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Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

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Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

"In table tennis, Chinese can't forget Yoo Seung-min, and Koreans can't forget Liu Guozheng."

Liu Guozheng must be a special existence in the batch of men's table tennis players 20 years ago, he has had too many runners-up in his career, two consecutive World Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles runner-up, multiple open men's singles runner-up, and even never won an international competition men's singles championship, but a World Table Tennis Championships men's team championship is enough for him to go down in history, in October 2022, China men's table tennis achieved ten consecutive championships of the project, and the starting point of the consecutive championships began with Liu Guozheng.

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

Since the age of six, he has not left table tennis in his life, from the provincial team to the national team, from domestic competitions to international competitions, he is not the most powerful one in men's table tennis, but once it is in danger, perhaps many people will sincerely say: "Fortunately, there is Liu Guozheng." ”

He is Liu Guozheng who turned the tide.

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

Wuhan kid Guangdong became famous at the age of 14 and entered the national team

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

Liu Guozheng was born in Wuhan, Hubei Province in 1980, his father likes table tennis very much, always dreams that his son can win glory for the country on the table tennis table in the future, so at the age of 6, Liu Guozheng was sent to Wuhan Amateur Sports School, in a group of beginners Liu Guozheng is actually considered old.

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

But his comprehension is very strong, when his coach was transferred to Guangdong Shantou Sports School, the coach picked Liu Guozheng from the sports school, in 1993 he met a teenager from Liaoning, his name is Ma Lin, the two are both teammates and opponents, there is only one champion on the table tennis table.

At the 1994 Guangdong Provincial Games, Ma Lin won three gold medals in men's singles, men's doubles and men's team almost unstoppable momentum, and almost at the same time, the two entered the national second team together.

When the men's table tennis was on the rise, Wang Tao, Kong Linghui, Liu Guoliang and others carried the banner, Wang Liqin and Ma Lin were the most prominent among the juniors, and the young Liu Guozheng was worth working hard silently, and he was mentioned more because he was thought to be the younger brother of Liu Guoliang and Liu Guodong.

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

In 1998, Liu Guodong became a member of the men's table tennis team to win the championship, in 2000 he stopped the quarterfinals as a men's singles, the same year of the World Table Tennis Championships team, in the final China met Sweden, when he came out China was 0:2 behind, he defeated Karlsson to pull back, but unfortunately the tiebreaker Liu Guoliang dropped the chain. That was the last time the national table tennis lost the men's team championship.

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

In 2001, the World Table Tennis Championships saved the men's table tennis by one person

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

In 2001, the 46th World Table Tennis Championships were held in Osaka, Japan, in order to make up for the regret of winning the championship a year ago, this time the national table tennis sent Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui, Wang Liqin, Ma Lin and Liu Guozheng's strongest lineup.

The team's only goal was to win the championship, and Liu Guozheng actually paid little attention at that time, until after that semi-final, he became a hero in the hearts of many Chinese people.

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

Kong Linghui, who was the number one singles player in the match, lost to Kim Zesu and Wu Shangyun one after another, and Liu Guozheng unexpectedly became a key player in the semifinals between China and South Korea, and in his last match with Kim Zesu, the Chinese team will either win the title or go home.

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

Kim Zesu is not a nobody, neither Liu Guoliang nor Kong Linghui have an excellent record against him, he was the third place in the 92 Olympic Games, Kong Linghui was eliminated in the 96 Olympic Games, and Liu Guoliang reached the top in the 98 Asian Games...

It can be said that he is the most difficult one in the Korean team, and all this makes the young Liu Guozheng meet.

But many people are not optimistic that China can win, "With the strength of the Chinese team, it is rare to have my turn as a supporting role in the team competition." It felt like Kim was crazy at that time, and we were a little passive. ”

Even Cai Zhenhua, who directed on the spot, was not optimistic that Liu Guozheng could win: "From the coach's point of view, I feel that Liu Guozheng is about to lose, his overall strength is not as good as Kim Zesu, maybe Kim Zesu also thinks the same." ”

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

Sure enough, in the first game, Kanazawa Subing won bloodlessly, and the second game came up again 8:3, Cai Zhenhua called a timeout, he told Liu Guozheng to stabilize his mood, don't worry.

