Text: Xiao Peng's brilliant notes
Editor|Xiao Peng's brilliant notes
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【Foreword】
Watching the athletes work the field, whether it was the audience at the scene or the netizens who watched the live broadcast in China, they all sweated for these athletes.
Especially the table tennis competition on August 1 is extremely exciting, and it is precisely because of this special day "August 1st Army Day" that netizens with a heart picked up four athletes who are not only world champions, but their military ranks are also "high and scary"!
Who are these four athletes? What are their ranks?
【Fan Zhendong】
In the table tennis arena, the showdown between China and Japan has always been in the spotlight, and in the men's singles 1/4 finals of the Paris Olympics this year, it seems to be even more exciting.
Our Chinese player Fan Zhendong and Japan's Tomokazu Zhang had a fierce duel, and during the match, Fan Zhendong showed strong adjustment ability and psychological quality in the tiebreaker.
After all, today's Fan Zhendong is the "lone seedling" player in this men's singles event, he can't lose, and he can't afford to lose!
Although Fan Zhendong fell behind in the first few games, he did not give up, but by constantly adjusting his tactics and state, he finally won the tiebreaker 11-7, thus defeating Tomokazu Zhang with a total score of 4-3.
Especially in the deciding game, Fan Zhendong dared to exert his strength, withstood the pressure at the critical moment, and finally locked the victory 11-7 and successfully advanced to the semifinals.
After the match, Zhang was not convinced, admitting that Fan Zhendong had a very strong ability to adjust, but at the same time he also said that if he played two more games, the result could be different.
Xiaobian wants to say: Even if you play a few more rounds, the victory belongs to us, after all, Fan Zhendong is not just an athlete, he is also a soldier, and his tenacity of "not admitting defeat" and "not giving up" is destined for his success!
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Fan Zhendong joined the "Bayi Team" at the age of 11 and began his military career, and also received the "rank of second lieutenant" with great honor, and he honed his strong will and fighting spirit in the army, these qualities had a profound impact on his career.
At the 7th Military World Games in 2019, Fan Zhendong won the first table tennis gold medal in history for the Chinese team with his outstanding performance, and won 4 gold medals, winning the "first-class merit".
His performance fully embodied the soldiers' spirit of tenacious struggle and daring to fight and win, and won honor for the country and the army.
There is a good saying: what kind of general, what kind of soldiers! Fan Zhendong's coach Liu Guoliang is not a "simple person......
【Liu Guoliang】
A Liu Guoliang, half of the history of Chinese table tennis!
Liu Guoliang is a legendary figure in the history of Chinese table tennis, he is not only a "world champion and a national champion", he is also the "chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association", and has brought out 14 world champions!
But this is nothing, Liu Guoliang's most exciting identity is that he is also a soldier......
Liu Guoliang was selected to join the Bayi team at the age of 10 and became an active soldier, during which he performed well and won the men's singles and men's doubles championships at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, becoming the first Chinese athlete to win a double table tennis championship at the official Olympic Games.
Liu Guoliang was also awarded the rank of colonel, and he had a high military status in the army, despite this, he was discharged at the age of 35 and officially took off his military uniform at the age of 40.
As the former head coach of national table tennis, Liu Guoliang not only performed well as an athlete, but also did his best to help the national table tennis progress during his tenure as a coach, setting a good example for all military athletes.
As an athlete, Liu Guoliang won two gold medals in men's singles and men's doubles at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games, and won the men's singles title at the 1999 World Table Tennis Championships in Eindhoven, becoming a Grand Slam winner of the Olympic Games, World Championships and World Cup.
He is the first men's Grand Slam winner in the history of Chinese table tennis and the first table tennis player to use the technique of straight and horizontal shooting in an official competition and achieve success.
After retiring, Liu Guoliang transformed into a coach and continued to contribute to the Chinese table tennis team.
In 2003, he served as the head of the teaching and research team of the men's team and the head coach of the men's team of the Chinese national table tennis team, and led the team to many brilliant achievements.
In 2004 and 2006, he led the Chinese men's table tennis team to win the men's team championship at the 47th and 48th World Table Tennis Championships respectively.
Even Fan Zhendong, who is now shining on the field, is also a "good soldier" under Liu Guoliang!
【Yang Jiayu】
In addition to the stalemate of the table tennis event in the Paris Olympics, the race walking event is also exciting.
Our Chinese athlete Yang Jiayu won the gold medal in the women's 20km race walk, finishing the race in 1 hour, 25 minutes and 54 seconds, and has been leading since the start of the race.
You must know that race walking is also one of the most tiring competitions in the Olympic Games, which is an extreme test of endurance and concentration, especially in the extremely hot outdoor arena in Paris.
However, Yang Jiayu showed great endurance and speed in the race, and she took the lead alone around the 8th kilometer, and continued to expand the distance between her opponents in the race, and finally crossed the finish line with a perfect ride.
This performance of hers not only showcases her physical and technical excellence, but also her mental strength.
And Yang Jiayu's victory is also the 11th gold medal won by the Chinese track and field team in this Olympic Games, which further consolidates China's leading position on the international track and field stage.
Yang Jiayu is also a retired soldier, and in 2019, she successfully won the championship medal in the women's 20km race walk at the 7th Military World Games.
She also qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil, and won gold medals in the women's 20km race walk at the Tianjin National Games, the World Athletics Championships in London and the Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Now she has won the title again, successfully achieving Grand Slam achievements at the Military Games, Asian Games, Olympic Games, World Championships and world records.
【Lin Dane】
Lin Dan, a "Chinese badminton player", was also a soldier, and he was specially recruited into the army in November 1995 to become a cadet of the badminton team of the Political Department of the Nanjing Military Region, and was later promoted to the level of civilian cadres level 5.
In 2008, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel and served as the deputy director of the Physical Training Center of the Political Department of the Nanjing Military Region.
It's just that Lin Dan has already transferred from the army in 2015 and became a veteran, but despite this, after winning the competition, he often salutes to show respect for the army.
Lin Dan, also known as "Super Dan", is known for his excellent visual acuity, court experience, and quick reflexes.
Introduced to badminton at the age of 5 and joined the national team at the age of 17 and became the world's No. 1 badminton player at the age of 19, Lin Dan won the men's singles championship at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics, and was the first athlete in the history of badminton to combine the Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, Sudirman Cup and Thomas Cup Grand Slam.
He also holds 20 world titles, including five World Championships in Men's Singles and multiple World Cups.
He defeated Bao Chunlai in the final of the 2006 Badminton World Championships in Madrid, Spain, to win the men's singles world championship for the first time, followed by another title in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2007, and he also helped China win six Thomas Cups and five Sudirman Cups.
【Conclusion】
No matter what kind of identity these people are, they deserve to be praised and respected, because they are all people who have won glory for the country.
In this Paris Olympic Games, there are still a lot of athletes sweating, so I sincerely hope that they can move forward bravely and achieve good results, come on!
Resources:
Baidu Encyclopedia - Fan Zhendong
Baidu Encyclopedia - Liu Guoliang
Baidu Encyclopedia - Lin Dan
Baidu Encyclopedia - Yang Jiayu