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Today, we are talking for you about the story of Li Furong, a former shanghai table tennis team champion.
Li Furong
Born in Shanghai in 1942, Li Furong joined the national team after entering the Shanghai team in his early years, and represented the Chinese men's table tennis team in several World Table Tennis Championships in the 1960s. At that time, the Chinese men's table tennis team won the 26th, 27th and 28th world championships in a row, and Li Furong was the main player. In the international table tennis scene in the 1960s, Li Furong and Zhuang Zedong were well-known figures in the international table tennis world.
After retiring from the army, Li Furong continued to work in the field of table tennis, serving as a coach, vice chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, and vice chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee. In addition, Li Furong was also elected as the chairman of the Asian Table Tennis Federation.
Zhuang Zedong
Li Furong is a famous player in the table tennis world, his career is brilliant, and he is a hall-of-fame figure in the Chinese sports world. In an interview, Li Furong was full of gratitude to a Hebei person, this Hebei person, that is, Rong Gaotang.
Rong Gaotang began to turn to sports work after the founding of the People's Republic of China, serving as the head of the Chinese delegation to the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games. After 1954, Rong Gaotang served as the deputy director of the National Sports Commission. In 1961, the Chinese men's table tennis team won the World Table Tennis Championships in Beijing, but at the national championships the following year, Li Furong suffered a blow. He was eliminated in the 16-8 match at the time.
This incident made Li Furong very depressed, and Rong Gaotang saw it in his eyes and decided to patiently enlighten him. Li Furong was very unconvinced after losing, and Rong Gaotang told him that he did not lose in technology, but in mentality. He said that Li Furong's mentality has changed after winning the 26th World Table Tennis Championships. At that time, he won the championship, he relied on the running style of play, but this style of play was very laborious. Back in the domestic arena, Li Furong wanted to be more relaxed, so he gave up his original way of playing, and lost the game.
The change in Li Furong's mentality is the reason why he returned home at the National Championships. This layer of analysis made Li Furong very impressed. Rong Gaotang is a manager of sports work, but not a technical coach. He does not interfere with the player's own technical play, but conducts an objective analysis from a psychological point of view, which makes professional athlete Li Furong admire.
Rong Gaotang
The 1979 World Table Tennis Championships in Pyongyang put a lot of pressure on the Chinese team. At that time, the team lost three consecutive team, doubles and singles titles, and finally won only one mixed doubles title. This achievement has made many fans in China feel dissatisfied, and some people have written directly to say, "Don't take the plane and train when you return to China, just run back." The next 1981 World Table Tennis Championships made the whole team hold their breath to get good results.
Chinese delegation at the Helsinki Olympics
After two years of hard work, the Chinese team finally won the championship at the 1981 World Table Tennis Championships. During this period, because of his busy work and huge pressure, Li Furong, who was the main player of the national table tennis team, once felt stomach discomfort, which made him suspect that he had stomach cancer. Rong Gaotang was very worried after he knew it, and quickly introduced him to Beijing Hospital for examination and treatment. In the end, Li Furong was judged to be an ordinary stomach disease, which made him let go of his ideological baggage. These two things made Li Furong very moved, and they have always been remembered in his heart. After Rong Gaotang's death, Li Furong still emotionally recalled Rong Gaotang's help and encouragement to him.
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