Li Zhentian is a Chinese table tennis player and world champion. Do you know Li Zhentian’s story?

In the autumn of 1971, the Japanese table tennis team visited Shanghai. Li Zhenzhen, who was working as a post office worker at the time, was loaned back to the Shanghai team to participate in the competition. The famous Japanese player Mitsuru Kono met and defeated this Japanese player who is becoming famous in the world table tennis circle with his superb skills. However, such a "good horse" with very good qualities and skills has been rejected from the table tennis teams again and again, just because he has a father who was regarded as a "special suspect" and imprisoned. , has a mother who was classified as a rightist in 1957, and an uncle who once stayed in Taiwan. The predicament and the weight of life fell on Li Zhentian's shoulders. He was in pain and hesitation, and he could not find a place to display his talents. He sometimes complained that this family sometimes really wanted to split their favorite racket in half. What's the use of having all the skills! "Will the country still need me?" "The country will need you!" The strong mother cried in front of her son.

"The motherland will need me!" This belief inspired Li Zhentian. Table tennis is his passion, and it is also his career to serve the motherland, so he picked up the racket again and vented his inner injustice and grievances during training. He believes that one day, he will use the racket in his hand to reproduce the majesty and pride of the Chinese people in the world table tennis world.

So, in training, he worked so hard. One time, towards the end of a ball practice, he suddenly felt that his legs were weak, and the opponent in front of him became blurry. The whole room was spinning, and the racket in his hand just mechanically pushed left and right. Gradually, he couldn't see anything anymore. , and then with a "plop", he fell to his knees and fell to the floor again. He went into shock due to excessive sweating. His teammates carried him onto the table. Someone discovered that his shorts were completely soaked, and his shoes made a "kuku" sound from time to time. When he took them off, a lot of sweat poured out of them. However, Li Zhenzhen, who regained consciousness, said: "It doesn't matter, I just want to see how much pressure my body can withstand." Li Zhenzhen is such a strong-willed person, such a person who does not bow to setbacks and difficulties. .

Li Zhenzhen finally got out of the mud and stepped into the door of the national training team. In 1973, Li Zhenzhen was transferred to the "August 1st" Sports Team and was selected for the national team in the same year. He uses a pen-hold fast-break style of play and is known for his quick forehand attacks and multiple variations of high throws. During his several years of table tennis career, he swung the racket in his hand and made famous players such as Mitsuru Kono, Bengtsen and Jonil surrender to his bat in the world table tennis world. It was with his tenacious will and superb skills that Li Zhentian became the main member of the Chinese team that won the team championship at the 33rd and 34th World Table Tennis Championships in 1975 and 1977. He won the men's doubles title at the 36th World Table Tennis Championships in 1981. champion. He also received the National Medal of Honor in Athletics.