The closure of the Chinese table tennis team in Lingshui, Hainan, ended, and the national table tennis team members returned to local teams to prepare for the next National Games qualifiers. Liu Guozheng, the head of the coaching team of the national table tennis men's first team, ushered in his 41st birthday on March 7, and his disciple Wang Chuqin posted a group photo of the two to celebrate the birthday of the teacher, but in the closed training of the national table tennis, Liu Guozheng did not seem to appear.
Born on March 7, 1980, Liu Guozheng entered the national team in 1995, and the brightest moment of his career was in the semi-final of the men's team at the 2001 World Table Tennis Championships, when the national table tennis team played against the South Korean team, he saved seven match points in the duel with Kim Taek-so, pulled the national table tennis back from the edge of elimination to the final, and finally won the men's team championship. Liu Guozheng announced his retirement in 2008, and his athlete career only participated in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, and he lost to Sweden's 34-year-old veteran Perlson in the quarterfinals and missed the final four. After retiring from the army, Liu Guoliang chose to stay in the national table tennis as a coach, in January 2012 he became the head coach of the men's team of the second team of the national table tennis team, in 2017 through the competition to become the coach of the men's first team, in January 2018, when the national table tennis participated in the team world table tennis championships, Liu Guozheng became the coach of the men's team. However, in February 2019, after the reorganization of the national table tennis coaching team, Qin Zhijian became the head coach of the national table tennis men's team, and Liu Guozheng became the head of the coaching team of the men's first team.
Liu Guozheng's current sense of existence in the national table tennis is not strong, generally major competitions are male table tennis head coach Qin Zhijian as an off-field coach, Liu Guozheng appeared on the sidelines of the game very few times. When the national table tennis was in a closed training last year, Liu Guozheng did not participate in the training with the team because of family reasons, and when the national table tennis was in Hainan in January this year, Liu Guozheng did not seem to participate in the training with the team. During the Spring Festival, many members of the national table tennis team and coaches have successively appeared, but Liu Guozheng has never appeared, whether it is a group photo of the national table tennis team or a group photo of the national table tennis men's team, there is no figure of Liu Guozheng.
At present, Liu Guozheng is in charge of Wang Chuqin, one of the six main players of national table tennis, and in November 2019, when Wang Chuqin was suspended for three months because of his emotional loss of control on the field, Wang Chuqin, as the head coach, was also suspended for one month. When Liu Guozheng was celebrating his 41st birthday, his disciple Wang Chuqin posted a photo of Liu Guozheng guiding himself and sent him birthday wishes: "Happy birthday!" It is not easy for Liu Dao to accompany me all the way, let you bother, and the future will continue to bother you Hehe! ”
Wang Chuqin's fan club also sent blessings to Liu Guozheng: "It is a serious coach, a warm-hearted predecessor, those days of hard work, those days of bad state, thanks to the company, encouragement, teaching of Guozheng's guidance... Grateful for having you, all the way along, dear Liu Guozheng guidance, I wish you a happy birthday, peace and joy, and all things are victorious. ”