A few days ago, the Chinese table tennis team is undergoing closed training. During this period, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Xu Xin and other main players also sent birthday wishes to Wu Jingping, a veteran of the national table tennis. As a closed disciple of Wu Jingping, Fan Zhendong said that he hopes to continue to work hard to win more world championships for national table tennis and live up to the hard work of Coach Wu Jingping. Xu Xin also studied under Wu Jingping, and his proud straight-board technique has become the world's first under the meticulous craftsmanship of Coach Wu Jingping. It is worth mentioning that the World Table Tennis Federation even posted on the official platform to express its blessings for coach Wu Jingping's 68th birthday. Fans have said that the influence and prestige of Wu's guidance have brushed a wave of existence for the national table tennis.
In the men's singles final of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Fan Zhendong lost to Ma Long and won the runner-up, which is one of the regrets of his coaching career for Wu Jingping. He once said in an interview that his biggest wish is to see Fan Zhendong stand on the top podium of the Olympic men's singles. Although Wu Jingping, who is 68 years old, has retired from the national team coaching staff, he has never stopped helping Fan Zhendong in private. In addition to Fan Zhendong, Wu Jingping has many proud protégés, including Olympic champions Ma Lin, Wang Hao, Chen Xuan and so on.
Some fans said that in the Chinese table tennis team, it is said that the current head coach of the women's team, Li Falcon, is the coach "king of kings". He has single-handedly brought out 3 women's singles Grand Slam champions such as Wang Nan, Zhang Yining and Li Xiaoxia, and his outstanding record is beyond expectation. Liu Guoliang, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, also said that in addition to Li Falcon's not winning the Olympic championship during his athlete period, his ability in other aspects is second to none in the team. Among the many coaches, the only person who can be compared with Li Falcon may be Wu Jingping.
From the beginning of the Beijing Olympic cycle to the end of the Rio Olympic cycle, Wu Jingping was the pillar of the men's team coaching team. Even Liu Guoliang, who is known as the "wisdom star" of table tennis, sometimes needs to ask Wu Jingping about technical and tactical issues. After celebrating his 68th birthday, Wu Jingping's next goal is to strive to help Fan Zhendong achieve a career grand slam. At present, Fan Zhendong is in the year of playing, and qualitative changes have taken place in terms of age, physical fitness, technical tactics and game mentality.
At the Tokyo Olympics, he won the team championship with Ma Long and Xu Xin, and then lost to Ma Long in the singles final, regrettably winning a silver medal. At last season's World Championships, Fan Zhendong lived up to expectations and won the first championship trophy of the event. After the game, Coach Wu Jingping also specially sent blessings to Fan Zhendong and encouraged him to continue to move forward and strive to achieve greater dreams in 2024. Some people said that although Wang Hao is Fan Zhendong's current head coach, Wu Jingping is actually the guide of Xiao Fat!
(Luo Treasurer)