Compared with countless men and women who come to Shenzhen to work hard, Lin Jianyu and Gao Weixia are undoubtedly lucky because they finally took root and became members of this rising first-tier city in China.

On March 19, 1995, in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, a couple with their ancestral home in Huizhou welcomed their precious son.

Compared with countless men and women who come to Shenzhen to work hard, Lin Jianyu and Gao Weixia are undoubtedly lucky because they finally took root and became a member of this rising first-tier city in . Looking forward to the future, the two have full expectations for their children and their future, so they named him with the word "high and lofty".

Ambition should be high, what a beautiful meaning!

At that time, the Lin family, who liked table tennis, would not have thought that the little boy in front of him would become a member of the national team more than 20 years later and win the world championship. Although this dream began to take root and sprout from their previous generation, the competition in the Chinese table tennis world was too fierce, so many similar dreams would have to be resolved in the end.

But at the same time, they would not have thought that together with the success of Lin Gaoyuan , there will be a series of tortuous ups and downs, as well as endless controversy.

Like his parents, Lin Gaoyuan's life is also very lucky.

Compared with these predecessors, Lin Gaoyuan's starting point is very good.

There is a saying that goes well: All roads lead to Rome, and some people are born in Rome, or near Rome.

In addition, compared with Ma Lin's parents know nothing about table tennis, Lin Gaoyuan has been involved in sports since his ancestors. His father started practicing football at the age of 8. He also participated in training in Huizhou and achieved good results. This also laid a solid foundation for his later growth, and also saved many common troubles in the struggle.

But this does not mean that Lin Gaoyuan's ping-pong journey will be smooth sailing. After all, no one will be like this, and it is even more impossible to become the world champion of China's table tennis.

4 years old, Lin Gaoyuan was spotted by a local coach and began to develop in a professional direction. In order to cultivate the spirit of independence of children, parents sent Lin Gaoyuan, who was only 6 years old, to Guangzhou to live independently, leaving an unforgettable experience. When recalling this incident many years later, he couldn't help but sigh:

"I miss home every night and want to go back."

However, compared with the seniors who rushed from Liaoning and Hubei to Guangdong to develop, the hardships Lin Gaoyuan suffered are indeed acceptable, not to mention that the father of ordinary people is obviously not as "tyranny" as his father Lin Jianyu-

In order to let his son find role models and goals to strive for, he took Lin Gaoyuan to various places to see famous players playing basketball and take photos of the world champions, including Kong Linghui and Ma Lin.

In order to give his son a better playing environment, he actually set up a table tennis hall and lost more than 100,000 yuan in a few years!

"Children are talented in playing basketball and love playing basketball. As parents, they must support them if they have the conditions, and they must create support even if they have no conditions."

and Lin Jianyu's efforts have finally paid off.

In 2004, Lin Gaoyuan was officially selected for the Guangdong Provincial Team, and then won the championship in the 2006 National Youth Table Tennis Competition (11 years old in the Southern Division), gradually making his mark among his peers.

In 2009, Lin Gaoyuan gloriously became a member of the national team, and then began to participate in international competitions and achieved many good results. He won the championships of many youth competitions just one year later, attracting the close attention of the coaching staff and fans.

The Chinese table tennis team at that time was in a critical period of alternation between old and new. Zhang Jike , Ma Long , Xu Xin began to rise, and then slowly replaced Wang Liqin , Ma Lin, Wang Hao and others, which also means that the cultivation of a younger generation will be put on the agenda.

However, in the Chinese table tennis team full of talents, it is too difficult for Lin Gaoyuan to emerge. Especially during his growth, some people have pointed out that there are serious problems with his forehand framework, which may seriously limit its development in the future. In fact, there is no need to wait for the future. Lin Gaoyuan has suffered losses and lost due to this link many times.

As a result, Lin Gaoyuan stayed in the national team for 8 years but failed to join the main ranks. At this time, he was 22 years old and was not young.

All the turning point came from a decision made by Liu Guoliang .

In 2017, the Chinese table tennis team broke the rules and held the first "Twelve People on the Top" competition, and publicly selected the World Table Tennis Championships in a new model.

If it is customary, the list of men's teams in that World Table Tennis Championship is likely to be Ma Long, Zhang Jike, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong , Fang Bo , but no one expected that Lin Gaoyuan would emerge and defeat Xu Xin and others, and eventually won himself the first ticket to participate in the World Championship in his life.

. Corresponding to this is the world champion Fang Bo, who beat Xu Xin and Zhang Jike in the last competition and almost pulled Ma Long off the men's singles final, began to decline from then on and never returned to the main ranks.

For a moment, everyone was extremely excited about the rise of young Chinese men's table tennis players, and Liu Guoliang also commented:

"The appearance of Lin Gaoyuan broke the current pattern of Chinese men's table tennis. After today, Lin Gaoyuan will officially prepare for the battle according to the standards of the first main force, formulate plans, and enjoy consultation."

But Lin Gaoyuan's subsequent performance was shocking.

