In the end, we may find ourselves destined to be just an ordinary person, but the pursuit of happiness still has to continue, right?
Recently, the news of the marriage of Japanese table tennis star and former genius new star Kenta Matsudaira began to circulate in a small number of fan circles. The reason why it is said to be a "small part" is that many people have long forgotten this Zhang Benzhi and the athlete who once had the most potential for development in the Japanese table tennis world, not to mention that he shouted the slogan of "winning the world championship in 5 years" at the age of 18.
Although his performance when he debuted was so brilliant, he has also made countless table tennis fans marvel and leave a deep impression.
In 2009, shortly after the Beijing Olympic Games, the Chinese table tennis team ushered in another world competition, that is, the Yokohama World Table Tennis Championships. As in previous years, the competition in the men's singles event is the most touching, and Marlene, who has only won 2 gold medals at the Olympic Games, has undoubtedly become the focus of attention of fans and friends, and has become a big favorite for men's singles to win the championship.
Although Marlene is 29 years old at this time and is deeply mired in personal life problems, many fans still expect that he will be able to fill the regrets and achieve grand slam success after stopping the men's singles runner-up of the World Table Tennis Championships three times.
It was in this situation that an 18-year-old, previously unknown Japanese teenager appeared on The road to Marlene's promotion – yes, Kenta Matsudaira. Most of the audience at the time thought that Matsudaira was just a passerby character who would never pose any threat to the Olympic champion, so the game was not very good.
Later stories, I believe many friends also know. Kenta Matsudaira fought with Marlene for seven innings, and in the end, he lost 9-11 with only a two-point difference. In the cheers of the Japanese audience, Kenta Matsudaira won the respect of everyone although he lost the game - the future potential of the 18-year-old can play with the Olympic champion of the world's strongest Chinese table tennis team like this, and the future potential is really immeasurable!
After the competition, Kenta Matsudaira made a bold statement: to win the world championship in 5 years! Its starting point can not be said to be high, and its ambition cannot be said to be far away. For a time, the media crowned the young general's head with various titles of "genius", just like they did with Zhang Benzhihe now.
But in the blink of an eye, two 5 years have passed, and Kenta Matsudaira has long been gone.
After the Yokohama World Table Tennis Championships, Kenta Matsudaira's development was very ups and downs. In the London Olympic cycle, he repeatedly fell behind in Japan and did not qualify for the Olympics; in 2013, he finally broke out, "revenge" at the World Table Tennis Championships to eliminate the soon-to-be retired Marlene, and caused great trouble for Xu Xin, but in the end he still did not get a medal.
In the ensuing Rio Olympic cycle, Matsudaira continued to drop the chain in various ways, and once again did not compete for olympic qualification. At this time, the Japanese table tennis world has begun to undergo earth-shaking changes, Mizutani Hayabusa is old and strong, Niwa Takashi, Zhang Benzhihe has also risen, coupled with the stability of Yoshimura Makoto and others, Matsudaira Kenta has completely lost his sharpness, and even the first-line players are not counted.
I thought he could become a fierce opponent of national table tennis, but he couldn't even get the top three or even the top five main positions of the Japanese team, which was really a dramatic thing!
Looking back, the old fancy teenagers have slowly become uncles, and the youth they once had has long gone. Kenta Matsudaira is still the same Kenta Matsudaira, but the title of "Ping Pong Genius" has long since changed hands - as for winning the world championship? I'm afraid it's impossible in this lifetime.
We don't know exactly what the fall of Kenta Matsudaira's career came from, but his story does inspire many young people: a person's life is long, but there are not many opportunities to complete the transformation. Time is a one-way line, and what you missed won't come back, and a journey you've walked through won't sell a return ticket: Kenta Matsudaira is like this, and you and I are the same, aren't they?
Fortunately, life is still full of surprises, so let's wish Matsudaira a happy new marriage!