On March 31, Beijing time, recently, south Korea is undergoing a table tennis comprehensive championship, 11-year-old young player Lee Seung-so won two consecutive rounds, the third round of 0-3 loss to Lee Sang-so caused concern. It should be known that Lee Sang-so is a famous player in South Korea, who has reached the 7th place in the world's highest ranking and has won the runner-up of the world team competition, which can be said to be the main force of the Korean table tennis team. But at just 11 years old, Lee Seung-so was able to play against Lee Sang-so, and even if he lost, it was already very remarkable, with 12-10, 11-4 and 11-9 in three sets.
It is worth mentioning that Lee Seung-so's idol is Ma Long of China's national table tennis, after this competition, Lee Seung-so said his goal in front of the media, hoping to win 2 Olympic singles gold medals like Ma Long. The 11-year-old has said he hopes to enter the national team in 2024, make his Olympic debut in 2028 and win gold in 2032.
It can be said that Lee Seung-so is ambitious, after all, Ma Long is the first person in the history of the world table tennis, has completed a double circle Grand Slam, and the Olympic Games won the men's singles championship only Ma Long has done it, 11-year-old Lee Seung-so started to look at the first person in history, and there is no problem with ambitious evaluation.
The strength of Chinese national table tennis is well known, due to its strength, the national table tennis players have also gained a lot of fans, such as the Japanese famous Mizutani Falcon, the most admired is the national table tennis Zhang Jike, the Japanese women's team Ishikawa Jiajun has always been Ma Long's famous fan sister, but also want to partner with Ma Long mixed doubles, straightforward expression of like. Now, Ma Long has gained another fan, 11-year-old Lee Seung-so wants to replicate the Dragons' achievements.
Of course, Li Shengsu wants to chase the achievements of idol Ma Long is very difficult, after all, the comprehensive strength and talent reserves of China's national table tennis at this stage are still strong, and among the players after 00, Lin Shidong, born in 2005, began to play in international competitions, and the talents of national table tennis remained constantly in the file, and it was difficult for players from other countries to win the men's singles championship. The last Olympic men's singles champion was Liu Chengmin, who won the championship in Athens in 2004, when he defeated Wang Hao of national table tennis to win the championship. Subsequently, in Beijing in 2008, London in 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, the table tennis men's singles champions were all Chinese national table tennis players, and even the men's singles finals of the 4 consecutive Olympic Games were national table tennis civil wars, the champions were Ma Lin, Zhang Jike and Ma Long, and Ma Long completed and won 2 consecutive championships.
The ideal is very full, the reality is very bone, 11-year-old Li Shengsu has the heart to become stronger and win the championship is worth affirming, but it is difficult to complete the dream, and It is necessary for Li Shengsu to insist on training and continuous progress, in order to achieve the possibility of miracles!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)