36-year-old Ma Long said goodbye emotionally: This is my last World Table Tennis Championships, and it ended with a victory too perfectly

In the men's team final of the 2024 World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, which ended on the evening of February 25, Beijing time, the Chinese men's table tennis team defeated the French team 3-0, won the Swaythling Cup for the 23rd time in team history, and completed the feat of 11 consecutive championships.

After helping the team win the championship, the 36-year-old national table tennis captain Ma Long also said in an interview that this final will be the curtain call of his World Table Tennis Championships. "For me, after yesterday's semi-final loss, it was indeed a very long day, and I am grateful to the team, including my teammates, for believing in me and finally standing on the stage of the final. Actually, I have to thank myself, for myself, I think it was the last race of the World Championships and it was perfect to be able to finish the World Championship with a victory. ”

Compared with the thrilling moment of the semi-final reversal of South Korea, the Chinese team faced the French team in the final, and the Chinese team only encountered danger in the second game, but fortunately, Fan Zhendong, who is ranked No. 1 in the world, achieved a big reversal after saving 1 game point in the 4th game. Wang Chuqin swept the opponent in the first game, and Ma Long, who appeared in the finale, although he lost to Simon Goetz in the first game, but then Ma Long, who adjusted his condition, swept the opponent in 3 straight games, helping the Chinese men's table tennis team to win 1 point to lock the victory.

In this World Table Tennis Championships, Ma Long is indeed no longer in peak condition, as evidenced by the 2-3 loss to South Korean veteran Lee Sang-so in the semifinals. But as the team's anchor, in the team competition of the Paris Olympics, the Chinese men's table tennis still needs him to stand on the last shift.