At the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games, at the closely watched live torch relay ignition ceremony, a figure appeared, that is, 81-year-old baseball player Wang Zhenzhi. It is worth mentioning that because of his advanced age, he even needs support to complete the torch relay. Originally from China, Wang Zhenzhi later became the king of baseball, and was on a par with sports legends such as Pele and Ali.
Carrying torches into the stadium were first-time judo players Tadahiro Nomura and Shaori Yoshida, followed by three famous baseball players, namely Sadaharu Wang, Shigeo Nagashima and Hideki Matsui.
Among them, Wang Zhenzhi was originally from China, his father Wang Shifu was an overseas Chinese living in Japan, Feng Yangren, the four capitals of Qingtian, Zhejiang, born in a peasant family, in order to find a way to make a living, in 1922, he left his hometown and drifted to Japan with the villagers.
Wang Zhenzhi has been in an indissoluble relationship with baseball since he was a child, he has heard about it, and he has been practicing hard for a long time, gradually touching the way out of the door and embarking on the road of baseball. In 1977, he broke the American Hank Allen record with 756 home runs, thus becoming the "king of the world baseball". Together with the "boxing king" Ali and the "ball king" Pele, they are collectively known as the "world's three major sports superstars".
Today, as a sports legend, Wang Zhenzhi passed the Olympic torch, but he was old, walked unsmoothly, and needed help to walk, but despite this, he also insisted on completing it and passing the torch to the third stick. Netizens sighed, "I didn't expect to see Wang Zhenzhi, a legend in the baseball industry at the opening ceremony." Some netizens said, "The most surprising thing is to see Wang Zhenzhi, Long Island Shigeo and Matsui Hideki in the same frame." ”
Some netizens also believe that "Wang Zhenzhi came out of the scene and thought of it, after all, it is the world's three major ball kings with Ali and Pele." But shouldn't we really give the elderly a wheelchair? ”
However, the legend can appear, it is already a surprise. Moreover, the old man also wants to show his tenacious side, he hopes to stand and complete the torch relay with the people around him, which is a touching moment.