Text: A Qi
The statements in this article are based on reliable sources of information and are detailed at the end of the article
Preface
As we all know, table tennis has always been a very powerful and respected sport in the sports events of the mainland, and there have been many very good table tennis players in history, including now.
At the beginning of this month, the mainland also led the team to participate in the Incheon Championship, in which the mainland player Wang Manyu played against the South Korean player Tian Zhixi and won the game.
However, during the game, Tian Zhixi knew how to mobilize the emotions of the audience, and a large number of viewers were cheering for her.
And this South Korean table tennis player used to be a Chinese, what made her choose to join South Korea?
Tian Zhixi's life experience
Tian Zhixi was born in Langfang, Hebei Province, and has been 32 years old since she was born, and she has been working hard to contribute to the cause of Chinese table tennis since she became an adult.
When she was a child, her father was a table tennis player in the family environment where she grew up, so when she was just in elementary school, she had already practiced table tennis with her father.
Later, when she first came to middle school, her ability was already very good, and she was successfully favored by the Luneng Table Tennis Club, and from this moment on, it was the first step for her to officially embark on the road of table tennis.
After joining the Luneng Club, she was taught by Yin Xiao, a famous coach in the mainland, that is, the well-known coach who trained Liu Guoliang, Zhang Jike and others, so it can also be said that she is Zhang Jike's younger sister.
After two years of systematic training, she lived up to her coach's expectations and successfully won the second place in singles at the Asian Championships.
Due to her excellent performance in the tournament and her continued hard training, she was selected by the national second team and entered the second team to continue her training.
But in the two years since she entered the national second team, Tian Zhixi was not satisfied with her performance and was not willing to stay in this position, but such a long time of training did not let her enter the national team, which made her feel extremely distressed.
I have to say that there are too many talents in table tennis in the mainland, and all these powerful athletes are gathered in the national team, and it is really difficult to make some fame in this talented team.
In this way, Tian Zhixi felt that her future was confused, and she didn't know whether she should continue like this, and it was at this time that the Korean table tennis organization reached out to her, which can be said to have given Tian Zhixi a choice at that time.
Should you continue to stay in the Chinese second team, or take a different path?
After some thought, Tian Zhixi chose to be loyal to herself, she was still unwilling to live a life without a bright future, and finally chose to agree to South Korea's invitation.
Source of the above information: Baidu Encyclopedia "Tian Zhixi"
Naturalized as a Korean citizen
The first thing she needed to solve after choosing to go to South Korea was her "identity", without which she would not be able to continue to stand in the arena.
Fortunately, his father happened to have a connection, so his father introduced him to his friend and asked her to recognize this friend as her adoptive father, so that she could successfully join the Korean nationality.
After solving this problem, there are some daily problems that she needs to face, that is, she needs to accept a different environment in terms of living habits and language use.
In addition to these basic things, she also has to think of ways to make the Korean audience accept her arrival, after all, although she has been in the football world for many years, she is still a newcomer to the Korean audience after coming to South Korea.
But what everyone ignores is that she has not gained fame and honor in China, because there are too many talents in the Chinese table tennis world, and her light is just obscured.
After all, she is also a player who came out of the national second team, and her strength is also one of the best after leaving the general environment of the Chinese team.
So what seems to be the most difficult problem to solve is actually the best to solve, so in the three years after coming to South Korea, she won the championship honor in the competition held in the mainland of South Korea for three consecutive years.
And her ranking in the world has also grown rapidly, and she has jumped to the 18th place in one fell swoop, and during this time, with her efforts, she has successfully captured the hearts of most Korean audiences and received a lot of flowers and applause.
After everything was settled, Tian Zhixi moved his eyes to the world arena in the next step.
Unfortunately, athletes have to wait for seven years to be able to compete in world-class championships after changing their nationality, so she can't wait to see the Incheon Asian Games, which do not require such conditions.
Represented South Korea
In this competition, Tian Zhixi represented South Korea for the first time as a South Korean, and he will have an official duel with China.
At the beginning of this year, she spent two months all the way through the hurdle and finally came to the front of Chinese player Wang Manyu.
This is the final match of the semi-finals, and it will be played by South Korea's Tian Zhixi against China's Wang Manyu, and this match will be very important for her.
One reason is that she finally stood on the world stage against the Chinese team, and the other reason is that so far, all the players of the Korean team have been defeated in the previous matches, leaving her alone.
The match was played out in four matches, and at the beginning, she was full of momentum, and with her explosive power, she managed to win the first game, but she lost the next two games.
Time went on to the final showdown, Tian Zhixi, who had lost two games in a row, began to gradually become impatient, and her pressure increased when she was eager to win the game, and finally she still couldn't resist the pressure, and regretfully left the game and stopped in the semifinals.
In addition, after this competition, the discussion about her on the Internet has gradually become louder, and many people said that they could not understand why she made the choice to play for South Korea.
There are also some people who believe that if there is no chance of making a career in China, there is nothing unacceptable about going abroad.
In addition, we can also see that she has changed a lot in her appearance after going to South Korea, and I have to say that South Korea does have some strength in plastic surgery.
The above information source: China News Network 2014-04-02 on "the top two team players of the national table tennis represent South Korea in the competition, former teacher: her level is limited".
epilogue
Although Tian Zhixi made such a choice, after seeing her experience, it seems that it is not so incomprehensible, after all, no athlete would not want to shine in the world-class arena.
Finally, I hope that the table tennis in the mainland can continue to be brilliant, and I look forward to everyone's future performance.