[Commentary] The 56th ITTF World Table Tennis Team Championships (Final) in Chengdu in 2022 will be held from September 30 to October 9.

　　Why did table tennis, which originated in the UK, become China's "national ball"?

A century of table tennis, how does the small ball turn the big ball?

Professor Yue Haipeng, the international referee of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships team competition, the deputy director of the Sichuan Table Tennis Association's Jury Committee, and the director of the Table Tennis Teaching and Research Office of the Chengdu Institute of Physical Education, recently accepted an exclusive interview with China News Agency "East and West Questions" to interpret this.

　　[Subtitles] Why did table tennis, which originated in the UK, become China's "national ball"?

　　[Concurrent] Yue Haipeng, the international referee of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships team competition, the deputy director of the Sichuan Table Tennis Association Referee Committee, and the director of the Table Tennis Teaching and Research Office of the Chengdu Institute of Physical Education

　　The Chinese team won the first (men's singles table tennis) world championship by Rong Guotuan at the 25th World Table Tennis Championships in 1959. It went through two stages before. The first stage was when When table tennis just became an official game, that period began in (19)26, which was basically called the heyday of Europe. At that time, the style of play was mainly clipping and defensive play.

Mainly due to limited equipment, so offensive play has not yet appeared.

The second stage is the rise of the Japanese team, so the rise of the Japanese team is not accidental, because they invented a new "weapon", which is our racket, he invented the sponge racket, and later invented the rubber sponge racket , Under the support of this "weapon", a new style of play emerged, that is, the arc-type style of play.

So in those few sessions, the Japanese team basically dominated the world.

After the Japanese team, it is the rise of the Chinese team. The symbol of the rise of the Chinese team is Rong Guotuan in 1959. After that, the Chinese team continued to win the world championship. Although there are some low ebbs in the middle, but this ebb is all the time. It is not too long, and it has basically maintained a stage of all (long) wins in Chinese table tennis.

　　[Subtitles] For hundreds of years, how has a small table tennis ball turned a big ball and built a bridge between East and West?

　　[Concurrent] Yue Haipeng, the international referee of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships team competition, the deputy director of the Sichuan Table Tennis Association Referee Committee, and the director of the Table Tennis Teaching and Research Office of the Chengdu Institute of Physical Education

　　Our Chinese table tennis has experienced many twists and turns from its inception to its current heyday.

Then in this process, it is deeply embedded in the historical process of the establishment of our new China with the establishment of our new China.

One of the biggest events is what we know as "ping pong diplomacy".

What we commonly call "the small ball turns the big ball", this table tennis ball has played a very good role as a bridge in this process.

　　[Subtitles] The World Table Tennis Championships has settled in China for the sixth time. What can you expect from the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships team competition?

　　[Concurrent] Yue Haipeng, the international referee of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships team competition, the deputy director of the Sichuan Table Tennis Association Referee Committee, and the director of the Table Tennis Teaching and Research Office of the Chengdu Institute of Physical Education

　　We China have sent the strongest lineup, there is no doubt about this.

Then Malone should have won his first gold medal in (20)05, and now he has won many Grand Slams.

As an old player, I believe he can still lead the new players of our Chinese team to grow continuously. One of the characteristics of the Chinese team is that our echelon construction is very good.

Of course, there are some regrets to watch. For example, the German team, several main players of the German team, such as Ocharov and Bol, will not participate. There are reasons for the epidemic, and of course there are reasons for each country's own, but it is still a good thing. Wonderful game.

We look forward to this game bringing us even bigger surprises.

　　Reporter He Xi reports from Chengdu

Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]