After helping the Inner Mongolia women's basketball team defend its WCBA championship, The Chinese women's basketball star Zhao Shuang announced his retirement on his personal Weibo.
As one of the most famous players in the history of The Chinese women's basketball team, Zhao Shuang's retirement has attracted widespread attention, directly rushing to the first hot search on Weibo! Countless fans sent blessings to Zhao Shuang, which was the best praise for her. At the peak of her career, at the cost of her career, she played for the country with an injury and gained the respect of all Chinese fans.
Zhao Shuang began to play basketball at the age of 12, entered the Shenbu women's basketball team at the age of 18 to start his career, and was quickly recognized by insiders with comprehensive technology, and was called the future leader of the Chinese women's basketball team by Miao Lijie. At the same time, her appearance has also made her gain a large number of fans, and she is called "the first beauty of the Chinese women's basketball team" by fans.
Zhao Shuang's early career was smooth sailing, and in the third year, he helped Shen Bu win the first WCBA championship in team history. After winning the championship, she was selected for the Chinese women's basketball national team and accompanied the team to the Asian Cup. The national team scored 17 points and 9 rebounds in the first game of his career, and then helped the Chinese women's basketball team to win the championship all the way.
This nova women's basketball team with dimples on her face and a charming smile has become a basketball goddess recognized by fans across the country.
In the next few years, Zhao Shuang's basketball career was booming, and everything was in order. She's used to constantly running between league and national teams, and can only return home almost once a year. But everything changed in the summer of 2017! In the semi-finals of the 2017 Asian Cup, the Chinese women's basketball team against Japan, Zhao Shuang had already strained her thigh before, but for the sake of national honor, she forcibly brought the injury to the game, paid a more serious price for the injury, and still failed to help the Chinese women's basketball team to save the defeat, the Chinese women's basketball team lost by 3 points, and finally only won the third place.
"I was strained before Japan, but at that time I couldn't think so much, even if I died, every athlete's body is full of hot blood, everything I have is given to me by the state, and the national interest is above all else."
Less than a month later, she continued to represent the People's Liberation Army in the Tianjin National Games with injuries, and the strain on her thigh continued to worsen. She was in particularly good shape before the injury, and she had expected that the next two years would be her peak state, but she did not expect that this decision to play with an injury almost ruined her career. The strain made her miss the goldenest two years of her career, and she laughed at herself on Weibo: "Playing a year off for two years is me." However, although she regretted it and complained many times, she said, "If I had another chance, I would still choose to take the injury to the battle." For two years, she teased herself and her injuries as friends: "I don't think I can find a friend like them, from the beginning of the basketball career to the end of life to accompany us, never give up, whether it rains or snows, whether it is running or jumping or bending, sitting or standing for a long time." 」 I think the best "love" is companionship. "At the end of 2018, she released a Vlog about her experience in the past year, and the calm tone that took all her strength to keep herself from crying sounded heart-wrenching." 2018 has been a bit hard, has been running between treatment, rehabilitation, training, the effect is not as good as imagined, in addition to spending hard-earned hard-earned money, but also to continue to accept the frustration of hard work and then failure, sometimes sad and even regret the decision to play with injuries. But think about it carefully, if the time goes back to that time, I will still make the same decision, this injury somewhat disrupted my original plan, and there are some small grievances and small helplessness, but it is good, life is not set, although it did not harvest the peak of the career according to the original plan, but harvested some friends who do not ask the purpose, I am very fortunate, 2018 harvested a lot, 2019 continue to work hard. ”
It should have been two years of reaching the peak of her career, Zhao Shuang spent every day in rehabilitation treatment and strength recovery, but the injury has not been cured, from a simple muscle strain to eventually evolved into a soft tissue lesion, and even now this pain is a frequent attack, so that she wakes up from sleep. Zhao Shuang is optimistic and indifferent by nature, in the face of the torment of illness, she still insists on smiling, and she redoubles her efforts to train than others, just to catch up with her former self. "I don't care if people say I'm bad at playing or anything else, but I especially hate it when people say I don't work hard."
From the "future leader of the Chinese women's basketball team" in the mouth of the predecessor, he became an injured veteran. In order to adapt to the team, she had to change her position. Her physical strength, speed, and shooting were completely incomparable to her peak, and she began to take on more of the role of defensive cusp. In the 18-19 season finals, the Bayi women's basketball team (Shen Bu and Bayi combined) finals scored 1-2 behind Guangdong, and Zhao Shuang, who had just returned in the key fourth game, played 30 minutes and contributed 6 steals, helping Bayi drag the game into the decider, and the two steals at key moments became the key to victory.
That day was the last highlight of her career. At the end of 2019, she summed up the year and said: "When I get old, I know how much helplessness is mixed in the sentence "basketball is not the whole of life". ”
She is still waiting for the call of the national team, hoping to go to the Olympics again with the team, and she is willing to fight for her country again, but unfortunately her body does not allow her to do so.
Zhao Shuang understood that she should retire, she understood that she was no longer the protagonist on the basketball court, and she understood that no matter how hard she tried, she could no longer catch up with the former self. The attention of the WCBA league is not high, it is difficult for the central 5 sets to broadcast a game of his own team, Zhao Shuang can be excited on Weibo for several days, and strongly call on friends and relatives to come and see. The low degree of attention also means that the salary is not high, and the women's basketball girls have to bear the injuries brought about by league and national team games for many years, such as Zhao Shuang's injuries, and many times she has to pay for physical therapy. When the basketball dream meets the reality of helplessness, retirement becomes the ultimate choice. At the age of 31, she announced that this season would be her last season, but fortunately, God gave her a fairly good ending to her career, and she helped Inner Mongolia win the championship and retire.
For Zhao Shuang, after retiring, she should not worry about retreating. She was a guest reporter on CCTV's "Basketball Park", and the effect was very good. She can also be a journalist, a show, or she can return to basketball as a coach and a management. She can also rest for a few years, recuperate from her injuries, talk about love with her family, and live a small life. No matter what she does, there will be countless fans who support her. Don't worry about the road ahead, don't know yourself, no one in the world knows the king. Mountains and rivers have met, let's see each other again!