Name: DENG YAPING (Table Tennis China)

Birthday: February 6, 1973

Height: 1.50 meters

Birthplace: Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Origin: Xinning County, Shaoyang, Hunan

Nationality: Chinese

Project: Table Tennis

[Edit this paragraph] Performance honors

In his sports career, he has won 132 championship titles, and has won 18 world championships (second only to Wang Nan with 6 and Wang Nan with 24), and has won 4 Olympic Games championships in 2 consecutive years.

Best result:

Double champion in women’s table tennis singles and doubles at the 25th and 26th Olympic Games

Won the team championship in the national competition in 1983

In 1988, she won the women's doubles championship and singles runner-up at the National Table Tennis Championships

1989 World Table Tennis Championships women's doubles championship;

1990 World Cup team Championship;

1991 World Table Tennis Championships Women's Singles Championship, Women's Team and Women's Doubles Runner-up, World Cup Team Championship;

1992 World Cup Doubles Championship;

Women's singles and doubles champion at the 25th Olympic Games in 1992;

Women's doubles runner-up and women's team champion at the 1993 World Table Tennis Championships;

Women's singles, women's doubles and Women's team champion, mixed doubles runner-up, World Cup team champion;

Women's singles and women's doubles champions at the 26th Olympic Games in 1996, ITTF finals women's singles and women's doubles champions, and World Cup women's singles champions;

1997 World Table Tennis Championships women's singles, women's doubles, women's team champion, mixed doubles runner-up.

Honors received:

Won the title of Athletes in 1987

Won the title of International Athletes in 1988

Won the title of National Athletes in 1990 Sports Medal of Honor issued by the Sports Commission

In 1990, she was named one of the top ten athletes in the country

In 1990, she was awarded the title of National "March 8" Red Flag Bearer by the All-China Women's Federation. In the same year, she was awarded the title of National Youth The League Central Committee awarded her the title of "National New Long March Assaulter"

[Edit this paragraph] Detailed introduction

Deng Yaping is the greatest female player in the history of table tennis. She has been playing since she was 5 years old. She learned how to play with her father and joined the national team in 1988. She has won 14 world championship titles. She has remained number one in the table tennis world rankings for 8 consecutive years. She is the female athlete who has been ranked number one in the world for the longest time and is the only female athlete to win consecutive Olympic table tennis gold medals. athlete and won 4 Olympic gold medals, including singles and doubles with Qiao Hong.

Deng Yaping, who is only 1.50 meters tall and has stubby hands and feet, does not seem to be suitable for playing table tennis. She started learning to play table tennis when she was 5 years old. Because she was too short, she was excluded from the Henan Provincial Team and had to enter Zhengzhou City. Team. But with hard training, rare speed, fearless courage and tenacious fighting spirit, she won the team and singles championships in the National Youth Table Tennis Competition at the age of 10, and later joined the Henan Provincial Team in 1988. Was selected to the national team. She won the national championship at the age of 13, the Asian championship at the age of 15, and the double champion of women's team and women's doubles at the World Championships at the age of 16. In 1992, 19-year-old Deng Yaping won the women's singles championship at the Barcelona Olympics, and won the women's doubles championship with Qiao Hong. At the 42nd World Table Tennis Championships held in Sweden in 1993, she cooperated with the team members and won two gold medals in team and doubles, becoming a veritable queen of world table tennis.

Deng Yaping's outstanding achievements have changed the traditional concept of only selecting athletes among tall people in the world table tennis world.

President Samaranch of the International Olympic Committee was also fascinated by Deng Yaping's playing style and skills. He personally awarded her an award and invited her to the National Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne...

After 1997, she successively She went to Tsinghua University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Nottingham to study, and obtained a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in contemporary Chinese studies; in 2002, Deng Yaping served on the Ethics Committee and the Sports and Environment Committee of the International Olympic Committee; in 2003 In 2008, Deng Yaping became a staff member of the Market Development Department of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee.

Today, Deng Yaping has registered her marriage with her boyfriend of many years, former national team male table tennis player Lin Zhigang of the Guangdong team, and has settled their new home near Longtan Lake in Chongwen District, Beijing. From falling in love as a teenager to having ups and downs, and then holding hands and growing old, Deng Yaping today can be said to have achieved both success in her love and career.

