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preface
Chinese table tennis has a long history, and there are many who can be called geniuses.
But Ma Long, who is now fighting four Olympic Games, is a "god" in the minds of countless people.
No, at the upcoming Paris Olympics, he was selected to be the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation at the opening ceremony.
But for some reason, it's obviously an exciting and proud thing.
Netizens began to worry one after another, and even threatened that terrible things were still to come!
"New Identity"
"See you in Paris, Dragons!"
In the past two years, in almost many games, fans can be heard shouting in unison for Ma Long.
The reason is simple: the Paris Olympics are coming soon.
But obviously, for athletes, especially Ma Long, whose injuries are getting worse, every day is a test.
But fortunately, Ma Long and the Paris Olympics are still linked together after all.
Even said that this trip to Paris has further established his status in the Chinese sports world!
On the 24th, the official released a news about Ma Long and Feng Yu serving as the flagbearers of the Chinese delegation at the opening ceremony.
As soon as this incident came out, there was an instant uproar on the Internet.
After all, before this, countless people thought that Ma Long could, but it was difficult to be selected because of his height.
You must know that all along, the athletes who serve as flag bearers are basically above 1.9 meters.
However, it turns out that Malone deserves the position.
Unexpectedly, with the arrival of good news, netizens soon began to be sad.
Because, Malone is about to be 36 years old.
The Three Musketeers
Speaking of Ma Long, I have to think of Xu Xin and Zhang Jike.
However, it is obvious that as the same batch of players, the other two are now behind the scenes and retired from the scenes.
The story of Zhang Jike is well known to everyone.
He was so arrogant back then, but later he did so many shocking things.
But compared with Zhang Jike's "self-inflicted", Xu Xin had no choice but to temporarily withdraw from the big competition.
Because of this, fans will inevitably recall the year when he "took the lead".
In 2019, many people in the national table tennis team fell into a low period, Ma Long went abroad for treatment due to illness, and Zhang Jike was in a semi-retired state.
In this way, the burden naturally fell on Xu Xin's head.
After all, as Malone once said: if I am still in Paris, it proves that the young people in the team are not good.
At that time, Xu Xin's situation was very different.
Therefore, he participated in more than a dozen games that year, but almost all of them were ill.
It's not uncommon to have gauze wrapped around your body and ice packs attached to it.
Fortunately, all the effort is worth it.
It was Xu Xin's desperate defense, coupled with Lin Gaoyuan, who "supported the flag", that the Chinese table tennis team failed to be "exploited".
It turned out that seeing the languishing appearance of the team at that time, the foreign association thought: This is the best time to attack.
It's a pity that their wishful thinking was wrong.
Although compared to Xu Xin, there are not many similar situations for Ma Long.
But as his first Olympic men's singles battle, it was also full of twists and turns.
In 2016, Ma Long faced Korea's Jung Young-sik.
Like everyone else, he conducted a month-long study of Malone before the game.
Sure enough.
This painstaking preparation was not in vain, and Zheng Rongzhi beat Ma Long a little confused.
But at the critical moment, Liu Guoliang's "change of clothes" made Ma Long regain his confidence.
In the end, Zheng Rongzhi still couldn't withstand the surprise attack of the Dragons and lost the singles.
This game was also brought up by Malone many years later, and claimed to be very impressive in his career.
However, unexpectedly, Ma Long immediately said bluntly: Especially seeing Zheng Rongzhi hiding his face and crying after the game, it was even more unforgettable.
Good guy, I thought his personality was the same because of his gentle appearance, but who knew that it was "Yan'er bad".
But perhaps, it can also be seen from this that Malone is not like the public stereotype.
It's unpredictable
Obviously, the reason why netizens regret Malone is also because he is too good.
And such players have always been rare.
But unfortunately, people have to serve the old.
In the face of his increasingly serious body and age, I believe that Ma Long is also very helpless.
However, as the saying goes, "Lao Jiang is immortal, and the torch is passed down from generation to generation".
may be for Ma Long, he can still be on the field at this stage, which is actually a kind of teaching for the younger generations.
After all, as the idol of the new generation of Wang Chuqin, he can be said to have made Wang Chuqin learn countless things.
Especially the fight between the two some time ago, Wang Chuqin has been forcing Wang Chuqin to face Ma Long in his right hand, which is really good intentions.
However, that game did not make Wang Chuqin react.
But it is enough to prove that Ma Long's position as captain is worthy of the name.
In fact, to be honest, although netizens regret that he is "about to retire".
But obviously, this is the norm.
It's just that because Malone is too good, fans can't bear to see such an outstanding athlete and have no choice but to leave because of age.
However, judging from the fact that he has always lamented that he "can't participate in Paris", maybe Ma Long's "retirement" is still far away?
After all, not everyone can do what he does.
At last year's Hangzhou Asian Games, Ma Long's honor alone was enough to make the host "breathless".
Therefore, there was a hot search entry at that time, which probably means that the mouse was "risking" because of Ma Long's resume.
Therefore, I also hope that fans do not have to worry too much and regret.
At the moment, the more important thing for everyone is the next race in Paris.
Looking forward to the table tennis team of the China Pavilion to create more brilliance.
epilogue
It is undeniable that Malone's age is not dominant now.
But I have to admit that his strength is enough to be called a sentence "the sword is not old".
Although with the blessing of injury and age, Malone does make people worry about retirement.
But obviously, it seems that all this is not accurate.
Therefore, in any case, fans and netizens don't have to worry too much.
After all, supporting Malone and the national team is more important at the moment.
What do you think of Malone?
Some sources of information in the article:
[1] Ma Long_Baidu Encyclopedia
[2] Ma Long proudly became the first person in 25 years to become the first person in 25 years