The World Table Tennis Federation has always been committed to the promotion of table tennis, and after Liu Guoliang became the chairman of the WTT Council, there are more opportunities to promote the development of table tennis. On World Table Tennis Day on 6 April, the World Table Tennis Federation released a long video bringing together the batting actions of multiple players and saying it was the longest table tennis round. And for the entire video kick-off is the national table tennis captain Ma Long, the first appearance of the Dragon team is really a row. Liu Guoliang, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, also personally played, and Sun Yingsha's violent return in the video is really domineering.
The competition within the national table tennis team is very fierce, so few players can still firmly occupy the main position in the over 30 years old. The exception is Malone, who is now a 34-year-old veteran who still occupies the second place in the world and has also qualified for an Asian Games singles competition. As the first successful defender in the history of the Olympic table tennis men's singles, Malone seems to have no intention of retiring, and he has the ability to continue playing. The Dragons have begun to look forward to their next Olympic Games, and seeing his current state, what is impossible?
Whether in the world table tennis arena or within the national table tennis, Ma Long has a very high status and has been respected by many people. Liu Guoliang attached great importance to his disciple, and young players such as Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, and Wang Chuqin also had great respect for the Dragon Team. Ma Long, who has good character and balls, has many fans in the world table tennis world, including many athletes who regard Ma Long as their idol, and the Japanese table tennis player Ishikawa Yoshijun, who is more familiar with, has always liked Ma Long, but the dragon team has long been married and has children, and Ishikawa Yoshijun can only be silently worshipped.
On World Table Tennis Day on April 6, Ma Long was the first to appear in the video of the World Table Tennis Federation to kick off the longest table tennis round, which shows that the Dragons' status in the world table tennis world is indeed unsurpassed. Just some time ago, the World Table Tennis Federation directly used "GOAT" to call Ma Long, which is equivalent to recognizing Ma Long as the best player in history from an official point of view. Indeed, from the perspective of achievements, Ma Long has already surpassed the predecessors of Waldner, Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui to become the only one in the world table tennis world. What's more, Malone's legend continues.
Liu Guoliang, who has retired for many years, also picked up the racket again in the video, although the figure has been blessed, but Chairman Liu's return ball is still the same, this fat man who does not understand the ball can still let everyone vaguely see his style of the year. And Sun Yingsha came to a violent return ball in the video, which made people watch very enjoyable and domineering. Veteran Liu Shiwen also appeared in the video, using a four-two-pound return ball to let everyone see the delicacy of the jujube technology. Many players of the national table tennis team appeared in the video, showing their return skills, so that everyone could see the background of the national table tennis.
Compared with other sports, the professionalism and marketization of table tennis need to be improved, which is also what Liu Guoliang has been trying to do. Through the promotion of this World Table Tennis Day, it will also help more people to understand and participate in the sport of table tennis, perhaps one day, table tennis can become a game comparable to tennis and golf, and Ma Long's popularity can be further improved.