[Edit this paragraph] Current situation

After 1997, Deng Yaping went to Tsinghua University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Nottingham for further studies, and received bachelor's degrees in English and contemporary Chinese studies Professional Master's Degree.

In 2002, Deng Yaping served on two committees, the Ethics Committee and the Sports and Environment Committee of the International Olympic Committee.

In 2003, Deng Yaping started working in the Market Development Department of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee.

He once served as deputy director of the Olympic Village Department of the Organizing Committee of the 29th Olympic Games.

In November 2008, he served as deputy director of the Sports Equipment Center of the State Sports General Administration.

[Edit this paragraph] Character story

Childhood:

In her childhood, Deng Yaping was influenced by her father, a sports coach at the time, and determined to be an outstanding student. athlete. But she was short and had stubby hands and feet, which did not meet the requirements of the sports school. The door of the sports school failed to open to her. As a result, young Deng Yaping learned table tennis from her father. Her father stipulated that she must do 100 serving and receiving movements after physical training class every day. Although Deng Yaping was only seven or eight years old, in order to become more proficient in her ball skills and solidify her basic skills, she tied sandbags on her legs and replaced the wooden signs with iron ones.

How valuable this is for a child! This not only causes physical suffering, but also puts great pressure on the mind. For such a tiny girl, every step she takes to dodge, spread out, soar, or move can be described as difficult!

My legs are swollen! My palms are worn out! ——This is a common occurrence! But he never complains or complains about being tired!

The father who is responsible for training sometimes feels so distressed that he sheds tears!

Efforts always pay off. Due to Deng Yaping's persistence, at the age of 10, she won the team and singles championships in the National Youth Table Tennis Competition.

Athlete period:

After entering the national team, Deng Yaping always exceeded her training tasks. It was stipulated that she should practice until 11 o'clock in the morning, so she extended herself to 11:45 If the training in the afternoon was until 6 o'clock, she would practice until 6:45 or 7:45. The closed training stipulated that she would practice until 9 o'clock in the evening, so she would practice until after 11 o'clock. Deng Yaping often misses time for training, so she makes noodles by herself.

When the team was practicing Taiwan's one-sided attack, Deng Yaping still tied sandbags to her legs, and faced two male partners running left and right. The fight lasted 2 hours!

During the multi-ball training, the coach hit the ball one after another. Deng Yaping's eyes widened every time and she received the ball meticulously, more than 1,000 times in one catch.

According to statistics from coach Zhang Xielin, Deng Yaping catches and plays more than 10,000 balls every day.

After every training session, Deng Yaping’s clothes, shoes and socks were soaked with sweat. Sometimes even the floor would be soaked. She had to change clothes, shoes and socks, and even change the table to practice again.

Deng Yaping has been engaged in heavy exercise and high-intensity training for a long time. From her neck to her feet, Deng Yaping has suffered injuries in many parts of her body.

In order to deal with the lumbar muscle strain, she had to wear a wide waist support. The fat pads in her knee joints were swollen and her ankle joints were almost covered with bone spurs. After one stitch closed it, a blood blister formed on the sole of the foot, so I broke it and then wrapped it in a layer of gauze and continued practicing. Even if the wound is infected and the pus and blood are squeezed out, you still have to continue practicing.

School years:

When 24-year-old Deng Yaping first registered at the Department of Foreign Languages ??at Tsinghua University, her instructor asked her to write 26 English letters in one go. At that time, Deng Yaping took great pains to write out what seemed to be the simplest things in the eyes of others (it seemed that she did not write them all).

So Deng Yaping reduced her sleep time to a minimum, often studying until very late before resting, getting up at 5 a.m., and studying almost harshly for 14 hours. Sometimes, reading while walking takes up even the time to eat. What's more important is that the good visual acuity of 1.5 that I always maintained during playing games has also dropped to 0.6.

Deng Yaping kept asking herself to do her homework as if she were completing the training course. It must be done today, without any ambiguity. Deng Yaping's spirit of studying hard impressed both her tutors and classmates.

In February 1998, Deng Yaping went to study at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Deng Yaping began to learn English at the language school of the University of Cambridge. In just three months, Deng Yaping insisted on rushing from her residence at more than 8 o'clock every day. School is in session. After class at 3:30 p.m., she went to the college's learning center to study, listen to tapes, and practice her spoken English. She didn't rush back to her residence until the learning center closed at 8 p.m.

