The Paris Olympics are just around the corner, and for athletes, this is the Olympic year, a quadrennial event, but it can be the most brutal year for those who can participate in the Olympics and for those who cannot.
Just like in today's Chinese men's table tennis, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin have locked two places for the Paris Olympics, and the remaining one place will be generated between Ma Long and Liang Jingkun, and it is likely to be Ma Long at present.
Many people think that this is very cruel to Liang Jingkun, but Liang Jingkun is at least qualified to be discussed, you must know that there are five main players in Chinese men's table tennis, but none of the remaining players are even qualified to be discussed.
He is Lin Gaoyuan, and his performance in his youth was not much worse than Liang Jingkun and Fan Zhendong, and they were all at the same starting line when they first entered the national team.
But with the passage of time, although Lin Gaoyuan is also the main force of the national team, there seems to be an insurmountable gap between him and Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin.
That's because there can only be three people in the Olympics.
Today, let's walk into Lin Gaoyuan's table tennis world:
One
Lin Gaoyuan was born on March 19, 1995 in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, in a sports family.
Lin Gaoyuan's father, Lin Jianyu, is a table tennis coach, but after Lin Gaoyuan was born, Lin Jianyu did not plan to let his son practice table tennis with him at first.
The reason why he later let his son practice table tennis was because Lin Jianyu had a friend who didn't know how to play, but he opened a table tennis hall and made a special place in the hall for his daughter to practice.
Seeing that his friend has trained his daughter so well, Lin Jianyu, who is a professional table tennis coach himself, is also a little moved, after all, he wants his son to practice table tennis.
In this way, Lin Jianyu set up a table in his living room and began to practice with his son.
Because the living room is very small and there is not enough space, Lin Jianyu leans on the table to one side, leaving the large side to his son, as long as he can accommodate himself on this side.
It was in such an environment that Lin Gaoyuan began table tennis enlightenment, Lin Jianyu knew that it was okay to only let his son play in this environment, but if he wanted his son to engage in table tennis in the future, he still had to send him to a professional sports school for training.
In this way, after practicing at home for a period of time, Lin Gaoyuan was sent by his father to Bao'an District Sports School to continue training.
During Lin Gaoyuan's practice, the table tennis project in Guangdong Province was no longer weak in the country because of the selection of materials from all over the country, and people like Ma Lin, Liu Guozheng, Liu Shiwen and others had already come to Guangdong to train.
Therefore, at that time, when Ma Lin and Liu Guozheng and other national players returned to Guangdong Province to participate in activities, Lin Jianyu would always take Lin Gaoyuan to the scene and let him watch these national players up close.
In addition, Lin Jianyu often invited some provincial team coaches to open a small stove for Lin Gaoyuan, and the fees of these provincial team coaches were not low, and in those days, an hour cost dozens of yuan, plus the cost of the provincial table tennis training base, Lin Gaoyuan needed to spend tens of thousands of yuan a year just for table tennis training.
As he grew older, Lin Gaoyuan also knew that his family spent a lot of money on practicing for himself, so he was usually very economical, and he became more diligent in training.
In such a hard environment, 9-year-old Lin Gaoyuan finally entered the Guangdong team in 2004.
It also happened to be the Olympic Games, with the 28th Summer Olympic Games being held in Athens, Greece.
At that time, the Chinese table tennis men's team sent a lineup of Kong Linghui, Wang Liqin, Ma Lin, Chen Xi, and Wang Hao to participate in the competition.
At that time, Lin Gaoyuan's favorite table tennis player was "Killing God" Chen Xi, and the reason for this was because Ma Lin was out early in singles at that Olympics, so her performance in doubles was also a little sluggish.
It is Chen Xi who has been inspiring Ma Lin with passion, and it is also Chen Xi who has saved the game many times, and it is no exaggeration to say that Chen Xi took Ma Lin to win the men's doubles championship in the Athens Olympics.
Therefore, Mirage was also attracted by the never-give-up and fierce eyes on Chen Xi's body.
Two
After entering the Guangdong team, Lin Gaoyuan usually trains longer, and the coach has higher requirements for him, of course, Lin Gaoyuan's strength has improved faster.
In 2006, 11-year-old Lin Gaoyuan won the men's singles championship in the southern division of the national junior table tennis competition.
In 2009, 14-year-old Lin Gaoyuan first won the men's singles championship in the National Junior Championships, and then won the men's team runner-up with his teammates from the Guangdong team, and it was also in this year that Lin Gaoyuan entered the national second team.
