In the WTT Doha Challenge that ended not long ago, the 20-year-old Japanese player Mima Ito played well and won the final women’s singles championship. With this championship, Mima Ito surpassed Sun Yingsha in points and has now jumped. Ranked second in the world.
Today's Mima Ito is undoubtedly the strongest opponent of Chinese women's table tennis.
However, in the face of Mima Ito, the current coaching staff of China Women's Table Tennis does not seem to have many methods, and there is no effective way to restrain Mima Ito. In recent years, Mima Ito has repeatedly defeated Chinese Women's Table Tennis. The main player.
Especially Liu Shiwen was defeated twice by Mima Ito and still dare not play against Mima Ito.
Faced with today's predicament, many fans are calling for someone, hoping that he can return to the national table tennis team in time and help national table tennis find a way to deal with Mima Ito as soon as possible.
This person is the former Chinese women's table tennis coach Kong Linghui.
What happened to Kong Linghui? Why did he leave Guoping?
Kong Linghui can be said to be the most controversial head coach of Chinese women's table tennis.
When he was an athlete, he and Liu Guoliang were called Gemini and he was the second Grand Slam winner of Chinese Men's Table Tennis. It can be said that he is a very successful athlete.
Kong Linghui became a head coach of Chinese women's table tennis after retiring, and after the London Olympics, he took over Shi Zhihao and became the new head coach of Chinese women's table tennis.
During Kong Linghui's tenure as the head coach of Chinese women's table tennis, Chinese women's table tennis won all the championships, including the world table tennis singles and team championships in 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17. In the Rio Olympics, he swept the top two women's singles in the Olympics, and also defended the Olympic women's team champion.
However, such a meritorious coach has long been questioned by fans.
The main reason is related to the three athletes.
First, Guo Yue.
Guo Yue, as a rare genius girl in Chinese women’s table tennis,However, in the late stages of his career, because of fear of competition, he retired many times, and was expelled by Kong Linghui.
At this point, many fans think Kong Linghui is impersonal.
You know, Guo Yue was once the proud disciple of Director Kong Linghui. He once won the singles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships at the age of 19. However, with the rise of Li Xiaoxia, Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen, Guo Yue's position in the team was gradually surpassed by them.
This also led to Guo Yue's fear of difficulty. Due to multiple withdrawals, Kong Linghui was eventually expelled from the team.
Kong Linghui said that when he announced that Guo Yue was expelled from the team, he felt very painful and his legs were shaking.
But there is no way. As a head coach, you must be serious about discipline within the team.
Second, Li Xiaoxia.
After the Rio Olympics, Li Xiaoxia announced her retirement, but as Li Xiaoxia cried late at night, she also dragged Kong Linghui into the whirlpool of public opinion.
In particular, the sentence Li Xiaoxia said is not that the time has not arrived, but many fans think it is talking about Kong Linghui.
Many fans firmly believe that in the women's singles final of the Rio Olympic Games, Li Xiaoxia was forced by Kong Linghui to give the ball to Ding Ning.
Although Ding Ning has a certain advantage in the match record with Li Xiaoxia, it is still believed by the fans that Kong Linghui forced Li Xiaoxia to give the ball, otherwise Li Xiaoxia would not say anything good and evil.
In addition, when Li Xiaoxia announced her retirement, Kong Linghui did not keep him, but said that the team respected Li Xiaoxia's choice.
This is also considered by many fans that Li Xiaoxia's retirement has a lot to do with Kong Linghui.
Is this really the case? Li Xiaoxia was 28 years old when she announced her retirement. This age is definitely a veteran for table tennis players, and it should be the age of retirement.
and,Li Xiaoxia was not in good physical condition at the time, and it was difficult to hold on.
Third, Liu Shiwen.
At the end of 2016, Kong Linghui announced that Liu Shiwen was banned for three months, which also caused a sensation.
Many fans believe that Kong Linghui should not ban Liu Shiwen, and that Kong Linghui is suppressing Liu Shiwen.
The reason why Kong Linghui banned Liu Shiwen was that Liu Shiwen withdrew from the World Cup competition at the time, resulting in the championship being finally won by Japanese teenager Miyu Hirano.
In the World Cup that year, Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen both retired, but Kong Linghui suspended Liu Shiwen, but Ding Ning was not affected in any way.
Kong Linghui’s explanation was that Liu Shiwen was in serious fear of difficulties at the time. After the coaching staff repeatedly did ideological work and hoped that she could participate in the World Cup, Liu Shiwen ignored the honor of the country and insisted on retiring. This led to a three-month ban.
Kong Linghui was also questioned by many fans because of his treatment of Guo Yue, Li Xiaoxia and Liu Shiwen.
During the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, Kong Linghui was rumored to be involved in gambling, which also led to Kong Linghui leaving Guoping and never came back.
But, why are so many fans now calling for Kong Linghui to return as soon as possible?
This starts with Mima Ito.
The current Ito Mima can be said to be the strongest opponent of Chinese women's table tennis, but the coaching staff still has not found an effective way to restrain Mima Ito.
I think Hirano Miu, after winning the World Cup Women's Singles Championship, defeated Ding Ning, Zhu Yuling and Chen Meng in the second year's Asian Championships to win the Asian Championships women's singles championship.
This quickly attracted the attention of Kong Linghui. Kong Linghui publicly stated that Hirano Miu's technology is very advanced and it is worth learning from Chinese athletes, and arranged for Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and other small players to imitate Hirano Miu's play.
Chinese Women's Table Tennis also quickly found a way to restrain Hirano Meiyu. Today, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu have become the absolute main force of Chinese Women's Table Tennis.
But now that Guoping faces Mima Ito, he has been unable to find effective skills and tactics.
Many fans think that if Kong Linghui were there, when Mima Ito first emerged, he would definitely pay attention to the advanced nature of Mima Ito's play, and have long found the skills and tactics to restrain Mima Ito!
But, unfortunately, Kong Linghui is not willing to return to Guoping. Faced with Liu Guoliang’s invitation, Kong Linghui said that he only wants to do something that he really likes!
I hope that the current Chinese women's table tennis team can find a way to deal with Mima Ito in time. I also hope that Kong Linghui can go well and get better and better. Come on!
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