On April 18, Beijing time, the national table tennis player, the youngest Grand Slam participant Lin Shidong ushered in his 17th birthday, although young, but Lin Shidong has already defeated the Olympic champion Xu Xin, world champion Lin Gaoyuan and other outstanding records, Liu Guoliang once named him to see him duel Zhang Benzhihe, the Japanese media also paid attention to the post-00s Chinese player.
As for the words of the International Table Tennis Federation and the World Table Tennis Federation, they also published a public article today, sending wishes to the star of hope: Happy Birthday! Continue to bravely embark on the long journey of growth!
Lin Shidong was born in 2005, is currently the youngest first-line player in the new star of the national table tennis men's team, but also the pride of the Hainan table tennis world, last year he was alone to represent the province in the table tennis competition of the National Games, although it did not achieve good results, but it is enough to prove that its strength is outstanding.
In the competition of the national table tennis team, Lin Shidong pulled Xu Xin and Lin Gaoyuan, who were more than ten years older than himself, and the world champions were pulled off the horse, which also made everyone look at it: it is really not simple!
In March this year, Lin Shidong won the favor of the International Table Tennis Federation and the World Table Tennis Federation with his outstanding performance, and as a result, in addition to the official list of the Chinese team, he was given the ticket to participate in the WTT Grand Slam, and he could also enjoy the treatment of the main players of the 6 Olympic Games, exempt from the qualification tournament and directly play in the main competition, thus becoming the youngest participant in the national table tennis.
In this competition, Lin Shidong and the European champion Dako (who eliminated Zhang Benzhihe and others in the Olympic Games) played a difficult point, and finally although he lost 2-3, he also played his own prestige and was recognized by fans and friends.
Looking at today's men's table tennis, no one born in 2005 can perform more brilliantly than Lin Shidong, even Zhang Benzhihe is older than him, so the emergence of Lin Shidong has suddenly made great progress in the age echelon construction of national table tennis, no wonder Liu Guoliang will say: "If there is a chance, let Lin Shidong and Zhang Ben pick one!" "It is true that high hopes are placed on him!
Of course, the road to the peak is destined to be full of bumps, and it may not necessarily succeed, after all, Lin Shidong's current position in the national table tennis team is still relatively low, and I hope that he can continue to work hard and strive to become the top five main players as soon as possible, and realize the dream of the world champion: come on, young people!