He is a legend in the Chinese table tennis world and a household name in the sports world who has brought passion and joy to countless Chinese people.
Recalling the heroic posture of Ma Lin on the field, almost all of which were the scenes of him passing through all the competitions, and his changing serves and sharp side-to-side rushing made the opponents chaotic, making the audience cheer and excitement.
However, such a famous table tennis player who is always invincible on the field also has an unusual story in his emotional life.
When we were preparing for the war, we "talk" out of love
As the saying goes, "Writing and style are not separated", Ma Lin's first marriage was to marry a graceful and beautiful actress.
In fact, before meeting Zhang Ningyi , Ma Lin also had a relationship that caused a huge response in the circle.
During the preparation cycle for the Athens Olympics, he fell in love with the women's table tennis Poplar .
In the 2003 World Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles final, Ma Lin happened to face the combination of Bai Yang and Liu Guozheng in the final. The clues on the field failed to escape everyone's eyes. At this moment, more people learned about the special relationship between the two.
In early 2004, in order to avoid affecting the preparations for the Athens Olympics, Bai Yang and four other team members were returned to their respective provincial teams by head coach Cai Zhenhua on the grounds that they were in love early, which affected the national players' preparations for the Athens Olympics.
Bai Yang left crying and officially proposed to break up. After that, his mentality changed a lot, and he played several consecutive games with bumpy plays.
In March, Ma Lin returned to Shenyang to attend a friend's party. Zhang Ningyi happened to be there, and he also found a familiar face that had been watched thousands of times on live TV.
Zhang Ningyi was both surprised and happy, and hurriedly stepped forward to get in touch with fellow villagers.
Unexpectedly, Ma Lin, who was majestic on the table, had a flushed face when she saw the girl.
The two started to chat. After learning that the other party was all from Shenyang who were working hard in Beijing, their hearts got closer.
At the end of the party, Ma Lin took the initiative to walk forward and said, "You are such a pistachio."
Zhang Ningyi smiled and said, "In the future, you will become pistachios."
From then on, Zhang Ningyi called Ma Lin legitimately. After more than two months of "talking", Ma Lin was used to greetings like this.
One day, Ma Lin finally couldn't help asking: "What is our relationship now?"
Zhang Ningyi thought for a while and said: "A little more friendship and less love."
After hearing this, he silly said "oh" and said nothing.
At that time, 24-year-old Marlin was in a critical period of preparing for the Athens Olympics. He failed to make the national team roster four years ago at the Sydney Olympics. This time, he did not want to miss this excellent opportunity.
After the holiday, Ma Lin prepared for the Olympics while using her spare time to keep in touch with Zhang Ningyi. The two also had dinner and went shopping together on weekends.
One day, Zhang Ningyi talked about "stylish matching" on the phone and gradually became a good topic in the circle, but Ma Lin's emotions didn't sound high.
After being asked, Ma Lin said that "Bai Yang already has a boyfriend."
was hung up directly. When Ma Lin called again, it was already "the number you called was turned off" and he lost contact for a week.
So, he told this to Kong Linghui , and Kong Linghui was happy as soon as he heard it. "Ms. Zhang has been in contact with you for several months, but she still fell in love with you, but you sighed in front of her that Bai Yang has a new boyfriend."
Ma Lin then woke up and immediately asked Kong Linghui how to save him. Kong Linghui gave him an idea: go to school to block.
Holding a bouquet of roses, I waited at the entrance of the college until after ten o'clock in the evening.
Ma Lin squatted on the ground and was about to send a text message again. Before the text message was sent, someone patted his shoulder and looked back and found that it was Zhang Ningyi.
He handed over the flower and held it in for a long time before saying, "Let's go.""
secretly received a certificate, and only after Beijing Olympic won the championship, announced to the outside world that
Athens Olympics is Ma Lin's first Olympic Games. After Kong Linghui, Liu Guoliang and other players faded out, he had become the leader of the Chinese men's table tennis team and was also the world's number one favorite to win the championship.
In the Olympic 1/8 final, Ma Lin encountered the 39-year-old Sweden html l3 veteran Waldenel .
