After the end of the World Table Tennis Championships and the World Cup Finals, the national table tennis is in Weihai for isolation and rest, summing up the past year, although the national table tennis is still maintaining the hegemony of the table tennis world, but there is a crisis in individual projects, such as the Olympic mixed doubles loss of the championship, the World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles loss of the championship, has been unable to achieve all the gold medals in the competition.
Recently, South Korean table tennis coach Kim Taek-so posted a photo of him and Liu Guoliang during the Houston World Table Tennis Championships on the Internet, which is very happy after the reunion of old opponents, but what surprises many national table tennis fans is that in the photos he posted, Liu Guoliang is already full of white hair, which is completely different from the image of Liu Guoliang that we usually see!
Liu Guoliang is 45 years old this year, which is the most attractive age for men, many celebrities will achieve rapid progress in their careers during this period, Liu Guoliang is no exception, he succeeded his mentor Cai Zhenhua to take charge of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, and at the same time served as the newly established WTT World Table Tennis Federation, and also became the deputy head of the International Table Tennis Federation, if it were not for the help of the national table tennis preparation for the Tokyo Olympic Games, maybe he would have gone further in his position at the International Table Tennis Federation.
However, Lao Liu has also experienced some setbacks in recent years, such as leaving the national table tennis in 2017, and losing gold for the first time after a gap of 17 years at the Tokyo Olympic Games (Xu Xin/ Liu Shiwen lost to the Japanese combination in the mixed doubles final), until the national table tennis won another four gold medals to complete the set goal of "protecting three for four", when the always calm old Liu could not help but shed heroic tears in the face of CCTV, saying that the outside world did not know how much pressure he was under.
In fact, Liu Guoliang also said that the more he wins, the more afraid of losing, such a winning division as the national table tennis, losing a gold medal in the competition will be considered a failure, Liu Guoliang led the team for so many years, naturally know that the taste of "high places are not cold" is not good. Before, we have long been accustomed to the male table tennis leader Qin Zhijian full of white hair, but we do not know that Liu Guoliang, the number one of the table tennis association, is actually not much stronger than him.
Liu Guoliang is always calm and calm in front of the camera, but this may be the beautification and youthful effect brought about by the oil-colored hair, this time by Kim Taek-so so exposed, Liu Guoliang can not hide his usual side of his gradual aging, everyone can also see the full picture of the weathered old Liu. There has never been a good time, and some people are carrying weights forward in the night rain of the rivers and lakes!