Houston World Table Tennis Championships is about to start, this tournament, the national table tennis completed the replacement, according to the official statement, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Liu Shiwen three veterans are actively applying to give up the competition, fans also realize that the era that belongs to them is gradually drifting away, but CCTV Sports has revealed a touching scene in Houston!
It is reported that the reporter recently visited a local stadium called "Texas Table Tennis Training Center", and posters of Liu Shiwen and the German table tennis evergreen Pol were pasted at both ends of the wall of the stadium. According to table tennis enthusiasts, table tennis has flourished in Houston in recent years, and more and more people have fallen in love with the sport.
In this table tennis hall, the post is not others but the veterans Pol and Liu Shiwen, it is enough to see that foreign fans love these two veterans, you know, the United States is known as the "ping-pong desert", many of their national team members are composed of Chinese players, such as "American Sister" Zhang An, Liu Shiwen's poster appears in this city where table tennis is booming, and it can be seen that the international influence of Xiao Jujube is still irreplaceable!
Born in 1981, the German brother Pol is old and strong, and is still active in the table tennis arena. However, Liu Shiwen, who was born in 1991, gradually lost her main position within the fierce competition in the national table tennis, but in the women's singles third place battle of the National Games, she was still able to defeat the Xinke Olympic women's singles champion Chen Meng 3-1, which is enough to show that Xiao Zao Yu Wei is still there!
Compared with Ding Ning of the Grand Slam, Liu Shiwen has repeatedly missed good opportunities at the age when she should have achieved the most, and regretted losing the mixed doubles champion at the Tokyo Olympic Games, although her age and status are no longer dominant, but she is very reluctant to retire. After the Tokyo Olympic Games, Liu Shiwen said that she was learning English and preparing to have the opportunity to play in Europe, many people feel that Xiaoju has completed the task in China, even if she goes to Europe like Ni Xialian, she is also making new contributions to the cause of table tennis, but such a thing may be difficult to come true. Where will the jujubes of the future go?