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editor: zhang fei

what kind of secret caused zhang yining to suffer so much?

what kind of secret made sun yingsha reveal the truth!

what kind of secrets does the chinese national table tennis team have that make everyone so fearful?

it turns out there is so much behind it!

it's really terrifying when you think about it.

everyone knows about "ping pong diplomacy" because china's table tennis is so amazing.as a result, many athletes in later stages find it challenging not only in technique but also in sprinting or breaking through bottlenecks.

this is how china’s ping-pong diplomacy came about.

that is to send some outstanding chinese table tennis players abroad, on the one hand to exchange table tennis techniques, and on the other hand to put pressure on the chinese team members.

so much so that after so many years of "ping-pong diplomacy",unexpectedly, they gave away many champions and even "married" someone abroad.

perhaps the original intention of launching this "exchange activity" wasit was just to make chinese athletes more motivated, but unexpectedly, a qualitative change occurred gradually due to various circumstances.

from a recent interview with ni xia lian, we can see that the source has always been the chinese table tennis team.

as for those so-called "traitors" in our impression, they were actually forced to do so out of helplessness or for their own future.

everyone knows what “giving the ball” means.

before the competition rules were adjusted, chinese table tennis basically won all three medals - gold, silver and bronze - in every major competition.

as a result, many national table tennis players have no chance to break through.

in response to this problem, the international olympic committee also directly revised the table tennis competition rules.that is, three athletes from the same country cannot appear on the same field at the same time.

so for athletes from some countries, winning a bronze medal is already the ceiling.

the key is that this bronze medal still requires "giving up the ball" to get it.

we all know that the game itself is about fair and just competition, so how could the phenomenon of giving away the ball occur?

let me tell you a situation that everyone knows. when zhang yining was still in service, she directly "gave the ball" to ai fukuhara.otherwise the result would have been 11:0, which was too ugly, so zhang yining didn't even look at it and directly "gave" a ball to ai fukuhara.

in fact, everyone can understand giving the ball to foreign players, but sometimes domestic players also have to give the ball to their own country's players, and it is even a "tradition", which is hard to understand.

although in ni xia lian's live broadcast, she said that "national interests must be higher than personal interests" and "individuals must also obey the requirements of the team and the collective."

some people may not understand. they are all chinese players, so why should they give away the ball?

however, we heard a hint of something else in aunt ni xia lian's words, although today's athletes no longer "give away the ball" and pursue fairness and justice.

just like what sun yingsha said, "it doesn't matter who wins or loses, what matters is that the winner is a chinese."

perhaps it is because of the lessons learned from so many years of "ping-pong diplomacy".

chinese table tennis has always been in the first echelon of competitions.relatively speaking, not only do we as ordinary audiences have high expectations of them, but the competition among them will also be more intense.

the players we think are talented may just be “average” in the national team.

or maybe the genius is just one of the few in the national team, because everyone is a genius.

what’s more important is that these geniuses are even better than ordinary people.

if you put in one point of effort, i will put in ten points of effort; if you put in ten points of effort, i will put in a hundred points of effort.

this results in many athletes who are very capable and are strong contenders for gold medals, but unfortunately in the end they can only be reduced to "playing companions" or "training companions".

it was precisely because of this situation that happened back then,therefore, the person in charge of chinese table tennis decided to send many talented and competitive chinese table tennis players abroad in the form of "technical exchange".

everyone knows that chinese table tennis itself is like a barrier that is difficult to break. when facing outstanding chinese athletes, foreign players will definitely scramble for them.

in order to "get" an excellent table tennis player, many foreign clubs or national teams will offer generous conditions.

they went abroad in the name of "technical exchange" and ended up becoming foreigners, or what we call "traitors".just stay in other countries, work for those countries, and become a strong competitor of china.

we are not saying whether this method is good or bad, but it is true that this method has allowed chinese table tennis players to break through the technical bottleneck.

take ni xia lian for example. she was one of the strong contenders for the gold medal that year, but she was repeatedly reminded by her coach to "give the ball" to other chinese players.

in that era, "national interests are above all else" and of course this is still the case now. however, nowadays, personal interests may really not be able to withstand the temptation.

