On October 10, Beijing time, a shocking event occurred in the national table tennis team, and Fan Zhendong, a 26-year-old national table tennis brother, suddenly announced an important decision.
Fan Zhendong, as a new generation of national table tennis leaders, is Ma Lin Wang Hao, Wang Liqin after the national table tennis worthy leader, was selected for the national team in 2012, won the team championship in 2014 World Table Tennis Championships, became the youngest world champion in the history of Chinese men's table tennis at the age of 17 years and 103 days, and he topped the world number one in 2018, only one Olympic men's singles gold medal away from the Grand Slam.
At 26, at the peak of his career, next year at the Paris Olympics, he is the next national table tennis player most likely to complete the Grand Slam feat.
At such a moment, the news of Fan Zhendong's retirement suddenly came out, which undoubtedly completely shocked the table tennis world, like the sudden thunder on the calm lake, which made the Chinese who love table tennis unbelievable.
Fan Zhendong, as the leader of national table tennis, in 2022 in order to assist young teammates to grow and better complete the construction of the national table tennis echelon, in the first half of 2022 did not participate for 6 consecutive months, just for the better growth of young teammates, now, his junior brother, Wang Chuqin has grown up, and defeated him 4-3 in the men's singles competition of the Hangzhou Asian Games, won the Asian Games championship, and successfully surpassed Fan Zhendong in the new world ranking and topped the world first. However, as a big brother, he fell due to injury and regrettably withdrew from the WTT Star Challenge.
Such a big brother, dedicated only to the growth of teammates, dedicated to the prosperity of the national pingping, how can such a Fan Zhendong not be loved?
Fan Zhendong, even at the peak age, really choose to retire, we hope that Guoping will give him the best treatment, wish him all the best, and make new contributions to the prosperity of Guoping in his new post!