The three Chinese national table tennis players serve in the International Table Tennis Federation or the Asian Table Tennis Federation, and with their participation, they can fight for more voice for athletes, especially Chinese national table tennis. The three are Liu Guoliang, the president of China's national table tennis, Xu Xin, an active Olympic champion, and Li Xiaoxia, a former Grand Slam winner.
Introduction to the International Table Tennis Federation
The International Table Tennis Federation, referred to as the International Table Tennis Federation, is an international single sports organization composed of table tennis associations of various countries and regions, and is a member of the International Federation of Individual Sports Federations. In 1988, table tennis was listed as an Olympic event, with four sub-events: men's and women's singles and men's and women's doubles. As of 2019, the membership of the ITTF has reached 226 countries and regions, and all registered countries and regions in the world have joined the ITTF, which is also an affirmation of the global promotion work of the TABLE TENNIS Federation.
Introduction to the Asian Table Tennis Federation
The Asian Table Tennis Federation is an international sports organization officially established in Beijing on May 7, 1972, to replace the Asian Table Tennis Federation. So far, the Asian Table Tennis Federation has a total of about 43 member associations in about 43 countries and regions, making it the largest sports organization in Asia.
Liu Guoliang serves in the International Table Tennis Federation
Liu Guoliang is not only the chairman of the Chinese table tennis team, but also holds important positions in the International Table Tennis Federation. In the early morning of November 25, 2021, Beijing time, at the 2021 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Congress held in Houston, USA, it was announced that Liu Guoliang, chairman of the WTT World Table Tennis Professional League Council and president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, was successfully elected as the executive vice chairman of the International Table Tennis Federation. As the most powerful country in table tennis, China deserves a leadership position in the International Table Tennis Federation. In this way, the authority and impartiality of the International Table Tennis Federation can be reflected. Liu Guoliang's election will play a positive role in promoting the development of the International Table Tennis Federation. At the same time, it can also fight for more voice for China's national table tennis.
Xu Xin served in the Asian Table Tennis Federation
Xu Xin, an active national table tennis player, holds a position in the Asian Table Tennis Federation. On the evening of October 3, 2021, at the Asian Table Tennis Federation (AKTF) Congress held in Doha, Qatar, Chinese athlete Xu Xin was elected vice chairman of the Asian Table Tennis Federation. Xu Xin was elected thanks to the strong recommendation of the Chinese Table Tennis Association. Xu Xin, 32, is an active table tennis player who has won two table tennis team gold medals at the Rio Olympics and The Tokyo Olympics, and has won 20 world championships so far.
Regarding the election of the vice chairman of the Asian Table Tennis Federation, Xu Xin said that the election of the vice chairman of the Asian Table Tennis Federation reflects the trust of the member associations in the younger generation of players and the confidence in the future development of Asian table tennis. He will actively participate in the work of the Asian Table Tennis Alliance, maximize the use of the rich experience and influence of his career, and contribute to the development of Asian table tennis.
On March 29, 2022, Xu Xin attended the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Asian Table Tennis Federation as the vice chairman of the Asian Table Tennis Federation. In addition to busy training and competition, Xu Xin should also be familiar with the content of the relevant work of the Asian Table Tennis Federation, and also actively participate in the daily affairs of the Asian Table Tennis Federation. Xu Xin bluntly said that it is very challenging. However, Xu Xin said that he will use his enthusiasm to embrace his colorful life.
Li Xiaoxia became an expert representative
On April 22, 2022, the ITTF officially announced that Li Xiaoxia, a former Olympic champion grand slam winner of the national table tennis, became a member of the ITTF expert group and was invited to participate in the online discussion of the working group. Recently, in the first online meeting of the ranking group, he participated in the discussion of important issues related to the core interests of athletes, such as the composition of the existing world ranking points, points events and point protection. The reason why Li Xiaoxia was elected as the representative of the expert group stemmed from Liu Guoliang's strong recommendation.
Regarding the new job and identity, Li Xiaoxia said: "The content we discussed carried all aspects closely related to the athletes' participation, and also gave me a new understanding of points. I hope to get more low-level players to participate in high-level competitions and improve their level, which is also an aspect that the working group should consider. "Maybe Li Xiaoxia can play a role and realize her own value."
Liu Guoliang, Xu Xin, and Li Xiaoxia all serve in relevant international table tennis organizations. I hope that they can play the sense of ownership of the table tennis power and let table tennis achieve greater development in the world.
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