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recently, ni xialian, former world champion of china's national table tennis team and current main player of luxembourg, accepted an interview with the media and talked about many topics that were considered sensitive in the past. she personally admitted that she had given the ball to her teammates during the 1983 world table tennis championships. she said:

"i have never regretted obeying the collective interests. i have let the ball go before. many people let the ball go before, and i accepted it. but unfortunately, no one let the ball go before me... there were some things in the team in 1985 that i don't want to talk about. let it become history forever."

although ni xia lian herself has no regrets, the sentence "no one gave way to me" still made many fans feel distressed, and many long-forgotten past events were brought to the table for discussion again.

friends who are familiar with the history of the chinese national table tennis team know that the practice of giving away points within the team did exist. it caused a sensation in the late 1980s and early 1990s because of the he zhili incident. at that time, the main player of the women's team, he zhili, claimed that she was excluded because she refused to give away points. she eventually went to japan, changed her name to "xiaoshan zhili", and defeated deng yaping and others to win the asian games, shocking the table tennis world.

ni xia lian was born in 1963, older than he zhili and became famous earlier. according to the memoirs published by her teammates and other news reports, the chinese table tennis team also gave points during her time. however, ni xia lian herself has never publicly addressed this matter. now she has finally opened her heart and talked about many things from that year.

according to ni xialian, although she won the women's team and mixed doubles championships in the 1983 world table tennis championships, she gave up the ball to her teammates in the women's singles event - "i gave up the ball in the quarterfinals, and i obeyed the organization's arrangement at that time." after many years, ni xialian brought up those things "because it was a secret of the national team, and it is no longer a secret now."

what is even more sad is that ni xia lian recalled after the game that year, "i was one of the three key players of the chinese team, along with dai lili and geng lijuan, and we all had different meals." many things happened later, especially in 1985, but ni xia lian still did not give up this time, but just sighed: "let it become history forever."

in the 1987 world table tennis championships, he zhili refused to give up points. after failing to qualify for the olympics the following year, she chose to expose all these things within the team, which caused a stir. in the 1994 asian games, she defeated deng yaping, which pushed the controversy to a new climax. during this period, another famous chinese table tennis player jiao zhimin, who married a korean, also revealed: "in eight years of international competitions, i gave up five points, so i don't want to play anymore."

recalling those things that happened back then, although ni xia lian magnanimously said, "i have never regretted obeying the collective interests," but after so many years, her emotions still fluctuate greatly when she talks about this matter: sacrificing oneself is not easy in the first place, and if she was the only one who gave in to others and no one else gave in to her, of course she would feel even more regretful, wouldn't she?