Fan Zhendong responded to the last dance, let time verify, or retire with Ma Long, he is too capable of fighting

Xiangchu Fengyun

2024-06-22 02:09Posted in Hunan Sports Creators

In 30 days, the Paris Olympics will begin. This is the most important thing for the main force of national table tennis in the near future.

Fan Zhendong, a member of the national table tennis team, was interviewed by CCTV and talked about topics of interest to everyone.

Fan Zhendong was born in January 1997 and is now 27 years old. Fan Zhendong went from "little fat" in everyone's minds, to "veteran of the flower season", and then to "Brother Dong" in everyone's mouth. Fan Zhendong has gone from a young boy to a successful table tennis player in everyone's mind.

27 years old is the golden age for table tennis players. But Fan Zhendong seems to have retreated. Because in May this year, Fan Zhendong posted a news on social platforms: "Last dance". It means "last dance" in Chinese.

At that time, the national table tennis had just announced the list of the Paris Olympics. Fan Zhendong is on the roster and competes in the men's singles and men's team competitions. The majority of fans have a reverie from this. Will this be the last Olympics that Fan Zhendong will participate in? When CCTV interviewed Fan Zhendong, it talked about this topic.

Fan Zhendong responded ambiguously. Fan Zhendong said that this question is left to time, and time is left to verify. You can understand it however you want. Everyone's thinking is different.

Although Fan Zhendong did not respond clearly, it can be seen from various details that this may be Fan Zhendong's last Olympic Games.

In the past two years, Fan Zhendong's body has often had problems. Unable to keep playing, he had to withdraw from some events. His form also declined as a result, and he did not win the men's singles title for a long time. In June this year, Fan Zhendong won the men's singles championship in the Chongqing Championships. This is Fan Zhendong's second men's singles championship after more than a year. It's too rare for a top player like him. In addition, Fan Zhendong is 27 years old, and his physical condition will only decline slowly. He will inevitably retreat.

Fan Zhendong said that this countdown has been in his mind for a long time.

Fan Zhendong has won four World Cup men's singles championships and two World Table Tennis Championships men's singles championships. He was one short of an Olympic men's singles gold medal. If he can win an Olympic men's singles gold medal, he can achieve a Grand Slam, comparable to Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui, Zhang Jike, Ma Long and other famous players. Paris will be his best chance to achieve that goal. Fan Zhendong is also keen to win the men's singles gold medal at the Paris Olympics. In fact, he encouraged himself with the "last dance" to strive for the men's singles gold medal at the Paris Olympics and realize his dream.

Either way, the players retire one day. Fan Zhendong also touched on this topic.

Fan Zhendong respects Ma Long very much and has a very high opinion of Ma Long. Fan Zhendong said with a smile that he might retire with Ma Long. Fan Zhendong's exact words: "This possibility (to retire together) is not impossible. He's just too good to fight. I don't know how long he can fight. It is not easy for Ma Long to play to this extent, and at this age, in the Chinese team. He has a lot of aura on him. ”

Fan Zhendong said that the Dragons have made many impossible possible. Although it was a joke (retire together), maybe it will happen.

Ma Long was born in October 1988, more than 8 years older than Fan Zhendong. But Ma Long still maintains a very high competitive state, and his strength ranks in the top three in men's singles. Malone also qualified for the Paris Olympics. As long as Malone is willing to fight, he can play for a few years. He has consumed one teammate after another, and possibly Fan Zhendong. Maybe Fan Zhendong is really likely to retire with Ma Long.

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