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workers' daily | author: liu yingyu

【voice】i will give you the lights along the way.

"spanning 12 years, she on the 10-meter diving platform and she off the platform." on september 10, teacher's day, the international olympic committee published a blog post to pay tribute to chinese diving team coach chen ruolin.

the picture shows chen ruolin (left) taking a photo with her senior and olympic champion guo jingjing in 2007 (scanned photo). xinhua news agency

quan hongchan. xinhua news agency

the one on the diving platform is, of course, quan hongchan. she became the youngest "triple gold medalist" in chinese olympic history at the paris olympics. her coach, chen ruolin, who is also a five-gold medalist in her previous career.

the "eight golden masters and apprentices" have been together for 12 years and have become a diving legend. what is enviable is that they are still at their best age, quan hongchan is only 17 years old, and chen ruolin is only 31 years old. there is no doubt that their legend will continue.

interestingly, two days before obtaining the "international certification", on september 8, the master and apprentice reunited in shunde. before that, quan hongchan had a period of self-release. she first returned to her hometown to rest, and then visited hong kong and macau with the mainland olympic athletes delegation. it was not until she came to shunde to participate in the diving team sponsor event that she met her coach chen ruolin.

during the time of letting herself go, quan hongchan drank milk tea, ate steak, and showed off in various ways. this made netizens angry and they all complained to coach chen ruolin. previously, quan hongchan posted some photos on social media. chen ruolin commented: "the little face has become a lot rounder", which seemed to be critical, but the smiling emoticon at the end clearly showed tolerance. quan hongchan replied tactfully with an emoticon that said "i'm so honest that i dare not say anything".

when they arrived in shunde, quan hongchan's good days were over. during the event, the media published a photo showing quan hongchan and her fellow apprentices getting food together. it was chen ruolin who was standing behind them "keeping an eye" on the apprentice, as if she was afraid that she would eat too much again.

supervision is supervision, but after the class, the master and apprentice are still as close as sisters. in their group photo, chen ruolin pinched her apprentice's face, and "xiaohong" was pinched on the chubby face by coach chen, and made a scissors hand gesture.

this is a rare sweet time for the master and apprentice. who would have thought that in the 2023 national championship women's individual 10-meter diving competition, quan hongchan cried secretly because of a major mistake in jumping 207c. the first person to come to comfort and hug her was coach chen ruolin.

in the 2021 tokyo olympics, quan hongchan became famous. at the end of 2021, chen ruolin officially took over the management of quan hongchan. the dream combination seemed to have a bright future, but unexpectedly, quan hongchan reached a growth spurt at this time. she grew a lot taller and gained a lot of weight. the sudden pain of growing up not only tested quan hongchan, but also tortured chen ruolin.

at the hangzhou asian games, chen ruolin's lecture to quan hongchan caused an "online earthquake". after chen ruolin's attempts to comfort her disciple failed, she could not help but get angry on the spot: "you have to get motivated. what's the point of just complaining when you are tired? you should also complain when you are competing."

seeing "chan bao" looking so aggrieved, netizens felt so distressed and directed their criticism at chen ruolin. but the master and apprentice will obviously not be separated because they spend every day together and they both know each other's good intentions.

in an interview, a reporter asked quan hongchan if she was afraid of chen ruolin. quan hongchan replied: "i was quite afraid for a while. but the coach was very strict with me in training and took special care of me in life."

chen ruolin takes care of her disciple in all aspects, no matter how big or small. not only does she provide psychological counseling to relieve stress, she also often cuts quan hongchan's hair in person, buys her facial oils, and gives her body massages... she even rides an electric bike to pick up quan hongchan for training.

in the women's double diving event at the paris olympics, chen ruolin couldn't help but stand up and look for her beloved disciple on the stage. as expected, quan hongchan immediately found her coach when she turned around. with a hand gesture of no. 1 and a salute of yes sir, chen ruolin couldn't help but smile dotingly.

this interaction touched many netizens. one of the comments made people burst into tears: "it's not easy for both of them. fortunately, both of them have someone who loves them, even if it's just mutual love."

"i see myself in quan hongchan. i don't want her to go through the same detours that i have taken," chen ruolin once said affectionately.

those who know the master and the apprentice know that they both came from ordinary backgrounds and suffered a lot in life. one was abandoned by her original family, which gave her a fighting spirit; the other was born in poverty and had a simple wish to treat her mother's illness. they both became famous at a young age, and then were tortured by the "development barrier".

having walked the same path that quan hongchan had walked, chen ruolin not only saw herself in quan hongchan, but also had a wonderful impulse to "raise herself again and love herself again." this subtle emotion allowed the master and apprentice to overcome their fears and fearless pain, and achieved countless stunning glimpses on the 10-meter diving platform.

i will give you the light along the way by following the path i came. the mutual achievements of two talented olympic champions across time and space are probably the most beautiful and humane aspect of the sports world.

(source: workers daily)

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