Table tennis is renaissance again?
At this year's Tokyo Olympic Games, table tennis has aroused widespread concern.
Netizens talked about the interesting stories of the table tennis team before 2016, and even some people who could not play table tennis at all fanatically chased the game.
In addition to Zhang Jike's untamedness on the field, Ma Long's gentleness and tenacity, Xu Xin's own laughter,
Some netizens also turned over the video of Chen Xuan, one of the "Six Little Dragons of National Table Tennis", who was arranged to raise pigs in the countryside.
Speaking of the "Six Little Dragons of National Table Tennis", perhaps only some old fans know.
In 2003, Wang Hao, Chen Xuan, Qiu Yike, Hao Shuai, Zhang Chao, and Shan Mingjie came out of nowhere, repeatedly winning honors for the national team.
What is their current situation today?
"Millennium Old Two" Wang Hao
Wang Hao was born in Jilin, began practicing table tennis at the age of 6, entered the Bayi team in 1996, was selected for the national second team at the end of 1998, won the Asian Junior Championship men's singles championship and was promoted to the first team, and then became the main force of the national team.
He has won 18 world championships, ranked third in the history of national table tennis with Ma Lin and Deng Yaping, and has also been known as "two kings and one horse" with Wang Liqin and Ma Lin.
However, his career has not been smooth.
I remember a passage about Zhang Yining, she said to her daughter: "Playing gold medals can be, playing silver medals is not OK, because there is only such a silver medal, if you want to play silver medals, you can find Uncle Wang Hao." ”
Although it is a joke, Wang Hao has indeed won the runner-up in several major competitions.
At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Wang Hao lost to South Korea's Yoo Seung-min and won the men's singles runner-up.
That competition became a huge obstacle to Wang Hao's career, he suffered from "final phobia", as soon as he reached the final, he was overwhelmed and played abnormally, and he won the runner-up in four major competitions in a row.
In the next Beijing Olympic Games and London Olympics, he also only won the men's singles runner-up, and some media called him "the second oldest in the millennium".
In 2014, Wang Hao, who missed a Grand Slam, announced his retirement and returned to the Bayi team as a coach.
The Bayi caravan he led won the men's team championship of the Table Tennis Super League in 2016.
The coach went well, but he caused some controversy in his private life.
In 2013, he married Yan Boya, who had been in love for 3 years, and gave birth to a son after marriage.
Yan Boya is a dancer in the Zongzheng Song and Dance Troupe, and in order to support his career, he chose to teach his husband and children at home.
In September 2015, Yan Boya participated in the show after giving birth to a child and wanted to continue to pursue her dream of dancing, but was opposed by Wang Hao.
When actor Sun Tao asked Wang Hao to help his wife on the scene, he publicly asked his wife to go home with the children and left the scene in anger.
Even if his wife promised to record a show while taking the child, he also said firmly that he did not want his wife to return to the stage.
This incident caused many netizens to be dissatisfied, accusing him of being too "macho".
However, the couple's feelings were not affected, and they also had a second child.
Today, Yan Boya has also focused on cultivating her two sons, so that they can learn to play table tennis from an early age.
Wang Hao continued to dedicate himself to table tennis as a coach.
"Killing God" Chen Xuan
Chen Xuan has always been the topic of the table tennis team, and his personality is too untamed, and he has scored three in and two out of the national team.
Born in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, Chen Xuan also played table tennis at the age of 6 and was selected for the second team of the national team at the age of 15.
However, he had just entered the national team for 18 days, and because he lost the game in the training camp, he broke the racket in anger and was returned to the provincial team by the national team.
A year later, Chen Xuan, who performed well, was recruited back to the national team, but he was expelled from the national team again because of his late return.
It is reasonable to say that if you are returned to the national team twice, you will generally not be hired again.
However, in 2002, the 18-year-old Chen Xuan performed well in the Table Tennis Super League, beating Kong Linghui, Liu Guozheng, Qin Zhijian and other famous players three times.
Therefore, under the recommendation of Liu Guoliang, he entered the national team for the third time, and in a year he became the world's No. 5 table tennis star from an unknown player.
At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Chen Xuan and Ma Lin also cooperated in the doubles final to win the Olympic championship.
Because of his powerful aura, he can shock his opponent with one look, and is called "killing god" by the outside world.