Back at her residence, Deng Yaping never wastes time. She insists on communicating with her landlord in English, and insists on completing homework and previewing homework on time.

After she finally obtained her master's degree, Deng Yaping set off to study for a doctorate at Cambridge University.

Writing in a fixed position for a long time caused Deng Yaping to suffer from cervical spondylosis. She could not move her head and suffered severe pain when she moved. However, the pain did not conquer Deng Yaping. She gritted her teeth and persisted in checking information and writing in a fixed posture.

Story of Integrity

It was the eve of Deng Yaping’s graduation from Tsinghua University. One day, she approached her Chinese teacher and asked him to help revise the summary of her philosophy class. This philosophical summary is four to five thousand words long, and the content is very substantial. It not only provides theoretical explanations, but also can be combined with practical philosophical perspectives to analyze the strategies and tactics of playing golf.

A few days later, the Chinese teacher gave me the corrected article. A few days later, the Chinese teacher met her on campus. Deng Yaping expressed her gratitude to the Chinese teacher and said to him seriously: "I gave both summaries to the philosophy teacher and told the teacher It became clear that one of them was written by me, and the other was revised by a Chinese teacher. "

If you ask a Chinese teacher to revise a philosophy article, it stands to reason that after the revision, it can be regarded as your own. The "original" was handed in. The Chinese teacher would never question Deng Yaping why she didn’t explain that it was corrected by the teacher; the philosophy teacher would never question whether she asked someone else to correct her. Everything seemed so natural. However, Deng Yaping actually handed over the two articles before and after the revision to the philosophy teacher, and truthfully explained that she had asked the Chinese teacher to make revisions. This is honest Deng Yaping, this is Deng Yaping's honesty!

Only with such honesty can she have her career, her glory, and her strength of personality. Just imagine, how can someone who is academically dishonest become "Deng Yaping"?

Olympic bid story

When Deng Yaping was an athlete, she cried in public twice, once in Barcelona in 1992 and once in Atlanta in 1996. She won the Olympic women's singles championship. I couldn't help myself after that. On July 13, 2001, when Mr. Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee, announced that Beijing had won the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games, Deng Yaping cried again. “Winning in Beijing is more exciting than any time I won a world championship.

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Beijing Olympic Bid Ambassador

In December last year, Deng Yaping knew that she had become the “Beijing Olympic Bid Ambassador” together with Yang Lan and others. At that time, she was attending the International Olympic Committee Athletes Competition in Lausanne, Switzerland. During the committee meeting, the Beijing Olympic Bid Committee delegation also arrived in Lausanne. Liu Qi, Chairman of the Olympic Bid Committee, gave a report on Beijing’s bid for the 2008 Olympic Games to the International Olympic Committee Executive Committee. The tasks assigned to Deng Yaping by Mayor Liu Qi and Director Yuan Weimin were. Responsible for the work of the Athletes Committee. There are 11 people in the International Olympic Committee Athletes Committee with voting rights, one of whom is Canadian, so there are 10 people who vote directly, plus the chairman and vice-chairman, there are 12 people. Participate in the voting. On February 20, Deng Yaping completed her last course at the University of Nottingham and rushed back to Beijing the next day to attend the reception of the Olympic bid evaluation team. After seeing off the evaluation team, she stayed in Beijing to continue completing her studies at Tsinghua University. Some university courses.

The International Olympic Committee stipulates that members cannot visit the bidding city, which is very detrimental to Beijing, because many people have never been to Beijing and do not understand Beijing. Deng Yaping said that the Athletes Committee. Of the dozen or so people, only two or three have been to China. Popov’s last visit to China was in 1999, and he went to Shanghai; Australian swimmer Susan O’Neill visited Shanghai in 1987, and American volleyball player Bob also I came to China in 1988. China at that time was not comparable to what it is now, but it left a very deep impression on them. “The clothes you wear are all gray, and the buildings are also gray. "So it's quite difficult to do their work because they don't understand the current China. They can't be invited in, so they have to go out. "I have a relatively favorable situation. In the past four or five years, I have gotten along well with my colleagues on the Athletes Committee. That's great. We all have been athletes and are young people, so it's easier to communicate. "Deng Yaping said. She contacted the committee members in Europe in advance and asked them if they had time to meet in the city where they lived, and then started running according to the scheduled time. She went to Sweden to meet a Kazakh athlete in winter sports. Luxembourg met with the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and went to Italy to meet with two athletes committee members. In order to meet Bob from the United States, Deng Yaping made a round trip from Beijing to Los Angeles in three days, and the time on the plane was longer than the two days she spent in the United States. Although it was hard to travel to one place for three days, Deng Yaping felt it was worth it. She introduced the current situation of Beijing to these people, which was completely different from the Beijing they had in mind. She told them that our government and people really want to host an Olympic Games. For athletes, it was definitely a different Olympics.

