Chengdu, September 2, 2019 Title: Sichuan athlete Wang Rui won the paralympic team gold medal: Table tennis changed my life
Author Yue Yitong Chen Jing
On the 2nd, in the just-concluded Tokyo Paralympic Games table tennis women's team TT6-8 level competition, the Chinese team composed of Mao Classic, Huang Wenjuan and Wang Rui defeated the Netherlands team 2-0 to win the gold medal. "Our overall strength is still relatively strong, so it's not too difficult to win today." Very happy and excited. Wang Rui, an athlete from Chengdu, Sichuan Province, said.
Born in 1993 in Deyang, Sichuan Province, Wang Rui was injured in the "5.12" Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, resulting in an amputation of his right leg. By chance, she formed an indissoluble relationship with table tennis. In 2009, at the age of 16, Wang Rui began formal training; in 2010, Wang Rui participated in the Sichuan Provincial Paralympic Games, which was her first official table tennis competition and won her first gold medal in her life; in 2013, Wang Rui was selected for her outstanding performance in the Chinese Para table tennis team.
Wang Rui in the game. (Data map) Courtesy of Wang Rui
Wang Rui knows that he started late and his basic skills are not solid, so he increased the amount of training to make up for it, and the training time every day was more than 8 hours. In order to catch the angle of the ball, falling down has become a "common thing". Over the past 10 years, Wang Rui has gradually emerged with perseverance and hard work, and has won the incheon Asian Para Games and the World Championships for the Disabled and other honors. In the table tennis competition of the 2018 Asian Para Games, she won the women's standing 7 singles championship. At the 2019 Asian Para Table Tennis Championships, Wang Rui once again won the women's standing 7 singles title and also won the ticket to the Tokyo Paralympic Games.
At the Tokyo Paralympic Games, Wang Rui participated in the women's singles and women's team competitions. "I only finished fifth in singles, my ability to adjust on the spot is still a little poor, unfortunately, I will continue to train hard in the future and try to win a Paralympic women's singles gold medal." She said that she will adjust her status, sum up lessons learned, and make every effort to meet the upcoming China Para Games.
Wang Rui's home is full of suitcases filled with medals. Courtesy of Zhou Lefen
"Table tennis changed my life." Talking about the significance of the sport to herself, Wang Rui said with deep emotion that after the earthquake, she once closed herself off, and table tennis helped her re-establish her life goals and gave her strong motivation again. After the Tokyo Paralympic Games, athletes will return home and will be quarantined for 21 days. Wang Rui said that although it is a pity that he cannot train normally for 21 days, he will insist on physical training, adjust his physical and mental state, and hope to achieve good results in the China Para Games.
"Since she started practicing sports, she has become both talkative and laughing." In the view of Wang Rui's mother Zhou Lefen, table tennis has brought great changes to Wang Rui, and since she has been exposed to this sport, her daughter has become confident, cheerful, sunny, and out of the pain. On weekdays, when her family and Wang Rui video, I often see her soaked in sweat, "Ask her if she is hard, she laughs and says that it is not hard, she is very happy." ”
Wang Rui holds the gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Courtesy of Wang Rui
"Winning the gold medal at the Paralympic Games has always been her dream and I'm looking forward to it. My daughter's hard work for so many years has not been in vain. Hearing the news that Wang Rui won the gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, Zhou Lefen's tone revealed an irrepressible excitement. She said that the relatives and friends around her and the people in her hometown are very concerned about Wang Rui's competition, and sometimes she sees her daughter's video on the short video software, and the messages are full of blessings and encouragement, and I feel very warm.
Ms. Wang has a small suitcase full of medals she has won over the years. Zhou Lefen smiled and said that this time her daughter will bring back a gold medal for the Paralympic Games when she returns home, which is very meaningful, and she will definitely collect it well. "When Wang Rui returned home, our family went to eat a hot pot that she had been thinking about for a long time." (End)
Source: China News Network