Wang Hao is a sports legend, he created a precedent for straight-line horizontal play, popularized this style of play to the world, and is a milestone figure in the history of table tennis in China and even the world.
He has won eighteen world championships, and is ranked third in the history of national table tennis with Ma Lin and Deng Yaping, but because he has won the second place in the Olympic Games for three consecutive years, he has been jokingly called the second oldest of the millennium by many fans.
Let's take a look at how he lost three Olympic Games.
In 2004, the Athenian King participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, and in the final he met the korean player Yoo Seung-min, who was about the same age.
In the final, Liu Chengmin's state was almost crazy, unreasonable backhand support half counter-hit, foot thousands of miles to chase the wind, the whole taiwan sideways, forehand fighting, the whole play is completely pressed Wang Hao in the fight.
At that time, the twenty-one-year-old Wang Hao faced the Korean who killed the red eye, his eyes were panicked, under the pressure of national honor, the technology was deformed, stable, and did not dare to let go to fight, and finally under the double collapse of heart and technology, Wang Hao gave the men's singles gold medal to someone, and it was a pity to lose this time.
In the Beijing Olympic Games held in front of his home in 2008, Wang Hao reached the final for the second time as the top seed, he wanted to win this championship, but the opponent was Marlene, who was more eager to win, who was willing to exchange his life for a gold medal, and there were many ghost ideas, he made full use of the rules, tried to delay time, and thought the opponent's possible scores very clearly, calculated in place.
Ma Lin did not fight a hard-hitting position battle with Wang Hao, but fought a guerrilla war, using the change of rhythm and landing point to make Wang Hao not match the point, defeated Wang Hao 4-1, and won the heaviest crown in her career.
In the 2012 London Olympic Games, Wang Hao once again reached the final, met Zhang Jike, the fierce tiger of the Empire, Wang Hao was already more than enough and insufficient at this time, and his strength was not as good as Zhang Jike, and Zhang Jike, who had been sparring for a long time, knew Wang Hao very well.
Wang Haolun was already at the end of his career at that time, Wang Hao's specialty technology was straight board, horizontal play, but compared to Zhang Jike's backhand overlord twist, that is, continuous backhand reporting, Wang Hao was in the inferior position, and the two fought a position war. Wang Hao eventually lost to Zhang Jike, he had worked very hard, but he still missed the championship.
Maybe that's fate. God gave you the best technique but didn't give you the best timing and opponent.