The story of table tennis player Wang Hao winning the championship.

In the east of Changchun, carefully cross the dirt road with accumulated water and walk into a dilapidated red brick building. It's hard to imagine that this is the home of world champion Wang Hao. Turning over the mottled old photo album, Wang Hao's mother Liu Zhiying pointed to a black-and-white photo and said with a smile, "This is our Lele." Wang Hao's nickname is Lele. In the photo, he has two braids on his head and a red dot in the middle of his forehead. "At that time, we braided his hair and wore a skirt. Mainly because he was too naughty when he was a child and often caused trouble, we dressed him up as a little girl. " Wang Hao's mother talked about her son's childhood with a smile on her face. Although it is a little girl's dress, Xiao Wang Hao's eyes are still naughty. No one expected that Lele, who looked like a little girl, would become the world's number one table tennis player in more than ten years. But at the Athens Olympic Games, it was he who lost the most weighty men's singles gold medal to South Korea's Ryu Seung-min.

Athens men's singles final: I saw someone shouting around, but I couldn't hear anything.

On August 23rd, 2004, Wang Hao played against South Korean player Ryu Seung-min in the men's singles table tennis final of Athens Olympic Games. Before that, Wang Hao lost only one of the eight wars with Ryu Seung-min. "As far as I remember, he only lost to Ryu Seung-min in an Asian youth competition." That night, Wang Hao's father was in the live broadcast room of Beijing CCTV, while his mother stayed in Changchun, and his home was crowded with media from all directions. Everyone has only one thought, waiting for the young Wang Hao to win the men's singles gold medal.

The war situation did not develop as expected. Wang Hao's performance was abnormal, and he soon lost the first game with 3-0/1. Cai Zhenhua, then head coach of China table tennis team, shouted several times in the stands, asking his disciples to shout and shout. At this time, Wang Hao's voice is getting smaller and smaller. Under heavy pressure, Wang Hao has lost his position, and finally lost 2-4, losing the heaviest table tennis Olympic gold medal. In retrospect, Wang Hao said, "In fact, before I came to Athens, I often suffered from insomnia, and my mind was full of the consequences of not winning the gold medal. I was very nervous when I arrived at the stadium. I can see people around me yelling at me, but I don't think I can hear anything. "

The night after the game, I called home six times, and I cried the first five times.

When excited and hugged together, Liu, the head coach of China table tennis men's team, accompanied Wang Hao, and they left quietly. At this point, Liu's left hand touched Wang Hao's shoulder, and Wang Hao burst into tears. "I admit that I cried, and I will cry when I feel uncomfortable." Wang Hao didn't shy away. Who said, "Men don't flick when they cry"? "When I lost to Waldner and persson in doubles, I was already very sad. However, he didn't walk out of the court after the game, but discussed the gains and losses with me on the sidelines. I understand that this failure means farewell to him, and he must feel worse than me. However, he in turn comforted me and encouraged me not to be affected. I must play singles well. "

On the night after the game, Wang Hao called home six times, but he couldn't say a word the first five times. He kept crying, so his mother could only cry with him on the phone.

For more than a week, Wang Hao was in Lacrimosa almost every day. Four years later, Wang Hao's mother recalled the scene that night and still looked dignified. "I remember clearly now that Lele called six times that day." Liu Zhiying recalled, "Every time I just called Lele, the phone didn't hang up, but there was no sound at the other end. I knew he must have been particularly uncomfortable. " When the phone rang for the sixth time, my mother asked with concern, "Lele, what's the matter?" Wang Hao only said, "Mom, I didn't play well." The voice choked. The next day, Wang Hao's mother rushed to Beijing just to appease her son's broken heart. Wang Hao, who came home, said to his parents, "It doesn't matter if you lose to China, but it's especially uncomfortable after losing to Ryu Seung-min." Wang Hao is still a face of regret.

One point counts as two points, and Wang Hao finally learned the technique of hitting the ball horizontally.

