Chinese women's basketball player Zhao Shuang officially announced his retirement: "Youth is to go all out to love and fight!" Thanks to everything basketball has brought me, I will understand the world from a different perspective. Mountains and rivers have met, let's see each other again. CBA players such as Zhao Jiwei and Guo Allen also sent blessings to Zhao Shuang in the comment area.
Mention the name Zhao Shuang, everyone may feel familiar but unfamiliar, for too long have not seen her in the news. Zhao Shuang was born on June 21, 1990, with a height of 1.88 meters. In November 2021, she joined the Inner Mongolia women's basketball team. On January 2 this year, he followed the team to win this season's WCBA championship. In the two finals, Zhao Shuang scored 8 points and 3 points respectively.
This is the second championship of Zhao Shuang's career, and in the 2010-11 season, she won the championship with the Shenbu women's basketball team. With a championship as the final chapter of his career, perhaps this is the most perfect farewell ceremony. In the 2021-22 season, Zhao Shuang played in 13 regular season games for the Inner Mongolia women's basketball team, averaging 4.5 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game, shooting 43.5% from three points.
In the summer of 2011, the 21-year-old Zhao Shuang was selected for the Chinese women's basketball team for the first time, and she scored 17 points, 9 rebounds and 23 points and 7 assists at the Four Nations Invitational Tournament, surprising countless fans. At that year's Nagasaki Asian Championship, Zhao Shuang played in 7 games, averaging 4.6 points and 2.9 rebounds per game, helping the Chinese women's basketball team win the championship and getting the ticket to the 2012 Olympic Games.
At the London Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team reached the quarterfinals, and Zhao Shuang averaged 2.4 points per game. On the pitch, she did not play absolute dominance. But Zhao Shuang has become the focus of everyone's attention with her high appearance, and she is known as the "first beauty" in the Chinese basketball world! Fans have given Zhao Shuang a lot of nicknames, such as "Shuang Mei", "Shuang Niu", "Shuang Brother" and so on.
Zhao Shuang has a good personality, does not have any shelves, and often takes photos with fans who watch the game and support her. Many fans revealed that Zhao Shuang himself is better looking than the photo and can be called a basketball goddess. In an interview, Zhao Shuang said: "I don't think I am a goddess, I can only say that I am on the way to learn from the goddesses of my predecessors. (Such as the women's basketball seniors of the 92nd and 08th class)"
Zhao Shuang should have had a better career, but unfortunately she suffered many injuries and withdrew from the national team in 2014 due to injury. In the 2016-17 season, Zhao Shuang played the best performance of her WCBA career, she averaged 14.8 points per game, 7.8 boards and 3.3 assists 2.9 steals, and won the league steal king. In April 2017, Zhao Shuang was again selected for the Chinese women's basketball team.
Zhao Shuang is not a vase-type player, and she did not use her appearance to hype, but to do a good job as an athlete. Zhao Shuang's ball is flowing, and the breakthrough is very sharp. Zhao Shuang's two legs were scarred, and his ankles were injured many times. Zhao Shuang played only 10 games in the 2013-14 season, and was reimbursed for the 2017-18 season.
In the golden age of her career, she delayed for two years. The vast majority of athletes work hard, especially the national team. As Zhao Shuang said in the retired long article: "Often grit your teeth and endure (waist, legs and feet) pain and sprint, waiting in line for needle treatment after training every day." I can't go home once a year, and when I come home, I forget that I live on the first few floors..."
We always say that life is bigger than basketball, and the same is true for Zhao Shuang. Although her basketball career is over, at the age of 31, there is a more exciting new chapter. It is no exaggeration to say that Zhao Shuang is also a basketball goddess who has accompanied a generation of fans, sending her the best wishes!