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Looking back affectionately: Zhili Koyama's legendary table tennis road In the world of table tennis, there is a name that you may not be familiar with now, but when the Asian Games are mobilized, the members of the national table tennis team will mention her - Zhili Koyama. She once had an unusual name, originally He Zhili, a table tennis genius born in Shanghai. She was a member of the national table tennis women's team and won glory for the country, however, her fate changed drastically at the 39th Table Tennis World Championships in 1987.
The turning point in this story came in the semifinals, when Ho Zhili had to face her teammate Guan Jianhua. Guoping hopes that she will lose to Guan Jianhua to increase her chances of winning gold. However, Ho refused to give up her medal, and she firmly did not accept such an arrangement, and finally defeated Guan Jianhua 3-0. Although she eventually won the championship, He Zhili was disqualified from the Olympic Games because of disobeying orders, which also led to her withdrawal from table tennis in 1989.
After retiring, He Zhili was introduced by the Japanese National Table Tennis Table, she became a Japanese nationality, and changed her name to Zhili Koyama. In 1992, Tomori Koyama made a comeback and began to represent Japan National Table Tennis in competitions. However, the moment that really made her feud with China National Table Tennis came at the 1994 Asian Games, where Zhili Koyama defeated Chen Jing, Qiao Hong and Deng Yaping to win the women's singles championship. During the match, she celebrated her victory in Japanese sentence by sentence, and her remarks deeply hurt the hearts of Chinese fans, especially the last sentence: "But I am happier than I won as a Chinese player."
On behalf of the Japanese team, Tomori Koyama has defeated Chinese national table tennis four times and has become the pride of Japanese national table tennis. However, as she grew older and plagued by injuries, her strength gradually declined and she was no longer the darling of Japanese fans. In addition, Tomori Koyama divorced her Japanese husband and life was not going well.
However, Tomori Koyama is still lucky. After all, she was a player trained by the national table tennis table. At the 2005 World Table Tennis Championships, she was invited by National Table Tennis to return to China for the first time, and although it caused some doubts at the time, she eventually returned to her parent team. Recently, she was interviewed by the media and served as the promotion officer of table tennis in China.
In the interview, Oyama recalled her remarks at the Asian Games and apologized for her words and actions. She also thanked China National Table Tennis for her training path. In addition, she talked about the development status and some problems of table tennis in China, and said that she would invest more energy in promoting the development of table tennis in the future. This statement undoubtedly moved fans of Chinese table tennis. Liu Guoliang has always hoped that more celebrities will join the promotion of table tennis, and this time, he has finally waited. This story is not only a legend of table tennis, but also a witness of the emotional bond between a person, a country and a team.
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