Just because Kanazawa-so is a tough opponent doesn't mean he doesn't have weaknesses – the more critical the moment he gets, the easier it is to go up and fight, and often he makes mistakes before he can turn to COSCO to consume himself.

Sure enough, a fight out of bounds, a swing into the air, made Liu Guozheng feel that Kim Zesu was anxious, he wanted to end the battle as soon as possible, Liu Guozheng knew in his heart that maybe his opportunity had come.

After saving three match points in a row, Liu Guozheng struggled to equalize in that game, and his confusion could be seen in Kimzesu's eyes, which he thought was China's easiest opponent, turned out to be the hardest bone to gnaw.

The two sides of the tiebreaker are still deadlocked, the two sides on the field come and go, Ma Lin was directly sent out of the field by the referee because of the shouting of cheering too loudly, Liu Guoliang's calm expression with his hands on his chest can hardly hide his nervousness, even Cai Zhenhua, who has seen the wind and rain, is full of uneasiness written on his face, the main will lose in a row, can only hand over the fate to a young general, only Liu Guozheng looks calm.

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua
Another saving match point, once, twice, three times, four times, at 24:23 When Liu Guozheng won the first match point of the whole game, "I felt that his eyes had begun to panic, so I thought I had to catch this ball, I had to be decisive." ”

After Kim Zesu served, Liu Guozheng took the initiative to grab the attack, and finally forced the opponent to make a mistake, Liu Guozheng raised his arms high, the camera swept to the national table tennis bench teammates have hugged together, Cai Guidance turned his back to quietly wipe tears, Liu Guozheng did it, he almost saved Kong Linghui's career, saved Cai Zhenhua's coaching path, and at the same time became the "big heart" of national table tennis.

Few people may notice that in fact he strained his thigh during that game, and he was burning his adrenaline during the game.

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

"Marry someone to marry Liu Guozheng" has become a famous national table tennis sentence, an epic reversal, it can be said that Liu Guozheng was a god in a battle, and the blood and persistence about table tennis were vividly reflected in that game.

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

He retired due to injury at the age of 28 and moved to coaching

In 2000, the ITTF stipulated that the ball used in the competition be changed from a small ball to a large ball, and in 2001, they continued to modify the rules and introduced the rule of "unobstructed serve", which made Liu Guozheng unable to adapt for a time.

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

It is also at this stage that Ma Lin and Wang Liqin have gradually established a new order in the post-Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang eras, new people within the national table tennis have emerged, Wang Hao has first appeared, Qiu Yi can become a tiger hero, Chen Xuan killed the god of the first appearance, only Liu Guozheng needs to re-prove himself in doubt, the cruelty of national table tennis is that the hero may also fall instantly.

Liu Guoliang once said bluntly: "Liu Guozheng is now in a more awkward situation in the team, there are people in front and people behind, just like in the cracks."

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

In the international arena, he can only participate in mixed doubles and team competitions, two consecutive World Table Tennis Championships he has partnered with the beautiful player Poplar, but both times fell in the final, after two defeats he is comforting Poplar, in fact, he has never won any championship in international competitions for team accidents, how can he be less regretful?

In the 2004 Athens Olympics, Liu Guozheng, who was about to support the building, finally did not appear in the list of athletes, and a year later surgery changed his career trajectory, he repeated the cycle of injury, surgery, and recuperation, and the big heart finally could not beat the injury,

Since then, he has been given fewer and fewer opportunities.

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

Before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Liu Guozheng, who was nearly 28 years old, quietly retired, without ceremonies, cheers, and farewells, he left his best self for 2001, and then even the downhill road was long enough because of that highlight.

He began to guide Ma Lin and Wang Hao as a trainee coach, in fact, these three are not much younger, the opportunity to belong to the player Liu Guozheng is really gone, and the era of belonging to coach Liu Guozheng has just begun.

