On February 27, Beijing time, the European Table Tennis Round 16 came to an end. Men's table tennis Dako defeated Qiu Dang to win the championship, and women's table tennis Han Ying defeated Polkanova to win the championship. Both champions successfully defended their titles in the event. It is worth mentioning that the guest who presented the award for the champion was Liu Shiwen, who was familiar to national table tennis fans. Xiao Zao appeared at the award ceremony as the chairman of the World Table Tennis Federation Sports Committee!
Liu Shiwen performs her duties
After completing the commentary task of the National Table Tennis Durban Direct Competition, Liu Shiwen immediately embarked on a trip to Switzerland. Liu Shiwen participated in the event in her capacity as the president of the ITTF Sports Committee. On February 25, Liu Shiwen arrived in the famous Swiss city of Lausanne, where the famous Olympic headquarters, Liu Shiwen was cordially received by Bach, president of the World Table Tennis Federation.
Liu Shiwen also gathered with colleagues from the World Table Tennis Federation and visited the Olympic Memorial Hall together. Liu Shiwen also left her signature on the memorial wall. Liu Shiwen was very excited about this trip to the Olympic headquarters, and posted on social media: It is a great honor to meet President Bach when she comes to Switzerland for the first time and visits the International Olympic House! [So happy] [Eye-squeezing] is very rewarding, keep working hard to learn!
Liu Shiwen was elected as the chairman of the World Table Tennis Federation Sports Committee in November 2022 together with Indian athlete Achantha. Xiao Zao is also the first female president of the position. In December last year, Liu Shiwen participated in the World Table Tennis Federation Conference held in Amman, the capital of Jordan, as the chairman. Liu Shiwen is an excellent table tennis player who has achieved incomparably brilliant results in her career. Because of her extraordinary love for table tennis, Liu Shiwen's ideal is to always engage in a career related to table tennis.
Although Liu Shiwen has been away from the field for a long time, she has not left the table tennis program. Under the recommendation of Liu Guoliang, the main player of National Table Tennis, Liu Shiwen participated in the relevant positions of the World Table Tennis Federation with confidence and was successful. The World Table Tennis Federation was able to recruit Liu Shiwen as its official because of Liu Shiwen's experience and deep understanding of table tennis projects. Let professional people do professional things. Liu Shiwen is very suitable for this position.
Liu Shiwen appeared at the award ceremony
Liu Shiwen was not in a hurry to return to China after visiting the Olympic headquarters, it turned out that the World Table Tennis Federation had other work arrangements. The European Round of 16 held in Geneva, Switzerland, invited some officials of the World Table Tennis Federation to participate in the observation, and Liu Shiwen also appeared in the arena with her colleagues. At the game site, Liu Shiwen changed into a jersey and competed with famous coaches such as Persson. To be able to invite former world champions to exchange techniques together, the coaches and players on site were very happy.
At the European Round of 16 Championship Championship Ceremony, Liu Shiwen served as the award presenter as the chairman of the World Table Tennis Federation Sports Committee. Liu Shiwen presented the panda mascot and flowers to women's singles champion Han Ying and runner-up Polkanova, as well as men's singles champion Darko and runner-up Qiu Dang, and also cordially presented awards to third-place Ochalov and others.
Liu Shiwen was dressed in white business clothes to show a gentle atmosphere, and her appearance also added a lot of color to the award ceremony. Once upon a time, Xiao Jujube was also a frequent visitor on the championship podium, receiving many championship trophies from the award presenters. Now Xiao Zao has become the president of the World Table Tennis Federation Sports Committee, and she is also awarding trophies to outstanding athletes. Liu Shiwen has achieved great success in her career, and although her roles have changed, Liu Shiwen has never left her favorite table tennis program. It is also a very happy thing for Xiao Zao.
Come on Liu Shiwen, look forward to seeing you more in the future!
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