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preface
"Blood is China, the heart is towards Korea, and Tian Zhixi, who has changed his nationality, is the table tennis king of tomorrow."
This is the evaluation given by Korea's JoongAng Ilbo in an interview with the "former Chinese table tennis player" Tian Zhixi in 2014.
After all, just before, this athlete naturalized from China to Korea had just won the women's singles championship at the Korea National Sports Conference.
In the face of the upcoming Incheon Asian Games, Tian Zhixi, who was full of confidence, even "spoke wildly" and said that he would "defeat the Chinese team".
Ming Tian Zhixi is Chinese, why did he give up his Chinese nationality and go on a campaign for Korea?
Spit and stir up controversy
Recently, a video of a Korea female athlete complaining that "there is no air conditioning in the Paris Olympic Village" quietly became popular on the Chinese Internet.
In the video, she said to netizens in fluent Northeast dialect:
The Korea Olympic Organizing Committee did not prepare air conditioning for Korea athletes.
As we all know, the Paris Olympics are just around the corner.
Athletes from all over the world have also arrived to start their training schedule to prepare for the Olympic Games.
But the athletes who participated in this year's competition suffered greatly from the "environmental protection concept" of the Paris Olympics.
Not only are the beds used in the dormitory made of cardboard beds recycled from fishing lines.
Even the dormitories are not air-conditioned.
In the scorching summer, the athletes must be sweating profusely after experiencing the high-intensity training of "Kukudun".
Coupled with the fact that there is no air conditioning, you can imagine the taste.
So it's no wonder that Huo Qigang, who led the team, said that:
This is the first time I've heard of the Olympics without air conditioning.
You must know that the Chinese Olympic Organizing Committee is afraid that the Olympic athletes who will go out for the country will suffer.
Not long ago, more than 300 mobile air conditioners exclusive to Chinese athletes arrived at the Paris Olympic Village with the troops.
But on the other hand, the Korea Olympic Organizing Committee only prepared cooling shoulders for their athletes.
Specifically, the purpose of this cooling shoulder is:
Athletes can put their shoulders in the refrigerator and freeze them, and then wear them on their bodies to cool off.
When you first hear this strange operation of the Korea Olympic Organizing Committee, you will definitely have 10,000 words of spit on your lips.
But things went wrong in the comment area.
Netizens not only did not send the due care and condolences to the athlete.
On the contrary, there are a lot of "ridicule" and "ridicule".
Presumably, you can also guess that this Korea athlete is the naturalized Korean player Tian Zhixi mentioned earlier.
In the final analysis, the focus of netizens' ridicule of him is Tian Zhixi's identity as a "naturalized player".
If Tian Zhixi had not voluntarily renounced his Chinese nationality and joined the Korea table tennis team.
Maybe you don't have to suffer in the Korea team now.
And the reason why she is so biased and "asking for hardship" seems to be a helpless move.
The sword goes sideways
Rumor has it that the difficulty of table tennis is divided into five levels:
Simple, ordinary, difficult, hell, Chinese.
Although this is a slightly exaggerated joke.
But it is enough to show how terrible the "dominant" position of the Chinese team in the world table tennis is.
According to the World Table Tennis Rankings released by the International Table Tennis Federation in April this year.
Tian Zhixi is currently ranked 18th in the world table tennis women's singles.
If you put this ranking in the star-studded Chinese table tennis team, it seems that the results are not impressive.
But in the Korea team, it can be considered the best.
In fact, Tian Zhixi, who was born in Langfang, Hebei Province, is a native of Chinese.
In addition, she was also a "potential stock" in the Chinese table tennis world.
Tian Zhixi started playing table tennis at the age of 7 and was selected for the second national team of Chinese table tennis when he was a teenager.
However, the competition for the national team can be described as extremely fierce.
Although Tian Zhixi's achievements in the club were very impressive.
But when she reached the national second team, her level could only be regarded as middle and lower.
Later, Tian Zhixi's performance continued to decline due to injuries and other reasons.
In the Chinese youth team at the same time, there were also top players such as Chen Meng and Zhu Yuling.
Therefore, soon after, Tian Zhixi was returned to the Luneng club where he was previously located by the national team.
After hearing about Tian Zhixi's experience, a Korea coach named Kim Hyung-seok threw an "olive branch" to him.
It seems that from this time on, Tian Zhixi already had a plan to "find another way".
Not long after that, Tian Zhixi turned into the "adopted daughter" of his father's "Korean friend".
Subsequently, under the matchmaking of Kim Hyung-seok, she successfully passed the Korea naturalized player exam.
Since then, Tian Zhixi has completely renounced his Chinese nationality and become a Korea table tennis player.
And Tian Zhixi explained his "uprooting" like this:
If I don't play in Korea, then I can't play table tennis.
After all, the competition in Chinese table tennis is fierce, and it seems that Tian Zhixi wants to continue, so he can only find another way.
And the reason why she "spoke wildly" in an exclusive interview with "Central Daily" that year.
It is also to cheer for his upcoming face against the Chinese team as a Korean.
But the ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny.
Plastic surgery turmoil
Look at Tian Zhixi's resume over the years of "becoming a Korean".
Despite making a name for himself in international competitions several times.
But whether it is against Japan's Ai Fukuhara in the early days, or Ye Shiwen, the former national table tennis sister.
Or in the past two years, against Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and others who are in their playing years.
Tian Zhixi on the field was almost always "swept" by the Chinese.
In addition to the identity dispute, Tian Zhixi also has a little "open secret".
It is not difficult to find a comparison of Tian Zhixi's early and current photos.
Now that she has passed the age of standing, she not only looks "reverse growth", but also becomes more and more beautiful.
In the face of netizens' questions, Tian Zhixi was also very frank and directly admitted the fact of his plastic surgery.
But whether it should be said or not, Tian Zhixi is not only frank, but also very natural.
And her performance when she met Chinese players on the field was also very heartwarming.
In June of this year, Tian Zhixi and Sun Yingsha "collided" in the arena again.
Faced with Sasha, who was "unaccustomed to water and soil" and couldn't eat.
As the eldest sister, Tian Zhixi also ordered rice ball takeaway for her.
In this regard, Tian Zhixi said: They are all fellow villagers, and it is a point to be able to help.
Although he lost to Sun Yingsha every time, Tian Zhixi smiled very happily every time.
I have to say that in addition to the nationality issue, Tian Zhixi's character as an athlete is still very good.
epilogue
In fact, except for Tian Zhixi.
Over the years, China has sent a lot of Chinese blood to the world table tennis arena.
Whether it was in the early years, Xiaoshan Zhili, who had defeated the "Great Demon King" Deng Yaping.
Or He Zhiwen, Donna and others.
They all left the country because of the brutal internal competition at home.
While deeply controversial, it is also very sad.
In this regard, some people believe that such a "traitorous act" is not advisable.
Some people also believe that second-tier athletes like Tian Zhixi are still strong.
It's also a wise move to go abroad and find another way.
And this can also stimulate the continuous improvement of China's table tennis level.
After all, China is now the dominant family in the table tennis world, and it is necessary to "be prepared for danger in times of peace".
Liu Guoliang predicted this many years ago:
"Without overseas legions, global table tennis could become a backwater."
"If only Chinese are left playing this sport, it will be a disaster for table tennis."
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