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In the national table tennis world, there are many rising stars, all of whom have won more and higher honors than Liu Guozheng.
However, few people can win seven match points in a matter of minutes, and because of this, he has earned the title of "Anti-Korean Hero".
However, Liu Guozheng, who has superb football skills, has encountered many bumps in the road of love.
But fortunately, in the end, he still got his wish to marry a beautiful athlete who was 9 years younger than him. This is not an accident, but the result of his struggle from childhood to adulthood.
1. The father teaches his son well, and the son works hard and competes
In 1980, Liu Guozheng was born in a working-class family in Wuhan. Dad is a doctor who loves to go to the park to play table tennis and compete with the friends he knows in the park.
This exercised his father's body, and also made Liu Guozheng extremely curious, many times, when Liu Guozheng saw his father's appearance, he was eager to try.
When Liu Guozheng was still young, his physical fitness was very average, and it was the sport of table tennis that allowed him to exercise himself. When he was 6 years old, his father decided to let him receive special table tennis training and also contacted a professional sports coach.
At the beginning, the family was more of an idea of letting the child develop a healthy body, and let Liu Guozheng learn physical education. Unexpectedly, playing table tennis later became Liu Guozheng's best sport.
At that time, Liu Guozheng was very thin and looked a little malnourished. Such a child, the average coach does not dare to accept it at all.
After all, there are not a few athletes who have a heart attack on the training ground, and it is difficult to say that Liu Guozheng's child will not induce any diseases because of training.
But in the end, the coach was still willing to teach Liu Guozheng his skills wholeheartedly.
Liu Guozheng likes to play table tennis very much, which is what Coach Yu appreciates the most. And this kid is very perceptive, he can not only capture the trajectory of the table tennis ball, but also quickly give a reaction.
It is precisely because of the discovery of Liu Guozheng's talent that the coach is willing to persevere. Over time, the father also began to pay attention to the changes in his son. The former son just looked good, but lacked norms.
But after being trained, my son became more and more professional. The work of the hospital is busy, but the father is still willing to take the trouble to cheer up his son. Later, Liu Guozheng practiced a solid basic skills.
Liu Guozheng's playing ability is getting higher and higher, and even some of it is unbearable for the coach. After all, it is not only Father Liu who needs to take care of his son, he also has a son who needs to be taken care of. Dad Liu decided to wronged himself, and then took over the burden of picking up and dropping off the coach's son.
The coach finally had more time to guide Liu Guozheng, and Liu Guozheng was more engaged and focused. One is a sports coach and the other is a doctor, and they are each connected to each other's son's lives, like real relatives.
It is precisely because of this that Coach Yu taught Liu Guozheng his exclusive playing style and tricks. These skills have made Liu Guo like a tiger. Although Liu Guozheng is small, he inherited his father's rigor and calmness, and always scored in the top three in provincial competitions.
Because of his outstanding strength and stable performance, he entered the provincial table tennis team in 1991. In 1994, he became a member of the national second team, and in 1995, Liu Guozheng officially became an athlete of the national team.
In his second year with the team, he won a national championship, a world championship in 1997, and a team championship in the same year. However, the most epic was the fight he played in 2001.
2. Turn the tide in Osaka and defeat the South Korean team
At that time, the team members who participated with Liu Guozheng included Ma Lin, Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui and other heavyweight athletes. They beat Germany and then started to compete with South Korea.
At the beginning, the opponent had already taken the lead with a score of 20:19. Therefore, if Liu Guozheng does not give his strength, then the whole team will be eliminated and then out. Just a thought has produced a huge test for Liu Guozheng.
At that time, the shouts of cheering for South Korea outside the stadium were particularly harsh. Liu Guozheng's facial features were twisted together, his eyes were already very empty, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
It's just a thin line, and the South Korean team is about to win. However, Liu Guozheng mobilized all his strength and tried to draw 21:21 with the opponent. Serving again, Liu Guozheng's eyes kept staring at the ball.
At that time, he was like those martial arts actors who were ready to go in action movies, and he was riveting. He was very competitive and scored 23:22. The players in the audience stood up from their seats excitedly.
