The hero behind the national table tennis team left the team and was once the world's first sparring partner! Will Liu Shiwen be next? The Chinese table tennis team is currently training in Beijing, preparing for the WTT Macau Championship at the end of the month, but at this time there was news that someone had retired from the team, the hero behind the national table tennis, the famous player Matt officially announced his withdrawal from the national team, ending more than 12 years of national team career, since the Tokyo Olympic Games, there have been a number of players withdrew from the national team, including Ding Ning, Fang Bo, Gu Yuting and other famous players.
In last year's Tokyo Olympic Games, the national table tennis has achieved very good results, in addition to the mixed doubles, the other four events have won the gold medal, Ma Long has become the first person in history, but with the end of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the national table tennis will enter a new Olympic cycle, which means that there will be a large number of athletes retired from the national team, the national table tennis Grand Slam Ding Ning is the first athlete to withdraw from the national team in the new Olympic cycle, and Ding Ning is directly retired, has entered Peking University for graduate school, and then Fang Bo, Zhou Yu, Yan An, Zheng Peifeng, Feng Yalan, Li Jiayi, Zhang Qiang, Liu Fei, Gu Yuting, Che Xiaoxi and other players have announced their withdrawal from the national team at the end of the year, shortly after the beginning of this year, the national table tennis star Matt also announced his withdrawal from the national team, for why he quit, Matt said that with the growth of youth, his competitiveness has declined, coupled with the impact of injuries, has made him unable to improve himself in the systematic training, so he made a decision to leave the team.
Although Matt did not achieve very bright results in the national team, and his resume was not as legendary as his predecessor Hou Yingchao, he still played a very important role as a chipper, because the chipper is relatively scarce, so he often serves as a sparring partner for the main force of national table tennis, at last year's Houston World Table Tennis Championships, Matt served as the sparring partner of Chen Meng, the world's first national table tennis player, when Matt defeated Chen Meng 4-1, and also helped Chen Meng accumulate experience against chippers. Although Matt has retired from the national team, he has not yet retired and should participate in events such as the National Games in the future.
Now everyone is most concerned about Ma Long, Xu Xin, Liu Shiwen and other veterans can persist for how long, although the three of them are still in the main layer of national table tennis, but Fan Zhendong, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and other young players have grown up, and the national table tennis is still vigorously supporting young players, it can be seen that it is only a matter of time before the veteran retires from the national team.