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An article exposing the gambling scandal involving Zhang Jike, a famous player of the Chinese men's table tennis team, has aroused widespread attention and heated discussion. This article will review the competition and cooperation between Zhang Jike and his teammates in the national table tennis men's team, and the reasons for their relationship to drift apart. In the meantime, please click "Follow" to share and discuss this article, thank you for your support!
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The Chinese table tennis men's team has a long history, and Zhang Jike, Ma Long and Xu Xin, three players, affectionately known as the "Three Musketeers" in the hearts of fans, jointly shoulder the heavy responsibility of the national table tennis men's team.
They were about the same age, joining the national team in 2002 and 2006. However, Zhang Jike was returned to the provincial team early on for disobeying the coach's management, and reports at the time suggested that he may have been involved in gambling, which may have been the beginning of his first exposure to gambling.
Zhang Jike's retirement created opportunities for Ma Long, who won the World Table Tennis Championships with the team in 2006 at the age of 18, becoming one of the youngest world champions of the national table tennis men's team. After Zhang Jike re-entered the national team, he has lost his age and technical advantages. In addition, Xu Xin's entry also intensified the competition, and he gradually surpassed Zhang Jike with the advantage of youth and left-handed direct shooting.
During this period, the competition between the three players became more intense. However, Zhang Jike's determination became more and more firm, he became a partner with coach Xiao Zhan, although Xiao Zhan's training method hurt, but it was Zhang Jike's willingness to gamble on everything that made them a tacit combination. At this critical moment, the competition between Zhang Jike, Ma Long and Xu Xin became more and more intense.
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Over time, the Chinese men's table tennis team experienced personnel changes, Ma Lin and Wang Liqin gradually reduced their matches in the national team, while Ma Long, Zhang Jike and Xu Xin began to take on more responsibility.
However, Ma Long is still the highest ranked of the three, while Zhang Jike and Xu Xin are competitors on the same running line. As the 2010 Moscow World Cup approached, Xu Xin qualified first, and Zhang Jike began to get nervous. He knew that if he couldn't get a spot, he would fall behind Xu Xin.
In the end, Zhang Jike successfully won a place to participate in the World Table Tennis Championships. Before the final of the competition, the Chinese men's team was under certain psychological pressure due to the loss of the women's team to the Singapore women's team. Five minutes before the start of the game, Wang Hao's racket had problems, forcing the coaching staff to choose to let Zhang Jike or Xin one of them play.
According to Liu Guoliang's recollection, Zhang Jike took the initiative to invite Ying to play and guaranteed to win. In the end, the Chinese men's team won the championship by defeating Germany 3-1, and Zhang Jike became the key winner.
This match gave Zhang Jike an advantage in the competition with Xu Xin. However, the competition is not over. Over time, Zhang Jike won consecutive singles titles in major tournaments, surpassing Ma Long and Xu Xin. However, his health began to be threatened, he gradually fell into injury, and Ma Long and Xu Xin began to re-emerge.
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Although Zhang Jike later left the table tennis arena, he did not officially announce his retirement.
For some time, fans have been waiting for him to return to play. However, Qin Zhijian, who was the head coach of Chinese men's table tennis at the time, said in 2019 that National Table Tennis welcomed Zhang Jike's return at any time. Although this sentence may have been interpreted at the time as a signal of the estrangement between Guoping and Zhang Jike, from later developments, Guoping seems to have decided to distance himself from Zhang Jike, or some people want to distance themselves from him.
Over time, Liu Guoliang, Xu Xin and other national team coaches and players have shut down Zhang Jike on social media. This shows that the national table tennis team seems to have decided to draw a line with Zhang Jike.
Perhaps after Zhang Jike's sudden wealth, he fell into the quagmire of gambling, and now it seems that his desires are out of control. This sudden wealth may have led him to indulge in gambling, which led to the outbreak of scandal.
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What's even more regrettable is that Zhang Jike even extended his hand to the woman he was once closest to, using her intimate video to pay off gambling debts. This is no longer just a matter of morality, but of law. It is conceivable that teammates such as Ma Long and Xu Xin may also be involved in this scandal if they do not draw a clear line.
This incident has given us profound insights.
As we drift away from our former close comrades, we should reflect on whether we have made mistakes in some way. After all, teamwork and camaraderie are both very important in sports. Sometimes, however, we have to make tough decisions to distance ourselves from certain people in order to preserve our reputations and careers.
Summary:
The outbreak of Zhang Jike's scandal makes people can't help but look back on his competition and cooperation with Ma Long, Xu Xin and other teammates in the national table tennis men's team. Although they used to be the "Three Musketeers" who worked closely together, their relationship gradually drifted apart over time.
Zhang's gambling problems and scandals have further deepened this sense of alienation, leaving him with a near break from his teammates. The incident is a reminder that in competitive sports, defending one's reputation and career can sometimes involve making difficult decisions and even distancing one's former close comrades.
In this story, competition, ambition and misjudgment are intertwined, which ultimately leads to Zhang Jike's fall and alienation between his teammates. It's also a profound reflection on whether we value collaboration and camaraderie enough behind our success. Either way, the story will forever remain in the annals of table tennis as a stark lesson about honor and depravity, friendship and betrayal.