There is reason to believe that Chen Xiwen is "crazy."
This kind of "crazy" is her obsession with sailing.
Named Chen Xiwen's madness, "a broken rib divides the spleen into three parts." It turned out that this was just the prologue of her Olympic struggle nine years ago.
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Are there any standards?
To measure whether a person is persistent enough, the answer may be "relatively sturdy."
If time is used as a unit of measurement, Zhang Xiaolun, who insisted on becoming an Olympian at the end of 2016, is very persistent; in terms of blood and tears, the cycling team is also very persistent; if he is weighed by "fighting", then Chen Xiwen should be extremely persistent.
When her life is hanging by a thread, she always thinks of sail first.
The madness named Chen Xiwen is her dedication to windsurfing.
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The last time Chen Xiwen played in the Olympics was the 2012 London Olympics.
That year, she was 21 years old.
For the first Olympics in his life, he almost lost his life if he didn't play.
And she turned an accident into a heroic deed that can "tell the whole life."
The story starts here.
Chapter 1: The entire spleen has been missing since then
Time turned to 9 years ago. She was training in the local area before the race, when she was hit by a sailing boat and fell into the sea at the center of the sea.
At the moment she fell into the sea, she couldn't breathe, but was later rescued and sent to the hospital.
She remembered that when she was dying, she only thought of two things, "The first is that I want to survive, and the second is that I miss windsurfing so much."
In the 2012 London Olympics, Chen Xiwen played in the competition less than two months after surgery.
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In that accident, she broke ribs 8-12. She didn't know which rib number was. She only knew that "5 ribs were broken", which was quite terrifying.
Because one of the broken ribs divides the spleen into three parts, "to cut", because of professional judgment, there is still time to think about life in the future, and the whole spleen is missing from the body.
It turned out that only half of her spleen could be removed, but the doctor said that as a result, recovery will be slower.
Less than 8 weeks before the opening of the London Olympics.
Chen Xiwen decided to simply remove it entirely.
Chen Xiwen turned an accident into a heroic deed that can "tell the whole life."
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She recalled: "On the day of the operation, after the doctor gave me local anesthesia, I saw a lot of checkered stars and the pictures were all white. I thought I was dead, and kept yelling "I'm so shocked." Some time after the operation, Every time she went to the toilet, she had to accompany her mother to help her hold the bottle. The bottle had a pipe connected to her body, allowing the blood discharged from the internal organs to flow into the bottle.
At the age of 21, a spleen is missing, "heart, liver, spleen, lung, and kidney", logically, it should be even more important to bury it.
She is willing to miss one out of five for the Olympics.
The significance of the Olympics to Chen Xiwen is so great that he is willing to remove the entire spleen.
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Maybe the will is really too strong. After the operation, she miraculously recovered quickly. From being unable to walk to moving freely, two months were not enough. She was able to make it to the Olympics.
Even if the wound healed is healed, aren’t you afraid?
She is afraid, and there are even shadows now, but faith can overcome everything. She is going to the first Olympics in her life, and she will be in the top 10.
Do you know how sailing moves forward?
Lean on the body and swing the sail back and forth.
And she went for the best place in the wind and waves with a 15 cm scar in more than 10 competitions for 6 consecutive days.
In the end, she finished in 12th place.
No. 12, she said that she was not reconciled, and then decided to use four years of full-time training to rush to the next Rio Olympics.
Unwillingness and regret are the strongest driving force.
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Chapter 2: Like = Hate
Unwillingness is the strongest motivation. However, after "Rebirth" played in the Len Olympics, four years later, she was overwhelmed by the waves and missed the Rio Olympics.
At that time, she was already the "2014 Asian Games Gold Medal Winner", but she handed over her qualifications to her teammate Lu Shanlin in the trials.
"Maybe I was overconfident and slack at that time, on the contrary, others kept improving." That time I missed the Olympic qualification, and I kept dealing with the distracting thoughts of retirement in my mind.
"The saddest thing in my career was when I lost the qualification for the Rio Olympics. I really want to give up."
