In the men's singles final of the Paris Olympic Games that ended on the evening of August 4, Beijing time, the 27-year-old Fan Zhendong lived up to expectations and defeated Sweden's dark horse Moregard 4-1, helping the Chinese team win the Olympic table tennis men's singles gold medal for five consecutive years. After winning the gold, Fan Zhendong celebrated the action to pay tribute to France talent Mbappe.
In this final, Fan Zhendong was violently attacked by Sweden's dark horse Moregaard. The latter came up and took advantage of Fan Zhendong's slow entry to take the next game 11-7. But Fan Zhendong is worthy of the king of national table tennis, and he withstood the pressure in the next 2 games, and reversed the situation with 2 consecutive games 11-9. After that, Fan Zhendong never gave Moregard any chance, and won two more games with a score of 11-8, 11-8 to win the gold medal 4-1.
When the last 1 point was scored, Fan Zhendong clenched his fists excitedly and roared. He then followed the example of France star Kylian Mbappe and crossed his hands over his chest. It is worth noting that this is Fan Zhendong's signature celebration of Real Madrid players for the third consecutive game.
Previously, he eliminated Zhang Ben, emulating Bellingham's domineering two-fingered sky. In the semi-finals, he followed Ronaldo's example and pressed his hands down to signal the fans to be quiet.
As we all know, due to the upset of his former teammate Wang Chuqin who missed the top 16, the heavy responsibility of winning the gold medal in Chinese men's table tennis was all on Fan Zhendong alone. In the previous 1/4 finals, Fan Zhendong was forced to the brink of elimination by Zhang Benzhihe 2-3, but he had a big heart and successfully reversed 2 games in a row. It can be said that Fan Zhendong is a well-deserved first person in men's table tennis.
This is also the first time that Fan Zhendong has won the Olympic men's singles gold medal in his career, and he has become the sixth men's table tennis Grand Slam winner after Waldner, Liu Guoliang, Zhang Jike, Ma Long, and Kong Linghui.