Because of his excellent performance in sports, Zhong Shaozhen was quickly selected for swimming training in Zhongshan Amateur Sports School. 1959, the PLA came to Zhongshan to look for sports seeds and chose Zhong Shaozhen. After studying in the military sports team for a period of time, 196 1 year, Zhong Shaozhen entered the PLA Institute of Physical Education to practice gymnastics, and in 1962, he transferred to the navy for diving training, and achieved excellent results many times. 1966, Zhong Shaozhen participated in the diving competition of the Asian Emerging Power Games and won the platform and springboard titles. /kloc-entered the national diving training team in 0/969. 1974, in the diving competition of the 7th Asian Games, she won the platform and springboard champion again. This is also China's first diving gold medal in the Asian Games.
Her most glorious period appeared in Tehran 1974 Asian Games. "We arrived by boat for more than ten days, and other sports teams were surprised. Why are you here? China is not a member of the FIA. We don't know if we can participate in the competition. We are very embarrassed. " Later, after watching the high-level training of China diving team, FINA officials decided to let China participate temporarily, and history was rewritten: Zhong Shaozhen, the champion of women's 3m springboard and10m platform, was the first Asian Games champion in China. "When I won the championship, several female journalists cried with excitement, and some local Chinese couldn't help it. We finally rushed out of Asia. "
1978, Zhong Shaozhen retired at the age of 30. According to the practice of many famous athletes after retirement at that time, it seems that her career track should be an upward curve: national team coach, head coach and then a center director or something else. But Zhong Shaozhen took an opposite curve: first, he became the coach of the national team, and as an assistant coach, he helped head coach Xu Yiming to cultivate Olympic champions such as Gao Min, Xiong Ni and Xu Yanmei. But then, she was deprived of the command of the 1990 Asian Games. For some reason, she left the national team and transferred to the advisory Committee of the training bureau. For a 42-year-old female coach, this is more like early retirement. Then the Guangdong team, and then the Indonesian team to help foreign countries.
Despite this, Zhong Shaozhen's attitude is still: "I am stubborn about diving, and I will never look back until I hit the south wall." When she was nearly 50 years old, her fate finally turned to a turning point:1At the beginning of 998, Zhong Shaozhen was recalled to the national team as a coach, gearing up and full of confidence, as if she were dead. Especially when she saw Guo Jingjing, a player with excellent physical quality who was also eager to clear her name.
But in the initial stage, the combination of the two is not optimistic about the outside world. 1August, 998, the "Crystal Clock" group made its debut at goodwill games in the United States. As a result, Guo Jingjing got zero, and the doubts about Zhong Shaozhen rose again. At the same time, Guo Jingjing's trust in the coach seems to have been greatly shaken due to FINA's revision of the rules of race walking, her injury and teammate Fu Mingxia's planned comeback. Guo once complained about Coach Zhong's thoughtfulness: "Being with me for 24 hours is boring." But Zhong Shaozhen disagreed: "This is the beauty of the fruit. What's the problem? " . The next day, she greeted me again. "At the 2000 Olympic Games, Guo Jingjing and Hu Jia won four silver medals. They were crying in Zhong Shaozhen's room.
Guo Jingjing, who reappeared in front of people, showed irresistible strength, swept all the world competitions in the 3m springboard, reached the top of the Athens Olympic Games in 2004 and embarked on an extraordinary star road. After Tian Liang's adjustment, she admitted her mistake and rejoined the team, which sounded the new assembly number for preparing for the Beijing Olympic Games. But this challenge is bigger than in 2000, including newcomers, mentality and age. At this time, Zhong Shaozhen became a real "model worker": every time she trained, she trotted back and forth-Guo Jingjing and Wang Feng practiced the springboard here, and Lin Yue and Huo Liang practiced the platform there. Get up at 6 o'clock every day and write a training plan with yogurt at night.