Dusseldorf World Table Tennis Championships, Lin Gaoyuan encountered Xu Xin again, and the result was a big score of 2-0 and 3-2 and was reversed. What's even more incredible is that he led 10-5 in the final game, but he lost 6 points in a row and was eliminated. What makes people speechless is another game a few months later.

In the 2017 Men's Table Tennis World Cup, the national table tennis team only had 2 places to participate. As a result, one was given to the Grand Slam Ma Long, and the other was given to Lin Gaoyuan. At that time, Liu Guoliang and the coaching team attached great importance to him.

However, in the quarter-finals, facing the 36-year-old German veteran Bol , Lin Gaoyuan led 3-1 and lost again. Moreover, he led 10-4 and was chased to 10-10. He then led 11-10 but failed to win. He was saved by the opponent and was shockingly reversed. It was even more outrageous than the last time he lost Xu Xin.

After this battle, ITTF even joked when encountering the athletes being reversed, saying that this is the so-called "Lin gaoyuan moment". How could it be embarrassing?

Since then, Lin Gaoyuan has lost foreign games many times in international competitions, especially the most impressive men's singles final in the 2018 final. At that time, he was beaten by the 15-year-old Japanese young player Zhang Bento and , and eventually lost 1-4.

And in the next three years, Lin Gaoyuan almost lost all the top opponents of the national table tennis team. The most unacceptable one is that the 2020 Qatar Open lost to 44-year-old Belarus star Samsonov - Although Lao Sa was once an important opponent of the Chinese team , after all, the age is there. Lin Gaoyuan, as the main player of the active national table tennis team, did not win, it is really not right!

It was also in that year that Lin Gaoyuan lost to the Busan World Table Tennis Championships, which led to a decline in the main lineup of the national table tennis men's team. However, due to the outbreak of the epidemic, the competition was cancelled, so Lin Gaoyuan seemed to have lost nothing.

By 2021, the Tokyo Olympics must have nothing to do with him, but the Houston World Table Tennis Championships made his career angry again. Because of the voluntary withdrawal of veterans Ma Long and Xu Xin, Lin Gaoyuan was successfully selected into the men's singles and men's doubles events, and once again became one of the top five main players.

However, in the next game, he also did not achieve good results. The men's singles lost to his teammate Fan Zhendong, and the men's doubles lost to Swedish combination Falke /Karlson, and the foreign war continued to collapse. What’s even more annoying is that this is far from the end.

After 2022, Lin Gaoyuan suffered another foreign defeat in the WTT Grand Slam in March, losing 0-3 to South Korean player Lin Zhongxun. In the WTT Championship in July, the "Lin Gaoyuan Moment" that has not been seen for a long time appeared again.

When teammates Wang Chuqin , Ma Long and Liang Jingkun were all eliminated, Lin Gaoyuan was in a state of great momentum and 11-0 critical hit China Taipei World Champion Zhuang Zhiyuan advanced to the finals and competed with Zhang Benzhihe for the championship again. After the game started, Lin Gaoyuan came up and won three games in a row to force the Japanese young player into a desperate situation, but an accident still happened.

From the fourth game, Lin Gaoyuan gradually declined, but was taken down by the opponent, and then lost the fifth game. But in the sixth game, Lin Gaoyuan showed his strength again, leading 10-5 and winning 5 match points, and winning another goal can become the "lonely brave man" of the national table tennis team. Defeating Zhang Benzhihe and winning the championship proves himself!

However, Lin Gaoyuan's next performance was shocking. He first lost 5 points in a row and was tied 10-10 by Zhang Benzhihe, and then led 11-10 and reversed by the opponent 11-13.

In the next decisive game, Lin Gaoyuan did not win the lead 9-4. He lost 7 points in a row and lost the entire game 9-11, thus spitting out the champion who had already reached the mouth. It was really incredible!

Many people expressed their dissatisfaction with Lin Gaoyuan's defeat online. After Liu Guoliang lost in the finals three years ago, a passage from Liu Guoliang's comment on him also quickly became popular online:

"Lin Gaoyuan was the only one who should have killed the enemy in the most critical 0.1 second, but he was ruthless. It seems like a pity, but he would definitely make such mistakes countless times before or after. Everyone thought it was a little worse, but in fact it was a lot worse."

As Liu Guoliang said, Lin Gaoyuan did make many of the same mistakes "before or after" in 2018, and these mistakes lingered him like nightmare, making his career always staying in a position where he could not achieve high or low, and it was difficult to break through.

Even though he had defeated Fan Zhendong and others, won the Asian championship, and was once ranked second in the world, these could not make up for the fatal injury of Lin Gaoyuan's psychological quality.

As many netizens said: Lin Gaoyuan has never lost to Zhang Benzhihe technically, and he is all psychologically defeated.

So can the once-wind-chasing boy shine again? As long as you haven't retired yet, everything is possible! Finally, I hope Lin Gaoyuan can be reborn from the fire in the face of failure, let everything start from scratch, and continue to fight for tomorrow: Come on!