Officially certified? ITTF Salutes Ma Long: GOAT! The legendary Olympic 6 Golden Dragon, China's first person

In the men's team final of the Paris Olympic Games table tennis that ended on the evening of August 9, Beijing time, the Chinese men's table tennis defeated the Sweden team 3-0 after encountering a lot of challenges, achieving the fifth consecutive Olympic championship of the men's team. And Ma Long, the legendary captain of the national table tennis team, was also crowned 6 gold kings for the first time in history, becoming the first person in the history of the Chinese Olympic Games.

After the game, the International Table Tennis Federation officially congratulated the national table tennis men's team for winning the gold medal for the first time, and officially certified Ma Long as the GOAT of table tennis. The ITTF wrote: "After the Chinese men's table tennis defeated Sweden to win the men's team championship at the Paris Olympics, table tennis legend Ma Long became the athlete with the most gold medals in China's Olympic history with 6 Olympic gold medals. Congratulations to Ma Long, the "Olympic Six Golden Dragons"!”

The 35-year-old Ma Long, who has participated in four Olympic Games in his career, won the team gold medal with the team without playing in singles in London and Paris. He played two roles in Rio and Tokyo, and twice achieved the feat of sweeping.

After winning 6 Olympic gold medals, Ma Long became the first athlete in the history of the Chinese Olympic Games to win 6 gold medals, surpassing Zou Kai, Chen Ruolin and Wu Minxia, who won 5 gold medals.

Not only did he win 6 gold medals in the Olympics, but Ma Long's entire table tennis career was brilliant. He has won a total of 14 World Table Tennis Championships, 11 World Cup titles, 6 Asian Games gold medals, 15 Asian Championships titles, 4 Asian Cup titles, 7 ITTF Finals titles, 4 National Games titles, and 8 National Championships titles.

It is no exaggeration to say that whether it is from the perspective of honor or peak strength, Ma Long has indeed become the well-deserved No. 1 person in the table tennis world.