At 4:30 p.m. Beijing time on July 18, the national table tennis support group arrived in Tokyo in a low profile. Like the 15 members of the Olympic team that arrived in Tokyo the day before, the coaches and members of the support group were also heavily armed. Among the members of the support group, Liu Guozheng, head of the coaching team of the national table tennis men's team, Wang Hao, head coach of Fan Zhendong, Xiao Zhan, director of Wang Manyu, and Huang Haicheng, head coach of Sun Yingsha, all arrived on the same plane. Among them, among the 4 coaches, Wang Hao, who participated in the Olympic competition three times, was particularly eye-catching. This is also his second encounter with the Olympic Games after 9 years.
Wang Hao also posted on Weibo: "We have arrived in Tokyo, the process is very smooth, and we strictly abide by the local epidemic prevention guidelines. After 9 years, today I am reunited with the Olympic Games with a new identity, and I feel a lot of emotions. New journey, new mission, looking forward to the start of the game, looking forward to our team members can bravely achieve good results!
The 38-year-old Wang Hao is the only player to have reached the Olympic table tennis men's singles final three times in a row so far, unfortunately losing the championship three times. He officially announced his retirement on December 21, 2014. He has won a total of 18 world championships in his sports career, ranking third in the history of national table tennis alongside Ma Lin and Deng Yaping. In March 2017, he became the national table tennis coach.
On the Olympic journey again, fan Zhendong, the team member he is in charge of, is currently ranked no. 1 in the world and is also the No. 1 seeded player in the men's singles of the Tokyo Olympic Games. He will help Fan Zhendong launch an attack on the Olympic champion at the Tokyo arena.
It is understood that since they are not members of the big list of the Chinese Olympic delegation, the coaches and team members of the national table tennis support group chose to stay in the vicinity of the Tokyo Olympic Village. Easy to communicate with coaches and team members staying in the village. The Table Tennis Competition at the Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 24 and end on August 6, with a total of five gold medals for the men's and women's teams, men's and women's singles, and mixed doubles.