5 years ago, Marin's battle for life in the international arena was in the men's singles semifinals of the 1999 World Table Tennis Championships defeating the most powerful Waldener 3-2.
Now Waldener is 5 years older, and Marin should not be afraid of "old Waldener". However, after the game began, Waldener, who was a veteran in the ball, quickly took the initiative, and Marin only The third game won a game back, but finally lost 1-4 and was eliminated early.
This loss was undoubtedly a major blow. After the
game, Ma Lin quickly called Zhang Ningyi, who was far away in Beijing. He was crying on the phone . Zhang Ningyi kept comforting Ma Lin, asking him to come out of the shadow of failure and prepare for the men's doubles final that will start the next day.
In the men's doubles final on the second day, Ma Lin and the middle The junior Chen Yan of the Chinese men's table tennis team, against the Li Jing / Gao Lize combination. In the end, he successfully got rid of the trouble of losing the men's singles the day before. Ma Lin/Chen Yan defeated Li Jing/Gao Lize 4-2.
won the men's doubles championship, and Ma Lin felt relieved and was extremely excited. He called Zhang Ningyi again, "I won the Olympic champion, marry me! "
Seeing that his boyfriend became the Olympic champion, Zhang Ningyi was not so happy and agreed to Ma Lin happily.
After the Olympics, he returned to Beijing and immediately gave Zhang Ningyi a big diamond ring to propose to Zhang Ningyi.
At the end of August, Ma Lin and Zhang Ningyi registered to marry, and bought a house in Daxing District , preparing to spend the two-person world with Zhang Ningyi here.
For Ma Lin, the Olympic men's singles championship has always been his unfinished dream, 008 Beijing Olympics may be the last time Ma Lin has a chance to win the Olympic men's singles championship.
In the next four years, Ma Lin continued to fight south and north, gained a lot of honors, and worked towards the greatest goal.
In Beijing, Ma Lin's performance seemed much more stable. He passed the hurdles and entered the finals of the Beijing Olympics. In the finals, he performed well, defeating his teammate, Wang Hao, who was ranked first in the world at that time, and stood on the highest podium of the men's singles competition in the Beijing Olympics. After winning the championship, he finally exposed his love affair to the outside world: "Thanks to his wife Zhang Ningyi for his understanding and support along the way. " Excited feeling is beyond words.
At this time, people learned that the two had already obtained marriage certificates and got married four years ago, but they had not held a wedding.
What is even more surprising is that not only the outside world knows nothing about Ma Lin's marriage certificate, but even Ma Lin's parents don't know this situation.
The divorce war was hit hard, and the goddess accompanied her through the trough
However, after the end of the Beijing Olympics, rumors about the crisis of Ma Lin and Zhang Ningyi's relationship were rampant.
20097 In the month, a piece of news stirred up a lot of romance: Ma Lin filed a lawsuit, demanding the termination of the marriage relationship with Zhang Ningyi.
Ma Lin claimed in the divorce indictment that there was a lack of understanding before marriage, and the couple's emotional foundation was weak after marriage, and the friction in life was constantly. They often quarrel due to disagreement between each other, and the conflicts became increasingly intensified. Since December 2008, the plaintiff and the defendant have been separated, and the relationship between the couple has broken down. Continuing can only increase the pain of both parties, so they requested a divorce.
This "divorce war" broke out in court for more than a year, and ended with the two's formal divorce. Ma Lin's villa and millions of property (with tens of millions of assets combined) were all distributed to Zhang Ningyi.
Once upon a time, they were so sweet, they made a vow together to walk the journey of life, but now they are suddenly as strong as water and fire, which makes Ma Lin unacceptable, and she is very depressed, and even has huge changes in weight due to irregular diet and life.
At the same time, due to the age, Ma Lin also passed the peak of her athlete's career, and she faced the worst crisis in life in both career and relationship.
In the dark years of life, Zhang Yaqing walked into Ma Lin's heart, walking together through thick and thin, accompanying him through the trough of his life.
Zhang Yaqing once received systematic rhythmic gymnastics training, but she did not follow the path of a professional athlete. Instead, she became a dance and body coach after graduating from Guangzhou Sports College .
