At the just-concluded 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, the national table tennis team will continue to show the dominance of Chinese table tennis with the perfect performance of "sweeping all five individual events", but from the perspective of the process of the game, the Chinese team in this Saudi Arabia Grand Slam still encountered huge challenges, especially in the men's team, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan The four world champions were all upset in advance, which also made many fans break out in a cold sweat, fortunately, at the last moment, Wang Chuqin and Lin Shidong withstood the pressure and went to the end, And Wang Chuqin also helped the Chinese table tennis team win the key men's singles gold medal! So among them, although the 19-year-old Lin Shidong failed to break into the finals, he fought with Wang Chuqin in the semifinals for seven games, and finally only lost 3-4 impressively, and it is worth noting that even Wang Chuqin himself said after the game: "Although I won, this game is very embarrassing!" ”
Wang Chuqin has always been dissatisfied with anyone on the field, but after the men's singles semifinals of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, Wang Chuqin rarely expressed extremely high praise to the 19-year-old Lin Shidong, Wang Chuqin not only claimed that Lin Shidong's hitting quality and impact in this game are very strong, but also claimed that Lin Shidong's playing style and techniques and tactics are absolutely the most advanced in the world! In addition, Wang Chuqin also believes that in time, Lin Shidong can defeat any opponent! It can be said that such an evaluation from Wang Chuqin's mouth is really rare, so it can be seen that Wang Chuqin really appreciates the 19-year-old Lin Shidong, and with Wang Chuqin's words, in just 1 day, Lin Shidong was praised by many fans as: the next person to carry the banner of the national table tennis men's team
Lin Shidong, who is only 19 years old this year, is definitely the hope of the Chinese table tennis team, he has defeated the former national table tennis brother Fan Zhendong this year, and this time he played seven games with Wang Chuqin
So in the current environment, if you want to train an athlete, the initial investment is very huge, so there is also a saying on the Internet that "poor literature and rich martial arts", but Lin Shidong's father is only a grassroots civil servant, and he also loves sports in his spare time, perhaps driven by his father, Lin Shidong finally decided to devote himself to the table tennis project, but ordinary civil servants, personal income can not support Lin Shidong's training and competition expenses, so Lin Shidong can go to this day, What should be thanked most is the support and dedication of Lin Shidong's mother, Wang Haiyan
Lin Shidong's mother, Wang Haiyan, opened a noodle shop in her hometown, and although the business is not large, the business is still quite good with honest management and real materials. Over the years, Lin Shidong has been relying on his mother's noodle restaurant income to support him from the beginning of his career as a professional athlete, Lin Shidong's parents also have a clear division of labor, although his father has a low income, he can spare more time to accompany Lin Shidong to train and compete together, and although his mother rarely cheers for her son Lin Shidong on the sidelines, the business she runs has supported Lin Shidong's table tennis career for 10 years, and it is also the source of motivation for Lin Shidong to persist for many years
The husband and wife have a clear division of labor, one person is in the house and one is outside, this tacit understanding matching method has also made today's Lin Shidong, mother Wang Haiyan gets up early and is greedy for darkness, and the whole noodle restaurant is responsible for procurement, cooking, and service, which is really not easy! Now that the national table tennis is gradually aging in Ma Long, the Chinese table tennis team is also in urgent need of discovering new forces and injecting fresh blood, and I believe that Lin Shidong will have the opportunity to become an indispensable key member of the Chinese table tennis men's team in the future
Editor: Lao Zhang