At this time, there was another person in Changchun who was as miserable as Wang Hao, and that was his first coach, Xue Ruikun, who taught Wang Hao the skill of "hand-in-hand" and laid a solid foundation for Wang Hao to dominate the table tennis world in the future. "He is a very introverted child. He usually doesn't like to talk. He just works hard and never slacks off. " Talking about this student, Xue Ruikun showed a proud look. From 65438 to 0985, Xue Ruikun graduated from university and was assigned to Changchun Children's Palace as a coach. The first time I saw Wang Hao, Xue Ruikun clearly remembered that when Wang Hao's father led him to the Children's Palace, Wang Hao, who looked very clever, "He looked very shy and much stronger than other children. In order to pick up the ball, he suddenly turned over the baffle and the other children had to walk slowly. " In the Children's Palace, Wang Hao was never "picky" in training, and he took his opponents seriously regardless of their level. In Xue Ruikun's words, Wang Hao respects his master and his low-level opponents.

"In fact, Wang Hao was not the only one who designed the backhand horizontal racket. At that time, a group of children were practicing, but in the end only Wang Hao practiced, which is inseparable from his talent. " Xue Ruikun said. Wang Hao, who just came into contact with table tennis, showed his talent. "I made the first evaluation for the children in Wang's group and let them shoot the ball in situ. Wang Hao, who took the racket for the first time, played it six times. Other children, continuous shooting, couldn't hold it steadily. "

Wang Hao, who gave up the blocking technique and practiced backhand directly, also experienced a painful tempering. In order to arouse his enthusiasm for backhand, Xue Ruikun came up with a good method of "one for two", that is to say, every point scored by Wang Hao in backhand during the competition is counted as two points, which is really attractive to a child. Later, in the training with coaches and other small players, Wang Hao's frequency of using backhand and backhand slowly increased until backhand and backhand became conditioned reflex and he was able to send and receive freely and skillfully.

1996 13-year-old Wang Hao was selected as a soldier in Bayi team, and Xiao Wang Hao, Wang Tao and Liu became teammates. Two years later, at the age of 15, he was selected for the national team. Now, former senior brothers Wang Tao and Liu have become his head coaches in Bayi Team and National Team respectively. As soon as he debuted, Wang Hao attracted people's attention with the advanced technology of "authentic forehand and backhand". Liu's "backhand plus backhand" only became a monk halfway and won the "Grand Slam" of the World Table Tennis Championships. Therefore, people naturally place greater hopes on Wang Hao, who has been practicing backhand and backhand since childhood.

My friend ridiculed the "Grand Slam of Men's Single Runner-up", which hurt my self-esteem.

Four years ago, in the final between Athens Olympic Games and Ryu Seung-min, Wang Hao's helpless eyes were impressive. In the case of having obvious advantages over Ryu Seung-min, he was completely suppressed and failed to play his own strength in the face of the opponent's super-level blow. After returning home, he was even accused by thousands of people. It is conceivable that the huge shadow of that failure hung over him for a long time. He once became the "runner-up Grand Slam" in the National Games, the World Cup and the finals, and he could not break through to the last breath on the way to the championship. In the finals of many competitions, he lost psychologically and self-confidence. Wang Hao recalled: "After losing the Athens Olympic Games, I really didn't recover for a long time.

The next year, he won a bunch of silver medals. I can't remember which game won the second place. A friend sent me a teasing message, which probably said,' Never mind, if you win the second place in men's singles at the World Championships, you will become the runner-up Grand Slam winner in men's singles.' I know my friends said I didn't mean anything, but it seemed to hurt my self-esteem at that time. But then one time, I heard Liu's coach say in an interview that Wang Hao was called the' second child of the Millennium', which showed that he had the strength to compete for the championship, and it was not easy to reach the final every time. In fact, what he lacks is that layer of paper, and when it is punctured, it will suddenly become clear. I don't mind so much in my heart, because I can't keep rushing up! "

Samaranch: If you win the gold medal in the Olympic Games next year, I will give you an award.

