Today's classic review, let's talk about a three-legged glorious era in the history of Chinese table tennis in which the two kings and one horse dominated the world.
We know that in the era of Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui, who shone with double stars in the Chinese table tennis arena, the Chinese men's table tennis defeated the Swedish team and ushered in a heyday. With the retirement of Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui and successively served as the head coach of the men's and women's teams of the Chinese table tennis team, Chinese table tennis, especially Chinese men's table tennis, has ushered in a new era.
That is the era of "two kings and one horse", Wang Liqin, Wang Hao and Ma Lin, they stand on three legs, side by side, bringing the Chinese table tennis team into a heyday era. However, it is regrettable that they are born against each other, and in the end, they have not been able to realize their dreams like their predecessors Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui.
Wang Liqin has won the Men's Singles Championships of the World Table Tennis Championships and the World Cup many times, but he lacks the blessing of the Olympic men's singles champion, and he did not achieve a Grand Slam until his retirement.
Wang Hao, who pioneered the straight-and-shoot technique and won the world table tennis and World Cup men's singles championships, is the best of the three to achieve a Grand Slam, but he has failed to attack the Olympic men's singles title three times in 12 years, becoming the most tragic hero among them.
Although Ma Lin is a World Cup master and has also won the men's singles championship at the Beijing Olympic Games, she has not won the men's singles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships once. This is the regret of their ping-pong career!
We are materialists and do not believe in fate. But sometimes opportunities are important for athletes. Wang Liqin Wang Hao MaLin, can be said to be the top table tennis players of that era, they all have the strength of grand slams. It is for some reason that, to put it bluntly, did not seize the opportunity of the Grand Slam.
Although none of them achieved a Grand Slam, they all had a happy home after retiring, they all had a happy family, and none of them left table tennis, they still made some contributions to the cause of table tennis!
Wang Liqin is currently the vice chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association and a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on Education, Science, Health and Sports. Director of Shanghai Competitive Sports Training Management Center.
Wang Hao is currently the coach of the men's first team of the Chinese table tennis team and the head coach of the world's first Fan Zhendong.
Ma Lin is currently the head coach of the Chinese women's table tennis first team, the head coach of Olympic champion Chen Meng, and the strongest contender to succeed Li Falcon as head coach.
The era of two kings and one horse has become a thing of the past, but history will not forget them. The vicissitudes of the sea show the true colors of heroes. The Chinese table tennis team will continue to write the glory of the national ball from generation to generation!
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