After entering the national team, Lin Gaoyuan trained six days a week, rested on Sundays, sorted out housekeeping, and Lin Jianyu and his wife also went to Beijing to visit their son, but they never went to Lin Gaoyuan's dormitory.
For Lin Jianyu and his wife, sitting at home and watching their son's game was the happiest thing.
In the first year of entering the national second team, Lin Gaoyuan participated in the World Youth Table Tennis Championships, and while helping the Chinese men's table tennis team championship, he also partnered Yan An to win the men's doubles runner-up.
After the game, Lin Gaoyuan's father specifically told Lin Gaoyuan to let him take the trophy home, but Lin Gaoyuan didn't know whether he forgot it or was too troublesome, and finally put it in the dormitory, which made Lin Gaoyuan's father still remember it in the interview many years later.
In addition to this incident, Lin Gaoyuan also has another thing that his parents remember deeply, that is, in 2011, Lin Gaoyuan went to South Korea to participate in the Korea Open.
Before leaving, Lin Gaoyuan specifically asked his parents what they wanted, and Lin Gaoyuan's parents were typical Chinese parents, so what they said was also a universal saying: "You don't need anything, you don't need to buy anything." ”
However, that time coincided with Women's Day, so Lin Gaoyuan bought a lot of cosmetics for his mother, and wrote a sentence: "I wish all women comrades in the world a happy holiday!
Of course, in addition to buying cosmetics for his mother, Lin Gaoyuan also bought a hat for his father.
In 2010, Lin Gaoyuan won the men's team championship with the Guangdong team, and this year's World Youth Table Tennis Championships, including 2011 and 2012, Lin Gaoyuan represented the Chinese team and won the men's team championship.
In addition, Lin Gaoyuan also won two World Youth Championships men's singles runner-up, once to Niwa Takashi and once to Fan Zhendong.
In 2012, Lin Gaoyuan finally entered the national first team, because that year was the Olympic year, and after the Olympic Games, the national team coaching staff had to re-compete, and the original head coach and players may also be separated, so Lin Gaoyuan did not have a head coach at that time.
Entering the national team, Lin Gaoyuan thought that his career would be one step closer, but who knew that within a few months, he would be adjusted to the second team because of his poor performance in the team's internal competition.
This is very painful for Lin Gaoyuan, because generally speaking, the second team is just a transit station, and most of the top athletes will not stay in the second team for more than a year and a half, but Lin Gaoyuan has taken three years to enter the first team from the second team, and he is already behind the other team members.
But who knew that he had just entered the first team and was adjusted back to the second team, and it would be difficult to play back, so Lin Gaoyuan had already begun to consider retirement at that time.
Lin Gaoyuan's parents and coaches have been encouraging Lin Gaoyuan, which makes Lin Gaoyuan feel: "Even if it is not for myself, I have to fight for them." ”
Three
In 2013, Lin Gaoyuan joined Ma Lin and Zhang Chao in the National Games, and finally finished sixth, and Lin Gaoyuan also partnered with Zhou Fangfang to win the fifth place in mixed doubles.
Later, in the Table Tennis Super League, Lin Gaoyuan helped his Ningbo team win the championship, coupled with his performance in closed training, Lin Gaoyuan once again entered the national first team.
When Lin Gaoyuan entered the national first team, it happened to be the retirement of the older generation of players such as Ma Lin and Wang Hao, and Zhang Jike, Ma Long, and Xu Xin began to carry the banner of the new and old replacement stage.
At that time, in addition to Zhang Jike, Ma Long, and Xu Xin, the main force of men's table tennis also vacated two positions, and it stands to reason that Lin Gaoyuan is also hopeful.
But who knows, Fan Zhendong, who is two years younger than Lin Gaoyuan, was born, and he overwhelmed the "92line" and Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun and other players who are one or two years older than him, and won a main position, so there is only one main position left in the men's team.
At that time, the men's team was also full of talents, and the "92line" mentioned above was Fang Bo, Yan An, and Zhou Yu, the three players born in 92, in addition to Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Zhou Qihao, Xu Chenhao and other players in the younger generation.
Everyone is working hard for the main position vacated by the men's team, Lin Gaoyuan's performance in those two years was mediocre, if it weren't for the athletes who have been paying attention to the Chinese table tennis team, they may not know that there is Lin Gaoyuan, an athlete.
Therefore, in those two years, in addition to winning the table tennis league championship once under the leadership of Ma Long and Yan An, Lin Gaoyuan only won the men's doubles championship with Austrian player Figor in 2014.
