In the long-term development process of the representatives of the Chinese national table tennis competition, Deng Yaping, Wang Nan and Zhang Yining, these outstanding players are all known as outstanding female athletes at the level of "big devils" and with wide influence for their outstanding skills and exquisite and unique skills. However, in addition to these three unbeatable athletes, there was once a player who was almost at the peak of the glory of the "Great Demon King", but was forced to scrap her career at the golden age of 26 due to an unexpected incident, this lady is Guo Yue, the "energetic tomboy" of the national table tennis team that we all know and is often respected and praised by people. Even now, whenever people talk about her, love her, and love table tennis, they can't help but sigh for it, and even many famous coaches think that her sports career is really full of regrets.
Guo Yue, the former future star of national table tennis, because of her distinctive and unique personality, tenacity and immeasurable talent and strength, she broke out of the cocoon and showed her brilliance in the field of table tennis. Her crisp short hair and light jersey make her show a heroic temperament on the court, and she walks around the field with ease, like a lively and sunny tomboy. Although she is petite, her skill level is impressive. Guo Yue's agility and wit on the table tennis table are stunning, and she is capable enough to compete with the world's top athletes for the title of uncrowned champion.
However, at the age of 26, when she was about to enter the glorious stage of her career, a sudden change completely changed the trajectory of her life. An accident caused Guo Yue to painfully announce the official end of her sports career. For the fierce and tense competitive stage of table tennis, 26 years old is undoubtedly an incomparably precious and combative year, and Guo Yue suffered such a major disaster at this glorious age. This is undoubtedly an extremely painful and unacceptable reality for the fans and coaches who love and respect her deeply.
Guo Yue, a dazzling star born and raised in Anshan City, Liaoning Province, a cold region in northern China, has established a deep emotional bond with table tennis since she was a child, and her life has become brilliant because of it. The picturesque city, as its name suggests, is undoubtedly born for the sport of table tennis, and the entire space is filled with the passion and charm of the sport. When she was still a six-year-old girl, she just wanted to be fit, so she broke into the world of table tennis ignorantly. However, in just two years, she has achieved amazing achievements in this arena, leaving everyone in the city in the dust to the dust. She shone like a bright and blazing star, and was warmly welcomed and highly valued by the Liaoning Provincial Table Tennis Team.
There are more than 70 selected team members, most of whom were born in 1987, and Guo Yue's age group is slightly more mature and stable. They are generally taller than Guo Yue, who is less than 1.6 meters tall, and they have more experience in the competition. However, despite this, in this team selection competition, Guo Yue still relied on his outstanding actual performance, full of confidence and successfully won the championship, and finally won the championship with a proud attitude. The achievement of this achievement not only surprised the coach and teammates, but also attracted the extreme appreciation of the coach of the provincial team, who regarded her as a core athlete who focused on cultivating.
Guo Yue's unparalleled talent and firm and persistent hard work have allowed her to overcome difficulties step by step on the journey of table tennis and move forward bravely. Although she is young and small in stature among the many competitors, she has made amazing strides in just a short period of time thanks to her talent, perseverance, and determination. She has demonstrated her strong strength with practical actions, and has also won wide respect and deep trust from her coach and teammates.
In the spring of 1998, a 10-year-old girl Guo Yue stepped into the threshold of the Liaoning Provincial Table Tennis Team and ushered in an extraordinary table tennis journey. After just one year, she stood out in the national youth selection competition, won the title of champion, and thus got a valuable opportunity to enter the national training camp. That year, at the age of 11, Guo Yue participated in the Asian Junior Classic Contamination, a friendly competition in which she relied on her consistent on-court performance and superb skills and tactics to win the championship and become one of the youngest players in the history of the event.
With a firm belief and a unique personality, Guo Yue's performance is unique. In daily life, she has an introverted personality and is not good at externalizing her emotions. However, once she was on the table tennis training ground and the competition site, she seemed to become a different person, full of vitality and determination to struggle. With her perseverance, she is like a well pavilion that has been boiling white Jiaomu for thousands of years, and she firmly pursues the goals she has set, and this perseverance sometimes makes even coaches feel helpless. It is such a distinctive personality trait that makes her like a fish in water in the field of table tennis and grows rapidly.
In 2004, Guo Yue, a girl who was only 16 years old, ushered in the brightest moment of her career. Not only did she win the women's singles title at the World Table Tennis Championships, but she also shone in the women's singles event at the ITTF Finals to win the eventual title. This series of victories made her the youngest world champion in the history of mainland table tennis. The glory that followed was inseparable from her desperate sports training and unswerving original intention, as well as her fiery passion for table tennis and strong desire to pursue.
Guo Yue's legendary story is not only a microcosm of a young table tennis player's growth experience, but also an inspirational chapter about chasing dreams, sticking to beliefs, and constantly striving for it. Her life journey tells us that as long as we have dreams, make up our minds, and have the courage to climb the peak, no difficulties can stop us from moving forward. In the 2004 Olympic Games, Guo Yue volunteered to compete and worked with athlete Niu Jianfeng to help the motherland win a precious bronze medal.
Only two years later, on the Olympic stage in 2008, Guo Yue helped the women's team of the Chinese table tennis team successfully defend the championship of the team competition, and at the same time won the bronze medal in the individual event, which is definitely an unprecedented glorious period. Next, in the 2012 Olympic Games, Guo Yue once again showed her outstanding strength and tenacious perseverance, and was ordered to replace her teammate Liu Shiwen, who was not in good shape, and stood at the top of the women's team championship podium with Li Xiaoxia and Ding Ning. During this period, although Guo Yue has not been officially declared the number one leader of the mainland table tennis women's team, she has always been in the main position, and as long as she has the opportunity, she can always shine brilliantly.
However, after the Beijing Olympics, Guo Yue's career took an unexpected turn. In fact, before that, since the Beijing Olympics, Guo Yue has begun to have doubts about her role positioning and goals, she is not satisfied with just being an excellent soldier, but has a greater vision, looking forward to being able to become the core of the team. It is worth noting that Kong Linghui once said that Guo Yue has high expectations for herself, and she has lofty ideals and hopes to climb to a more outstanding level in the table tennis world.
However, between the coach of the women's team, Shi Zhihao and Guo Yue, a tense relationship gradually emerged. Talking about the above year, in many competitions, Shi Zhihao did not give Guo Yue too much space to show himself, and the contradictions accumulated between the two sides surfaced one after another. In a media interview, Shi Zhihao even publicly criticized Guo Yue's lack of emotional intelligence, accusing him of not being polite and unable to accept the coach's guidance. These derogatory accusations undoubtedly made Guo Yue deeply frustrated and sad.
Unfortunately, even after returning to his hometown provincial and municipal teams, Guo Yue still retains his persistent pursuit of table tennis. Instead, she redoubles her efforts to train and hopes to one day return to the national ranks. However, the blossoms will eventually come to an end, and with the passage of time and the accumulated scars, Guo Yue's physical condition can no longer replicate the heroic rise of the past. Although she is still persistently active on the court, those glorious moments will never be repeated.