At the award ceremony, Fan Zhendong, wearing a cowboy hat, was accidentally hit in the head by a falling cup cover while taking the trophy. This joyful scene instantly boarded a hot search in Weibo, and was ridiculed by netizens as "opening the lid and being polite".
St Brad's Cup, the men's singles champion cup in the World Table Tennis Championships, is literally translated from English as Bride's Cup. Liu once called the World Table Tennis Championships "1 people's wedding, 127 people's funeral". After waiting for 8 years, it was the fifth World Table Tennis Championships, and now Fan Zhendong has finally become the "groom".
The episode of the award ceremony, described wisely by netizens, seems to be a summary of Fan Zhendong's ups and downs in recent years-"St. Brad's Cup knocked on Fan Zhendong and said why you came now."
After eight years of grinding a sword, the king finally grew up.
For Fan Zhendong, he has an obsession with the St. Brad's Cup. Every World Table Tennis Championship he participated in was as clear as a node, which not only witnessed his peak, but also made him experience a trough. As Fan Zhendong said in an interview after the World Table Tennis Championships, "Today's final is very tense. This is my goal and my dream. "
From the low point to the high point, Fan Zhendong has become a leading figure in table tennis.
20 13 Paris is the starting point of the World Table Tennis Championships in Fan Zhendong. Fan Zhendong was only 16 years old at that time, and he was a rookie. He met the last champion ZhangJike in the third round, and then he stopped moving forward.
He has been promoted in the next two World Table Tennis Championships; Until 20 19 Budapest, Fan Zhendong, who had been running wildly, stumbled.
20 18, Fan Zhendong ITTF ranked first in the world. 20 19, Fan Zhendong, with the title of the first in the world, once again embarked on a journey. However, the World Table Tennis Championships, like a pot of cold water, poured a "cold heart" on this young world number one-lost to teammate Liang Jingkun and stopped at 16.
In that World Table Tennis Championships, Fan Zhendong only stood on the podium of the mixed doubles runner-up for a while, and then hurriedly ended his tour of the World Table Tennis Championships. He was even the first player in the World Table Tennis Championships to finish all competitions. Fan Zhendong described his state of mind afterwards: "I was waiting before the World Table Tennis Championships, and I was cooking after the World Table Tennis Championships. I have experienced setbacks since I was a child, but it is not so painful and not so painful. "
On the Spring Festival Evening of Table Tennis that year, Malone came to the stage with a cart of trophies and asked him which one he wanted. Fan Zhendong's eyes never left the St. Brad's Cup. As soon as he put down the receiver, his hand went straight over.
In this World Table Tennis Championships, Fan Zhendong's promotion road can be described as "hell difficulty". Because of the lottery, four men's singles table tennis players were assigned to the upper half, so Fan Zhendong beat Wang, Lin and Liang Jingkun one after another before coming to the final of the World Table Tennis Championships.
In the final stage, facing the Swedish teenager Moregard, who was only 19 years old, Fan Zhendong swept 4-0 with an overwhelming advantage. Even if Moregard always leads, Fan Zhendong can always make a comeback in the middle of the game.
After the game, Moregard said: "Fan Zhendong is a better player."
After eight years of sharpening the sword, Fan Zhendong finally realized his dream in Houston and welcomed his "bride".
No longer young, "Xiao Pang" became the east elder brother.
Fan Zhendong/Kloc-left his hometown of Hunan at the age of 0/0 and went to Beijing to learn to play table tennis. He can only go home once a year. In those years, he trained for five or six hours every day, except for literacy classes. Recalling the hardships at that time, Fan Zhendong felt that everything was worthwhile, because playing table tennis was his lifelong dream.
At the beginning of 20 12, Fan Zhendong entered the China National Youth Team. When he first entered the national youth team, coach Liu's words gave him the strength to break through: "You have been rushing forward since you entered the first team. When the main players are not familiar with you, where can you go? " At that time, no matter who you fought, it was the younger one. People's evaluation of him is more about the future. Fan Zhendong, struggling to move forward, ushered in a blowout on 20 13: Debo, runner-up in singles at the National Games and champion in singles at the East Asian Games.
