The men's singles final of the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships is about to kick off on the morning of November 30, Beijing time, and Fan Zhendong is preparing for the national table tennis side, with Zhou Qihao as a sparring partner and Qin Zhijian supervising and guiding. On the other hand, the sparring partner of 19-year-old Swedish youngster Moregold is not small, he is the table tennis veteran who has won the world championship 7 times - Person!
21 years ago, Person won the Men's Team Championships with his teammates Waldner and others at the World Table Tennis Championships in Kuala Lumpur, and now at the age of 55, he has become the head coach of the Swedish national team, first leading Falke/Carlsson to defeat the national table tennis team, the Korean combination to win the championship, and now he is personally playing sparring disciple Moregood, it seems that it is really ignited the ambition of the past!
Born in 1966, Person was a member of the world table tennis scene from the 1980s to the beginning of this century, and he won seven gold medals in the World Series, including the men's singles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships and the World Cup, just one step away from the Grand Slam, and was also the "strongest on the surface" table tennis player.
In 2000, Perlson showed his might at the Kuala Lumpur Team World Table Tennis Championships, first winning Kong Linghui, then defeating Liu Guoliang, plus Waldner also defeated Liu Guoliang, so the Swedish team won the final championship trophy, and at that time, Person and Waldner were 34 years old, which was really a sword!
After retiring, Person coached in Germany and other places, and later returned to the Swedish national team, and has now become a head coach. At the last World Table Tennis Championships, Person led Falke to the men's singles runner-up, and this time he guided Falke/Carlsson to win the men's doubles championship, and finally achieved a new breakthrough, not easy!
At this year's World Table Tennis Championships, the Swedish men's team has won the gold medal in doubles, and the current singles is also a silver medal, depending on whether Moregold can beat Fan Zhendong to win the championship. So can Person once again command his disciples to break through the defense line of the national table tennis? The answer will soon be revealed, let's wait and see what happens: the Chinese team cheers!