On January 31, the Chinese New Year's Eve, the national table tennis Olympic champion Xu Xin and his daughter-in-law Yao Yan took a festive photo to greet the fans. I saw Xu Xin holding a red lantern and holding a sugar gourd, while Yao Yan was holding a blessing of "rich and willful" and smiling sweetly. This couple can be called the fairy lovers of the sports circle, and the happiness and love are enviable!
Yao Yan was once a female table tennis beauty national player, 2 years older than Xu Xin, and the two people are "sister-brother love". As a member of the national team, Yao Yan retired early at the age of 24 in order to let Xu Xin concentrate on playing, becoming a strong backing for Xu Xin's career. And Xu Xin also lived up to Yao Yan's "sacrifice" and ranked among the world's top players. At the Rio Olympics, Xu Xin won the team Olympic championship, and he officially disclosed his relationship with Yao Yan.
In the same year, Xu Xin publicly proposed marriage to Yao Yan at the concert, and Grand Slam Ding Ning witnessed the happy moments of his girlfriend Yao Yan at the scene. In 2019, Xu Xin and Yao Yan's son Ka Bao was born; in 2021, the two people's second-born daughters were also born during the National Games.
At the moment of his child's birth, Xu Xindu did not have the opportunity to accompany Yao Yan on the spot because he participated in the competition, and he felt guilty, and he also worked hard to win the championship and earn more milk powder money. Kabao likes toy cars, and when he sees his father Xu Xin, he always clamors to buy a car, and as a result, toy cars are piled up all over Xu Xin's home. 2 days ago, Xu Xin also posted a photo of a baby at home, feeling that one person with two babies was more tired than three races a day.
Having a pair of children to raise has also become the motivation for Xu Xin not to retire and continue to play. After missing the Houston World Table Tennis Championships and the Singapore World Cup, Xu Xin ushered in a comeback at the Macau Championships, and his partner Liu Shiwen won the mixed doubles championship and broke into the men's singles top 4 and earned a lot of prize money.
After all, Xu Xin is already a veteran, and the opportunity to participate in the competition is actually decreasing, which also leads to his world ranking points being reduced. In the latest world ranking released by the International Table Tennis Federation, Xu Xin has fallen from the world's 3rd to the world's 9th, almost falling out of the world's top ten.
Under the background of the alternation of the old and new national table tennis, whether Xu Xin can participate in more competitions in the future and get more points is doubtful. I believe that if there is a chance, Xu Xin is still very willing to play, and fans also hope that table tennis artist Xu Xin can contribute more "fairy balls"!