A few days ago, Guo Yue, the former Olympic champion of the Chinese women's table tennis team, successfully attracted the attention of fans. She posted her own photo on her personal social platform, and netizens exclaimed "eighteen changes in female college" and "simply can't recognize it". After the London Olympics, Guo Yue gradually faded out of the national team, but he was always shining for the cause of table tennis. Fans familiar with Guo Yue know that she was once the luckiest player of the national table tennis women's team and the most regrettable world champion. From enjoying the glory of the stars holding the moon, to encountering the cynicism of the outside world, and finally being abandoned by the coach, what kind of experience did Guo Yue's table tennis career have?
Guo Yue is the key training object of the Beijing Olympic cycle of the national table tennis women's team, in front of her, there are two Grand Slam winners Wang Nan and Zhang Yining, while behind her, there are Ding Ning, Liu Shiwen and other young players who are in hot pursuit. Shi Zhihao, the former head coach of the national table tennis women's team, once said that Guo Yue's development conditions were even better than Zhang Yining and Wang Nan, but in the end he failed to reach the career height of the two sisters, and the entire national team coaching team was confused and regretful. In the 2006 season, Guo Yue began to gain a firm foothold in the national team with his excellent explosive power and world-leading technical and tactical play.
Different from Zhang Yining's comprehensiveness and Wang Nan's delicacy, Guo Yue belongs to the masculine playing style, has a balanced strength of the forehand and backhand, and has excellent physical fitness, and its development prospects are generally optimistic by the industry. At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, under the leadership of Wang Nan and Zhang Yining, Guo Yue stepped onto the Olympic stage for the first time. She competed in two events, women's singles and team events, and finally won a gold and bronze result. At her peak, Guo Yue was even able to beat Zhang Yining and Wang Nan, but in the singles arena of the World Cup, the World Championships and the Olympic Games, she could not start her own dynasty.
In the women's singles semifinals of the Beijing Olympic Games, Guo Yue originally had the opportunity to enter the final and compete with Zhang Yining for the gold medal. But in the competition with veteran Wang Nan, the young Guo Yue paid the price for growth, and in the case of the dominant situation, he was defeated by Wang Nan's rich experience and calm mentality, which is also the closest Guo Yue is to the Olympic women's singles champion. With the retirement of Wang Nan and Zhang Yining, the coaching staff is eager for Guo Yue to become the new leader of the team. But in all three major competitions of the London Olympic cycle, she missed out on the champions.
Especially at the 2010 Moscow Team World Table Tennis Championships, the Chinese women's table tennis team with a new lineup was defeated by the Singapore women's team in the final, losing nine consecutive championships. As the most senior player in the team at that time, Guo Yue was pushed to the cusp of the storm. Due to repeated missed opportunities to win the championship, the coaching staff of the national table tennis women's team gradually lost confidence in Guo Yue. With the rapid growth of Li Xiaoxia, Ding Ning, Liu Shiwen and others, Guo Yue's absolute main force position was replaced. At the London Olympics, Guo Yue, Ding Ning and Li Xiaoxia all won team gold medals, but she did not qualify for the women's singles. For his table tennis career, Guo Yue said in an interview that he was full of regrets.
(Luo Treasurer)