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on september 26, a netizen posted a video saying that sun yang was hired as a labor education instructor by zhejiang hangzhou vocational and technical college.

according to the xiangyang video of sunshine daily, staff from hangzhou vocational and technical college responded that the news was true.

according to hangzhou daily, sun yang shared his story of preparing for the 2016 olympics with an injury at hangzhou vocational and technical college. when talking about this, he choked up for a while. at this time, the students in the audience supported him with applause.

afterwards, sun yang wiped away his tears and continued his speech: "no matter how many difficulties and obstacles there are ahead, we must firmly believe that we can overcome everything and realize our dreams."

sun yang at hangzhou vocational and technical college. source: hangzhou daily

sun yang was born in hangzhou, zhejiang province in 1991. his father, sun quanhong, was a volleyball player, and his mother, yang ming, was also a volleyball player. sun yang inherited his parents' athletic talents and was very tall since he was a child, making him a "good seedling" in swimming.

at the 2012 london olympics, sun yang won the 400m freestyle final with a time of 3 minutes 40.14 seconds, breaking the olympic record in the event and becoming china's first male swimming olympic champion. he then won the 1500m freestyle final with a time of 14 minutes 31.02 seconds, breaking the world record.

at the 2016 rio olympics, he won the 200m freestyle championship with a time of 1 minute 44.65 seconds, becoming the first swimmer in history to win olympic gold medals in the men's 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle and 1500m freestyle.

source: social media account of the person involved

on may 28, 2024, sun yang ended his 4-year and 3-month suspension, marking the restart of his competitive swimming career. on the same day, sun yang's studio posted: "surpassing oneself, swimmers are fearless."

on august 25, sun yang won his first title after his comeback in the men's 400m freestyle final at the national summer swimming championships.

in an interview after the game, sun yang revealed that he would adjust his body as soon as possible, enter winter training early, and reasonably arrange subsequent competition plans.

"as for my longer-term life goals, i hope to have a happy family and a smooth career," sun yang said with a smile.

source: social media account of the person involved

hangzhou vocational and technical college, referred to as "hangzhou vocational and technical college", is located in hangzhou city, zhejiang province. it is a full-time general higher vocational college sponsored by the hangzhou municipal people's government.

many netizens left comments on sun yang's appointment as a labor education instructor at zhejiang hangzhou vocational and technical college.

some netizens shared pictures of themselves meeting sun yang at hangzhou vocational and technical college, and said, "sun yang is here at hangzhou vocational and technical college! this is the first time i've been so close to an olympic champion," "so excited, sun yang even choked up when he shared his experience with us," and "i'll never skip classes again."

many netizens also expressed their envy, "is it too late to apply for hangzhou vocational and technical college now?" and "i envy you for having an olympic champion as your mentor."

source: jiupai news comprehensive sunshine daily xiangyang video, hangzhou daily, xinhuanet, public information, previous reports, netizens' comments, etc.