And Fang Bo was in the 2015 Suzhou World Table Tennis Championships, all the way to Zhang Jike, Xu Xin to the finals, although he lost to Ma Long, but Ma Long at that time was at his peak, and Fang Bo was only 23 years old.
Therefore, after that, Fang Bo entered the main layer of the men's team.
2016 is another Olympic Games, this year in the National Championships with Liu Shiwen won the mixed doubles championship, partner Zhang Chao won the men's doubles runner-up, and the performance among the young players is also very eye-catching.
At the Rio Olympics this year, because of the development of network information and the heritage of national table tennis, in the Internet era, national table tennis has once again become one of the hottest sports in China.
Therefore, in 2017, the head coach of the Chinese table tennis team, who has always been known for his smart minds, decided to cooperate with Internet companies to hold a direct selection match within the national table tennis team in the form of live broadcast.
Before the World Championships, the direct pass has always been the reserved program of the national table tennis, and Zhang Jike, Fan Zhendong and other players have achieved very good results in the straight through match, and they have also been noticed by the national team coaching staff.
Therefore, the direct match is an intra-team game for fans, but for the players of the national table tennis team, it is the time to hand in their homework, and it is not an exaggeration to say that this is an opportunity to "step to the sky".
Not to mention, with the popularity of national table tennis at that time, it was broadcast live on the whole network, as long as the athletes who participated, the popularity would be qualitatively improved.
It was in this atmosphere that Lin Gaoyuan participated in that year's "The Strongest Twelve People on the Surface".
Four
In March 2017, the national table tennis "Straight to Tokyo" and "The Strongest Twelve on the Surface" selection tournament was held in Lin Gaoyuan's hometown of Shenzhen.
At that time, everyone speculated that the players who qualified would be Ma Long, who was at his peak, Xu Xin, who was a straight board, Fan Zhendong, who was a young man, Zhang Jike, and Fang Bo......
Few people would think that Lin Gaoyuan, who was still unknown in the national table tennis team at that time, would stand out in this competition, but this is the charm of competitive sports.
In the first stage, Lin Gaoyuan ranked third with 9 wins and 3 losses, he won Fan Zhendong, won Xu Xin, won Fang Bo, etc., and at that time he began to be called a "dark horse".
In the third stage of "bloody battle to the end", the competition system was very cruel, and Lin Gaoyuan, who was crazy, became more and more courageous, except for Ma Long, Xu Xin, and Fan Zhendong, no one was able to win a game against him, so he finally won the second direct place after Fan Zhendong.
Through this game, Lin Gaoyuan gained countless fans, because his backhand volley was very similar to a general's drawing a sword, so the fans called him "General Kobayashi".
After getting the second direct quota, Liu Guoliang, the head coach of national table tennis, announced in public: "The appearance of Lin Gaoyuan has broken the existing pattern of Chinese men's table tennis. ”
At the World Table Tennis Championships in Düsseldorf, Lin Gaoyuan met Xu Xin in the quarterfinals, and finally he lost 3-4.
This year's World Cup is still two places for each association, because Lin Gaoyuan won the Asian Cup men's singles championship before, so the national table tennis is played by Ma Long with him.
thought that Lin Gaoyuan would at least be able to meet Ma Long in the men's singles, but who knew that he would lose to Bol in the quarterfinals, and the fans would sing him down at that time.
Lin Gaoyuan is a left-handed athlete, in the national table tennis men's team, left-handed athletes are basically "tool people", anyway, so far the backhand of the national table tennis men's team is basically focused on doubles, and the singles are not outstanding.
The coaching staff also positioned Lin Gaoyuan in the same way, and also matched Lin Gaoyuan with Wang Manyu, the best young player of the women's team at that time, but Lin Gaoyuan has not been able to play mixed doubles, but because the two are paired with mixed doubles, there are scandals about the two.
The Tokyo Olympics should be said to be Lin Gaoyuan's best opportunity, at that time, although the "Golden Left Straight" Xu Xin has reached the end of his career, his strength is still stronger than Lin Gaoyuan, and the young generation of left-handed Wang Chuqin has also played.
So at the Tokyo Olympics, Lin Gaoyuan didn't even get a P card, missed the Tokyo Olympics, and Lin Gaoyuan didn't play at the Paris Olympics.
Now Lin Gaoyuan is still staying in the main layer of the men's team, also because the current echelon construction of the men's team is not very good, in previous years, according to Lin Gaoyuan's current situation, he may have faded out of the main layer, just like Fang Bo in the past.
Although it is difficult for Lin Gaoyuan to take a step forward on the road of table tennis, the shy and gentle Lin Gaoyuan is still one of the most popular athletes in the national table tennis team.
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