As one of the dominant sports in China, table tennis is loved and learned by more and more people. The back wave of the Yangtze River pushes the front wave, and now the Chinese table tennis team with a hundred flowers is inseparable from the hard work and dedication of all athletes.
Throughout the history of Chinese table tennis, there has hardly been a situation of "green and yellow not connecting", and even a grand blowout of head talents.
Due to the love of fans, many people in the national table tennis team have "elegant numbers", such as "table tennis queen", "big devil", "hexagonal warrior". Moreover, some titles also have "inheritance" situations, such as Wang Nan, who took over deng Yaping's title of "Queen of Table Tennis".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > debut is the peak</h1>
The most important thing about the national table tennis team is genius. Among these geniuses, even many of them have been exposed to table tennis since childhood, and Wang Nan is one of them.
Wang Nan began practicing table tennis at the age of 7, although her parents are not athletes, but they are very methodical in educating their children. His father, Wang Dezhan, was strict with Wang Nan, while his mother would give Wang Nan comfort and encouragement.
Facts have proved that a good family environment is very important for a person's growth, and the young Wang Nan is gradually called a "genius" by those who have watched her play. What they don't know is that Wang Nan is indeed very talented, but more importantly, she has worked harder than the average child since she was a child.
In 1989, Wang Nan, who played table tennis for 4 years, successfully entered fushun sports school at the age of 11, specializing in table tennis. At that time, the person responsible for teaching her was Zhang Jingqing, a national table tennis coach. Zhang Jingqing once won the provincial championship and cultivated a large number of outstanding talents for the country after teaching.
Under the guidance of Zhang Jingqing, Wang Nan, who was already very good, was even more powerful. In 1992, Wang Nan entered the Liaoning provincial team and was successfully selected for the national team a year later. After arriving at the national team, Wang Nan got to know another of his mentors, Zeng Chuanqiang, and "master sister" Qiao Hong.
Zeng Chuanqiang is the "gold medal coach" of the national table tennis team, once an athlete of the national table tennis team, and directly stayed in the national table tennis team to coach after retiring. The students he brought out became the mainstay of table tennis in the future.
As Wang Nan's "sister", Qiao Hong entered the national team in December 1987, and two years later successfully won the women's singles championship of the 40th World Table Tennis Championships, and won the women's doubles championship and the women's team championship together with Deng Yaping and other teammates. This year, Wang Nan just entered the sports school to study, and has not yet entered the national team.
With the help of his mentor and his brothers and sisters, Wang Nan's skills have reached a higher level and he has made rapid progress. Holding the beat in her left hand, she played the arc ball fast and clever, with excellent ornamentation, and often suddenly appeared to kill moves, making the opponent difficult to overwhelm and falling into her rhythm.
In November 1994, at the age of 16, Wang Nan competed in her first international event: the Swedish Open Table Tennis Championships. Although Wang Nan was very nervous in his heart, he finally won the women's singles championship, and it can be said that Wang Nan's debut is the peak of some people's careers.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="49" > the new "queen of table tennis"</h1>
Everyone's life will have peaks and valleys. In 1996, when the 18-year-old Wang Nan participated in the trials for the Atlanta Olympics, he suffered a defeat.
This was Wang Nan's first contact with the Olympic Games, and finally because he was too nervous, he did not officially represent the country in the Olympic Games. According to Wang Nan's later recollection, she said that at that time, she was "so frightened that her legs were shaking, and her hands could not control the racket at all." Wang Nan did not fall down with this setback, but trained harder.
In 1997, Wang Nan and his teammates competed in the World Table Tennis Championships in Manchester, and Li Ju won the runner-up in women's doubles, and Wang Liqin won the third place in mixed doubles. In the women's singles competition, she lost to Deng Yaping and won the second place. She lost to Deng Yaping to take the runner-up, although she lost Yu Rong.
Judging from Wang Nan's later experience, she still has some gaps from her peak at this time. The reason why she can stand to the top is inseparable from unremitting training and improvement.
At the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, the 20-year-old Wang Nan achieved another good result, when she won all the women's singles, women's doubles, mixed doubles and women's team championships at the Asian Games, achieving the first Asian Games Grand Slam in her career.
Two years later, at the Sydney Olympic Games, Wang Nan not only won the women's doubles gold medal with Li Ju, but also presented a wonderful women's singles final showdown with Li Ju, and after 5 rounds of fighting, Wang Nan finally won the women's singles championship.
Wang Nan, who won two gold medals, is not only the only Chinese athlete to win two gold medals in this Olympic competition, but also the second female athlete to achieve an Olympic Grand Slam after Deng Yaping. At this time, she was also called the new "queen of table tennis" by fans.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="50" > life will not be smooth</h1>
However, unexpectedly, the 2002 Busan Asian Games became another obstacle in her career. In this competition, Wang Nan and his teammates not only won the runner-up in the team competition, but also did not win the championship in the women's singles competition.
