Shan Xiaona, the main force of German women's table tennis, recently updated the dynamics on the social platform: the little girl was three and a half years old and seriously picked up the racket for the first time, but at present it seems that she has little interest in small white balls. She brought the topic of "cute babies at home" in the dynamics, and also posted a video of her daughter playing with her in front of the table. The child, with long shoulder-length hair, is standing opposite to receive the ball. Every time she picked up a ball, she would shout a loud slogan and look very cute.
It is worth mentioning that from the perspective of the usual game, Shan Xiaona is a forehand hit, while her daughter is a backhand shot, from the perspective of the action and effect of the shot, the children still have some talent. In addition, Shan Xiaona said that this is the first time that her daughter has seriously picked up the racket, if it is guided, it may have a great future, and may be able to become a force in the world table tennis world like her mother.
In today's German women's table tennis team, the 39-year-old Shan Xiaona is still one of the main players. What many people don't know is that Shan Xiaona is actually a Chinese, she was born in Anshan, Liaoning, she was influenced by her father to take the road of table tennis when she was a child, and later she was selected to enter the Henan team for training for 7 years. Although she later entered the national team, in the national table tennis team with abundant talents and hidden dragons and crouching tigers, Shan Xiaona can only exist as a sparring partner.
Shan Xiaona, who wanted to be on the Olympic stage, decided to go abroad, she first went to France, but because she did not adapt, she soon moved to Germany. After playing in the League for 5 years at a German club, she successfully entered the German nationality and was later called into the national team by the head coach of the German women's table tennis team, Shi Jie. In the days of the German team, Shan Xiaona, who was superb in straight board and rubber, quickly stood out and represented the German team on the international stage, achieving good results in many major competitions.
Shan Xiaona's brightest moment was at the 2016 Rio Olympics, when she and her teammates reached the women's team final, and although she lost to the Chinese team in the end, she also won an Olympic silver medal. In addition, she and teammate Solja won the gold medal in the women's doubles of the 2017 ITTF World Tour Korea Open. Now that she is almost confused, she is still playing on the field and striving to achieve greater breakthroughs.
It is worth mentioning that Shan Xiaona's husband Daniel Zhang was also a member of the Chinese team, and he also served as the coach of "Hexagon Warrior" and two-time men's singles Olympic gold medalist Ma Long. In the many years that Shan Xiaona came to Germany, she has been Daniel Zhang tirelessly, flying from China to Germany many times as her sparring partner, allowing her to maintain a good competitive state. It can be said that Shan Xiaona's success today is not unrelated to the support and encouragement of her husband Daniel Zhang.
Today, Shan Xiaona can still be seen in the international arena. In the women's singles final of the first WTT Düsseldorf regional competition held not long ago, Shan Xiaona lost to Slovakia's Barazova and only won the women's singles runner-up. However, this result is also very good for the 39-year-old, and I look forward to her bringing more surprises to everyone in the future competition.