Later, she came to Beijing to be a yoga instructor, and in the process of helping Ma Lin lose weight, she developed feelings.
is also an athlete. They have many common languages and their relationship quickly heated up. At the end of 2013, the two registered their marriage in Beijing and held a grand wedding ceremony.
At the wedding, he expressed his gratitude to Zhang Yaqing. On the same day, he also announced his official retirement to the outside world, ending his glorious professional athlete career.
For Ma Lin, who has long been accustomed to athletes' lives, this change is obviously of extraordinary significance and has begun to enter the next stage of life. After retiring, Ma Lin returned to Guangdong and served as director of the Guangdong Provincial Table Tennis and Badminton Center, while his wife Zhang Yaqing stayed in Beijing to live.
Returning to the national table tennis coaching performance was extraordinary, and his wife became a "goddess"
In April 2016, Zhang Yaqing gave birth to a son. It was obviously not a long-term solution to separate from his wife and children for a long time. At the end of the year, Ma Lin resigned from her position at the Guangdong Provincial Table Tennis and Badminton Center and returned to Beijing to develop.
coincided with 2017. The Chinese men's table tennis team recruited young coaches to join the team to coach, and Ma Lin joined the national table tennis team and served as the head coach of Ma Long .
Soon, he showed outstanding abilities in his coaching position. The following year, Malone, whom he was in charge, won the men's singles championship in the World Table Tennis Championships in Dusseldorf, Germany. However, in August, due to internal adjustments of the Chinese men's table tennis team, Ma Lin left the national team.
When he left the national team, Ma Lin served as an online anchor and endorsed wine sales for Guizhou wine merchants. All of this caused great controversy.
However, after experiencing the experience of time and all kinds of ups and downs, he has become very mature and steady. What's more, with his wife, he has been able to face the ups and downs calmly.
At the end of 2018, Ma Lin got the opportunity to return to the national table tennis team and came to coach the national table tennis women's team.
In his position as a coach, he seems to have extraordinary talents. The Liu Shiwen , Xu Xin and Chen Meng all achieved outstanding results in the 2019 Hungarian World Table Tennis Championships: Liu Shiwen won the women's singles championship, Chen Meng won the women's singles runner-up, and the combination of Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin won the mixed doubles championship.
2021 Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese table tennis team has returned after a lifetime of honor. They won four gold medals in men's singles, women's singles, men's team and women's team in one fell swoop. Ma Lin, who transformed from an athlete to a coach, naturally made an indelible contribution.
11, Ma Lin took her two beloved disciples Chen Meng and Qian Tianyi to the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, with him being guided throughout the whole process.
During the ups and downs of Ma Lin, Zhang Yaqing, as her wife, has always been very low-key. She doesn't like to show up in public, but focuses on his backing, and supports him as always, taking care of housework, caring for his husband and children.
And when you mention your wife, Ma Lin will also have a happy smile on her face.
So at this time, how is Ma Lin’s ex-wife Zhang Ningyi doing?
In November 2014, Zhang Ningyi and Zheng Yan, who works in the Beijing financial system, received the marriage certificate . The next year, they gave birth to a lovely daughter.
In 2015, Zhang Ningyi came to the United States with Zheng Yan, who was sent to work by his unit.
Over the years, although she has occasionally taken over some film and television dramas, there is no doubt that her family has become the focus of life. Time flies, and Ma Lin and Zhang Ningyi have both begun a new stage of their lives.
Ma Lin, who has experienced ups and downs, dedicated her light and heat to the position of coach of the Chinese national table tennis team, and has achieved admirable achievements in the field of table tennis.
In terms of love life, after experiencing the unsuccessful first marriage, Ma Lin now has a happy and fulfilling family.
At the same time, Zhang Ningyi also found his own happiness after the divorce case and lived a warm and harmonious family life.
Thank you for meeting each other, allowing us to grow in life. Let the unhappiness of youth be left behind, and let us give our best wishes. I hope that the protagonists of this story can find their own beautiful life and move towards a better tomorrow.
References:
1. The road to growth of Olympic champions—People’s Sports Publishing House
2. Table Tennis Chinese Dream: Entering Cai Zhenhua’s team—Shanxi Education Publishing House
3. National Ball Legend—Shanxi Education Publishing House
