当地时间10月30日，2024年国家和地区奥林匹克委员会协会颁奖典礼在葡萄牙卡斯凯什举行，六枚奥运金牌获得者、中国乒乓球运动员马龙获杰出运动生涯奖。
这项荣誉是对马龙杰出运动生涯的肯定，他是首位获得ANOC国际奥协杰出运动生涯奖的乒乓球运动员。
Chinese table tennis icon Ma Long received the Outstanding Sporting Career Award from the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) on Wednesday, recognizing his exceptional achievements and contributions to the sport.
颁奖现场，马龙全英文发表获奖感言，“感谢国际奥协授予我这个奖项，我感到非常荣幸。今天站在这里，我不仅代表自己，也代表中国乒乓球队。”
他表示：这个奖项不仅属于我个人，还属于中国乒乓球队。我的6枚奥运金牌中，有4枚是团体金牌，这离不开团队的支持和努力，因此我也非常感谢他们。
"It's a great honor to receive this award and to be recognized by ANOC," Ma said. "This award represents not only my efforts but also those of the Chinese table tennis team. Four of my six Olympic gold medals came from the team event, which reflects our collective strength, and I am very grateful to my teammates."
今年36岁的马龙从5岁开始学打乒乓球，2003年进入国家队。从2012年伦敦奥运会首次获得金牌至今，马龙连续参加了4届奥运会，共获得6枚金牌，是获得奥运金牌数最多的中国运动员。
2016年里约奥运会，马龙拿到了乒乓球男单奥运会冠军，实现了个人“大满贯”（Grand Slam）。五年后的东京奥运会上，马龙再次卫冕乒乓球男单冠军，成为世界乒坛首位男子“双圈大满贯”（double Grand Slam）。
Ma, 36, has competed in four consecutive Olympic Games since London 2012. Over his Olympic career, he has won six gold medals, becoming China's most decorated Olympian.
In the 2016 Rio Olympics, he clinched his first singles gold, completing a career Grand Slam. Five years later in Tokyo, he defended his title, becoming the first male table tennis player to claim back-to-back Olympic singles titles and achieving the status of the first "double Grand Slam" champion in the sport.
马龙在领奖时表示：“过去21年的职业生涯，确实是一段漫长的旅程，但我很幸运，因为在我年轻的时候，就找到了对乒乓球的热爱，并梦想着有一天在奥运舞台上竞争。所以，我一直有这个梦想，一直愿意为这项运动付出我的一切，从来没有放弃过。”
"The past 21 years of my career have been a long journey indeed, but I'm lucky because I found my passion — table tennis, at a young age and dreamed about competing on the Olympic stage one day. So I have always had this dream, been willing to give my all to this sport, and I've never ever given up," Ma said.
在被问到有什么特别自豪的事情和最珍贵的其他成就时，他答道：“每个人都知道中国乒乓球是世界上最强的。我们有一句玩笑话，你可能会先成为世界冠军，然后才有机会成为全国冠军。”
马龙表示，希望在自己以及世界乒乓球大家庭的共同努力下，乒乓运动能发展得更好，比以往任何时候都更加强大。
"Everyone knows that Chinese table tennis is the strongest in the world, and we have a joke that 'you would like to be the world champion first, and then have a chance to be a national champion.' So I think my biggest achievement is representing this team for 21 years."
Ma added that he knows that table tennis is not yet a big sport in the world, "I hope that with my effort and the efforts of the entire table tennis family, it will grow bigger than ever."
编辑：左卓
见习编辑：黎霈融
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