The Chinese team at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics has won gold medals in the women's 10m rifle, women's weightlifting, women's fencing and other events.
According to statistics, at present, the number of medals won by China is in the first place in the medal list, and in the table tennis competition to be held soon, China as a big favorite to win the championship will inevitably attract much attention.
The audience can't help but look forward to whether there will be a new "Great Devil" after Deng Yaping and Zhang Yining.
The fiercer battle situation on the field cannot help but remind people of the "handicap storm" of the Chinese table tennis national team that was popular at that time, and the main involved in the incident was He Zhili who left China in anger and withdrew from Chinese nationality to become a Japanese citizen.
The incident is considered to be a major "stain" in the Chinese table tennis industry, and it is rarely mentioned by the Chinese sports national team, and the relevant personnel also avoid talking about it.
And how is He Zhili living now?
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Born in 1964 in Shanghai, China, He Zhili, like most athletes, has the dream of playing table tennis and will enter the national team to play as the supreme glory, so He Zhili has participated in table tennis training since childhood, in order to play the best, physical injuries have become a common thing for He Zhili.
In the end, He Zhili entered the national team through selection
I thought it was the beginning of the Dream in China, but I didn't expect it to be the end of the Dream in China.
Known as the "national ball", table tennis has always been at the top of the world and has the myth of undefeated, so there is an unwritten rule within the Chinese table tennis team to ensure that every major competition is foolproof.
That is, to ensure that in the game, when fighting against the opponent, the athletes who can "win nine out of ten" enter the final, which is equivalent to fixing the championship, so the superior leader will always instruct the coach before the game to let who "let the ball" let who enters the finals. In order to be able to stay in the national team, many players choose to acquiesce and obey this arrangement, only He Zhili is a special.
In 1982, He Zhili won the Women's Singles Championship at the China National Championships, and two years later won the Asian Championship.
In 1985 she won the Women's Team Championships at the World Table Tennis Championships.
The 1987 World Table Tennis Championships were held in New Delhi, India, because He Zhili had previously lost to each other in the confrontation with Liang Yingzi, Guan Jianhua did not have a head-on confrontation with Liang Yingzi, and was in a safe consideration, after He Zhili successfully reached the final, she was told that in order to ensure that the Chinese team could win gold, she was asked to "give the ball" to Guan Jianhua in the semifinals, which was obviously contrary to the "sportsmanship" advocated by the world.
After receiving the notice, He Zhili was silent, and the coach tacitly agreed to this approach, while Guan Jianhua thought that he could enter the final with a safe chance, so he focused on how to defeat South Korea's Liang Yingzi in the final.
Unexpectedly, the young He Zhili is the age of flesh and blood, coupled with the fact that she has achieved little success in the world, she is not willing to just be a "stepping stone" for others to pave the way for others.
So He Zhili did not listen to the arrangement, went all out in the competition, and defeated Guan Jianhua to enter the final with a score of 3:0. When fighting against strong opponent Liang Yingzi, he was also unflinching, and won the women's singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships that year.
For He Zhili's approach, the superiors were very angry, and the following year he Zhili was disqualified from participating in the Seoul Olympic Games, and in the national team, He Zhili was isolated by the group, and she was no longer eligible to participate in the Chinese table tennis team in 1989, moved to Japan, and became a Japanese citizen.
Soon after, she married Hideyuki Oyama, the son of the president of the Osaka Sino-Japanese Friendship Association and a Japanese engineer, and changed her name to Tomori Oyama.
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In 1992, Tomori Oyama made a comeback in Japan, and her strength was deeply appreciated by the Japanese Emperor.
At the 12th Asian Games held in Hiroshima, Japan in 1994, Tomori Oyama represented Japan against Chinese players, and Tomori Koyama, who was regarded as a "traitor" by the Chinese team, was not taken seriously at all, believing that she was "not a climate", and on the field, Tomori Koyama used her strength to defeat former Olympic champions Chen Jing and Qiao Hong from China.
"Three days of Shibetsu, that is, more impressive", Tomori Koyama verified the correctness of what the ancients said with practical actions.
In the final with Deng Yaping, Every time Tomoki Koyama scored a point, she would say out loud, "Yosie! "Won the table tennis women's singles title.
After that game, Tomori Koyama began to be despised by Chinese, and in the face of Tomori Koyama, a Japanese player who was originally a Chinese and also born in the national team, Deng Yaping had mixed feelings in her heart, and after doing her best, she was still defeated by the opponent.
After defeating the "Great Devil" Deng Yaping, Oyama Zhili wept with joy and incoherence, thinking that as a former Chinese, Oyama Zhili would first thank China for cultivating her and improving Sino-Japanese friendly relations, but she said in her acceptance speech: "It is happier to win the championship on behalf of the motherland Japan than to represent China." Such words with low emotional intelligence and indignation among the Chinese people.
