China's national table tennis team ended two blockbuster events at the end of the year, and after returning home, it was collectively quarantined in Weihai. Li Wujun, a special reporter who has followed the national table tennis for many years, also summarized the achievements of the national table tennis this year on CCTV, but he only talked about the achievements and avoided talking about the lack of talk, which caused some controversy.
Li Wujun said that the national table tennis defended the glory of the national ball with actions last year, and the four female players sent by China performed well at the Tokyo Olympics. But in fact, Liu Shiwen only participated in a mixed doubles competition, and she and Xu Xin also messed up and lost this gold-rich gold medal, allowing Japan's Mizutani Hayabusa / Ito Mishimasa to create history, which can be said to be the biggest Waterloo of the year!
However, Li Wujun only mentioned the achievements of the national table tennis men's team and the women's team, but did not mention anything about the mixed doubles championship loss. Before the Tokyo Olympics, Liu Guoliang also admitted to hearing feedback from many fans asking for a replacement of mixed doubles candidates, but Lao Liu said at the time that according to the Olympic rules, it was impossible to replace them, because Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen had locked the mixed doubles quota for the Tokyo Olympic Games in advance. In the end, Liu Shiwen, who had just returned to the Olympic final and was greatly reduced in her state, was tragically reversed and lost the championship together with Xu Xin, who had a mental collapse in the Olympic final.
Although the achievements of the national table tennis this year are obvious to all, it is worth the coaching staff to learn from the loss of the Olympic Games again after a gap of 17 years. Some people also think that Liu Guoliang does not care about this gold medal, and even throws out the conspiracy theory that Liu Guoliang deliberately gave up the gold medal on the Internet, but Liu Guoliang tearfully admitted to the camera after the end of the Olympic mission of the national table tennis that the pressure is very high, it can be seen that the national table tennis is afraid of the next four gold medals after losing the mixed doubles gold medal, and Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen's career is therefore not complete enough.
But objectively speaking, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen are basically difficult to participate in the Olympic Games, so their lessons are more for Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha and other young generations to sum up, Li Wujun and CCTV Sports diluted the Olympic mixed doubles crown, but also for the two veterans with a brilliant past to leave enough affection.