The national table tennis team is participating in the Grand Slam tournament in Singapore, and Liu Guoliang, who is the president of the Table Tennis Association, is not idle, he joined hands with Qin Zhijian, secretary general of the Table Tennis Association, and Liu Shiwen, chairman of the ITTF Athletes' Committee, to Singapore to help.
It is reported that Liu Guoliang led the new leadership team of National Table Tennis: head coach Li Falcon, men's table tennis head coach Wang Hao, female table tennis head coach Ma Lin and others, visited the Chinese Embassy in Singapore, the staff received Liu Guoliang and others, and specially typed the warm words of "welcome national pingping" on the banner.
It is worth mentioning that the accompanying international friends also include the heads of the ITTF, including ITTF President Petra Solin, CEO Steve Denton, etc., and then in the group photo session, Liu Guoliang took a group photo with the embassy staff in the C position, which shows the influence of Chairman Liu Guoliang. During the event, the head of the embassy also presented jerseys and rackets, and athletes such as Liang Jingkun, Chen Xingtong, Xiang Peng and other athletes also waved rackets to interact with everyone during the event, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
Liu Guoliang currently serves as the chairman of the board of WTT, the first vice president of the ITTF, the chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, etc., whether in the international table tennis world or the domestic table tennis world, Liu Guoliang with his personal charm to actively promote the development of table tennis sports, these two years have achieved very outstanding results.
In the promotion of the commercialization of WTT events, Liu Guoliang has made a great contribution, personally involved in the venue of the event, sponsors and other matters, coordinating all parties to organize the event, especially after the liberalization, a series of WTT events at all levels have been restarted, making fans overwhelmed.
Following the successful hosting of the Grand Slam tournament in Singapore last year, this year has become the venue again, which is inseparable from the strong support of the embassy, one of the purposes of Liu Guoliang's trip is also to express gratitude, now the international table tennis world, with more Chinese elements involved, our voice will become more and more.
In the ITTF family, in addition to Liu Guoliang holding important positions, current player Liu Shiwen also serves as the chairman of the ITTF Athletes' Committee, and more Chinese players will serve in the table tennis federation in the future.
There is no doubt that the Chinese table tennis team is the hegemon of today's table tennis world, but people of insight, including Liu Guoliang, do not want the national table tennis family to be alone, after all: one flower alone is not spring, a hundred flowers bloom in the spring garden. Table tennis needs more enthusiasts to get involved in order to become a more popular sport.