Today, April 12 is the birthday of Table Tennis Olympic Champion Liu Shiwen. WTT World Table Tennis Federation official Weibo card point to send olympic champion Liu Shiwen to send blessings. It was really difficult for the staff to send their blessings in time early this morning. The copywriting reads: 13-year-old national team, 16-year-old national championship singles champion, 18-year-old World Cup singles champion, top women's singles world first, the first ITTF tour finals 3 consecutive championships, the first women's World Cup 5 champions in history. With the purest original heart and love to adhere to the dream of youth, @Liu Shiwen Sunny Happy Birthday, may you be as happy as the wind, reaching the direction of the heart.
Since then, many official media such as the Olympic Games, Sina Ping-Pong and sports star news agency have also sent their blessings, in addition to many journalists Sports V also sent warm wishes. And Xiao zao Liu Shiwen's fans spontaneously wished her a happy birthday in advance in the Weibo super words.
It is not difficult to see that Xiao zao Liu Shiwen is a very popular girl, even if she did not get the honor of the Grand Slam in the history of table tennis, her influence and popularity did not lose to those Grand Slam players.
As a 31-year-old veteran, she can still be active in table tennis today, and she can win against a new generation of players such as a little devil like Sun Yingsha, which is admirable in itself. She said she would learn more from young people and try to create more difficulties for the players participating in the Paris Olympics, hoping to help the team. She hopes she can do something about table tennis promotion.
One of the reasons for Xiao Ju's popularity is that she became famous very early. At the age of 13, she was selected for the national team, and at the age of 16, she defeated Guo Yue and Li Xiaoxia to win the women's singles championship at the National Championships, which in itself was impressive. And her singles and doubles abilities are very prominent, because in the 2007 National Championships she not only won the singles title, she also partnered Hao Shuai to defeat the World Championships mixed doubles champions Wang Liqin and Guo Yue to win the mixed doubles championship.
In 2009, she competed in the women's singles event of the World Championships for the first time, where she finished third. She has since finished third, second and first at the World Championships in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019. That is to say, as long as she participates in the World Series, she will stand on the podium. In particular, at the 2019 World Championships, she reached the final for the third time, using two 11-0 to prove that she deserved this championship, and people praised her bravery with ten years of grinding a sword and phoenix nirvana.
In addition, she defeated Guo Yue in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2019 respectively, and Samara, Wu Yang, Ishikawa Jiachun and Zhu Yuling won the World Cup women's singles five times, becoming the first five-time champion in the history of table tennis.
She is also the seventh Golden Slam player in the history of the World Championships, winning gold medals in four events: women's singles, mixed doubles and women's team.
In the Hell-level Table Tennis Super League, she won the most valuable player four times, tied for first place with Li Xiaoxia. She is also the 2015 and 2019 ITTF Best Female Athlete. She is also the only female athlete to win the World Championships. In the 2017 Top 12 on the surface, she won 11 games, and Liu Guoliang said that she was "the strongest 1 meter 6 on the surface". Because of her skills and strength, she will be liked by many fans.
However, she is also very bumpy, it is because she has such a high technical strength, she missed the Olympic singles qualification at her peak, and then she had an elbow injury during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and underwent surgery, once again failing to qualify for the Olympic singles. Unable to fulfill her dream of a Grand Slam, her career left with great regrets. Former CCTV host Cai Meng said that it was a pity that Liu Shiwen was not able to qualify for the Grand Slam because of her technical strength.
Why would Cai Meng say that? I have to mention the women's singles final of the 2015 Suzhou World Championships. At that time, Liu Shiwen fought back in the case of 1-3 behind Ding Ning, pulled back two sets in a row at 11-9, 11-4, and when she led Ding Ning 2-0 in the decider to move Ding Ning at a large angle, Ding Ningwei's foot injury applied for a ten-minute medical suspension, and Liu Shiwen was disrupted when she came back from the suspension, plus Ding Ning's foot movement was fine, and she stopped and limped, which made Liu Shiwen not decisive enough, and the loss of the drama title also directly led to her failure to qualify for the Olympic singles of the second year.
A reporter from italy's "Milano Sports" commented on the match, saying that he believed that Ding Ning's injury was real, but after treatment, he should have been able to withstand the game. "You see Ding Ning is still relatively flexible when hitting the ball, but once he stops, he limps, isn't it a bit like acting?" This reporter believes that Ding Ning's limp must have affected Liu Shiwen, making her unable to fight fiercely, which is Liu Shiwen's weakness, and I hope that she can be strong in the future."
The reporter of the "Beijing Evening News" said in the circle of friends that Liu Shiwen is very difficult to win, nor is it not to win, Ding Ning is indeed remarkable, but also to praise Liu Shiwen. Liu Shiwen may not be a good player because she is not desperate for victory, but she is a person with feelings.
It is also because of this defeat that Liu Shiwen ranked first in the world for eight consecutive months in 2016, gui is the 2015 World Cup women's singles champion, the 2016 Asian Cup women's singles champion, was invited by the International Table Tennis Federation to participate in the Olympic singles, but the INVITATION letter of the International Table Tennis Federation was denied by the national table tennis. On May 20, 2016, the official Weibo of the International Table Tennis Federation announced that Liu Shiwen's singles qualification was denied by the Chinese Table Tennis Association, and according to the previously announced lineup of the Chinese women's team, Li Xiaoxia and Ding Ning were singles.
Because she lost the women's singles title at the Suzhou World Championships, Liu Shiwen did not qualify for the Olympic singles at her peak. During the Tokyo Olympic Games, it was difficult to win the World Championships singles championship, but because of the elbow injury, Liu Guoliang and the Chinese Table Tennis Association once again revised the selection rules, and Liu Shiwen once again drank and hated. Look at the picture below of Xiao Juju's injury treatment recovery, it is really painful.
Sweat and wounds are all reasons why we feel sorry for her to like her. It is said that the name "Shiwen" was given to her grandmother, who hoped that she could write a good article, but her mother was a table tennis player and hoped that she could play a beautiful ball.
But no matter what, the warm name of "Shiwen" has given many fans warm memories, and it is gratifying that she can still stand on the field and be willing to be a ladder. She left more opportunities for her young siblings. She tearfully took responsibility for the Tokyo Olympic mixed doubles defeat, saying that Manyu deserved the title more than she did.
"Shouting has been prepared for the beauty, eyebrows bent Liu Shiwen", the sentence of the banner on the field is given to Xiao Jujube, just as the so-called tough after several ups and downs, a poetic Liu Shiwen, love Xiao Jujube!
She deserves our liking, and hereby wishes Xiao Zao a happy birthday and finds her own happiness as soon as possible!