After finishing the various competitions in March, the Chinese table tennis team returned to China to continue training and prepare for the next competition. Today, WTT partners released advertisements and posters of the three Olympic champions of national table tennis, Ma Long, Chen Meng and Liu Shiwen, all three Olympic champions wearing red team uniforms, and Ma Long occupied the C position.
The theme of this advertisement shot by Ma Long, Chen Meng and Liu Shiwen is "It is gold, it will always shine", and all three of them have shined in their careers. As a Grand Slam winner, Ma Long has participated in three Olympic Games and won 5 gold medals, making him the athlete with the most gold medals in the history of national table tennis, and he has now qualified for the Hangzhou Asian Games singles competition. Chen Meng, as the world number one in women's singles, has accumulated 38 months on the throne of world number one, won two gold medals in women's singles and women's team at the Tokyo Olympic Games, and won singles tickets for the Hangzhou Asian Games with the WTT Singapore women's singles champion. Liu Shiwen participated in two Olympic Games, winning the team championship at the 2016 Rio Olympics, the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships, she won the women's singles gold medal in ten years, and also reached the women's singles final at the WTT Macau In January this year.
Ma Long and Liu Shiwen, two veterans over thirty years old and still fighting on the field, showed their scars in the advertisement. Ma Long had knee surgery in August 2019, and after a long recovery period, Ma Long, who returned to the field, lost to zhang Benzhihe, Lin Yunru, Fan Zhendong and other young players consecutively, until the 2020 ITTF finals, he defeated Fan Zhendong to win the championship, only to really find his form, and in the Tokyo Olympics in July 2021, he once again won two gold medals in men's singles and men's teams, achieving a double grand slam. In the video, Malone's surgical scar on his knee is still evident, and he will continue to pursue new dreams on the field.
Liu Shiwen had elbow surgery in June 2020, because the Tokyo Olympics were postponed for one year, and Liu Shiwen, who was eager to return to the Olympic podium, made up her mind to undergo surgery. It was not until after the Spring Festival in 2021 that Liu Shiwen resumed training, and returned to the field in march of the National Games Trials, although Liu Shiwen's recovery exceeded the imagination of coaches and partners, but still could not return to her peak state, at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Liu Shiwen's partner Xu Xin lost to Japan's Mizutani Hayabusa /Ito Mishimasa, missing the mixed doubles gold medal. Subsequently, due to the recurrence of old injuries, Liu Shiwen withdrew from the women's team competition and witnessed Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu on the championship podium.
More than a year has passed, and the scars on Liu Shiwen's arms are still clearly visible.
The wound after her surgery also appeared in the video, cutting the bandage, Liu Shiwen's wound was red and swollen, which was very painful. Today, Liu Shiwen's wounds are still recovering, and her competitive state is not as good as at her peak, but she is still fighting on the field.