The refreshing sea breeze, the soft beach, the fierce fight of the table tennis platform, the table tennis World Cup held in Weihai, Shandong, has become another "festival" for table tennis fans. Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng won the men's and women's singles world championships respectively, and before these two post-90s, there was a post-60s World Cup champion, which we have to mention.
In this competition championship list, which is the world table tennis championships with the Olympic Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, is engraved with the name of a Chinese genius, who is known as the "ping-pong prodigy" Jiang Jialiang. The powerful player once won the 1984 Table Tennis World Cup and was also a "net red" level figure in the table tennis industry that year.
Every time I think back to Jiang Jialiang's youthful achievements, people will sigh infinitely, and he who once "killed" Waldner has long faded from people's vision. However, he is still in the field of table tennis that he loves, emitting light and heat.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > genius teenage growth note</h1>
In 1964, Jiang Jialiang was born in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, which has a rather southern atmosphere. His father was a construction worker at the time and often took his son to the company to watch him play table tennis. Jiang Jialiang watched and slowly became interested, and began to practice table tennis at home at the age of 7.
Surprisingly, Jiang Jialiang showed extraordinary talent for table tennis, and his skills far exceeded those of children of the same age. Gifted, he was transferred directly from Shiqi Sports School to Guangdong Provincial Sports School at the age of 9 to conduct more systematic and professional training, which was also the beginning of Jiang Jialiang's ping-pong career.
After that, he was directly promoted to the Guangdong provincial team at the age of 13, and became the main force of the Guangdong team at the age of 15, gradually becoming well known to people, coupled with his handsome appearance, he gained a vote of fans. In 1979, Jiang Jialiang finally entered the dream national team.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > world champion against Sweden</h1>
At the 5th World Table Tennis World Cup in 1984, the 20-year-old Jiang Jialiang came out of nowhere, sweeping a number of Eurasian famous players, and finally defeated South Korea's Kim Hoon in the final to win the championship. This is Jiang Jialiang's first singles world champion, and since then the Table Tennis World Cup has engraved Jiang Jialiang's name. This talented teenager used his superb skills to announce his rise to the world.
After the honor, the heavy responsibility also followed: the Swedish team at that time was in full swing, especially Waldenell, who had a deep relationship with China, and was also a favorite for the champions in all competitions. A year later, in the men's team final of the World Table Tennis Championships, Jiang Jialiang defeated Apellen and Linde 2-1 and 2-0 respectively, helping the Chinese team sweep 5-0 to win the championship. Later, in the men's singles final, he defeated teammate Chen Longcan 3-0 to achieve double victory.
In the 1987 World Table Tennis Championships team competition, Waldner's Sweden team reached the final, but was 5-0 clean sheet by the Chinese team. In the singles match, "Lao Wa" made a big splash, eliminating Chen Longcan and Teng Yi, two Chinese seniors, 3-0 in succession, and entered the final final. The opponent waiting for him was None other than Jiang Jialiang.
The duel between these two masters can be called "Mars hitting the earth", and many old table tennis fans are relishing the thrilling final of the year, calling this game the "Battle of the Century". In the match, the "old tile" took the lead and won the first set directly at 21-14. The second set was also a lead, which caused a lot of pressure on Jiang Jialiang.
However, Jiang Jialiang withstood the pressure, quickly carried out tactical changes, boldly used surprise tactics, and caught the "old tiles" by surprise, pulling two cities in a row. In the last set, the two sides "killed" is even more difficult to solve, Waldner once led 20-16, holding four innings, but Jiang Jialiang played a world-class performance in adversity, and finally reversed 24-22, successfully defending the World Table Tennis Championships.
After the game, Jiang Jialiang, who has always been shy, took off his shirt and lay down, tears flowing from the corners of his eyes, because he deeply understood how difficult it was for him to get to this step. Under great pressure, Jiang Jialiang was still able to face the danger and finally successfully defeated his opponent, which made him more concerned about his already handsome appearance.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > retired life</h1>
Jiang Jialiang is good at right-handed straight-forward rubber fast-attack playing style, or straight horizontal play "originator", but the change in international mainstream playing style, so that he gave up the singles qualification of the 1989 World Table Tennis Championships, losing the opportunity to win three consecutive championships. After the World Table Tennis Championships, the 25-year-old Jiang Jialiang officially retired, which made the fans sigh.
The stadium is frustrated and the love field is proud. In 1986, Jiang Jialiang became acquainted with Wu Yufang, the best actress of the Hundred Flowers Award who starred in "Life", and married two years later, and the virtuous and gentle Wu Yufen gave Jiang Jialiang a lot of help in all aspects.
After retiring, Jiang Jialiang served as a table tennis coach in many southeast Asian countries. In 1994, Jiang Jialiang returned to Shunde, Guangdong Province, and he chose to work hard in Shanghai.
Later, Jiang Jialiang came to Shanghai Pudong New Area and set up his own table tennis school. Now 56 years old, he has already lived a happy family life with his wife and two daughters.