Recently, China's national table tennis announced the houston World Table Tennis Championships participation list, the last World Table Tennis Championships double champion Liu Shiwen took the initiative to apply to withdraw from the competition, to give more young people the opportunity to participate, get the respect of many fans. Now, this veteran athlete with a bumpy career has gained another surprise!
The Guangdong Provincial Government officially issued a circular on the meritorious awards given to guangdong province's winning athletes and their coaches and relevant units for participating in the 32nd Olympic Games. Among them, the athletes who won the first to third places and their coaches, as well as Su Bingtian and his coaches who achieved major breakthrough achievements in the men's 100 meters competition, were rewarded for their great achievements.
In addition, the name of Liu Shiwen, the runner-up of the table tennis Olympic mixed doubles, also appeared in the list of "personal memories"! Liu Shiwen regrettably lost the mixed doubles title at the Tokyo Olympics, but she also won the same honors as The Tokyo Olympic Champions such as Xie Sibei, Quan Hongchan, Tang Muhan and Fan Zhendong in her hometown!
Guangdong respects sports talents, not only attaches importance to Olympic champions, but also respects silver and bronze medal winners, especially in the rankings, the name of Su Bingtian, who has not yet officially entered the Olympic medals, has been commended and ranked ahead of Liu Shiwen. It can be seen that in the treatment of athletes who have made great breakthrough contributions, Guangdong is a meritocracy, breaking the traditional practice of ranking the chair with gold, silver and bronze medals!
Although Quan Hongchan is only 14 years old and has only participated in one event at the Tokyo Olympic Games, she got three full scores in the final, showing the talented diving art, winning glory for the nation, and also leaving a strong mark for the Olympic Games, ranking second in the "personal memory", which has received great attention!
"The past is the same, and the number of popular characters still looks at the present dynasty", Liu Shiwen, who is gradually getting older, may gradually fade out of the table tennis world in the Paris Olympic cycle. In the future, national table tennis and Chinese sports still depend on the performance of young people, and I hope that they can inherit the valuable spiritual wealth that their predecessors will never give up and make further contributions to the cause of Chinese sports!