April 28 is a special day for Ma Long, 3 years ago today, the Dragons completed the feat of winning the men's singles three consecutive championships at the World Table Tennis Championships, consolidating their historical position in the men's table tennis world. Now, three years later, Malone has successfully defended his Olympic men's singles title, completed a double grand slam, and became the first male table tennis player to achieve such a feat. But on such an important day as the third anniversary of the 3rd consecutive world table tennis championships, Malone did not speak out to celebrate himself. The Table Tennis Federation published an article on the official social platform explaining why the Dragons often give interviews in English, and I have to say that Ma Long really has a pattern!
Ma Long is the fourth Grand Slam winner in the history of the national table tennis men's team, but in terms of results, he has undoubtedly surpassed Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui and Zhang Jike. Malone is the only grand slam winner to complete three consecutive World Table Tennis Championships titles, and the only player to defend his Olympic men's singles title. Although he is already 34 years old, Malone is still in excellent shape. The Dragons said they hope to fight for the Paris Olympics, and now it seems that there is a real opportunity. After all, the current national table tennis men's team, in addition to Fan Zhendong, can not find anyone else who can be as reassuring as Ma Long.
Recalling the World Table Tennis Championships 3 years ago, in fact, At that time, Malone had just returned from injury, and not too many people were optimistic that he could continue to win the championship. However, it was in this situation that Ma Long was not favored by people, burst out of amazing energy, defeated a number of masters in a row to reach the final, and finally completed the achievement of the men's singles triple crown of the World Table Tennis Championships. At last year's Tokyo Olympic Games, many people were also more optimistic about Fan Zhendong, believing that the national table tennis men's team had reached the time of change. However, this time, Ma Long still withstood the pressure and finally defeated Fan Zhendong to defend his title.
On April 28, the third anniversary of the World Table Tennis Championships' three consecutive championships, Malone went to Universal Studios to play, but did not speak out to celebrate the anniversary. He is still as low-key as ever, in his opinion, it is better to enjoy such a joy in his heart, and there is no need to talk about the achievements he has achieved from time to time. Ma Long always downplays his achievements, always uses a normal play to brush it up after winning, but he always does not hesitate to praise the opponents who perform well, and he also cares for the descendants such as Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin.
Malone's English level is obvious to all, and in the Singapore Grand Slam competition some time ago, Malone was also interviewed in English after the semi-finals. On April 28, the World Table Tennis Federation also posted an article on the official social platform explaining why Malone was interviewed in English. Malone has always hoped to promote the internationalization of table tennis and strengthen direct communication with players and fans from other countries in the world, and English, as an international language, has naturally become Malone's choice. Ma Long said that whether he is an athlete now or a coach in the future, he hopes to promote table tennis and promote the internationalization of table tennis.
From Malone's statement, we can see the pattern of the Dragons. He is no longer concerned with winning just a few games and a few titles, but with the promotion and development of table tennis on a larger scale. Seeing such a big pattern of dragon teams, how can we not praise him?