so I didn't know what a joke was.These words are the truest thoughts in my heart. Yan Hui raised his fist and said equally seriously: "Come on! You must come back standing up! I believe in you!" Up to now, I have forgotten how to learn the new movement that day, what process, I only remember that I learned it successfully.At night, I went back to the dormitory yelling from outside: "Yan Hui, I'm back!"

"Have you learned any new moves?" "Got it! No problem!" After a simple but powerful conversation, we hugged each other tightly.Successfully overcome the difficulty, let me sweep away the haze hanging over my head, and seem to see the dawn of hope.You must know that the two movements of 207 and 407 are the movements used by the world's top players so far. Mastering these two movements means that you have obtained the key to hit the top players. Not only am I happy, but the whole team is very excited.On the night when I finished 207, Hui Tianming, the leader of the team, decided to reward Tian Liang with a Li-Ning sports bag.

This is the supreme honor of our Shaanxi team.You know, at that time, only the first-tier players of the national team were eligible to receive Li-Ning brand sportswear, and the second-tier players were issued Jia B (Jiadi) brand clothing (a brand at the time, which may no longer be produced).The brand of the provincial team is even less classy.The bag that rewarded me was priced at 42 yuan at the Li-Ning store in Wangfujing. I was reluctant to use this bag, and I felt proud just hanging it in the dormitory.But I don't have any other decent sports bag, so I straddle the "boot" majesticly every day, riding a bike among my friends.

It's never felt better! Afterwards, I began to aim at a higher difficulty-307C (three and a half weeks of somersaults with knees tucked in).The peak height at that time Hands, except for 109C (forward somersault around half-tucked knees), 307 is considered to be the end of the difficulty. However, it was after I entered the national team that I conquered this movement, in March 1993. Coincidentally, I learned the two movements 407 and 207 on Friday.The impact of 307 is also on Friday.Friday became the lucky day for me to hit the difficulty. On that day in March, Zhang Lian stimulated me: "Today's induction (decomposition of the whole set of movements) has been danced very well. Do you want to try 307? If you can complete this movement, you don't need to train again in the afternoon. I will reward you." you."

As usual, you need to be fully mentally prepared to impact difficult movements.But at that time, our afternoon training had just started, and it was only a little past two o'clock.After listening to the coach's words, I felt that my whole body was full of energy, and I swished up to the 10-meter platform without thinking.After jumping three or four moves in succession, not only did I not suffer a fall, but the quality was getting higher and higher.The difficulty of this action is self-evident, and it is very difficult to practice for the first time.I didn't fail, I was successful.

Zhang Lian fulfilled his words: "Go and change into your swimming trunks, and rest this afternoon." The hot water in the diving hall is only available at 4:30, but I can't control that much, and I changed into my usual clothes before I could wait for the hot water.But what to do next has become a big problem for me.In my memory, except for Sundays, I have never asked for leave due to injuries or personal reasons. This time I rested alone during everyone's training, and I always felt empty and at a loss. Perhaps, this is a kind of professional inertia, or perhaps, it is my love for diving.Anyway, with my Li-Ning bag on my back, I sat in the stands on the second floor and watched the training of my teammates stupidly, from 3 o'clock to 7 o'clock.During the whole process, I never thought of going back to the dormitory first, or taking a stroll outside. Sitting in the stands, I was very pleased and proud: I inadvertently completed the impact of the last difficult movement, and became the envy of everyone.