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As a national sport, table tennis has always been welcomed and concerned by the people.
It is precisely because of its high national degree that it has been able to cultivate excellent table tennis players and win honors for the motherland again and again.
There are too many familiar table tennis players, from Rong Guotuan, Liu Guoliang to today's Ma Long, it seems that they have never disappointed the Chinese people.
Although everyone can play a few games of table tennis, not everyone can play table tennis well.
Especially in China, where there are many masters, it is even more difficult to stand out by relying on table tennis.
The table tennis star I want to talk about today comes from the 70s of the last century, maybe many young people don't know who he is, but his achievements and honors are not inferior to Ma Lin, Liu Guoliang and others.
He is Liang Geliang from Yulin, Guangxi, who has lived in hardship and poverty since he was a child, and is well-known to the public by successfully playing table tennis.
I thought that life would be smooth sailing from now on, and the poor family was able to turn around with excellent athletes.
Unexpectedly, Liang Geliang has repeatedly suffered from heavy pressure in life, his mother has cancer, middle-aged car accidents, etc., what is happening to him now?
1. 穷小子成乒乓名将
Liang Geliang was born in 1950 in a small mountain village in Yulin, Guangxi, a county that was already poor and backward, and his family in a remote mountain village area was even more difficult.
Although Liang Geliang has an older brother above him, the burden of life still hasn't let him go.
From the age of 5, he learned to feed pigs and chickens independently and help his parents with household chores.
Liang Geliang lives in a single-parent family, and his brother at least enjoys the life of his parents, but his parents divorced when he was just 1 year old, and since then Liang Geliang only has his mother in his memory.
In order to support her two sons, Liang's mother got up early every day and stepped on the sewing machine at night, picking up jobs everywhere to help people sew clothes.
Fortunately, this meager income can barely support the family, and the brothers are also very sensible.
The good times did not last long, and when Liang Geliang was 10 years old, his brother died of typhoid fever.
Liang's mother was already deaf in both ears due to illness, and this blow made her even more exhausted.
Liang Geliang made up his mind to grow up quickly and repay his mother after making money.
Not only to help her heal, but also to let her live in a big house in the city.
But Liang Geliang is just a child in a mountain village, how can he go out of the mountains to make money? At that time, when he was a student in elementary school, he saw the national table tennis player Zeng Chuanqiang playing, and in addition, he also saw that this national player played everywhere because of his good ball, and after making money, he returned to his hometown to help build roads.
Maybe at that time, Liang Geliang made an idea in his heart, and he also wanted to learn table tennis to make money.
Zeng Chuanqiang is very optimistic about this child, and Liang Geliang is a fellow countryman with him, so he takes care of him very much.
Liang Geliang is very talented in table tennis, and after studying for a few years, he was able to form a men's doubles with Zeng Chuanqiang.
The two signed up for the regional Asian Games together, thinking that they were just going to the official competition court to exercise, but they didn't expect the two to win the men's doubles runner-up in one fell swoop.
This result was undoubtedly an unexpected surprise for Liang Geliang, and it also made him more determined to play table tennis.
After that, he joined the Guangxi Table Tennis Youth Team, began to do some formal training with the team, and achieved good results in many competitions.
In 1965, Liang Geliang's excellent results were seen by the team's coach and he was promoted to the national table tennis youth team, which was equivalent to getting the ticket to participate in the World Championships.
Second, the mother has cancer
Just before Liang Geliang was about to set foot on the national table tennis youth team, his mother was diagnosed with rectal cancer.
In this case, Liang Geliang resolutely gave up the invitation of the national table tennis team and decided to stay with his mother to take care of her.
But is Liang's mother a person who is willing to drag her son down? She repeatedly persuaded her son to go to Beijing, and even helped him pack his luggage.
In this way, Liang Geliang set foot on the road to Beijing with tears, and only after arriving in the capital did he find that the world had changed.
Zhuang Zedong, a famous table tennis player who originally admired, fell into a quagmire, and even his family may face torture.
Just when he thought his table tennis career was over, it was Premier Zhou who received him.
After watching Liang Geliang's delicate forehand and backhand and chipping action, he understood how much potential this young man had.
In 1970, the national table tennis team restarted training, and Zhuang Zedong recommended Liang Geliang for the first time.
The following year, the table tennis tournament was held in Nagoya, Japan, and Liang Geliang played as a core member of the men's team.
The table tennis men's team that won the gold medal is undoubtedly the pride of the country, and Liang Geliang was also received by the top leader as a hero after returning to China.
1973 was the year of Liang Geliang's canonization.
That year, he came to Sarajevo with the team to participate in the World Table Tennis Championships, and he gradually matured and excelled on the court, and once again won the opponent by a big score.