In response to the insults and doubts from the outside world, Tomori Koyama said that she was not very good at talking, and it was because she was too excited to say such a sad word.
Tomori Koyama said: "That day I defeated three former world champions in a row, for the victory of this moment, I don't know how much effort I paid, I held my breath in my heart, I soaked myself in the training room day and night before preparing for the battle to train myself, that game I defeated not only Deng Yaping, but also the people who once did not let me participate in the Olympic Games, which made me feel very proud. ”
That game had joy and sorrow, and the audience rarely saw the "Great Demon King" Deng Yaping shed tears, losing the game and crying normally, while the tears of Theoyama Zhili who won the championship were incomprehensible.
A reporter interviewed the reason why Tomori Koyama shed tears at that match, and Tomori Koyama said:
"I cried with excitement, it took me six years to defeat The Olympic champion Deng Yaping, who was regarded as a god in that competition, and it took me six years to prove to the world that I had won that day. You know that the athlete's sports career is very short, when my age is no longer the peak state, but I have used my own efforts to defeat a new generation of famous players, and my mentor Sun Meiying has passed away. A year ago she came to Japan for me and trained me for three months, and these three months helped me a lot, and I won the competition but she couldn't see it, I was very sad, I wanted to tell her that I had not lived up to her teachings, I wanted her to enjoy this joy with me. ”
In a later interview, a reporter asked Deng Yaping about his views on the competition, and Deng Yaping said:
"I believe that game is a game that most people remember no matter how many years have passed. Only from the perspective of an athlete to look at Tomori Koyama, she is an admirable opponent, even if she falls to the bottom, she has the courage to start over, her persistence and courage are admirable, and it turns out that she is indeed an excellent table tennis player. ”
Recalling the scene of the final at that time, Deng Yaping said:
"Tomori Koyama played particularly well in the final, and logically speaking, my offensive ability can't carry the three boards, my attack is very fierce, it is very fierce, and the strength is also very fast." But that day He Zhili defended very, very well, she defended all my attacks, made me very passive, in the past games few people can prevent my three boards, she resisted, this is what I did not expect. I tried my best in that game, but I still lost. ”
It was an important game in Deng Yaping's sports career, and Deng Yaping regretted the defeat because she had no chance to "revenge" after that.
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After the Hiroshima Asian Games, which caused a sensation in 1994, many media severely criticized Tomori Oyama, and every time the name "He Zhili" appeared, the chinese people felt regret and regret, and many people even labeled her as a "traitor".
Since then, Tomori Koyama has rarely set foot on Chinese soil for half a step.
Tomoru Koyama, who began to have a smooth career, has a crisis in love. The relationship between Chiri Oyama and her husband, who was originally in love, gradually began to break down.
The reason is because the longer the time between The less culturally cultivated Tomori Koyama and the husband born in a high-level family get along, the less common topics there are, so the husband begins to cheat, there are other women outside, and the decisive Koyama Zhili resolutely chooses to divorce her husband.
After the divorce, she chose to live alone, in love she is very attached to the word "loyalty", when others see that she is still young and persuade her to remarry, she said: "I will not find a Japanese to marry again, I will be more inclined to choose Chinese." ”
Now He Zhili, who bought a new house in Osaka, Japan and will live in Osaka for a long time, also works as a team leader and coach at the Ikeda Bank Table Tennis Club.
Nowadays, she is no longer speechless, she always recognizes her Chinese blood in her heart, she said that she wants to establish a table tennis school in Japan, so that all people who like to play table tennis can join in, and many Japanese table tennis enthusiasts want to visit and study in China. If the plan is successful, she will hold a Sino-Japanese table tennis exchange competition to enhance the friendship between the Chinese and Japanese people.
In the face of other people's questions, she calmly said: "I still hope that the Chinese team can win, and I want the Chinese team to win all the gold medals in table tennis competitions." ”
Xiao Bian thought that perhaps not being able to represent the Chinese team in the World Table Tennis Competition and the Olympic Games was the biggest regret in her life.
With the progress and development of the times, the Chinese people began to look at the events of that year from an objective point of view, but still regretted that a "let the ball" made Guan Jianhua and He Zhili ruin their sports careers, and also let China lose two outstanding athletes.
For the sake of China's honor, "letting the ball" is understandable, but I do not agree, which is inconsistent with the "fair and just" sportsmanship, which also fails the efforts of outstanding athletes and unjustifiably takes away the honor that should belong to some athletes.
For He Zhili, I can't support an athlete who quit her Chinese nationality and became a Japanese citizen, but I admire her courage, admire her courage to fight against the world, she did achieve honor, she did not live up to herself, but she failed to live up to the China that nurtured her.
In recent years, many voices have begun to express understanding and respect for He Zhili's actions to pursue her dreams, which is the reconciliation between society and her, the original intention is rare, the past is no longer investigated, and I only hope that she and Guan Jianhua can live a truly wonderful self in later life.