Recently, the national table tennis has come with good news - after participating in a series of activities, Olympic champions Ma Long and Liu Shiwen have officially returned to the team and begun the preparation work for the WTT Macau Competition, and Fan Zhendong, who met Ma Long, also welcomed the arrival of his brother very warmly.
As for Xu Xin, although he is still participating in the event and has not yet returned to the team, he is also one of the athletes invited to participate in the WTT Macau Competition, so I believe that it will soon be on the road: the three veterans will soon gather together again to participate in the competition on the field, which is really exciting!
As we all know, after the end of this year's National Games, Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen announced at the same time that they would give up participating in the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, and then did not go to Singapore to play the WTT World Cup final, which also made the replacement of the new and old chinese teams completed in advance, and the three of them were once considered to be about to retire, which made many fans and friends sad.
However, at the end of 2021, the WTT Macau Tournament announced the restart, and Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen were all on the list. In addition, the three of them have also said that they will still insist on playing, so they will not retire for the time being, at least until the WTT Macau tournament is finished.
And even if they do not participate in international competitions, Ma Long, Xu Xin, and Liu Shiwen can still have more and more flexible life plans. For example, in recent months, many national table tennis players have chosen the path of "retiring from the team and not retiring", leaving the national team but still joining the table tennis super league and other events. And Liu Shiwen once revealed that she wanted to play in the European League, which also made fans and friends think of it.
Even if they don't play ball, the three veterans can also maintain the identity of active athletes like Zhang Jike, and then participate in exhibition competitions and other related activities, while earning money to support their families, they can also promote the promotion of table tennis.
Through the information flowing out of the Internet, we can see that Fan Zhendong just happened to meet Ma Long, who was registering at the base, and then the two were very happy to say hello - as the top two core main players of the national table tennis men's team, Fan Zhendong has now successfully become a new leader with the results of the World Table Tennis Championships and the Men's Singles Championship of the National Games, and Ma Long can also rest assured that he can hand over the shift with him.
So the battle of WTT Macau, can you see the peak showdown of the "Dragon Fat War" staged again? Let's wait and see!