Stand in the singles champion, etc.
However, how can life be satisfactory? 20 17 At the World Table Tennis Championships in Dü sseldorf, 20-year-old Fan Zhendong stood on the stage of the men's singles final, in which he struggled with Malone for seven games. It was not until the last game that it was defeated by 10: 12. After the game, Malone admitted that the game was the most difficult one he had ever experienced. Malone said with emotion: "In the end, I was lucky, and the future is' Xiao Pang (Fan Zhendong)'."
Malone and Fan Zhendong talked about the future, but didn't say when they would come.
20 17, both the World Table Tennis Championships and the National Games men's singles competitions were lost to Malone, leaving Fan Zhendong in a state of confusion. What he can't figure out is: the state is good and bad, why are they all crushed by Malone? Fan Zhendong felt his hands and feet tied. "Because I really want to play the game I imagined, I can't really release myself."
Summing up experience in time, Fan Zhendong tried to "untie himself" and allowed himself to make some staged mistakes in the competition. "Of course, if you encounter difficulties, you must find ways to reverse them as soon as possible, and you must win in the end." That time became his nourishment in the future. In a recent interview, Fan Zhendong responded to his change: "I know myself better than before. I know that I want to achieve a goal, not by a particularly strong impact and explosive force. I belong to the type of' gathering sand into a tower'. "
This self-understanding makes him no longer live in the expectation of the outside world. "What I want to do is to do what I should do. I'm glad to finally win the championship. Even if I don't do it, I believe I have a greater possibility to do it in the future. " After being beaten, Fan Zhendong moved from youth to maturity, and no longer regarded Malone as his only opponent. "If there is only one person in my eyes, my pursuit of dreams and career is not pure." .
Although the Tokyo Olympic Games failed to win the gold medal, the subsequent National Games proved his growth. He beat Wang He in succession and led Guangdong team to beat Beijing team to win the men's team gold medal. Fan Zhendong has become a "mountain" in others' eyes and is no longer young.
Guan Kai, a cow born in 2002, almost knocked out Fan Zhendong. Niu Guan Kai said this after the game: "Being able to play like this with Dong Ge is also recognition of his own strength. At that time, I thought winning a game was a game. " Fan Zhendong has always been called "Xiao Pang" by his teammates because he was young and a little baby fat when he joined the team. Now Fan Zhendong has quietly become the "East Brother".
Lead, follow the course.
After the World Table Tennis Championships, when asked how to celebrate the victory, Fan Zhendong did not give a positive answer. "I am very happy to win this championship, but this is not my destination. I hope to pass this championship, by going up one flight of stairs. " Obviously, for Fan Zhendong, there is no time to stop and enjoy. He has one goal after another to achieve. Winning the World Table Tennis Championship is his dream and goal, but this answer is followed by a sentence: "This glorious collective also needs to shoulder its own responsibilities and responsibilities, and I am very happy to have done it today." This is the first time that Fan Zhendong led a team in the World Table Tennis Championships as a leading figure. Before that, there was Malone and Xu Xin in front of him, as long as Fan Zhendong rushed ahead.
However, with the growth of Malone and Xu Xin's age and the first World Table Tennis Championships in the Paris Olympic cycle, the National Table Tennis Men's Team chose to leave the opportunity to more young people. Announcing the list at the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, Qin, head coach of China Table Tennis Team, said, "None of the five men who signed up for singles at the World Table Tennis Championships has ever won the men's singles championship. In the new cycle, they stand on the same starting line and hope that they will seize precious opportunities. "
The role of the blow. "
Fan Zhendong's training is rich in content and intense. After only one morning of training, the training suit was soaked. Beyond talent, the dedication and sacrifice of athletes are beyond doubt. Fan Zhendong said that talent is only the cornerstone of becoming a top table tennis player. "A lot of things have been done, and I picked them up slowly. I want to be myself and take on more. "
Fan Zhendong is a man who likes to "talk less and do more", but when he won the World Table Tennis Championship without any suspense, the identity of the leading figure in men's table tennis naturally came.