Beijing time on September 7, the current National Table Tennis Asian Championships are in full swing, and earlier Fan Zhendong led the Chinese men's team to win the men's team championship of the Asian Championships, and also helped the National Table Tennis win two consecutive championships, which is an exciting moment for the people of the whole country. Although Ma Long participated in the semifinals of this game, he gave up the final spot to Liang Jingkun, reflecting the pattern of Big Brother. At the same time, Fan Zhendong has also performed well in the Asian Championships recently, as a brother of the national table tennis men's team, he has also been appointed by the Asian Games recently, and the Asian Committee announced that Fan Zhendong took up his new identity, Ma Long is envious!
For Fan Zhendong, this is a great recognition. The Hangzhou Asian Games will open in late September, and Chinese sports have also sent a lot of athletes to participate in the competition and enjoy this all-Asian event. With the Asian Games approaching, the Asian Committee also released activities to spread the torch on social platforms. According to state media, the torch relay began at 9 a.m. on September 8 and 106 athletes are expected to participate.
As the organizing committee can see from this list, such as Guoyu's sister Chen Yufei, champion, swimming brother Wang Shun, and Ye Shiwen, etc. are the top cards in various fields, and Fan Zhendong served as a torchbearer and was the only national table tennis player, which is enough to prove Fan Zhendong's status in the national table tennis and also confirm the recognition of the Asian committee.
For Fan Zhendong, it is a double encouragement. We all know that after Fan Zhendong took over Ma Long's banner, although he had ups and downs in the arena and lost to Ma Long and Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong is very low-key and calm, and has been constantly working hard to improve his skills. This time to be able to get the appointment of the torchbearer, he has surpassed Ma Long in terms of influence, and has also served as a new business card of National Pingping. As the spokesperson of the national table tennis appeared in front of the public, it can be seen from this Asian Championship that without Ma Long's participation, Fan Zhendong can still lead the team to win the championship, and he is also an indispensable and unique existence in the team.
In the face of Chinese Taipei's archrival Lin Yunru, Fan Zhendong completed a major reversal. Lin Yunru ranks seventh in the world and is very strong. He once caused great trouble for both Wang Chuqin and Ma Long. The battle between the two people against Fan Zhendong was very hot, but Fan Zhendong was still able to stabilize his big heart at key moments, reverse his opponent 3:2 in the end, and prove with facts on the field that he is reliable at key moments. The game was a pleasant surprise.
For Ma Long, he can also safely hand over the position of the first brother and the banner of the national table to Fan Zhendong. I also hope that Fan Zhendong can go further and further with this encouragement, live up to the expectations of the fans, and also live up to the expectations of Liu Guoliang.