with the guidance of her coach, ni xia lian had given up the ball to her opponent many times during the game, which is what we call losing the individual gold medal.

i clearly have the ability to do this, but i have to make concessions for the sake of some "big picture".

this is also why ni xia lian, who is already so "old", chose to continue competing in the paris olympics this year in order to fulfill her dream.

regarding why many outstanding table tennis players did not stay in the country but went to other countries to play, ni xia lian also gave a positive response.

she said that some things were not decided by herself. on the contrary, if it were not for the decision of the organization, perhaps many people would still stay in the country.

it's just ordinary.

the secret that belonged to the chinese table tennis team back then has now been directly confirmed by ni xia lian.

it is very difficult for ordinary players to gain a place in the highly competitive chinese table tennis team.

after losing points one after another and growing older, ni xia lian knew that her journey in the chinese table tennis team was coming to an end.

for her own benefit, she chose to join the german team. the favorable conditions would not only allow her but also her family to live a good life.

since the reality is like this, it is better to live a good life for yourself, so ni xia lian left the chinese team and signed with a german club.

in addition to the different education she received at home and abroad, or in terms of how she treats people, ni xia lian also felt respect and trust she had never had before, so this is why ni xia lian played for the german team later.

and directly establish their own family abroad.

compared with ni xia lian, she is just one of the many "low-key" people who left the chinese team and went to other countries.

however, the results were not so good for those "former" chinese players who were "high-profile" and "roaring", such as zhang benzhihe's father and he zhili.

he is what we all call a "traitor", especially after zhang benzhihe and his family became japanese citizens.no matter in terms of reputation or in other aspects, no matter big or small competition, no matter winning or losing, there is always a chorus of criticism.

speaking of he zhili, it actually seems more like a "revenge".

originally, he zhili should have "given the ball" to guan jianhua in a certain world table tennis championships, after all, she received "instructions" from the coaching staff.

it’s a pity that he zhili herself “doesn’t care”. after all, her abilities are there, why should she give them to others?

the championship that is within your reach should be yours. why give it to others?

so she refused to follow her coach's "instructions" and directly won the women's singles championship at that world table tennis championships.

it was precisely because of this that she suffered "unfair treatment" in the national team. in anger, he zhili made an unimaginable decision, which was to marry a "japanese".

he zhili became "xiaoshan zhili". this was like an act of revenge.

unexpectedly, this player who was once "abandoned" actually defeated chinese players one after another in major competitions afterwards, including deng yaping.

he also invited zhang benzhihe's father to become a japanese citizen.

as we all know, the competitiveness of the chinese table tennis team is not something that can be easily improved.

unexpectedly, it was because of this invitation that china lost "zhang zhihe" and japan gained "harimoto tomokazu".

in various major competitions, zhang benzhihe gradually revealed his talent in table tennis.

coupled with my own hard work and efforts,under the guidance of famous teachers, tomokazu harimoto has appeared in many competitions and made his mark.

let me tell you something that you may or may not know. zhang benzhihe’s master is not only his father, but also he zhili.

and “roaring” is he zhili’s “signature skill”.

one after another, he zhili became known as a "traitor" in everyone's eyes.

perhaps the national table tennis team has learned a lot of lessons over the years.

it's already great to be able to win the game.

things are different now than before. to win the championship, it is not just the players' own efforts. the coaches, sparring partners, and server players behind them are all silently contributing their strength.

nowadays, both the men's and women's table tennis teams are still working silently to safeguard china's honor.

results no longer need to be gained through "giving in", but are achieved through real strength.

although "giving away the ball" is well known to everyone and has become an open secret, even a big devil like zhang yining has "given the ball" to ai fukuhara.

however, both zhang yining and sun yingsha have been caught up in the "giving away points scandal".

as i said, national interests are above everything else on the field. as long as you are worthy of the national flag on your chest, your own name does not matter!

of course, we respect those who travel to other countries for their own interests or personal choices, no matter who they are. after all, the achievements they have left behind are never meant to scare people.

besides, what era is it now? everything will pass with time, winds rise and clouds roll, clouds disperse. just take everything lightly and just be yourself.

in the future, we also hope that more chinese table tennis players will stand on the court and win glory for china!

information sources:

china youth network the paper cctv international

china youth network

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