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Challenge 30 days to write a diary in the headlines, a challenging and anticipating program. In this challenge, we will explore a dramatic and emotional story involving table tennis, nationality, and an unusual female athlete. Let us take you through this compelling story.
Zhili Koyama, formerly known as He Zhili, is a table tennis champion in China, and she has dazzling achievements in the field of table tennis. However, during her athletic career, a controversial incident occurred that made her name a constant topic in the Chinese sports world.
It happened at the 1987 World Table Tennis Championships, when the Chinese table tennis team was emerging. Zhili Koyama and two other members of the Chinese team reached the women's singles semifinals, including Chen Jing, then Chinese Taipei. However, in order to avoid possible internal competition, the coaching staff proposed a handicap plan, allowing Zhili Koyama to lose to teammate Guan Jianhua.
This proposal made Oyama feel angry and dissatisfied. Although she once conceded in games, she was reluctant to give in at this highest stage. She chose to defy the decision of the coaching staff and firmly defeated Guan Jianhua, and then faced one of the strongest players of the Chinese team, Qiao Hong, in the final. With her excellent performance, Tomori Koyama easily won the title, but this decision cost her and she was told that she would not be able to participate in the Olympics.
Faced with this blow, Oyama decided to stay away from the Chinese table tennis team, she married the son of the president of the Japan Friendship Association, changed her name to Oyama Tomori, and became a Japanese natural. She resumed her table tennis career and joined the Japanese national team as a Japanese athlete.
In 1994, Tomori Koyama ushered in her peak moment at the Hiroshima Asian Games. In one day, she defeated Chen Jing, Qiao Hong and China's Deng Yaping to win the women's singles title. Her victory not only thrilled her, but also sparked anger and controversy among Chinese audiences.
Koyama's victory caused an uproar at the time, and her way of celebrating was controversial. She shouted "Yossie" as a celebratory slogan, although she later explained that it was just her habit all along, not aimed at anyone. At the time, however, the move was difficult for many to accept.
Although Tomori Koyama achieved her peak in 1994, her subsequent career did not return to glory. Although she won the Japanese table tennis women's singles championship six times, she failed to achieve significant results again in the international arena. However, the fact that she changed her nationality as a Chinese athlete, and the way she celebrated, still left a profound impact on the Chinese sports world.
Today, Zhili Koyama is no longer the focus of sports, and she has spent many years of table tennis career. After the divorce, she chose to live in Osaka and worked as a coach for a table tennis club. Her circle of life rarely involves Japanese people and more intersects with Chinese. Although the years have passed, Tomori Koyama continues to maintain her emotional connection with China and Japan.
The story not only touches on the competitive game of table tennis, but also reveals the complex issues of nationality, loyalty and self-assertiveness. Zhili Koyama's decision left a lasting conversation, and her story will continue to be passed down in the sports world, becoming a unique chapter in the history of Chinese sports.
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