Some team members even stuck their heads directly into the field, eager to defeat each other with Liu Guozheng. In the end, Liu Guozheng scored 24 points to defeat his opponent. The two representative teams entered the decisive match with a score of 1:1.
Kim Taek-so's face changed from being nervous at the beginning to being caught off guard at the end. On the other hand, Liu Guozheng finally breathed a long sigh of relief, and couldn't help but raise his hands and cheer to the fans in the audience.
Countless foreign photographers have recorded this moment. In the next game, it was still Kim Taek-so who took the lead and took the upper hand with a score of 21:21. However, Liu Guozheng was unwilling to admit defeat and drew with Kim Taek-so again.
The players in the audience were extremely excited, and after seeing Liu Guozheng's wonderful performance, they raised their heads and laughed, applauded, and cheered. That scene will move every bloody Chinese person. Then, there was another fierce fight.
Although Kim Taek-so also got a match point, he couldn't win against Yoo Guozheng in the end. The teammates in the audience jumped up from their seats again, clapping and jumping excitedly, the joy and surprise were absolutely no less than the discovery of a new continent.
Liu Guozheng also laughed excitedly, and almost fell on the field. In this game, Kim Zesu was beaten hard, and Kim Zesu was powerless to fight back.
Kim Taek-so couldn't pretend anymore, he could only watch his opponent cheer blankly, and the light in his eyes disappeared little by little. In just two games, Liu Guozheng saved the face of the national table tennis team.
got 7 match points in a short period of time, and turned defeat into victory, this kind of exciting plot, even dare not write a novel. In the end, they won! The teammates in the audience rushed up to hug Liu Guozheng.
And Liu Guozheng finally unloaded the tension during the game, and there was only ignorance and simplicity in his eyes. There were also two teammates who directly threw Liu Guozheng to the ground, kissed him, and hugged him. And the coach couldn't help but hug Liu Guozheng.
At that moment, Liu Guozheng was the baby of the whole team, and the seniors all smiled at Liu Guozheng, and kept patting Liu Guozheng's shoulder.
It's just a pity that such a talented man has also been hurt for love.
3. Serve the national table tennis and marry a 21-year-old wife
At a dinner table, he met a young girl - Zhao Shuqi. Although Liu Guozheng was going through a test at that time, Zhao Shuqi still admired him very much, and just like that, they were together.
Although they broke up later, this experience made Liu Guozheng very warm.
In 2008, he remained in the national table tennis team after retiring, so he met Lu Lu, who also played table tennis. It is worth mentioning that Lu Lu is also the younger sister of Zhang Yining, the great demon of national table tennis.
At the beginning, Liu Guozheng was not confident, after all, the other party was so tall and beautiful, and he was nine years younger than himself.
But friends are matching Liu Guozheng, and in the end, the two are finally together. This love soothed Liu Guozheng's heartache. Because they both play table tennis, they have a lot of common topics.
After a lot of going back and forth, they decided to get married and had a gorgeous wedding. At the wedding, Lu Lu, who wore high heels, looked a head taller than her husband. After getting married, they gave each other a lot of useful advice for their careers.
Now Lu Lu rarely shows up, but Liu Guozheng is still active.
On March 17, when Sasha and Manyu won the trophy, Liu Guozheng personally posted a message to congratulate the women's team on the 21st of that month. Seeing other athletes win awards, Liu Guozheng's heart was full of pride, as if he had won the award.
Epilogue:
Lu Lu gave birth to two little girls, and also won a lot of glory in the field of table tennis, Lu Lu in private is very fashionable, and he has also balanced his career, which makes Liu Guozheng very proud, he is a real winner in life!
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The information in this article is from:
[1] "The most classic reversal in the history of national table tennis, Liu Guozheng saved seven match points to save the Chinese team, and the Koreans were convinced"
[2] "The Marriage of Liu Guozheng and Lu Lu, a Table Tennis Couple: The Husband Manages Money and Sets Major Matters, and the Wife Takes Care of the Housework"
[3] "Athlete Liu Guozheng Baidu Encyclopedia"