Although fans and teammates feel that Wang Nan is not the main problem, Wang Nan is really hit by this defeat. She later recalled that she was "brain blank and I didn't even know how to get back." ”
Then, there were some more extreme people on the Internet who could not accept that Wang Nan only took the runner-up, not only sneering at her, but even letting her retire. Wang Nan, who was already under pressure, really had the idea of retiring after hearing this question.
At this time, many people around were trying to help Wang Nan out of the shadows, including her "sister" Qiao Hong. Under the patient enlightenment of Qiao Hong, Wang Nan finally defeated the "heart demon". Later, people asked Qiao Hong what method was used to make Wang Nan want to open. Only to see Qiao Hong smile faintly and say:
"In fact, I really don't have any tricks, that is, to be a companion with her." During that time, it was the most difficult for Wang Nan, and she needed a person who could trust and know her heart, and listen to her speak from her heart. I just acted as a talker and cooperated with her in this regard. ”
Wang Nan, who started again, his psychological quality was tempered to become more mature and stable. She is not proud of winning or defeating, and she is more at ease on the field. A good attitude and exquisite and flexible playing style further control the rhythm of the game in their own hands.
In May 2003, after less than a year of downturn, Wang Nan once again marched to the peak. She cooperated tacitly with Zhang Yining and Ma Lin and won the championships of women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. After the game, Wang Nan sincerely said to the media: "I am very grateful to Qiao Hong. ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" Data-track="51" alternates > legends, and life continues</h1>
After this, Wang Nan continued to show extraordinary strength in the international table tennis arena, but the back wave of the Yangtze River pushed the front wave, and in the talent-rich national table tennis team, talent sprung up like mushrooms after the rain. Wang Nan's most powerful opponent in the second half of his career is the "Great Demon King" Zhang Yining.
Although Wang Nan often won women's doubles, mixed doubles and team titles in international competitions, the women's singles championship was more difficult than before. Zhang Yining succeeded Wang Nan and won the women's singles championship in major competitions.
However, for the "defeat" in the women's singles, Wang Nan at this time no longer suffered any blows, but she was sincerely relieved and happy, Zhang Yining's strength, so that China's table tennis influence in the world was further improved, consolidating the "hegemonic" status of the national table tennis team.
Inspired by the younger generations, Wang Nan is also more and more courageous, when she won the Women's Singles and Women's Team Championship of the World Cup again in 2007, she not only won the honor of the "Four Champions" of the World Cup, but also won 21 world championships, which is enough to prove how high the gold content of Wang Nan's career is.
However, people have limits, athletes' careers are usually relatively short, and at a certain stage, they need to hand over the baton in their hands to the younger generations steadily.
On August 22, 2008, in the women's singles final of the Beijing Olympic Games, Wang Nan finally lost to the "Big Devil" Zhang Yining with a score of 1:4. On the podium, Wang Nan listened to the national anthem and burst into tears on the spot. She didn't cry because she didn't win the title, but because she didn't want to play and her teammates. She had reached the age of saying goodbye to them.
After the game, the reporter asked whether the final was Wang Nan's farewell match, and Wang Nan seriously replied to the reporter: "This game should be my last game, after playing the Olympic Games, I will retire, this competition is unforgettable for me." ”
After the Olympic Games, Wang Nan announced his retirement. On September 27 of the same year, Wang Nan and Guo Bin held a grand wedding on a luxury yacht.
The "emcee" is han Qiaosheng, the "famous mouth of CCTV", and the bridesmaids and groomsmen are Ai Fukuhara and Marlene respectively. In addition, Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui, Zhang Yining and other representatives of the national table tennis team also attended the wedding. After the wedding banquet, the two newlyweds released 600 white pigeons, and the scene was extremely romantic.
Before marriage, Wang Nan and Guo Bin had been in love for many years. After Wang Nan suffered from thyroid cancer in 2005, he has been battling the disease. In addition to her family, there was Also Guo Bin, who was still her boyfriend at the time.
When Wang Nan was preparing to undergo surgery, her mother said to Wang Nan: "I already knew that you would not get a license." Guo Bin, who heard this, seriously said that if he had known about Wang Nan's condition earlier, he would have married her a long time ago. Guo Bin's love and responsibility made Wang Nan deeply moved.
After two years of marriage, Wang Nan gave birth to a white and fat boy and became a happy mother as she wished. In the company of her son and husband, although Wang Nan cannot shine on the field, she can become happier and more wonderful in her life.
Once, with permission, a host went to Wang Nan's house to interview her, when Guo Bin was preparing to cook, and Wang Nan talked to the host about Guo Bin. When the host asked Wang Nan where Guo Bin most impressed her, Wang Nan said with happiness:
"Responsible! That is, no matter what you encounter, he will help you to support, it is your joys and sorrows, or you feel that you can't get over the things you encounter in your life, as long as you talk to him, he will definitely solve it for you."