张继科,乒乓球的新起冠军

Zhang Jike is a table tennis player of China’s national team. He learned to play table tennis with his father when he was five years old. In 2000, he joined the Luneng table tennis team of Shandong Province. He entered the national table tennis team in January, 2003.

In the 2008 National Tournament[锦标赛], Zhang Jike won the championship for the PLA[中国人民] team with Wang Hao and other players. And then he beat the three Olympic champions[冠军]—Ma Lin, Wang Liqin and Wang Hao, and won the championship of Men’s Singles[男子单打] of table tennis.

On May 15th, 2011, Zhang Jike beat Wang Hao by 4:2 in the Men’s Singles of Table Tennis in the World Championship[世锦赛] and won his first championship of Men’s Singles during his sport career. On November 13th, 2011, he got his first championship in the World Cup. In the competition, he beat his teammate, Wang Hao, by 4:2.

The beginning of 2009 was not wonderful for Zhang Jike. But from the second half of 2009, Zhang Jike restarted his journey. He became the world championship by taking part in the Group World Cup and later he won the Men’s Group Championship of Asian Championships. But in the Men’s Singles, he was suppressed[压制] by Ma Long and Xu Xin. Ma Long was the same age as him while Xu Xin was bit younger than him. He won the second place in the Asian Championship and East Asian Games.

Zhang Jike started very well at the beginning of 2010. He got the chance to take part in the World Championships of Table Tennis in the second team tryout. He also got his first Men’s Singles championship of international competition in the Asia Cup. During the World Championships in Moscow, he was able to represent[代表] China to compete with other players in the semi-final and final and he achieved a lot for China. In 2010, Zhang Jike won the second place in the Qatar Open Tournament, the championship of men’s doubles in the Kuwait Open Tournament with Ma Long and the runner-up in the men’s doubles in German Open Tournament with Hao Shuai.

Zhang Jike started to play table tennis when he was five and won the international championship when he was 23. He had experienced lots of hardship through this time. When he lifted the cup, what did the young man who usually didn’t talk too much think of? When asked about his, Zhang Jike remained cool, “I am very happy when I win the championship and it is my first time to take part in the World Championships. I have no burden[负担] and this is a new beginning for me.”

张继科现为中国男子乒乓球队队员。5岁就跟随父亲学打球，2000年进入山东鲁能乒乓球队，2003年1月进入国家队。

在2008年全国锦标赛上，张继科在与王皓等人合作以全胜战绩为队获得男团冠军之后，在男单比赛中连胜马琳、王励勤和王皓三名奥运冠军，一举获得男单冠军。

2011年5月15日，张继科在世乒赛男单决赛中以4:2击败王皓，赢得了他职业生涯中的首个世乒赛男单冠军。2011年11月13日，张继科在2011年乒乓球男子世界杯赛上以4:2战胜队友王皓，在职业生涯中首度加冕世界杯赛冠军。

2009年的开局对张继科来说并不精彩。不过从下半年开始，张继科重新出发。出战团体世界杯让他成为世界冠军，之后还获得了亚锦赛的男团冠军等荣誉。不过在单打赛场，他却被同龄的马龙和比自己小一些的许昕压制，亚锦赛与东亚运动会都在男单赛场屈居第二。

2010年张继科的开局不错，第二次队内选拔赛就获得了参加世乒赛的资格，还在亚洲杯上拿到了自己的第一个国际比赛单打冠军。在莫斯科世乒赛上，张继科在半决赛和决赛中都得到了宝贵的出场机会，为中国队的夺冠立下不小的功劳。2010年张继科获得了卡塔尔公开赛亚军、科威特公开赛男双冠军(与马龙)和德国公开赛男双亚军(与郝帅)。

张继科5岁开始打球，23岁拿到世界冠军，中间历经起伏波折，吃了那么多苦。在最终举起奖杯的那一刻，这个少言寡语的小伙心里到底在想些什么？谈到这个，张继科又恢复了酷酷的神情，“赢了当然高兴，这次是我第一次打世锦赛单打，我的心态很好，没有包袱，对我来说一切都是从零开始。”