On April 6, the 10th member congress of the Chinese Table Tennis Association was held, during which it was announced that the 47-year-old Liu Guoliang was elected as the 10th chairman and legal representative of the Chinese Table Tennis Association. At the same time, Liu Guoliang also serves as the first vice president of the ITTF and the chairman of the board of directors of WTT World Table Tennis Federation. Liu Yi, Zhang Xiaopeng, Wang Liqin, Qin Zhijian, Gao Yaxiang and Zhang Lei were elected as vice chairmen, and He Xiao was elected secretary general.
Soon the topic of "Liu Guoliang re-elected as chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association" rushed to the forefront of the hot search list, causing a lot of attention, the outside world praised Liu Guoliang, saying that with this "fat man who does not understand the ball", the national table tennis will definitely be able to succeed in the next Hangzhou Asian Games and next year's Paris Olympic Games, and re-win all the gold medals.
At the same time, Liu Guoliang's re-election as chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association also made two major rumors self-defeating, including the rumor that Liu Guoliang was investigated on the Internet, and the report that the Zhang Jike incident affected Liu Guoliang. Among them, the rumor that Liu Guoliang was investigated on the Internet was an anti-corruption storm blown up from Chinese football, involving a lot of people, and there were rumors on the Internet that Liu Guoliang was taken away for investigation and did not attend the press conference of the National Table Tennis Championships to announce the lineup of the World Table Tennis Championships. But now, with Liu Guoliang elected president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, he has slapped those who spread rumors.
As for the Zhang Jike incident, it refers to Zhang Jike's exposure to gambling and leaking the intimate video of his ex-girlfriend and actor Jing Tian, which caused huge controversy. It is rumored that Liu Guoliang, who has been tolerating Zhang Jike, is likely to be affected, but from the current point of view, Liu Guoliang is not involved.
Liu Guoliang is a representative figure of the national table tennis team, a Grand Slam winner when he was a player, coached the national table tennis men's team in 2003, served as the head coach, and did not put down the coaching whip until June 2017, and the national table tennis men's team won 47 of the 51 gold medals in the World Cup in 14 years, showing super dominance. Although Liu Guoliang does not coach the team today, he was elected president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, became the chairman of the WTT World Table Tennis Federation Council, and the executive vice president of the ITTF, and is still the face of the national table tennis federation.
I also hope that under the leadership of Liu Guoliang, National Table Tennis can achieve better results, especially in next year's Paris Olympic Games, and strive to win all the gold medals and recover lost ground.