There is once a saying in the Chinese table tennis arena: "The only thing that can pose a threat to Chinese table tennis players is Chinese." Perhaps this sentence is not 100% accurate, after all, there have been excellent table tennis players in other countries, but it cannot be denied that in the world table tennis arena, Chinese table tennis players have always occupied an unshakable position.
Chinese table tennis once launched a "wolf raising plan", in order to enable domestic outstanding athletes and coaches to go out for exchanges, so that foreign athletes can come in to improve their strength, so as to achieve the development of global table tennis. And when it comes to the wolf raising plan, I have to say one person. She is known as the strongest king in the wolf raising plan, once defeated the great demon King Zhang Yining, and also broke the myth of the 9 consecutive victories in the World Table Tennis Championships in China, she is Feng Tianwei.
Talented players suffer family upheavals
Feng Tianwei can be called a talented athlete. Her mother loved table tennis and almost went on the path of a professional table tennis player, but for many reasons she was unable to do so. Under the influence of her mother, Feng Tianwei also has a great passion for table tennis, and in the subsequent training, Feng Tianwei showed a high talent for table tennis.
Feng Tianwei entered the Heilongjiang provincial team at the age of 11, and before entering the provincial team, she had already won many championships. As the youngest member of the team, Feng Tianwei worked harder than anyone, and she secretly vowed in her heart that she must enter the national team. However, at the age of 14, she suddenly suffered a family change. Feng Tianwei's father was found to have muscle sclerosis, and her mother chose to hide it in order not to affect her training.
Finally, 16-year-old Feng Tianwei rushed home to see him for the last time half an hour before his father's death. Since then, she seems to have suddenly matured a lot, and she understands the weight of the burden on herself, and she trains even harder after returning to the team. That year, she entered the national second team, but the national table tennis team had too many talents, and Feng Tianwei later ranked only 11th in the examination of the second team to the first team, and passed by the first team.
After defeating Zhang Yining, the myth of China's 9 consecutive victories was broken
In 2005, because she was diagnosed with myocarditis and there were many new people in the team at that time, Feng Tianwei chose to quit the national team. After that, Feng Tianwei's coach pointed out another way for her to play in Japan. After much deliberation, Feng Tianwei decided to give it a try. However, in Japan, she did not have many opportunities to play, and she was not adaptable to all aspects of life, so this trip to Japan was not good. Until the emergence of Liu Guodong in 2007, it was really the glory of Feng Tianwei's table tennis.
Liu Guodong, who was the coach of the Singapore national team at the time, met Feng Tianwei in a chance training activity, and he had a good impression of Feng Tianwei and was very optimistic about her strength, so he invited her to play in Singapore. Going to Singapore to participate in the World Series and also have the opportunity to appear in the Olympic Games, Feng Tianwei agreed without much hesitation. From joining singapore nationality to representing Singapore, Feng Tianwei took less than three months. And Liu Guodong did not look at the wrong person, not long after entering the Singapore team, Feng Tianwei emerged in various competitions, and the world ranking also jumped to the ninth place in the world.
In the 2008 Asian Cup, in the duel with the big devil Zhang Yining, Feng Tianwei unexpectedly defeated her 4:2, this Singaporean player with a Chinese face attracted the attention of the national table tennis team, and even the coach solemnly reminded Feng Tianwei that it is not simple and must be paid attention to. Although she did not defeat Zhang Yining in the Olympic Games later, Zhang Yining only scored 6 points more than Feng Tianwei, which is enough to prove how strong Feng Tianwei's strength is. At the 2010 World Table Tennis Championships, Feng Tianwei led the Singapore team to defeat the Chinese women's table tennis and win the women's team competition, and also broke the myth of nine consecutive victories in Chinese women's table tennis.
After the game, he was dissatisfied with his speech and played at his own expense after being abandoned
Perhaps it was too exciting to win the championship by accident, Feng Tianwei said in an interview with reporters after the competition, "I only want to represent the Singapore team in the competition now, and then I will have the opportunity to participate in international events such as the Olympic Games." And as a Singaporean, all the accolades I have achieved today make me feel very proud. This remark caused a polarizing controversy at the time, some people felt that she was ungrateful, but some people expressed understanding, after all, Feng Tianwei's achievements were based on her own efforts.
At the 2012 London Olympic Games, Feng Tianwei participated and stood on the podium as she wished. However, in the past four years, Feng Tianwei was abandoned by the Singapore team on the grounds of "cultivating new talents" during the Rio Olympic Games. From the main player to the non-staff player, Feng Tianwei fell to the bottom for a while. But she was not discouraged, but began to train and participate in the competition at her own expense.
Separated from the national team, Feng Tianwei encountered many difficulties in training, but she never gave up. At the Tokyo Olympics last year, Feng Tianwei played for Singapore again, and she was still heroic and cool when she stood on the Olympic field. Now Feng Tianwei still continues to compete in the world table tennis world with a free body, she is also a little more stable and atmospheric than before, in the matter of playing table tennis, Feng Tianwei interpreted her infinite love for it with practical actions, perhaps no one knows how long she can hold on, but as long as she wants, it will always be the year of playing.