has many outstanding players in the Chinese National Table Tennis Dream Team, but they are all outstanding in terms of skills, character, personality, etc. The non-national table tennis captain Malong is none other than the leader. Recently, State Sports General Administration intends to award 187 individuals from 91 units with the 2020 National Sports Outstanding Contribution Award. In the personal list, the national table tennis team leader Ma Long was selected. He has also become the only individual in the table tennis industry to win the award. After a period of silence after the operation, Ma Long soared to the sky again and staged an inspirational story.
Fans who are familiar with table tennis have a lot of personal experiences with Malone. Malone, who started learning table tennis at the age of 5, entered the national team in 2003 and won the first men's singles world championship in the 2012 World Cup. After that, he showed his strength and won various championship trophies and won numerous praises. However, behind the honor are countless pains. Years of hard training and years of battles, Ma Long's wrists and knees are overwhelmed, suffering from injuries, Ma Long's record in 2019 has been poor, in order to better prepare for the Tokyo Olympics Ma Long decides to undergo surgery. This is a decision that requires courage. Injuries have always been the natural enemy of athletes. At such a critical time, surgery on the wrist and knee is done. No one knows what will be waiting for him. Besides, Malone is already 32 years old and his career is not young anymore. Before the operation, he shaved his head and hoped to start from the beginning!
Fortunately, the operation was smooth, but how to return to his peak state is a difficult problem for Ma Long. After the operation, Ma Long first experienced a long recovery time in a foreign country alone for 2 months. He walked slowly on crutches. The scene caused many fans to cry. Many fans expressed concern about Ma Long's ability to participate in the Tokyo Olympics. Some netizens even raised questions about Ma Long's skills.
After returning to China, Malone immediately devoted himself to high-intensity training, hoping to regain his condition as soon as possible. However, the road to return to the top was not easy. In the 2019 Men's Table Tennis World Cup, Malone lost one after another. Two post-00 geniuses Zhang Benzhi, , and Lin Yunru only won fourth place, and they didn't even stand on the podium. In this year's National Championships and World Cup finals, two losses to Fan Zhendong , both won the runner-up. Until the World Table Tennis Finals in November, Ma Long broke through and showed his tenacious fighting spirit, played the grand slam king, finally defeated Fan Zhendong, won the championship, and created six finals men's singles championships. It is also in history. The only 6 crowns! The champion of
did come a bit late. The last time Ma Long won a men's singles championship, it was also back to the China Open on June 3, 2019, 538 days apart so far. Malone, who stood on the championship podium again, turned his eyes red with emotion, like a dream. Malone’s achievements made us happy, but his sportsmanship of daring to win is even more touched and more inspirational. Perhaps this is the reason why we love sports.