Before going to Moscow, the Beijing Olympics Bid Committee had done a very detailed job in all aspects, and I only did a little bit of it. , many people have been busy for more than two years without holidays, and it is very hard. Like Mr. He Zhenliang, Chairman of the International Badminton Federation Lu Shengrong, etc., they have to do more work.

Two Olympic bids and two presentations

Deng Yaping was appointed as the athlete representative in Beijing's two Olympic bids. In 1993, Deng Yaping had just reached the peak of her career. She won the women's singles and women's doubles championships at the Barcelona Olympics the previous year, and won international awards. Mr. Samaranch, President of the Olympic Committee, was informed more than a month before the vote that she was asked to say a few words in her final statement on behalf of the active athletes. "But I didn't speak English at all," said Liu Beijian of the International Department. He wrote a few sentences for me and taught me sentence by sentence so that I could memorize them. "Deng Yaping, who has been studying at the University of Nottingham in the UK for two years, felt that the presentation experience was really "suspicious": "I basically didn't sleep the first night of the presentation, and I kept mumbling those few words, which was worse than participating in the World Series. nervous. Because I don’t have any confidence in my heart, what if I forget the words, and I can’t understand a sentence of English on the paper. When it was my turn to play, I felt my heart pounding. I was so nervous! But after all, having played in so many world competitions, I was able to calm down once I got on the court and memorize those few sentences smoothly. "

When she also made a statement on behalf of the athletes in Moscow, not only Deng Yaping herself felt more confident, but everyone who heard Deng Yaping speak English was full of confidence in her.

She can now write papers and give reports in English. Yang Lan, who studied in the United States, also praised Deng Yaping's English proficiency. In addition, there is another point that makes Deng Yaping confident, "I have been studying at Tsinghua University and the University of Nottingham for the past four years. I have not read in vain. I feel that I am much more mature than when I applied for the last Olympic Games."

Although I have already The statement was memorized by heart, but just to be on the safe side, Deng Yaping still brought the manuscript to the stage. If she got stuck, she could just take a look at the manuscript and continue. Although experienced in the battlefield, Deng Yaping still felt a little nervous before taking the field. "With 8 presenters, plus 9 people from *** Yang Ling, we know how heavy the burden is on our shoulders. Once the presentation is made, it should be done. Maybe not a single vote will be added. If the presentation is not good, it will be very difficult. There may be a reduction in votes, and the Beijing Olympic Bid Committee has done so much work before, so we can only succeed but not fail."

Several presenters have done this many times in Beijing before. practise. Deng Yaping said: "At the International Conference Center in the Asian Games Village, the venue was completely arranged according to the size of the podium for the International Olympic Committee meeting. According to the terminology of table tennis, it was simulation training. Everyone's statement was changed dozens of times, and the discussion , overturned, discussed again, overturned again, and finally finalized it, it was already early July, and time was very tight. When it came time for the "competition", we all performed very well. After the presentation in Beijing, everyone felt that it was the best. Beijing’s presentation report is better than that of several other cities. Beijing is too well prepared and everyone is full of confidence in Beijing’s victory.”

While waiting for the vote, delegations from the five bidding cities were sitting. In a hall. "Although we were nervous, we were very confident and even thought it was possible to pass the first round. If we didn't pass the first round, we were a little nervous: What went wrong? But everyone was able to stay calm," Deng Yaping recalled. explain. "After the second round of voting, when we saw that the three people who were scrutinizing the votes had all left, we knew there was a result: it must be Beijing! Because only Beijing can win in the first two rounds, and it is absolutely impossible to be eliminated in the first two rounds. This The Beijing Olympics Bid Committee is very confident. So when the results come out in the second round, Beijing will definitely win."