Giving up is directly proportional to persistence. How much you want to give up, you have to fight with your will.
Asked her what she insisted on most, thinking it would be the London Olympics, she said it was this time she lost the election.
She was almost devastated.
Because of losing his qualifications for the Rio Olympics, Chen Xiwen was almost depressed, and began to evade and hate sailing.
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Has she ever talked to a middle school teacher, whether she studies well or will she continue to be a full-time athlete?
When she was indecisive, she decided to travel and relax.
She successively went to Penghu, Taiwan with her mother and friends, which is a great place for windsurfing.
"I'm not happy to be there twice." However, on the last day of the journey, she couldn't help stepping on the surfboard and shaking the sail, her mood became lighter.
"I found my original intention," she said.
I found that no matter how much she doesn't like herself in the present state, she really loves windsurfing.
Because they like and hate, they are actually "synonyms."
I like it. Once when she was riding a bicycle in the UK, she "fried a car" because she didn't want to hurt her palm. When she landed on the ground, she supported her with the back of her hand and the blood flowed.
"You have to hold a sail during the game, so I prefer to support it with the back of my hand."
It's crazy, and it's hard.
Falling is only a matter of seconds, and her normal reaction is really abnormal.
So, she persisted.
Chen Xiwen thanked him for not giving up on shouldering the glory of the sailing team
Nine years later, Chen Xiwen finally set foot on the Olympic arena again.
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Chapter Three "Chen Xiwen! Do you want me to order?"
After 8+1 years, she competed in the Olympics for the second time.
In 9 years, the most profound battle was the World Championships in Sorrento, Australia last year. She crossed the line in the medal competition and ranked 10th in total, winning the Olympic selection in the team.
The first place is so happy. She shook her sail back to shore with joy. She was still at sea. She heard the familiar scolding from a distance: "Chen Xiwen! Do you want me to order?" It was the coach Chen Jingran.
"Dead, he seems not satisfied, but I think I have done a good job." At that time, she thought to herself that she could finally go to the Olympics. The joy is more than everything, but she was showered with cold water.
"But the coach expects me to be higher and feels so much. He thinks I can do better, that is, I have to work harder."
The first place to cross the line does not mean the best. Under the spur of the coach, Chen Xiwen is better.
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On the day of meeting with the media before departure, she said that even though she could not go abroad to play sports during the epidemic, she could still compete with coach Chen Jingran.
"He will go to the sea to play against me, so I really show what I see if there are any shortcomings, sometimes I will "snap" with him, but some things even if he retired for 10 years, he has done better than me, I really "do not speak out." ."
In 9 years, Chen Xiwen said that being able to qualify for the Olympics again is enough to prove that years of persistence are worthwhile. There is no need to prove it to others. The last step is how to explain to himself when he goes to the Olympics.
"In addition to ourselves, there are coaches, because we all work hard."
She said with emotion that she especially explained to the coach, "Housing companies are very detailed, and he is not even born in Hong Kong. He spends a lot of effort to make every athlete improve."
In the past, her story was inseparable from the spleen that no longer exists. Now, coaching is a large part of her career and an important existence.
After one term, she came to the final battlefield.
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Under the time of practice, she has long since gone to waste. The only thing she worries about is getting injured again and not being able to fight in the best state.
"Remind myself that my health is the most important thing. I was injured in an accident on June 2 nine years ago. I suddenly woke up on June 2 and there were some shadows. After that day, you must keep healthy until you go to the Olympic route. This summer, she finally set sail on Enoshima, Japan.
In the final chapter of the Olympics, she again entered the top 8 women's RS:X with Chen Xiwen's madness and entered the medal game.
After 6 games, she went from 12th to 8th. Later, she got more and more courageous in the 8th game. As soon as the game started, she wanted to be the first "bounce" and said: "Chen Xiwen is so brave, Good Start!"
This is Chen Xiwen; dare to fight, crazy.
After falling painful or losing, perseverers can fight in the wind and waves.