Loaded again? Mizutani Hayabusa criticized Zhang Ben fiercely: As a gold medal senior, remind Japan that table tennis is still far from a medal

On August 10, Beijing time, the retired star Mizutani Hayabusa severely criticized the performance of Japan's men's table tennis in this Olympic Games in an interview. As a "gold medal senior", Mizutani reminded Tomokazu Zhang and other juniors that your performance is still far from an Olympic medal.

In this Olympic Games, Japan's men's table tennis performance is sluggish. In the men's team competition, they lost to Sweden and France in the semi-finals and bronze medal matches. And the team's top card Tomokazu Zhang was also reversed and eliminated by Chinese star Fan Zhendong in the men's singles 1/4 finals and missed the top 4. Coupled with the mixed doubles partnership of Zhang Ben and Hayata, they were upset in the first round. Japan men's table tennis has not won even one medal at this Olympic Games.

Regarding the performance of the juniors, Mizutani Hayabusa said worriedly: "I have mixed feelings, and as a narrator, I want to encourage them to say that they have worked hard. But as a gold medalist, I would like to remind Zhang Ben and other players loudly that such a performance and mentality are really far from an Olympic medal.”

Mizutani looks to the future: "The really hard part is the next four years! Sweden France wait for the European team to rise, and the Chinese team is still strong, so I hope that the Japan men's table tennis can win, but the situation is really not optimistic!”

Born in 1989, Mizutani is a well-known Japan men's table tennis player, and at the last Tokyo Olympics, Mizutani partnered with Misei Ito to defeat China's strong Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen in the mixed doubles final to win the first mixed doubles gold medal in Olympic history.

Not only that, Mizutani Hayabusa also won the bronze medal in the men's team with Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Takashi Niwa, and Yuya Uda. In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Mizutani Hayabusa won the bronze medal in men's singles, which was also the first singles medal in the history of the Japanese table tennis Olympics. Judging from the Olympic resume, Mizutani Hayabusa does seem to be qualified to criticize and beat Tomokazu Haramoto.