The dream has finally come true, and many people have been looking forward to this day. "As soon as I heard about Beijing, I stood up and tears immediately flowed down. Everyone cried. It was really not easy. It can be said that at that moment, I was more excited than any time I won a world championship." Deng Yaping sincerely said say.

[Edit this paragraph] Making friends over the years

Samaranch and Deng Yaping

On the day before the opening of the 27th Olympic Games, they made a special trip from the UK to Sydney to participate. Deng Yaping, a famous table tennis player who is running for membership of the International Olympic Committee, walked into the Olympic Village to meet with athletes from various countries and began her campaign lobbying activities. Since this was my first time doing this, I didn't seem to be very good at it. It happened that three Chinese Olympic Committee members, He Zhenliang, Lu Shengrong and Yu Zaiqing, also came to the Olympic Village to visit the Chinese athletes. The three immediately encouraged Deng Yaping to strengthen her confidence and introduced some useful campaign suggestions to her. At present, the chairman and secretary-general of the ITTF have made it clear that they support Deng Yaping's candidacy. They believe that this is not only a matter for Deng Yaping and China, but also related to the overall interests of the international table tennis movement.

Samaranch is nearly 80 years old, and Deng Yaping is 27 years old. It is sports and the Olympic spirit that closely connect them, and they have written a good story in the history of sports.

Samaranch has been in charge of the Olympic Committee since 1980, almost 20 years ago, and is known as Savon. Savon likes Deng Yaping's aggressive, fast and fierce style of play, her indomitable and tenacious style. Savon once said to Deng Yaping personally: "I like your style of play very much. It's fast and fierce, and it looks delicious." In short, Deng Yaping fully embodies the Olympic spirit of "higher, faster, stronger". Savon personally wrote the preface to the book "Deng Yaping" published in 1995, praising Deng Yaping as "one of the outstanding young athletes in the world." “Her extraordinary results are the result of hard work combined with genius, indomitable spirit and respect for the Olympic ethics.

"He believes: "Miss Deng Yaping's achievements will help promote women's sports in China and the world. "

Samaranch loved table tennis when he was young and once won Spain's national mixed doubles championship. He said: "I have a special feeling for table tennis, so I actively advocated that it be included in the list. An official event of the Olympic Games. "Table tennis can be included in the Olympic Games, Samaranch is indispensable.

In the 41st World Table Tennis Championships in 1991, Deng Yaping used her fast and crisp serve to attack, and her changeable routes And the landing point, the Seoul Olympics women's singles runner-up Li Fenji could only parry, but had no power to fight back. It only took 45 minutes to end the battle with a score of 3:0. 18-year-old Deng Yaping made her debut in the world for the first time. The women's singles championship. Deng Yaping's superb skills won the favor of Samaranch. He decided to personally award the women's singles championship. This was the first time he awarded an award to a table tennis player as the president of the Olympic Committee. Qi’s first relationship with Deng Yaping

In September 1991, Deng Yaping participated in the "Samaranch Cup" competition held in Japan. After Xiao Deng won the championship, he was invited to Lausanne by Samaranch. As a guest. As an athlete, I was invited to Lausanne, the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee, as a guest. This has never happened before. Chinese athlete Deng Yaping was the first to receive this honor. She was indescribably happy. She felt that this was not only her personal honor, but also the honor of all Chinese athletes.

On November 25, 1991, after the intense World Cup team competition, Deng Yaping went to Lausanne to participate. During the dinner held by Samaranch, the Chinese owner of the restaurant enthusiastically taught her a greeting in the Catalan dialect of Spain: "Bon Dias!" "Deng Yaping learned this sentence after repeated practice. As soon as Deng Yaping saw Savon, she said to him "Bon Dias! "Samaranch immediately hugged Deng Yaping into his arms and kissed her cheek. He did not expect that this oriental girl would greet him in the dialect of his hometown.

