Liu Wei's first Olympic singles doubles were blocked by Qiao Hong's doubles, and his mentality collapsed, and he retired after leaving regrets
In the era when Deng Yaping ruled the table tennis world, there was a teammate who was her right-hand man, and she was also the world table tennis champion, but because she was too low-key, people did not have a deep impression of her, she was Qiao Hong, who was willing to be a green leaf for red flowers.
Qiao Hong debuted earlier than Deng Yaping, she won the World Table Tennis Championship in 1989, once ranked first in the world, she was peaceful in nature, there was no Deng Yaping's sharp and strong, after the rise of Deng Yaping, Qiao Hong became Deng Yaping's best partner.
In the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, Qiao Hong and Deng Yaping won the women's doubles championship, and the singles match with Deng Yaping in the final, losing to Deng Yaping and winning the runner-up.
At the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Qiao Hong competed for the second time and cooperated with Deng Yaping in the women's doubles to reach the final. The final opponent is Liu Wei/Qiao Yunping, who is participating for the first time.
In the first set, Liu Wei/Qiao Yunping won 21-8.
In the second set, Liu Wei/Qiao Yunping won 7 innings 20-13, and as long as they scored one more point, they would lead the big score 2-0, and had a huge advantage in the best-of-five game-three format.
Unexpectedly, Deng Yaping/Qiao Hong chased points consecutively, saved 7 innings points, and completed a stunning reversal at 24-22 to achieve a 1-1 draw.
The duck in hand flew, Liu Wei/Qiao Yunping was mentally unbalanced, playing his own, and lacking communication with his teammates. How could Deng Yaping/Qiao Hong miss the opportunity? Two more cities, won 3-1, won two consecutive Olympic women's doubles championships.
Deng Yaping/ Qiao Hong jointly won the 1989 and 1995 World Table Tennis Championships, and the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Champions, which is rare in the world.
In the women's singles field, Qiao Hong lost 0-3 to her Wuhan compatriot Chen Jing in the semifinals and missed the final. In another semi-final, Liu Wei lost 0-3 to Deng Yaping and missed the final.
In the third and fourth place finals, Qiao Hong played against Liu Wei.
In the first set, Qiao Hong opened the door 21-17.
In the second set, Liu Wei was 21-15 also in color.
In the third set, Qiao Hong was 20-19, Liu Wei served off the net to commit suicide, and lost the key set 19-21.
In the fourth set, Qiao Hong took a 14-7 lead early, Liu Wei was forced to put up the high ball, was moved left and right by Qiao Hong, Liu Wei pulled out of bounds, morale was affected, Qiao Hong continued to maintain the lead, 20-11 to get the match point, the last goal Liu Wei pulled out of bounds, 21-11, the game ended, Qiao Hong won and won the bronze medal.
Qiao Hong defeated Liu Wei in the women's doubles and women's singles records, Liu Wei was deeply frustrated, no longer willing to work in the world table tennis frontline, and immediately announced his retirement. Later, he studied at Peking University and became an associate professor of the Department of Physical Education of Peking University.
Qiao Hong won two golds in women's doubles at the Olympic Games, silver and one bronze in women's singles, achieved fame, retired to coach the Chinese women's team, Wang Nan became a Grand Slam, and Qiao Hong's contribution was indispensable.
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