#Why Ding Ning chose to retire # Athletes are older, choosing to retire is a normal phenomenon, athletes are a career that eats youth, physical fitness declines in technology backwardness, loss and competitiveness of young athletes, but also to create opportunities for newcomers, the replacement of new and old, so that sports can continue to flourish.
![Table tennis at the Paris Olympics, Hina Hayada won the bronze medal in women's singles 4-2 Shen Yubin, and Zhang Yining and Ding Ning watched the game[fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)