The second is because of love. Because athletes in China will retire at a certain age and have no chance to participate in international competitions, some of them still love table tennis. In order to have a chance to play again, they often change their nationality to join the national table tennis teams of other countries and continue to show their elegance on the stage of international competitions. For example, 54-year-old He Wenzhi represented Spain in the Olympic Games for the fourth time. In the first round of men's singles, he beat the 35-year-old Chinese-American player, setting a record for the oldest table tennis player at that time. Ni, a 58-year-old "Shanghai Aunt", represented Luxembourg in the 202 1 World Table Tennis Championships held in Houston, beating our national player Wang Yidi.
Finally, the "Wolf Plan". Cai Zhenhua, the newly appointed head of the Chinese Table Tennis Association at that time, suggested that excellent coaches and players from our country should go abroad to exchange ideas, or they should come to China to train with our players, so as to improve the level of foreign players and narrow the gap with China. The reason for doing this is also to raise the awareness of our players.
Now table tennis in face of china is spread all over the world, and the competition is fierce, which adds a lot of uncertainty to the game and makes the sport more interesting. The most important thing is that our table tennis has become famous in some countries. I hope that there will be more and more foreign Lakers table tennis masters and more and more innovative styles and schools.