However, his singles performance is not as good as doubles, and no matter who he is paired with in doubles, he can easily win the championship, but he frequently loses to his teammates in singles.
At the 2005 Asian Cup, he lost to Wang Hao in a singles, lost his attitude on the spot, smashed the racket to the ground, and kicked the flying chair, which stunned the Japanese audience at the scene.
In view of the bad impact of his behavior, in addition to fines, staying in the team to check and other penalties, the national team also arranged for him to apologize to the public through major media, and to receive military training and labor training in poor areas.
This is the cause and effect of "pig raising".
In the years that followed, Chen Won a number of doubles titles, but began to decline in 2010 and was officially retired in early 2014.
After retiring, Chen Xuan got married, gave birth to a daughter, and became the coach of the Jiangsu team, but his income dropped from an annual salary of one million when he was a player to a monthly salary of less than 6,000.
But he is still very dedicated in his work and has strict requirements for the team.
However, in order to supplement the family, Chen Xuan did not toss the "side business", he once endorsed real estate, earning 600,000 yuan in two years.
He also opened a tea shop and sold tea leaves.
Occasionally, live broadcasts will be held to interact with netizens.
Originally praised as the appearance of the table tennis team, he is now somewhat blessed, and his eyes are much softer.
"Tiger Hero" Qiu Yike
Qiu Yi is a native of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, extremely talented, entering the provincial team at the age of 11, joining the national second team at the age of 17, and promoting to the national first team the following year.
It was also in this year that the 18-year-old qualified for the men's singles of the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris and defeated the world number one Pol to earn the title of "Hero of the Tiger".
Although he finally lost to Kong Linghui, he still left a deep impression on everyone.
However, Qiu Yike's self-control ability is poor, and he always disobeys discipline, causing many incidents.
At the end of 2003, qiu Yike left the team to eat supper with people on the night of the men's doubles exit of the World Table Tennis Tour, and was drunk and drunk, and was sent back to the hotel.
Afterwards, he was fined 10,000 yuan by the national table tennis club, 5,000 yuan by the Sichuan table tennis club, and was severely punished by suspending the game for half a year, staying in the team for one year, and canceling the selection qualifications of the provincial outstanding athletes that year.
In 2005, he resumed playing, finishing third with his partner Cao Zhen in the mixed doubles of the World Table Tennis Championships.
However, in the next domestic match, he was dissatisfied with the penalty of the on-duty referee, and rushed into the stadium to question the referee during the game, which caused an uproar in the audience.
After the game, he rushed into the field and the referee theory, causing confusion again, and finally was fined 5,000 yuan by the Chinese Table Tennis Association, and the national notice criticized and disqualified the best athlete of the table tennis super.
But he was punished twice, and he still did not repent and did whatever he wanted.
On February 18, 2006, Qiu Yike sneaked out of the national table tennis dormitory in the middle of the night and drank with friends until the early morning of the next day before returning to the team.
This time, he was severely punished by the national table tennis, banned for one year, and was relegated to the national second team.
Although he later entered the first team, he had already missed his golden period and never played well again.
The only world championship was the men's team championship won together with Zhang Jike, Ma Long and Xu Xin in the 2009 World Cup.
In 2014, Qiu Yike quit the national team together with Chen Xuan and Wang Hao and became the female table tennis coach of Sichuan Province.
After becoming a coach, he slowly retracted his sharp edge and became more and more responsible.
He also reflected on himself, "I have been praised for my talent since I was a child, and I take this sentence too seriously, I don't understand that the efforts of the day after tomorrow are the most important, and I blindly feel that I am a genius." When training, I have a big temper and love to get angry. ”
In 2016, he led the team to win the first national championship women's team championship in the history of Sichuan Province, which more or less made up for the mistakes made by the young and crazy.
"Sparring" player Hao Shuai
Compared with the previous athletes, Hao Shuai's light is much dimmer.
A native of Tianjin, Hao Shuai joined the Tianjin team in October 1996, was selected for the national second team in March 1999, and entered the national first team in December 2000.
After entering the national team training for a few years, he won the men's singles runner-up in the table tennis federation finals, and was considered to be one of the most promising players among the young players of the Chinese team.
However, because he could not play high ball, he lost the 2005 World Table Tennis Championships and gradually marginalized the team, missing the list of major competitions.
