In the Internet era of deep integration of sports and entertainment, a piece of news quickly caught the public's attention: former gymnast Wu Liufang revealed for the first time why she joined the live dance industry, bluntly saying that it was the pressure of life that made her make such a choice. These heartfelt words are like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples, making the public's attention once again focus on this figure who once shined in the gymnastics arena and then was controversial in the field of live broadcasting.
Wu Liufang, born on 14/0/0 in Liuzhou, Guangxi, her name is derived from her hometown "Liuzhou". At the age of 0, she stepped into the world of gymnastics, entered the Liuzhou Gymnastics School in Guangxi Province to start her training career, and then joined the Guangdong team. In 0, at the age of 0, she was selected for the Chinese national women's gymnastics team for the first time. In the same year, she won the team championship in the National Gymnastics Championships with the Guangdong team, showing her extraordinary gymnastics talent. However, fate seemed to play a cruel joke on her, and injuries followed, and she was sent back to the Guangdong team due to injuries.
But Wu Liufang was not defeated, and in 19 years, she was selected for the national team again with tenacious perseverance. Since then, she has won the third place in the women's uneven bars competition at the National Gymnastics Championships; In the "Olympic Star Cup" gymnastics competition, she helped the Chinese team win the women's team championship, and won the championship in the uneven bars and floor exercises, and won the runner-up in the balance beam event. In 0, she won back-to-back gold medals in the balance beam events at the Gymnastics World Cup in Doha, Qatar and France. At the Asian Gymnastics Championships in '0, she helped her team win the team gold medal and won the uneven bars event individually. In 0 years, she won the runner-up of the women's team at the National Gymnastics Championships and the women's team championship at the Tianjin East Asian Games. However, injuries have always been an insurmountable "stumbling block" in her career. On 0/0/0, Wu Liufang, who was only 0 years old, had to officially announce his retirement.
After retiring, Wu Liufang entered Beijing Sport University for further study, and became a teacher after graduation, continuing to contribute to gymnastics-related fields. She refereed youth competitions, conducted gymnastics education, and went to primary and secondary schools to attend physical education classes with students. At the same time, she is enthusiastic about public welfare, actively participates in the "Art Without Boundaries, Public Welfare Has Power" free public welfare class on artistic quality for special children, serves as a gymnastics instructor of Zhejiang Special Children's Art Troupe, and goes deep into schools and communities to carry out public welfare teaching activities.
然而，谁也未曾料到，2024 年 11 月 21 日，吴柳芳以女主播的全新形象出现在短视频平台，频繁发布跳舞视频并开启直播。画面中的她，姿态妩媚、穿着性感，与大众记忆中那个在体操赛场上英姿飒爽的运动员形象大相径庭。这一巨大转变瞬间引发体操迷们的质疑。东京奥运会体操女子平衡木冠军管晨辰在其视频下留言 “不要给体操扣屎盆子”，尽管这条留言很快被删除，但还是引发了两人之间的 “口水战”，一时间舆论哗然。
Recently, in a speech, Wu Liufang talked about her journey along the way, as well as those topics that have sparked heated discussions on the Internet. In 2024, the exchange of resentment between her and Olympic champion Guan Chenchen caused waves on the Internet and attracted widespread attention.
Talking about why she stepped into the field of "Internet celebrity", Wu Liufang was full of emotion: "Looking at my mother lying on the hospital bed, my heart is full of sadness. At that time, I began to reflect on whether I had made the right choice for a job, because the salary at that time was so meagre. I can't help but wonder if I can barely support myself now, but when my parents are getting older, will I be able to take care of them? It was then that a fateful seed was quietly planted in my heart. Later, I made a bold decision to transform into an Internet streamer, and I wanted to change my destiny. ”
Wu Liufang recalled those difficult days: "I worked hard to learn to dance, and at the same time studied live broadcast skills. However, the road to live streaming is far more difficult than imagined. In the first six months, the live broadcast room was often deserted, and sometimes only two or three people were online. Even so, I still told myself that even if the live broadcast room was empty, I would keep dancing and insist on doing my own content. ”
她感慨地说：“一次偶然的机会，让我一夜之间被全网熟知，粉丝量从 4 万多迅速飙升至 600 多万。当时，身边的朋友纷纷发来祝贺，恭喜我粉丝破万、破百万。但那时，我的内心却异常平静，因为这一切来得太突然，让我觉得不太真实。而当粉丝量又回落至原来水平时，我反而回归了最初的自己，内心轻松了许多。”
Wu Liufang's confession allows us to truly see the difficulty of life after retiring athletes. On the field, they fought hard for honor and were full of pain. After retiring, when the flowers and applause gradually faded away, the trivialities of life and economic pressure came like a tide. For many athletes like Wu Liufang who failed to achieve top honors, the road to transformation after retirement is full of thorns. Their professional skills are relatively simple, they lack sufficient competitiveness in the highly competitive job market, and the career transition support system provided by society is not yet perfect.
Society often lacks sufficient attention and effective support mechanisms for the development of athletes after retirement. On the one hand, the commercial value of sports stars during their service is often overly focused on the short-term benefits of competition results, and not enough on their long-term career planning after retirement. On the other hand, in the process of long-term and high-intensity training, athletes lack the learning and accumulation of knowledge and skills in other fields, which leads to great restrictions on career choices after retirement.
Wu Liufang's live broadcast of dancing is not only a matter of personal career choice, but also a profound reflection of the shortcomings of the entire athlete retirement transformation system. We should not only cheer for athletes when they are brilliant, but also help them when they face difficulties in life when they retire. It is the unshirkable responsibility of society to improve the training system for athletes' career transformation, provide more employment channels suitable for them, and strengthen psychological care for retired athletes, so that they can smoothly start a new chapter in their lives after leaving the field.
Wu Liufang's experience is a vivid microcosm of the lives of many retired athletes. She bravely said that she was forced by life to dance live, and hoped to arouse the public's attention to the retired athlete group. We look forward to more practical measures in the future to help them better integrate into society and start a different and exciting life.