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Preface
As a sports athlete who wins glory for the country, in addition to dazzling on the field, he must also be inspected in his life and not leave the slightest stain that has been criticized.
But Kong Linghui, who was once known as the "Prince of Table Tennis", was forever away from the table tennis world because of his own behavior after being full of glory, and the era of a generation of table tennis kings was ended.
So what happened to Kong Linghui's body that led to the end of his table tennis career?
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On May 29, 2017, there was a sudden report in the Hong Kong media, pointing directly at Kong Linghui, the head coach of the national table tennis women's team.
According to the report, a casino in Singapore sued him to a Hong Kong court to recover a loan of more than 2 million Hong Kong dollars.
You must know that Kong Linghui is preparing for the 54th World Table Tennis Championships in Germany at this moment, and he is in a critical period.
Therefore, many people did not believe that he would gamble at all and owed loans, and netizens said, is there any misunderstanding in this?
But Kong Linghui himself wrote a statement on Weibo, which he hadn't used for four years, and the content of the statement not only did not clear his mind, but plunged him into a deeper whirlpool.
The statement was that he had indeed been to a casino in Singapore, but he had not gambled, and the information was left when he was helping relatives and friends withdraw money.
Isn't this self-defeating? Moreover, he knew that his relatives and friends were gambling, and helped him get chips, which was already illegal.
In addition, as a public figure, it was a mistake for him to appear on such an occasion.
So, as soon as this incident came out, the Chinese Table Tennis Association immediately responded to the matter, saying that Kong Linghui's behavior had violated the relevant regulations on the management of state public officials.
In addition, all matters concerning him were suspended and he was asked to return to his country immediately for investigation.
In fact, Kong Linghui's gambling has been hammered, and his statement can be said to be useless.
Because of the Hong Kong media report, it was concisely stated that in 2015, Kong Linghui signed a loan contract, with a total loan amount of 4.94 million, of which 500,000 was the fee of "top players".
Some people will ask, what is a top player?
Top players are some well-known people who spend an extra amount of money to become VIPs in the casino in order not to be discovered, and gamble in more hidden places.
And if you want to become a top player, you must leave relevant information, and the casino will check it many times to ensure authenticity.
Therefore, Kong Linghui did gamble in the casino and owed a huge amount of money.
It can be said that his behavior directly ruined his career, and it is difficult to coach the Chinese women's table tennis again.
Before that, Kong Linghui's personal bad behavior was also exposed on the Internet many times.
On the evening of July 21, 2006, Kong Linghui was drunk and drove an unlicensed Porsche and collided with a taxi in Beijing's Chaoyang District.
(Source: Nanfang Daily, July 25, 2006 - Kong Linghui drove a sports car after drinking and crashed into a serious accident)
After the investigation, it was clear that it was indeed the taxi driver who hit him first, but Kong Linghui was drunk driving, and he was driving a car without a license, which seriously violated traffic laws.
The traffic police's punishment for him was to have his driver's license detained for half a year, imposed a fine of 1,800 yuan, and imposed administrative detention.
However, because the system of the National Table Tennis Center was not very perfect at that time, there was no thought of punishment measures for drunk driving, but the Table Tennis Center would definitely punish him internally.
Kong Linghui escaped because of this, and did not ruin his career in this year.
Unexpectedly, he didn't restrain himself and made a bigger mistake in 2017.
Leaving because of a mistake can be said to be a loss for the national table tennis world, because he left a strong mark in the history of Chinese table tennis.
(Source: Qianjiang Evening News, May 31, 2017 - Kong Linghui was paid attention to by two details of debt collection: top players stay at the address of the Table Tennis Association)
Ping Pong genius
Kong Linghui can be regarded as a table tennis family, because his father is the coach of the provincial team.
He grew up watching his father train.
The child is at an active age, but he can sit quietly in the table tennis hall for 2 hours, which shows how much he loves table tennis.
His talent also lived up to this passion, and he was able to hit the ball continuously as soon as he started learning.
Kong Linghui is a competitive person who does not admit defeat, even if it is difficult, he will grit his teeth and persist until he defeats it.
For example, when he was 7 years old, because he was playing against children who were three or four years older than him, there was a gap in experience, age and height, and he often lost.
So, he was not convinced, but he did not give up because of losing, but practiced hard every day, practiced for an hour or two after class, and asked his father to open a small stove when he went home.
In this way, his skills are getting better and better, and his experience is getting richer day by day.
At the age of 13, he made a dream to become a world champion and an Olympic champion.
At the age of 14, he began to participate in competitions, and in this year he won the singles championship of the National Junior Table Tennis Championship and the Asian Junior Table Tennis Championship, and met Liu Guoliang.
Although it is not very valuable compared to the World Championship, it is only the starting point for him.
After being selected for the national team, he trained harder, and when he was 16 years old, he won the doubles championship of the National Games.
After that, he began a magnificent career.
In 1994, he shined at the Asian Championships, achieving a personal treble and winning many championships in large and small competitions in the same year.
In 1995, the year he won his first world championship, the 43rd World Table Tennis Championships, he won all the way to Gaiting, Karlsson and teammate Ding Song, and met Liu Guoliang in the final.
Before the game, the two of them said that if they really met in the finals, they would all abstain and win the championship together, but the game is not child's play, and there is always a winner and loser.
The underdogs Kong Linghui defeated Liu Guoliang in the final to win the first world title of his career.
His dream is halfway through, the world title is already in hand, and now there is still an Olympic champion left, but this one is also in his hands quickly.
In 1996, he and Liu Guoliang won their first Olympic championship in the 26th Olympic Games, defeating defending champions Wang Tao and Lu Lincheng, and it was also this year that the two of them were called the "twin stars" of Chinese table tennis.
In the following years, he and his companions led Chinese table tennis to a new level, and left his own legend in the history of table tennis.
Such a person who has made great contributions to Chinese table tennis did not expect to forget his original intention after success, and his future was ruined.
epilogue
From the proud son of the sky to the "prince of out-of-gas", Kong Linghui's life experience makes us sigh.
Now Kong Linghui has left Ping Pong, and there is news that he is ready to get involved in business, but we don't know what the final result will be.
Kong Linghui's contribution to Chinese table tennis should be remembered, but we should not ignore the mistakes he made.
Some people feel that his departure is a pity, but this is his own choice, what we can do is to respect him, and hope that other public figures can take this as a warning, restrain themselves, and win glory for the country!