It wasn't until October 1, 2010, that he won the team world championship with his teammates in the Table Tennis Team World Cup.
But in his career, he has never won a singles medal in three major competitions, and his performance in The National Team of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is mediocre.
However, he made a great contribution to the national team.
Because his playing style is similar to that of German player Bohr, he is willing to be a sparring partner and help his teammates study Ball's playing style.
The long-term sparring has led to a lot of familiarity with his techniques and routines in the team, which has also weakened his competitiveness to some extent.
Although he has not been reused, Hao Shuai has always been reluctant to retire, and after leaving the national team in 2014, he still played in the league.
This year, the 37-year-old was revealed to have signed a contract with the Japanese T-League Okayama Rivet Club.
In the future, he will play for the Japanese team, but netizens have expressed understanding.
On the one hand, his playing style is not advanced and will not have much impact on the Chinese team; on the other hand, he is married and has children and needs to earn money to support his family.
Although his strength is no longer as good as his youth self, I still hope that he can play well in the future and go farther and farther on the road of table tennis.
Zhang Chao, who still insists on playing
Zhang Chao and Ma Long are fellow countrymen, but in order to learn table tennis, he entered the Guangdong Provincial Team training at the age of 8 and won 3 gold medals at the Guangdong Provincial Games a few years later.
At the end of 1999, the 15-year-old Zhang Chao entered the national team training camp and is currently the youngest male player to enter the national team.
Between 2001 and 2002, he was used as a key target for the national team and won five opportunities to participate in international competitions.
But his performance was not ideal, with only one third place in the Egyptian Open.
However, since then, he has won singles championships, mixed doubles bronze medals, team championships and other achievements in domestic competitions, and is also one of the outstanding athletes of the national team.
It wasn't until the 2011 Rotterdam World Table Tennis Championships that he and Cao Zhen won the mixed doubles title and were the only world champions of his career.
After retiring in 2014, Zhang Chao did not give up table tennis and continued to be active in the table tennis super league.
In 2018, he and Shang Kun won the Men's Doubles Championship.
Last year, he also led the Guangdong team to win the Men's Team Championship of the National Championship.
Shan Mingjie, who voluntarily left the team
In 1998, at the age of 15, he entered the national team with the halo of the champion of the southern region of the junior tournament.
In 1999, he finished third in the National Junior Finals.
In 2000, he won the Men's Doubles Title at the National Championships, finished third in men's singles and finished second in doubles at the ITTF Danish Open.
But because of his overly casual and laid-back personality, he never won the title of champion.
During his time on the national team, he especially liked to play games, spending money to buy a lot of equipment, wasting a lot of time and energy.
In 2005, during the training camp in Xiamen, Shan Mingjie was also returned to the Jiangsu Provincial Team by the national team for leaving the team without authorization and returning to Beijing to visit his girlfriend.
The following year, he returned to the national team due to his profound review and high technical level.
However, after returning to the team, his level was high and low, and he defeated Famous Players such as Wang Liqin and Liu Chengmin in the league, but he always missed the championship.
In 2007, he made the shocking decision to ask for a return to the provincial team.
When the outside world verified the matter with Liu Guoliang, he said that Shan Mingjie felt that the pressure was too great, the goal was vague, and the performance was sluggish.
The coaching staff decided that instead of forcing him to change his mindset, it was better to give the opportunity to the more motivated young players, so they approved it.
After this incident was exposed, the media and fans criticized him, accusing him of not working hard enough and not knowing how to cherish the hard-won opportunity.
He himself felt some regrets, but it was too late, and the national team refused to accept him anymore.
As a result, he took the game more seriously in the provincial team and deeply realized that it is okay to be casual, but not everything can be done with it.
After retiring, he served as the coach of the Jiangsu team and lived a life that he liked, was stable and casual.
epilogue
After reading their experiences, I have to sigh: character determines destiny.
To stand out from the crowd and enter the national team training, it is necessary to have enough talent and strength.
However, whether you can go on the path you choose for a long time and win beautifully depends mainly on the personality of each person.
Staying on the field and constantly surpassing yourself is indeed a very difficult thing.
I hope that those athletes who persevere for their dreams can get more respect and understanding from everyone.
I also wish those athletes who, for various reasons, have not been able to achieve a successful career, and live a good life off the field.
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Author: Asagiri
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