On January 10, 2022, Zhu Yuling, the world champion of national table tennis, ushered in her 27th birthday. After experiencing a fiasco defeat to Ito Mimachi, losing the Olympic Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, and being admitted to a cancer hospital for treatment, Zhu Yuling was not knocked down by difficulties, and still stayed at the table to train hard and continue to insist on her dreams.
So the New Year has arrived, can Xiao Zhu regain his strength and regain the position of the top three main forces of national table tennis that once belonged to him? The suspense is still there, bless her!
Speaking of What Happened to Zhu Yuling in recent years, it is indeed difficult to say a word. Originally, she was almost the default successor of the national table tennis women's team and was very hopeful to participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games, but the sudden rise of Ito Mimachi dealt her a major blow, and she soon fell out of the main force, which is regrettable.
At the same time, Zhu Yuling's health also had a very bad condition, as a result, she had to withdraw from domestic and foreign competitions continuously, and even admitted to the cancer hospital for treatment in September last year. When they saw the photo of her lying on the hospital bed but still giving a thumbs up, many fans sighed: What a strong girl!
After being discharged from the hospital, Zhu Yuling quickly returned to the national table tennis to participate in the training, but her physical condition was obviously unable to support the requirements of the World Series, so it was natural to lose the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships, and the national table tennis women's team also completely realized the replacement of the old and the new, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong became the new top five main players.
Today's Zhu Yuling is no longer the athlete who once suppressed Liu Shiwen four years ago and is expected to catch up with Ding Ning. But even so, Zhu Yuling has not given up on herself, so everyone has not seen any signs of her retirement, so there is still a possibility of returning to the state in the future.
At present, Xiao Zhu is facing two major problems: one is how to improve the winning rate of Japanese players and regain the trust of the coaching staff, after all, she has not only lost Ito Mimako, but also Nagasaki Miyu, Shibata Shaji and others; the other is how to become the "King of Civil War" again in the fiercely competitive national table tennis, winning the direct competitions and selection competitions.
27 years old is the goldenest age for an athlete to play, and in a year or two it will be a veteran. I hope that Xiao Zhu can seize the opportunity to erupt again and regain more honors as his career: Happy Birthday, come on!