Chen Ruolin stuffed Quan Hongchan's little turtle in her bag, netizens: just spoil her
2024-08-07
한어Русский языкEnglishFrançaisIndonesianSanskrit日本語DeutschPortuguêsΕλληνικάespañolItalianoSuomalainenLatina
This article is transferred from [Jiupai News];
At 21:00 Beijing time on August 6, Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi will compete in the women's 10-meter platform diving final of the Paris Olympics.
Before the game, someone ran into Quan Hongchan and Chen Ruolin and found that Chen Ruolin's bag contained Quan Hongchan's little turtle doll. In response, netizens said, "Coach Chen, just pamper her" and "The relationship between a mentor and a student is always touching."
Image source: Screenshot from social platform
As early as the Hangzhou Asian Games, Quan Hongchan said that she liked the little turtle doll on her backpack very much. Since the opening of the Paris Olympics, Quan Hongchan's backpack full of small dolls and accessories has been on the hot search on Weibo many times.
Quan Hongchan's mother once told reporters the story behind the "dolls": "When she was little, she liked the dolls in the claw machine very much, but her family was not well off, so she never dared to ask me for them."
Quan Hongchan was born in Zhanjiang, Guangdong in 2007. At the age of 14, she broke the world record with a total score of 466.20 points in the women's 10-meter diving competition at the Tokyo Olympics, making a splash. The previous record was set by Chen Ruolin at the Beijing Olympics when she was 16 years old.
After the competition, Chen Ruolin posted a message to congratulate Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi for winning the award: "Congratulations to the two lovely little sisters, my new idol, Xiao Hong sister."
Source: Social media account of the person involved
At the end of 2021, Chen Ruolin became Quan Hongchan's head coach. At that time, Quan Hongchan was facing the most difficult "hurdle" for most female divers - the growth barrier.
Gao Min, the first generation diving queen, once said: "She (Quan Hongchan) will soon grow up. In the process of growth and development and the alternation of technical strength, it is like walking on a tightrope for the little girl."
In more than two years, Quan Hongchan grew 7 to 8 centimeters taller and gained nearly 10 kilograms. The physical changes seriously affected Quan Hongchan's performance. Since then, her performance on the court has been up and down, and she has lost to her teammate Chen Yuxi many times.
"I was young once, but I can never go back to the feeling of being young again." Quan Hongchan said self-deprecatingly.
In order to help Quan Hongchan break through the development barrier, Chen Ruolin had to strengthen her management of Quan Hongchan, strictly control her diet, and increase her training. During that time, Chen Ruolin wanted to "tie Quan Hongchan to her belt" and keep a close watch on her. "If I see something I'm not satisfied with, no matter who comes, I must criticize."
As an Olympic five-gold king, Chen Ruolin also experienced the growth barrier. Knowing how difficult it was, she was very strict with Quan Hongchan. "I don't want Quan Hongchan to go through the same detours I went through. I will tell her how to deal with it based on my experience."
She shared her experience in coping with developmental problems and patiently guided Quan Hongchan forward. For her, it was as if she saw herself in Quan Hongchan.
"The coach is very strict, but she does it for my own good," said Quan Hongchan.
In early 2024, in the women's 10-meter platform final of the Doha World Swimming Championships, Quan Hongchan defeated her teammate Chen Yuxi and won the World Championships individual event championship for the first time. When the results came out, Quan Hongchan and her coach Chen Ruolin hugged each other.
For them, the gold medal is of incomparable significance. When they missed the championship in several competitions, many netizens questioned this master-disciple combination, believing that Chen Ruolin "delayed" Quan Hongchan.
As Quan Hongchan returned to her peak, those rumors were refuted. All of this was achieved by Chen Ruolin and Quan Hongchan "bit by bit". At the end of the "wire rope" of female athletes' development, a smooth road lies ahead.
Quan Hongchan and Chen Ruolin embraced each other at the Doha Swimming World Championships. Source: CCTV News
In the previous Paris Olympics diving women's synchronized 10m platform final, Quan Hongchan and her partner Chen Yuxi won the gold medal by a landslide.
On the evening of the 6th, Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi will compete against each other for the women's 10-meter platform diving championship. But as Quan Hongchan once said, "It doesn't matter who wins the gold medal in the individual event, as long as it belongs to China."
Source: Jiupai News, relevant party accounts, CCTV News, Nan Fang Daily, Wenzhou Metropolitan Channel, etc.
