Newsroom August 2013 | Page 5

Wang Hao ’ s career reached the lowest point after the consecutive failures in Olympic Games . Nevertheless , he has won all the champions except the Olympic gold medal as a single man table tennis player . Apart from few negative comments people regard him as a role model who deserves to be admired rather laughed at . Because each individual has his or her own “ Alkalis heel ” and success is not the sole yardstick to measure a person ’ s achievement . In the national team he is just a shy big boy who practices a lot . His training to his younger teammate and stories make a unique contribution to the development of Chinese table tennis by giving the lesson that sometimes never ever give up even tough you can not get the ultimate goal .

Now thirty-year-old Wang Hao has retired from the national team and are going to get married in May . In the interview during his wedding when he was asked whether he regretted about his career , he smiled resignedly and said “ Everyone has his or her lifetime regrets and I am not an exception . Try your best to do it whose process itself is the success . Apart from that , nobody but God can decide .” Indeed , we might not be the one to win but definitely the best as long as we dedicate ourselves fully into what we are in pursuit of .