Wang Manyu comes from an ordinary family in northeast China, and her parents let her learn to play table tennis when she was 5 years old, in line with the idea of letting her children stay fit. 
The little girl played for the first time and was fascinated by this little white ball. She stared intently at the small white ball on the other side of the table, holding a short racket and waving it, trying to hit the ball back every time. At the beginning, Wang Manyu played like a toddler, stumbling, and many balls were difficult to catch, let alone hit the ball back to the opposite side of the court. However, the little girl was full of energy, she would not be easily discouraged, and after falling down again and again, she got up and tried again, with no frustration on her face. 
Day after day, Wang Manyu's eyesight and feel for the ball are steadily improving, and she is no longer as busy as she was at the beginning. Her body has also become stronger through continuous training. When he was 7 years old, Wang Manyu participated in the city competition for the first time and won the 7th place with his extraordinary performance. This attracted the attention and affirmation of the coach, and strengthened the confidence of her family to support her to concentrate on training. 
At the age of 9, Wang Manyu's talent and hard work finally paid off, and she was appreciated by the coach of the provincial team and was selected to receive systematic training in the Heilongjiang provincial team. Under the careful training of many coaches of the provincial team, Wang Manyu's skills have improved by leaps and bounds. At the age of 14, she won the national junior championship and officially opened the door to the national team. 
At the age of 14, he won the national junior championship, and Wang Manyu entered the national youth team for training as he wished. This gave the little girl great encouragement and made her feel more pressure from all sides. After all, she is no longer a player in the provincial team, but wants to prove herself on the big stage of the national team. 
In the first year, Wang Manyu always lagged behind Chen Meng and other veteran players in the national youth team, and she was eager to grow as soon as possible and eager to truly integrate into the team. So the little girl began to train frantically, swinging hundreds of balls more than others every day. Finally, in her second year in the national youth team, she stood firm and played in the professional league for the first time at the age of 15, winning 10 games alone. In 2016, 17-year-old Wang Manyu stood out and successfully advanced to the national first team. This is the dream of every player, and it is a great honor and encouragement for Wang Manyu, who has just turned 18. 
In August of the same year, the little girl won the International Open for the first time, which undoubtedly showed that she is maturing day by day. In 2018, Wang Manyu ushered in the first peak of his career - the Asian Games. Here, at the age of 20, she won the gold medals in the women's team and women's singles in one fell swoop. Immediately after the World Championships, Wang Manyu went to the next city and defeated a strong opponent to win the women's singles championship. 
For a while, her brilliance almost overshadowed Chen Meng at the same time, and also made people see the huge championship potential. After the glory of the Asian Games and the World Championships, Wang Manyu was originally favored by many experts and fans and was expected to compete in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. However, in the world of sports, there are often variables of one day and one day of the night. After the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Manyu's form declined and his performance was not as expected. This directly led to her failure in the Olympic selection and her failure to participate in the singles event at the Tokyo Olympics. 
Chen Meng, who performed the best in the cycle, and rookie Sun Yingsha got the tickets as they wished, and Wang Manyu could only be helpless at home. Fortunately, she did not give up, and finally participated in the women's team project as a reserve player, and contributed to the Chinese team winning the only women's team gold medal that year. This is undoubtedly the best reward for her perseverance. 
After the Tokyo Olympics, Wang Manyu once recovered and won the double championship of the Women's Singles and World Table Tennis Championships in the National Games, and seemed to have regained her peak. However, a long period of high-intensity training and injury torture still put the young player in the slump again. At the recent World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, the 22-year-old Wang Manyu had a mediocre performance, and the already precarious Paris Olympics had even more hopes. 
The Paris Olympics will be held next year, and the reality facing Wang Manyu is not optimistic. At the moment she is not in good form and has to deal with injuries, whether she can reverse her way and get a ticket is a huge pressure and challenge for the young player. However, looking back at Wang Manyu's career so far, she has never given up lightly. No matter the ups and downs of her form, she has always maintained her fearless fighting spirit and determination. Over the years, she has been fighting alone, facing all kinds of doubts and difficulties, but she has never lost her desire for the highest honors.
Perhaps because of this, the fans gave her a resounding nickname - "Lone Hero". Now the Paris Olympics will be the final battle of the "hero's" career. We sincerely hope that Wang Manyu can once again exert a tenacious fighting spirit, overcome all difficulties and obstacles, and complete the final counterattack!Whatever the outcome, she'll be going all out and shedding sweat and tears for this final match.