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

He first entered the Beijing Sports University to study, served as the head coach of the national table tennis second team in 2012, became a team coach in the competition in 2017, facing that not complete and magnificent career, Liu Guozheng said that he has always been unwilling, he has not had a singles world championship in his career, he hopes that he can cultivate a real world champion, "Every athlete has a dream of a grand slam, if I don't have the opportunity to play as a player, I hope as a coach can make up for it." ”

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

In 2017, Liu Guoliang became the vice chairman of the Table Tennis Association, Qin Zhijian and Ma Lin left the team one after another, Liu Guozheng was responsible for managing the training of the entire men's team, and a year later Qin Zhijian returned, Liu Guozheng became the leader of the teaching and research group of the men's first team. He has served as the head coach of Zhang Jike and Wang Chuqin, as a post-00 young player Wang Chuqin has high hopes from the national table tennis, and Liu Guozheng has accompanied him all the way to growth.

During the 2019 Austrian Open, Wang Chuqin almost fought in the face of his teammates, and was finally punished with a three-month ban, and Liu Guozheng himself was also punished with a one-month suspension, and Liu Guozheng appeared as a guest commentator at the 2022 World Table Tennis Championships.

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

Married a beautiful wife nine years younger and chose Tsinghua to teach for the family

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

Liu Guozheng, who had just retired in 2008, was introduced to Lu Lu, a 19-year-old Beijing female table tennis player who was only 19 years old at the time, and Zhang Yining and Ding Ning won the National Games championship together.

But Liu Guozheng did not talk about love very much, in order to make up this Xiao Zhan couple but contributed a lot, Xiao Zhan helped Liu Guozheng send a text message to ask Lu Lu to meet, and Jia Beibei urged Lu Lu to go on a date, and finally the two came together.

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

Lu Lu also watched the 2001 World Table Tennis Championships, and also knew that marrying Liu Guozheng would marry, but she did not expect that she would really marry Liu Guozheng 10 years later, and in 2010, the 30-year-old Liu Guozheng officially married 21-year-old Lu Lu.

The married life of the two is dull and sweet, two daughters have been born one after another, Lu Lu is also the coach of the second team of the Beijing women's team in addition to taking care of the family, and Liu Guozheng continues to serve the national team.

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

Until September 2022, Liu Guozheng decided to resign from the national team, left the training gym where he had played for 28 years, and chose to teach at Tsinghua University, when the young "anti-Korean hero" was 42 years old, he had to think about his family when he entered middle age, he said: "When people reach middle age, their cognition of many things has changed, and they want to take more responsibility for their families, enrich their minds, and want to understand the world outside table tennis." ”

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

But he still hasn't left the racket that has accompanied him for more than 30 years, and in addition to being a physical education teacher, he will also be responsible for the daily training of the Tsinghua University table tennis team, "just like when I entered the national team, I had the goal of becoming a world champion." Now that I enter Tsinghua, I want to become an excellent teacher, not only in my own classes, but also in the training of the school team, I want to do better and better, and slowly reach a peak. ”

Anti-Korean hero Liu Guozheng: has played for national table tennis for 28 years, married a 9-year-old wife at the age of 30, and has joined Tsinghua

Liu Guozheng's table tennis career has a god work, the peak of fame in the first battle, but also the trough of newcomers, injuries, as a player he uses his calmness to make a sweat for the national table tennis, whenever I think of him many people in their minds is that imminent image, as a coach he from the second team to the first team, took Zhang Jike and Wang Chuqin hope that the disciples can fulfill their grand slam dreams, as a husband he is dutiful to the family, after thinking and starting again, Liu Guozheng has never ushered in his own era, But his name has become a shared memory that a generation can never erase.

Some references:

"Table tennis world champion Liu Guozheng has officially joined Tsinghua University" surging news

2001 Osaka World Table Tennis Championships Liu Guozheng vs Kanazawa-so" bilibili

"Liu Guozheng: From Table Tennis World Champion to Tsinghua Physical Education Teacher" Humanities Tsinghua

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