National table tennis Olympic champion Xu Xin was out early in the Singapore Grand Slam men's singles competition, which also made everyone feel the ruthlessness of the years. As a 32-year-old veteran, Xu Xin's career has undoubtedly entered the stage of coming to an end, but his love for table tennis has not changed at all. Xu Xin's identity is not only an athlete now, he also serves as the vice president of the Asian Table Tennis Federation. After becoming an official, Xu Xin is also single-mindedly doing practical things for the national table tennis, in his own words, he wants to win more right to speak for the national table tennis, Xu Xin really did a beautiful job, did not live up to Liu Guoliang's trust!
Xu Xin's technical and tactical play is also a unique existence in the current national table tennis, left-handed straight board players are already rare now, and the world champion and Olympic champion of left-handed straight board are even more difficult to find. Xu Xin's unique skills make him unique in the world table tennis world, and his doubles ability is unsurpassed. Whether it is the men's doubles pairing with Ma Long and Fan Zhendong, or the mixed doubles pairing with Sun Yingsha and Liu Shiwen, Xu Xin can always have the strength to win the championship. Although not as good as Ma Long and Fan Zhendong in terms of singles ability, Xu Xin's excellent doubles ability and left-handed hand clapping style of play give the national table tennis more choices in the platoon deployment.
Xu Xin failed to reach the stage of Olympic singles competitions throughout his career, but he helped the national table tennis team win the men's team championship at the Rio and Tokyo Olympic Games. At last year's Tokyo Olympics, the combination of Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen won first and then lost, losing to the Japanese combination of Mizutani Hayabusa and Ito Mimachi, losing the mixed doubles gold medal. This is a very regrettable thing for Xu Xin, so there are also voices that Xu Xin may retire. However, Xu Xin did not choose to give up, but insisted on playing, and now Xu Xin is still active in the world table tennis, but his identity has also quietly undergone some changes.
On April 26, the World Table Tennis Federation released a special article about Xu Xin, detailing several different roles that Xu Xin currently plays. In addition to the role of athlete and father, who is very familiar to everyone, Xu Xin also serves as the vice president of the Asian Table Tennis Federation. Xu Xin understands that this role gives him not only trust, but also a responsibility. Xu Xin said that he hopes to actively promote table tennis and strive for fairness and more discourse for the national table tennis players. Xu Xin is very aware of the burden on his body, and he is also actively trying to balance these roles.
As we all know, although the achievements of national table tennis in the world table tennis arena have been very outstanding, they are relatively lacking in terms of discourse power. After Xu Xin served as the chairman of the Asian Table Tennis Alliance, he has also been doing practical things for the national table tennis and helping the national table tennis win more voice. With Li Xiaoxia entering the World Table Tennis Federation's world ranking working group, she will also help the national table tennis win more rights from the perspective of world ranking, so that the national table tennis players, especially the veterans, will be treated more fairly. Liu Guoliang also has Xu Xin and Li Xiaoxia, two powerful helpers, which will help promote table tennis and make the national table tennis better develop.
Although Xu Xin is now getting older and may have declined in terms of competition results, he is also actively adapting to this change. As an Olympic champion, Xu Xin can play a role not only on the field. Outside the arena, Xu Xin is also actively working hard to contribute to the national table tennis, come on!