Cai Zhenhua strongly supports Zhang Jike, saying that people are not afraid of failure or mistakes, pointing out their greatest advantages

On the morning of July 18, the 2025 "Zhang Jike Cup" National Table Tennis Championship opened at the Lin'an Sports and Culture Exhibition Center in Hangzhou. The number of participants exceeded 1,200, with an age span ranging from 5 to 68 years old. Cai Zhenhua, former deputy director of the General Administration of Sports of China, who had not appeared for a long time, attended the opening ceremony as a special guest, and jointly kicked off the event with Zhang Jike to promote national table tennis together. In the past two years, Zhang Jike, the winner of the table tennis Grand Slam, has been committed to promoting table tennis after fading out of the arena. Almost every night, he popularized table tennis knowledge through live broadcasts, and also sold online courses, which promoted the popularization of table tennis teaching resources. At the same time, he also guides young athletes offline and teaches their skills and experience to them without reservation.

Today, at the opening ceremony of the 2025 "Zhang Jike Cup" National Table Tennis Championship, Cai Zhenhua said that he hopes that there will be more such competitions across the country and that more people will participate. He said: "There are many people participating, and everyone is enthusiastic. I believe that more pillars will appear."

Talking about Zhang Jike, Cai Zhenhua praised him. He said that Zhang Jike achieved the Grand Slam in the shortest time, created history, created miracles, and was an excellent athlete.

"Zhang Jike gave me the biggest impression that he was not admitting defeat, which is worthy of praise."

Cai Zhenhua said that some people may remain silent when they encounter setbacks, but some people keep learning lessons from failures. "People are not afraid of failure or making mistakes. The best thing they do is to recognize from mistakes and grow up." Cai Zhenhua said.

In addition, when asked on the spot whether he would invite his former teammate Fan Zhendong, Zhang Jike said that Fan Zhendong is still in his year of fighting, and when he has time in the future, "just come"!

(Mishe Sports)