birth defect—postnatal inspiring

XuLiJia won the gold medal, which is this scenery infinite, but her life experience is not plain sailing. Her father has revealed a daughter body actually has some innate defect - have a eyes to see but do not see, coupled with congenital hearing, let the sailing girl must pay more efforts than ordinary people. "Look are fuzzy. A ears to hear not clear, take her to a lot of local governance, useless. The coach speech, she will head gather together in the past, is quite near to listen to." XuLiJia father has revealed that her daughter is almost "disabled". In 2004, XuLiJia left knee joint long a small tumor, the hospital said her this tumor if not effect a radical cure in time, will be transformed into malignant tumor, then she will have to be removed. Maybe god reward those who work hard, XuLiJia finally complete recovery. For sailing love, let little girl overcome many difficulties, and ultimately on the highest podium of the Olympic.

                         

    XuLiJia has a nickname, called the "female yao", the origin of this nickname everyone has been very interested. According to the statement before the 2002 world championships in sailing, XuLiJia in the entry of 208 monopoly to the fore, won the gold medal in the individual level OP sailing game, this is China's first Olympic project sailing world champion. At that time, she was the American media as "female yao", in addition to praise XuLiJia in sailing talent as YaoMingZhi in basketball as well, but also XuLiJia praise in the game to calm rich morale, peacetime training quiet cute.

   For "female yao" nickname, XuLiJia is such explanations: in the United States after the title, accept the American reporter's interview, when asked about her Shanghai countryman yao under JVG, she calls yao Ming is China's most famous athletes. This reporter in the report wrote a section, the effect is: although XuLiJia for China win the first Olympic class sailing ships of the title, although she's English is better than yao Ming also bar, but this does not mean that her home will be another yao Ming. But the story spread to China, XuLiJia have the title of "female yao" .