Recently, Wang Liqin, vice chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association and former olympic champion of national table tennis, appeared at the event, during which he picked up the racket with great interest and interacted with everyone, which quickly triggered the onlookers of fans and friends. What is surprising is that Wang Liqin, who has been retired for many years and is about to turn 43, still maintains a very good figure and has not been as blessed as Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui, Lao Wa and others.
During the athlete period, Wang Liqin is known for his highly self-disciplined training life, and now he has retired and insisted on self-supervision, which has a good body now, and he is really worthy of being a model for national table tennis! In this regard, some fans can't help but joke: retired celebrities have not become "fat people who don't understand the ball", and Wang Liqin and a few others!
Born in 1978, Wang Liqin is an important figure in the history of national table tennis, the first athlete in the Chinese table tennis world to truly achieve coscosity technology surpassing European athletes, with outstanding achievements, and has won 16 world championships, including 2 Olympic gold medals and 3 world table tennis singles championships.
In the first decade of the 21st century, Wang Liqin, Ma Lin and Wang Hao together formed the famous "two kings and one horse" combination of the Chinese men's team, which pushed the dynasty created by Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui to a new peak, and opened the way for the rise of Zhang Jike and Ma Long, which deserves our respect!
In 2014, Wang Liqin retired from the army together with Ma Lin and Wang Hao, and four years later was elected vice chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, assisting Chairman Liu Guoliang in handling various aspects of table tennis. During this period, Wang Liqin led the Chinese youth team to participate in international competitions, and also contributed to the Preparation for the Olympic Games of national table tennis, and contributed to the cause of national ball from a higher perspective.
In his spare time, Wang Liqin also reaped the happiness of his personal life, continuously upgraded to become a husband and father, and has become a big winner in life. In the past, table tennis fans said that Wang Liqin was a generous person, so the heavens would never treat him badly, and now it seems that it really makes sense!
In the blink of an eye, it has been 7 years since Wang Liqin retired, and Zhang Jike, who was once his junior, has also come to the brink of retirement, and Ma Long, Xu Xin and others have also been crowned with the title of "veteran", which is really like an arrow in time and years! Finally, I would like to send my best wishes to Wang Liqin again, and I hope that he can continue to work hard and continue to promote the development of China's table tennis career:
Come on, vigorously!