00:00The dream team has become a zombie team.
00:03I don't know how it will turn out in the end.
00:06I think it's going to be a fierce battle.
00:09I think it's going to be a fierce battle.
00:29I think, first of all,
00:31Waldner, whether he plays table tennis or not,
00:35table tennis is a legendary sport.
00:40It has influenced several generations of table tennis players.
00:46As a child, I loved watching him play table tennis.
00:50He invited me to participate in this competition.
00:58First of all, if there is nothing else,
01:01I still hope to participate in such a competition.
01:05This competition is not only competitive,
01:08but also has some promotion meaning,
01:11or has changed the rules of the competition.
01:14I think for everyone,
01:16in addition to a good-looking competition,
01:18it's also fun.
01:20I think this is the purpose of participating in this competition.
01:24I think it has influenced a lot of people.
01:29As a child, I loved watching him play table tennis.
01:32Of course, Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui,
01:35and other top athletes,
01:38I loved watching them play table tennis.
01:40After I joined the national team,
01:42Liu Guoliang, when he was a coach,
01:46said he wanted to see Waldner play table tennis.
01:49It's true that many Asian players
01:52don't play table tennis as easily as Waldner.
01:55He plays table tennis in a relaxed way.
01:58He is very inspirational.
02:00He always said that I should learn from him.
02:04This will help me in my career,
02:07as well as in playing table tennis.
02:10I have been working on this.
02:13But I don't know how it will turn out.
02:19I think it's similar.
02:21They play table tennis with their brain.
02:24It doesn't look like the modern way of playing table tennis.
02:27It's more like a top-level competition.
02:31It's more of a restrictive way of playing table tennis.
02:34It's not about me.
02:36Nowadays, more and more athletes
02:39focus on how to play table tennis.
02:41What kind of table tennis do they like to play.
02:43But I think the way Waldner or Morejad play table tennis,
02:48I think it's similar.
02:51It's not about how I play table tennis.
02:54It's more about how you play table tennis.
02:57I think it's a different way of playing table tennis.
03:02Or a different way of thinking.
03:04It inspires me.
03:06Morejad played very well in the Olympics.
03:12He played in the U.S. World Championships 3 years ago.
03:17I wasn't there.
03:19So I didn't pay much attention to him.
03:21But this time, I paid a lot of attention to his play.
03:25In the singles and team competitions,
03:29he played better than I expected.
03:34It shows that he is unique in the Olympics.
03:43I think it's an encounter.
03:47We haven't played against each other before.
03:50And this time, it's a 3-2 game.
03:54The game is shorter.
03:56So it's more of a coincidence.
03:58It's more important to see which team plays better on the court.
04:04We are looking forward to it.
04:07Before the Olympics,
04:10players like Boer, Lausanne, Ovtcharov, Shui Gu
04:17played against us.
04:21They won and lost.
04:23There has always been competition.
04:26With more and more people paying attention to table tennis,
04:31there are more and more videos on social media.
04:36More and more people are paying attention to table tennis.
04:39So more and more people are paying attention to table tennis.
04:42Of course, there are more and more opportunities for table tennis players.
04:47It's not only for the top players.
04:52There are not many 2nd and 3rd line table tennis competitions.
04:57But there are many young players who have the chance to participate in the competition.
05:02I think it's a part of their growth.
05:05It's impossible to win every competition.
05:08You need to accumulate experience.
05:10In addition to the European players,
05:13such as Lin Shidong and Xiang Huang,
05:15they have accumulated a lot of experience.
05:17They have grown up to be excellent players.
05:20Of course, if there is such an opportunity to promote table tennis,
05:27to make more people like table tennis,
05:30I have such an idea.
05:33I think that's the purpose of this competition.
05:38Norway is not a big or strong country in table tennis.
05:44It's my first time to play in Norway.
05:48I just played with two Norwegian kids.
05:51I can see that they like table tennis very much.
05:55It's an opportunity to interact with them.
05:57It's an opportunity to make more Europeans like table tennis.
06:02If there is such an opportunity,
06:04I am very happy to do so.
06:09I think European table tennis still has this tradition.
06:15In recent years,
06:17Lebron James is very famous in France.
06:21I think he can be compared to other football stars.
06:24I met him at the Olympic Games in Barcelona.
06:28Mourinho is very famous in Sweden.
06:32I think he is the most famous player in the first team.
06:36I can see their influence.
06:39In addition to their reputation,
06:41I can see their influence in their own country.
06:45Of course, Borussia Dortmund has a strong influence in Germany.
06:50I think in the coming years,
06:53China, including the Asian team,
06:56will be able to make more people like table tennis.
07:02I have played in Europe many times.
07:07I like the atmosphere of European people watching table tennis.
07:11I can feel that people like table tennis very much.
07:20I think from the perspective of competitive sports,
07:24I hope to do my best to win.
07:28I think it's hard for an athlete to change his habits or his original intention.
07:35Of course, there is another meaning.
07:38I hope to enjoy table tennis more.
07:41I hope to promote table tennis more.
07:43I think the perspective of the result of the competition
07:48is more open-minded than when I was young.
07:58I think every athlete will experience various setbacks.
08:01For me,
08:03when I was young,
08:05I hoped to win the championship.
08:10Of course, after so many setbacks,
08:15I tried my best to win the championship.
08:21Although I didn't win,
08:23I was still one of the best.
08:25I wasn't 100% determined to win the championship.
08:30In fact, the champion is what people remember.
08:34But for me,
08:36sometimes I compare myself with my past self.
08:40Am I improving?
08:42Am I trying harder?
08:43I think it's an important reason for me to be more and more stable.
08:53In fact, there is a cruel side of competitive sports.
08:56There is also a touching side.
08:59As an athlete,
09:01I am touched by various sports.
09:05For example, the match between Fan Zhendong and Zhang Mengzhi in the Olympic Games.
09:10There are many people who give up in the Olympic Games.
09:17I think this is the spirit of sports.
09:20Besides winning,
09:22I hope people won't give up.
09:25No matter how difficult the challenge is,
09:27I hope people can overcome it.
09:30Overcome the difficulties.
09:32I think this is the courage that I can give to them,
09:37whether it's learning or working.
09:46I wish you all the best in the new year.
09:50I hope you can do better than you did in the past year.
10:01I wish you all the best.
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