On November 25, Beijing time, Liu Guoliang was elected as the executive vice chairman of the International Table Tennis Federation, and this "fat man who does not understand the ball" was promoted again. Now that the Houston World Table Tennis Championships are underway, and Liu Guoliang's successful election as executive vice chairman will undoubtedly help the national table tennis to improve its right to speak in the world table tennis world. As we all know, Liu Guoliang has been committed to the promotion of table tennis, and now this new position will also give him more opportunities to show his ambitions. In an exclusive interview with the International Table Tennis Federation, Liu Guoliang also responded to his promotion and explained why he did not run for the presidency of the International Table Tennis Federation, which is for the sake of the interests of the national table tennis.
Liu Guoliang is already the president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association and the chairman of the WTT Council, whether in the Chinese table tennis arena or in the world table tennis arena, Liu Guoliang is in an important position. Different from the problems considered in the past when he was the head coach of national table tennis, Liu Guoliang's perspective on the problem has changed significantly, which can be said to be from a higher height to re-examine the development of table tennis. At this World Table Tennis Championships, Liu Guoliang sent Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Manyu to pair with the American combination to participate in mixed doubles, the purpose is also to promote table tennis and strengthen the exchange of table tennis between China and the United States, which is what he has been doing.
At the 2021 ITTF Congress held in Houston, Liu Guoliang was successfully elected as the executive vice president of the ITTF, which is undoubtedly good news for the national table tennis. All along, although the national table tennis has achieved excellent results, it has always lacked the right to speak in the world table tennis arena. Today, Liu Guoliang's promotion to the executive vice chairman of the International Table Tennis Federation will undoubtedly greatly increase the discourse power of the national table tennis. Not only that, Liu Guoliang can also continue to devote himself to the promotion and development of table tennis, which is a good thing for national table tennis and world table tennis.
After his election, Liu Guoliang also accepted an exclusive interview with the ITTF and talked about why he was running for the executive vice chairman of the ITTF, rather than directly running for the chairmanship. Liu Guoliang said that the election of the executive vice chairman does not need to do too much work, and does not need to spend too much energy to attract votes, but the election of the chairman will be very different, and it will need close exchanges and communication with various member associations, which is too energy-intensive. Liu Guoliang wanted to devote all his energy to the national table tennis preparation for the competition in Tokyo, so he finally chose to give up the election for the chairmanship of the International Table Tennis Federation, which was also for the benefit of the national table tennis.
This is Liu Guoliang, every moment will not only consider his own personal interests, but from the perspective of the interests of national table tennis. Indeed, leading the national table tennis to achieve good results in Tokyo is more important than being elected as the chairman of the table tennis federation, so he did not consider personal gains and losses, and sacrificed his own small interests for the overall interests of the national table tennis. Today, Liu Guoliang has been successfully elected as the executive vice chairman of the Table Tennis Federation, which is also a compensation for him. In this position, he can continue to promote the plan of table tennis and further promote the development of table tennis.
Today, the national table tennis players are participating in the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, and Liu Guoliang is also personally supervising the battle. It is believed that with the encouragement of Liu Guoliang on the sidelines, Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu will also come up with stronger motivation, achieve good results in this World Table Tennis Championships, and continue the supremacy of national table tennis in the world table tennis world.