Wang Hao in the general administration training hall is still quiet, but he will take the initiative to communicate with the coach and head coach Liu. In the eyes of the coach, he is no longer the boy with only a halo. He is more motivated, more energetic and ready to play.

In the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Wang Hao gave up the strategy of winning, and began to dare to fight and fight, full of domineering. In the final, Wang Hao beat Marin to win the championship and made a turnaround, but the really important battle is yet to come. June 5438+1October 65438+May 2007, Wang Hao, who has never won the championship in the three most important table tennis events-Olympic Games, World Championships and World Cup, welcomed Ryu Seung-min in the men's singles final of the World Cup. In this revenge-filled world war I, Wang Hao burst into great energy, and his opponent was unable to fight back, so he could only smile helplessly. The most touching picture is that when Wang Hao is about to play, Liu patted him on the cheek. At the award ceremony, Samaranch, who rarely gives awards to athletes, personally presented awards to Wang Hao. He told Wang Hao: "If you win the gold medal in the Olympic Games next year, I will give you an award!" "

In 2007, Wang Hao won eight singles titles at home and abroad. He not only won the men's singles title by defeating his arch-rival Ryu Seung-min for the first time in the Barcelona World Cup, but also topped the world rankings for the first time.

In the grand prize on New Year's Eve, Wang Hao promised to get back the Olympic gold medal.

On the eve of the Lunar New Year in 2008, Cai Zhenhua, deputy director of the State Sports General Administration, inspected Guo Ping's winter training base in Longgang, Shenzhen. When commenting on several main players, he put forward higher requirements for Wang Hao. "Wang Hao now feels that he can exert himself and score all the goals, but he can't say that all the goals are what you think. What will happen if you go on like this? Your skills and achievements have indeed reached a certain level, but if you don't pay attention to the details, a small ball will make you doubt and collapse. Although your state has gone up now, every ball should be handled as it was when you were poor last year. You are catching up and catching up. My judgment is that the hitting position is the problem, not the force. You have to start from the beginning, be careful, and don't think you dare to catch any balls. "

A few hours later, at the Spring Festival party of China table tennis team, among hundreds of people in the team, Wang Hao won the only prize-a watch with a price of 10,000 yuan. Wu Jingping, his head coach, hugged him and said softly, "We must live up to our expectations and get the Olympic gold medal back this year." Shy Wang Hao said nothing and nodded hard.

Many people really know Wang Hao from the evening of August 23, 2004. When Wang Hao entered the Olympic finals with a dull expression, he had a nervous breakdown in the face of Ryu Seung-min who was like a madman, and soon lost the first game with 3- 1 1. In the following game, his roar became louder and louder. Cai Zhenhua stood up several times in the stands and shouted at the stadium. Liu Ye, who was sitting in the audience, kept shouting at Wang Hao, but Wang Hao had lost his foothold under the heavy pressure, and finally lost 2-4, losing the heaviest table tennis gold medal. Cai Zhenhua, then head coach of the China team, said frankly afterwards: "From the moment he stepped on the court, I had a bad feeling."

When Jin Zezhu and Ryu Seung-min embraced, many people overlooked a detail. Liu's left arm gently hugged Wang Hao's trembling arm. In the face of Liu's camera, only one sentence was left, "Wang Hao, these problems are all men's own." Only by picking it up yourself can you really get better! "

Time flies. In the past four years, Wang Hao has defeated Ryu Seung-min, Barcelona and Ryu Seung-min again and again. Still crazy, but I can't scare Wang Hao anymore and let him complete the redemption, but the Olympic gold medal is still a taboo in Wang Hao's eyes. The reporter never touched his sore spot. Only Wu Jingping, Wang Hao's head coach, inadvertently revealed the feelings of his disciples. On Lunar New Year's Eve in 2008, when the cold current ravaged most of China, Guo Ping's players and coaches held a Youth League Festival in Shenzhen. In order to increase the atmosphere, the team organized a lucky draw. The grand prize was a brand-name watch worth 10,000 yuan. When Wang Hao's chin fell on the master's shoulder, he was shocked when he heard this sentence. There was no language, but he nodded hard.