At the dinner, Savon asked in detail Deng Yaping was asked about everything from competitions to training, from studies to hobbies. When he learned that Deng started practicing football at the age of 5, Savon asked: "How tall were you then?" It must be difficult to hit the ball, right? "Deng Yaping said: "My head just passed the table, so I had to raise my hands to hit. Savon's secretary, Miss Marta, immediately imitated the movements of children raising their hands to bat the ball above their heads, which amused everyone at the table. Deng Yaping nodded and said: "It's so similar, that's what it looks like!" "During the dinner, Deng Yaping learned that Savong was also a table tennis player when he was young, so he gave Savong a spare racket of his and a pair of fitness balls. Savong gave Deng Yaping a set to introduce the world Souvenirs from the Olympic Committee and a box of Swiss chocolates

The next day, Deng Yaping and translator Liu Beijian, accompanied by Miss Marta, visited the Olympic Museum and the Olympic Committee headquarters. Deng Yaping saw. The five-ring flag and the five-star red flag were fluttering in the wind. Miss Marta told her that they were raised specifically for Chinese guests, but not all guests could enjoy this courtesy. This high-standard courtesy made Deng Yaping feel extremely proud. .

At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Deng Yaping first won the women's doubles gold medal with Qiao Hong, and then won the women's singles championship for the third time. He said with a smile: "I invite you to Lausanne again! Come with your coach! ”

In May 1995, at the 43rd World Table Tennis Championships, Deng Yaping and Qiao Hong played magnificently and finally won the championship. Savon happily presented the gold medals to Deng Yaping and Qiao Hong. It was Savon's fourth time to present an award to Deng Yaping.

In 1996, after the women's singles final of the Atlanta Olympic Games, Savon once again presented Deng Yaping with an award for the fifth time. He held Deng Yaping tightly. hand, and gently patted Deng Yaping's cheek with her right hand.

This touching scene is full of emotions. It is a great honor for an athlete to get an opportunity to receive the award from Samaranch. Deng Yaping has won such an honor five times, which shows the importance of Deng Yaping in Savon's heart.

February 6, 1997 was Deng Yaping’s birthday in the year of her birth, and it was also her mother’s 60th birthday. That day happened to be the New Year’s Eve. To reward everyone, Deng Yaping held a birthday party at Tianlun Dynasty Hotel. Xu Yinsheng, Chairman of the ITTF and Chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, delivered a speech. He said: "Since Xiao Deng participated in the competition, he has won 125 championships, including 15 world championships. Now is the era of Deng Yaping. I wish that the era of Deng Yaping will continue to be successful." Longer and more brilliant."

Yao Zhenxu, deputy director of the Table Tennis Management Center, announced good news: President Samaranch appointed Deng Yaping as a member of the International Olympic Committee Athletes Commission. This exciting news pushed the entire party to another climax, because it was the first time in the history of the Olympics that a table tennis player held this position.

What Chairman Xu Yinsheng said, "Some people say that Xiao Deng wants to retire," is not completely groundless. Maybe someone guessed it based on Deng Yaping's desire to go to college, but wanting to go to college and retiring are two different things. Deng Yaping joined a professional team at the age of 9. As she grew older, her desire to go to college became stronger.

Deng Yaping’s application was recognized by Tsinghua University and she officially became a student of Tsinghua University after the Atlanta Olympics. But Deng Yaping is still an active national player on the Chinese table tennis team. Deng Yaping won three more gold medals at the 44th World Table Tennis Championships held in April 1997. It was not until November 1997 that she actually entered the classroom at Tsinghua University.

On March 26, 1998, Deng Yaping left Beijing and flew to the UK. In Cambridge, she first studied at Newnan Language Institute and later transferred to Bell Language Institute. While Deng Yaping was studying in the UK, she attended the International Olympic Committee Athletes Committee meeting in Portugal and was invited to visit Lausanne for the second time.

At the 1998 joint meeting of the Athletes Committee and the Olympic Committee Executive Committee, Deng Yaping was arranged to speak. In order to make this speech, Deng Yaping recited the English speech over and over again. From stuttering at the beginning to smooth and fluent later, she could memorize it in the end.

At the joint meeting on the morning of June 1, Mr. Talberg, chairman of the Athletes Committee, deliberately arranged Deng Yaping’s speech later so that Samaranch, who arrived later, could hear Deng Yaping’s speech in person. speak. As soon as Deng Yaping spoke, Samaranch laughed until the end of his speech, because Samaranch did not expect that Deng Yaping could speak such fluent English just a few months apart.