Table tennis is known as China's national ball, in the just-concluded National Games competition, table tennis is also the most participating in the mass project, the most fierce competition, in the arena, the state of the players seems to be more intense than the Olympic Games, more rounds of stalemate, players are more enthusiastic.
The mass project table tennis competition entered the National Games in 2017, and this year all localities also attach great importance to it, according to the rules, non-professional players need to be selected to participate in the competition, and the list will be announced. Due to the large number of amateur masters from all over the country, a total of 383 players from 58 teams from all over the country participated in this time, and they also represented the highest level of amateur table tennis in the country.
The competition is divided into men's and women's singles and men's and women's team events, and is divided into 25-39 years old, 40-49 years old, 50-59 years old, 60-69 years old and over 70 years old according to age. In order to let the players have good results, provincial coaches have been sent to guide the players, and it is not good to grind the gun in the front. Xia Yunfeng, a chipper from Xi'an, won the men's 60-69 age group championship, he said after the game, this is the most precious gift I have gained since I engaged in table tennis, thanks to the Shaanxi Provincial Sports Bureau and the Shaanxi Provincial Table Tennis Net Badminton Center, arranged professional team coaches to lead us in training, during the game also specially selected provincial team coaches Yang Gang and Song Qian to sit in command.
Wo Xiafen, 73, from Shanghai, won the women's championship in the over-70 category, and teammate Li Min won the silver medal in the 60-69 age group. In order to prepare for the National Games, the Shanghai Table Tennis Association specially invited Fan Tianjian, a senior coach of the Shanghai professional team, to coach, and also organized team members to train at the Chongming Sports Training Base.
Shanghai team's Xie Guoqun won the bronze medal in the 40-49 year old group singles group, he said that he used to play with Wang Liqin in the Shanghai team, and later after many encounters between the two sides, he felt the huge gap between himself and the master, so he gave up the dream of world championship and turned to the road of studying medicine, and he is currently a chief physician.
Compared with professional table tennis players, there is still a big gap between the professional level of mass sports athletes, but the fighting spirit, teamwork, and sportsmanship are all comparable, so that amateur athletes also have the opportunity to feel the glory of standing on the podium of the National Games. If Chinese football also has such a mass base, why worry about not getting the Hercules Cup.