【Text/Observer Network Zhang Zhaodong】
"Instead of going home, I told you to throw your pants." (By now, I told him that his pants were gone)"
Talking about her painful experience of being hospitalized for food poisoning when she was playing in the United States, Li Jing, the hot-tempered coach of the Hong Kong women's table tennis team, is still very angry. He said that after he was hospitalized in the United States that year, the treatment was not timely, the medical care was "inhuman", ignored his own requirements, directly applied the unthawed normal saline in the ice store, let himself shiver for two hours; in addition to the pain of the body, Li Jing's spirit was also tortured, he said that after he was hospitalized at that time, two patients in the same ward died that night, and he was frightened that "his hair was straight"...
Screenshot of the report
According to the Hong Kong media "Bus Newspaper" reported on September 26, after leading the Hong Kong women's table tennis team to win the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Li Jing, a coach with a hot temper and even a foul mouth in the game, quickly became popular and won the love of many Hong Kong people.
On the 26th, Li Jing accepted an exclusive interview with the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Footprints of the Old Days" and reviewed her table tennis career and coaching experience.
Li Jing was born in 1975 in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. He said on the show that he wanted to enter the national team and become a world champion since he was a child. In 1990, at the age of 15, he joined the Chinese national team and won the second place in the men's singles of the national championships at the age of 17. Fame at a young age made him "very arrogant" for a time. However, this pride was soon smoothed out by the strong competitive pressure of the national team, "You win, people will treat you as an opponent, they will definitely study you, there are many ways to play with you, I will be more and more difficult to play..."
Li Jing recalled that she practiced for 10 hours a day for a period of time, and played well in the two years from 15 to 17 years old, which was also the "golden two years" of Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang's brothers. Li Jing said that in the face of the challenge of the back wave, she learned to learn with an open mind, "Why do young athletes beat you?" In addition to physical strength, is it that people have advanced playing methods, and is it more reasonable to hit the ball than the older generation? ”
At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Li Jing (second from left) and Gao Lize won the second place in the men's doubles of table tennis for Hong Kong, China
Li Jing also mentioned his painful experience of being hospitalized in the United States in 1997. At that time, Li Jing represented the Chinese team to compete in the United States, and he suffered from food poisoning after eating beef in Chicago and was taken to the hospital.
Years later, when she mentioned this hospitalization experience, Li Jing still had anger: "In the United States, the treatment is not timely, good numbness (not good), very inhuman. At that time, the hospital medical staff took the salt water from the ice store to beat it directly, and when Li Jing proposed to thaw the salt water, the medical staff ignored his request. Eventually, Li Jing shivered and shivered in the hospital for two full hours.
Li Jing said angrily in the show: "Instead of going home, I sued you to throw your pants." (By now, I told him that his pants were gone)"
In addition to the physical pain, Li Jing's psychology was also tortured. The night he was pushed into the ward, the two patients in the same ward died, leaving him alone. It really scared him, "I was still chatting at noon, I was a child, my hair was straight, and my bones were creepy. I really died in front of you, and after that I saw wins and losses more openly. ”
Li Jing said that the hospitalization was sick, and his central nervous system was also affected. After returning to China, Li Jing left the national team for physical reasons.
Li Jing at the Tokyo Olympics
Li Jing ended her career in 2009 and became a coach, and since 2013 she has been the coach of the Hong Kong women's table tennis team. At this year's Tokyo Olympic Games, Li Jing led the Hong Kong women's table tennis team to a historic bronze medal.
During the Olympic Games, Li Jing's foul language of "*, you are in the middle of the horn (you stand in the middle)" went viral on the Internet. At that time, it was the round of 16 of the table tennis women's team, and the Hong Kong women's table tennis player Du Kaixuan hesitated during the game, and was continuously chased by the opponent, Li Jing gave Du Kaixuan guidance tactics during the suspension, and exploded a foul mouth. Li Jing responded afterwards that the sentence contained "auxiliary verb words" in order to help Du Kaixuan "speed up the calming of emotions and act decisively." ”
A foul sentence during the competition made many Hong Kong people know this dedicated and passionate coach, in addition to "*, you are the middle lama", Li Jing's "Cho", "Oh Lama (yes, that's it)", "Aso first-class Ah first-class" and other golden sentences also frequently brushed the screen, and many Hong Kong media also gave Li Jing the nickname of "Golden Sentence Coach".
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Screenshot of Hong Kong media report
In the program on the 26th, Li Jing once again responded to her own foul language: "This is the essence of Cantonese, known to the whole world, even foreigners know it, and it is a auxiliary verb." The purpose of this word is to allow players to regain their composure in a tense and stressful situation. I think that word was a success. ”
Li Jing said that after she led the women's team, her previous fiery temper had relented, and she often self-examined. Li Jing said that she had learned to speak "in a low voice, not very full in the middle of the breath", and would pay attention to adjusting the volume.
After the victory, Li Jing ripped off the mask to celebrate
When asked if he would "cry" female players, Li Jing laughed and said that "crying" is a means of stress release, he said that he used to cry after losing, and now he is too shy to cry. "What makes them cry is emotional and technical difficulties, and technical things have to break through painful experiences and survive to succeed." Li Jing said, "I will definitely be the evil person first, and I hope they will understand later." ”
Li Jing also said in the program that she has begun to prepare for the Paris Olympic Games in 3 years, "The Tokyo Olympic Games are over, and the competitive state is to get a card or not to get a result or to zero." ”
After receiving the award, the Hong Kong team and the national table tennis team took a warm group photo
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