This time, he helped the men's team win the team runner-up, and also won the mixed doubles gold medal with Li Li.
Liang Geliang's name is once again remembered, and he has won glory for the country.
Although Liang Geliang is invincible on the table tennis court, his income is very meager, only 38 yuan per month.
Because his mother was sick and needed to be taken care of, the organization found a house for him in Beijing and settled Liang's mother nearby by his side.
In this way, Liang Geliang can spend more time taking care of his mother after the competition.
When he personally handed the medal to his mother, the other party could no longer hold back tears, and her son became a dazzling star by his own efforts.
Liang Geliang told his mother that he had not won the gold medal yet, and hoped that she must persevere.
Liang's mother agreed with tears in her eyes, no matter how sick she was, she must insist on seeing the day her son stands on the world championship podium.
Doctors told Liang that his mother probably had only a few years to live.
Unexpectedly, under his careful care, Liang's mother lived to the age of 81, which was decades longer than the doctor's sentence.
Liang's mother also signed a body donation before she died, and it is with such great love that she can raise a filial son like Liang Geliang.
3. Moving overseas and getting into a car accident
From 1971 to 1985, Liang spent most of his time on the table tennis table.
He won many honors for his motherland and became the first person in Guangxi to win the world championship.
In 1978, he successfully entered the marriage hall with a Beijing girl, and two years later, their daughter was born, and he gradually faded out of the athlete life.
In 1985, he and his wife discussed moving overseas, and although the family went to Germany, he insisted that he would not coach the German table tennis team, let alone transfer to German citizenship.
The life of a family of three is very ordinary, and Liang Geliang usually spends most of his time with his wife and daughter except for going to the table tennis club to play for a while.
After a difficult athlete career in the first half of his life, he enjoyed his ordinary family life even more at this time.
Unexpectedly, the god of fate brought bad news again, and in 1997, Liang Geliang suffered a car accident on the way home.
The wife arrived at the scene only to see her bloodied husband, whose car had already been smashed into disfigurement, and he himself had fallen into a coma due to his injuries.
After 5 hours of rescue, Liang Geliang was finally out of danger, and the first thing he said when he woke up was: "Will you still be able to swing the racket in the future?"
Fortunately, after recuperation and recovery, Liang Geliang's hand gradually regained his senses and began to hold the racket again.
At this time, he was invited to participate in the anniversary celebration of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, and let him participate in a friendly table tennis match at the celebration.
For this event, he continued to practice his previous moves, and finally completed a beautiful friendly match at the celebration.
Fourth, finally return to China to settle down
The double impact of the car accident and the table tennis event made Liang Geliang ignite the idea of returning to China, and he felt that people still need to return to their roots.
At this time, the old mother in the family was over 70 years old, and he suddenly felt sorry for his mother, so he negotiated with his wife to return to China.
When he set foot on the land of his motherland again, he found that the feelings of his homeland could never be forgotten.
A few years later, he sent away his 81-year-old mother and was subsequently invited by Beijing Medical College to become a professor of table tennis.
At this time, Liang Geliang was in his 60s, but he picked up the racket like a young man.
He carefully teaches students how to play ball, how to control each other's dynamics, and combines table tennis with an attitude towards life.
Everyone likes his class, because Liang Geliang not only has good skills, but also has a very easy-going attitude.
Later, Liang Geliang's life was very simple, few people remembered how much glory he had won for the country, and more people thought he was an amiable old man.
Because he was too low-key with his wife, he was also suspected by others about whether to divorce and remarry.
Liang Geliang just smiled indifferently when he found out, saying that he only had one marriage in his life, and he only had a sincere lover.
epilogue
Liang Geliang, who came out of the Yulin Mountains, was just an ordinary child, and his eldest brother died early after his parents divorced, and the burden of the family was placed on his mother's thin shoulders.
Liang Geliang is very sensible, and since then he has wanted to play table tennis to make money to support his family.
Who knew that God really heard his wish, and not only sent the table tennis god Zeng Chuanqiang, but also gave Liang Geliang the talent to play.
With super talent and acquired hard work, Liang Geliang easily entered the national team, and since then he has won one award after another with the team.
He has also won the world championship many times and became the first Guangxi person to win the Olympic gold medal.
His mother was diagnosed with cancer, and doctors even sentenced her to only a few years to live.
After that, Liang Geliang took care of his mother while competing, and they both knew that it was not easy for each other.
Under the powerful power of family affection, Liang's mother actually overcame the disease and lived to the age of 81.
As a famous table tennis player, Liang Geliang lives a simple and frank life, and has paid most of his energy for his mother and family, hoping that the old man will live a happy life in the future!