On February 27, Beijing time, Japanese media news, Japanese table tennis veteran, at the Tokyo Olympic Games for the Japanese team to win the only Olympic table tennis gold medal Mizutani Hayabusa held a formal retirement ceremony.
Many table tennis celebrities sent blessings to Mizutani Hayabusa, and Zhang Benzhi and 14-year-old Matsushima Huikong played an exhibition match with him. After the game, Mizutani Hayabusa was thrown by his teammates.
Mizutani Hayabusa's daughter sent him flowers, and Grand Slam player Malone, world number one Ocyanov and German legendary table tennis player Pol all sent blessings.
Today, the retirement ceremony of Hayabusa Mizutani was held before the match between the Ryukyu team and the Tokyo team held at the Tachikawa Tateshi at the Tokyo Arena. He played an exhibition match with teammates Tomokazu Zhang Ben and Keiko Matsushima.
After the game, the two teams lifted the Mizutani Falcon together and threw him high. Players from both sides sent blessings to the Japanese table tennis veteran.
The 32-year-old Mizutani Hayabusa's match with two youngsters also symbolizes the inheritance of Japanese table tennis. The 32-year-old veteran, who successfully fulfilled his dream last year, won the mixed doubles championship of Olympic table tennis. At the Rio Olympics, Hayabusa Mizutani broke through for the Japanese team and won a medal.
During the competition, Mizutani Hayabusa's eldest daughter brought him flowers. Mizutani Hayabusa then said: Yesterday, I didn't know that my family had prepared such a gift for me. When I received the flowers, I was already in tears.
After that, there were also video blessings sent by Marlon, Pol, and Ocyanov for Mizutani Falcon. The congratulations of these former opponents touched Mizutani Hayabusa.
Hayabusa Mizutani said: Once upon a time, I always thought I was a person. But I didn't expect that in the big family of table tennis, there are so many old friends, which makes me feel no longer alone. And today is a new beginning, he still has a lot of work to do, he will do his best to let everyone on the team see their shining points.
The Mizutani Hayabusa has always targeted Malone and Pol as their goal, and eventually succeeded. Ochanov was his main rival, and the two staged several bronze medal battles. These opponents were too warm to him.
After the Olympic Games, there was news of Mizutani Hayabusa's retirement. But at the invitation of his friends, he still participated in this year's T League.
Unlike in the past, today's Mizutani Hayabusa is no longer the main force of the team. More often, he appeared as a partner of Zhang Benzhi and doubles. This season, he played in three doubles games but won only 1. Most of the time, he sits on the sidelines as a coach and conducts.
Hayabusa Mizutani is the leader of the Japanese team and the key figure in the current japanese team's rise.
He won the Japan Championship in a record 10 times and finished in the top three at both Olympic Games. His Olympic gold medal has enabled more young Japanese players to participate in table tennis competitions. At the same time, it also improved the strength of the team.
However, after The departure of Mizutani Hayabusa, the next Olympic Games, there is no successor to the Japanese mixed doubles event. Ito has not chosen a new partner, and it is possible that she will only compete in the women's singles and women's doubles.
Hayabusa Mizutani is versatile and had to rest due to eye diseases.
Unlike the rest of the Japanese team, he also showed his talent in other aspects, and the future Mizutani Hayabusa did not worry about having no income and work.
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