But because Malone has surpassed himself, his achievements in the field of men's table tennis are not so remarkable. Everyone is more concerned about another fact-Malone tied Wang Nan, the predecessor of the National Table Tennis Grand Slam, and kept the historical record of 1 1 year, and became the player who won the world championship the most times in table tennis history!
Since the normalization of table tennis before the 1920s, the World Table Tennis Championships, the World Cup and the Olympic Games have successively become world competitions recognized by most athletes and fans, but any athlete who can win a gold medal in any of these competitions (singles, doubles and team competitions) will also be honored as the "world champion".
By the end of the team World Cup, the three people who won the world championship the most times in history were-Wang Nan and Malone tied for the first place, both 24 times; More than half a century ago, Viktor Barna, a famous Hungarian table tennis player, followed closely and won the championship 22 times.
It should be pointed out that the ranking of the total number of world champions is greatly influenced by age, because the number of table tennis matches is different in different periods. For example, when Rong Guotuan, Zhuang Zedong and others participated in the competition, only the World Table Tennis Championships did not have the World Cup, and table tennis was not introduced into the Olympic Games, so the number of championships was seriously "shrunk".
Although only the World Table Tennis Championships existed in Barna, the World Table Tennis Championships were held once a year, with four gold medals every year. As for the era in which Wang Nan and Malone lived, three games were basically completed, and the number of champions naturally increased. But even so, Malone's performance is still the supreme king in the history of male table tennis! Why?
Malone is one of the top five men's table tennis grand slam, the most men's singles champion in the world, the only two men's singles champions in history (three consecutive championships in the biennial World Table Tennis Championships), the only men's singles champion in China, and the most men's singles champion in the professional tour.
Anyone who knows a little about the history of table tennis knows that the competition in the field of men's table tennis is much fiercer than that of women's, and the technical strength of men's table tennis players is far above that of women's table tennis. Therefore, Malone can rush to tie for the first place with Wang Nan, which is a kind of almost horrible dominance.
More importantly, with Malone's current strength, it seems not too difficult to break Wang Nan's record. At present, he has decided to participate in the men's table tennis World Cup at the end of this month, and it is very likely that he will participate in the team table tennis World Cup and next year's Olympic singles and team competitions. Not to mention that he can win the World Table Tennis Championships singles title this year, even if it is only a team, the possibility of China winning the championship collectively is too high!
Then, can the "dragon" in table tennis soar, surpass all its predecessors and create a more horrible historical record? Let's wait and see: Come on, Malone!