Say Gaiting must talk about Seiff, talk about Seiff then must say Gaiting, the two are like a black and white Hale brothers, becoming an indelible representative of the "unreasonable" playing style in the history of table tennis. Unfortunately, Sever will always be the white-skinned Hale brother, because almost all the glory belongs to the dark-skinned brother; interestingly, Sever is also exactly 1 year younger than Gaiting, and is a real brother.
OK, let's take a look at Mr. Sever's glorious history of struggle!
There are many labels on Sever's body, first the unreasonable playing representative, then the exhibition master, then the Belgian veteran, then the famous player, then the passionate player, then the good apprentice of the Chinese... The more labels a player has, the greater its weight in the hearts of the audience. Sever, that's the kind of guy.
Sever came from Belgium, the northern part of Gayting's hometown of France, which has been divided and merged countless times in history, and finally became two independent countries after the Napoleonic Wars, but as two countries that speak the same language (French is one of the three official languages of Belgium, I don't know what Sever says), the domestic and foreign affairs of the small country of Belgium have always been greatly influenced by France. And I don't know if it is a coincidence, like the fate of the motherland, the trajectory of Sever's life has also changed dramatically because of The Pavilion.
At the 42nd World Table Tennis Championships in Gothenburg in 1993, Sever lost to Gaiting 2:3; the following year, Sever lost to the other side 2:3 in the World Cup. These two competitions are the only two times that Sever broke into the final of the world's three major competitions, but both times they lost at the hands of one person, and such tragedies are probably only comparable to li furong's loss to Zhuang Zedong and Cai Zhenhua to Guo Yuehua.
Leaving aside the two times when there was a handicap problem, Ma Lin's two defeats to Wang Liqin and Wang Hao's three losses to Zhang Jike seemed to be more tragic, but the two losing parties finally deserved the title of world champion. But Sever was not so lucky, after the two peak matches with Gaytin, he never touched the singles gold medal of the World Series, and the peak of his career was at the 1994 European Championships, in the final, Sever (hanging) won (playing) Waldner; as for the World Table Tennis Championships in Gothenburg a year ago, it was also Sever, who defeated Lao Wa in the semi-finals, clearing the biggest threat for Gaiting - it is difficult to imagine that if Lao Wa had reached the final, Gaiting could have hit the ball so smartly. This one...... Let's not assume it!
<h1>Original title: Twenty-Four Years of Table Tennis (44): Sever Debuts
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<h1>Public number: quanyanyyy13 (full-talk works).</h1>