On April 22, 2022, the official announcement of the International Table Tennis Federation, the national table tennis Olympic champion Li Xiaoxia ushered in a new identity, became a member of the expert group, was invited to participate in the online discussion of the working group, it is reported that Li Xiaoxia took up an important position this time, Liu Guoliang also played an important role, the Chinese Table Tennis Association recommended to the official, and finally approved, following Xu Xin became the head of the Asian Table Tennis Federation, Li Xiaoxia also had arrangements, which is good news.
Li Xiaoxia is very familiar to everyone, she is a table tennis Grand Slam player, has won glory for the country on the stage of the world competition many times, has been carrying out related promotion work after retirement, passing on a lot of positive energy, this time as a member of the expert group of the International Table Tennis Federation, but also won everyone's recognition, fans have sent blessings, looking forward to Li Xiaoxia to the new post to make achievements and strive for more right to speak.
According to the Chinese Table Tennis Association, the working group has a certain decision-making power, the main content of the current discussion has three points, namely the composition of the world ranking points, the preparation of the points event, the rules of point protection, the core interests of the athletes, it is difficult to come up with the final plan in the short term, Li Xiaoxia is currently actively involved in it, she is the representative of the national table tennis, but also responsible for the relevant work of the International Table Tennis Federation.
For this aspect of the situation, Li Xiaoxia is still more familiar, she will speak out for athletes, while putting forward more professional suggestions, last year Xu Xin was elected as the head of the Asian Table Tennis Federation, and now Li Xiaoxia entered the working group, directly involved in the adjustment of the points rule, the right to speak of national table tennis is also gradually improved, recommend Xu Xin and Li Xiaoxia, recognized by the International Table Tennis Federation, which is very supportive of external fans.
Finally, the Chinese Table Tennis Association pointed out that not only Xu Xin and Li Xiaoxia, but also more outstanding Chinese athletes will be selected to serve in the International Table Tennis Federation in the future, contribute to the development of table tennis, and further enhance the right to speak.
The ITTF welcomed this, with CEO Steve. Denton said that he is very happy that the Olympic champion from China can join the working group, Li Xiaoxia is an athlete in the new era, with her experience, we believe that we will bring new ideas to the world, to ensure that everyone is properly taken care of, especially athletes, whether it is Xu Xin, or Li Xiaoxia, are struggling through their own way.
Li Xiaoxia spoke out, first of all, thanked Liu Guoliang for his support, she bluntly said that she can join the working group, the key is liu Guoliang strongly recommended, play a decisive role, and finally Li Xiaoxia stressed that she will stand in the perspective of athletes, fight for their reasonable rights and interests, be fair and just, but also hope that more low-ranking players will participate, which will be the main direction of future work.