Recently, the men's table tennis world champion, 40-year-old German veteran Bohr officially announced an important decision, that is, he has renewed his contract with Düsseldorf until 2025. In other words, If Ball doesn't choose to retire until he's 44, he'll have a very good chance of playing another Olympics!
As an athlete who has defeated the core main force of several generations of national table tennis, Ball also has a very high status in the hearts of Chinese fans, so everyone is also very much looking forward to him to continue his career as much as possible. In response, Pol himself also left this sentence in an interview: "I enjoyed a lot of fun. ”
Born in 1981, Ball is a legend in the history of world table tennis, and began to gallop on the international arena at the end of the last century, winning the European Championship men's singles championship 8 times, winning the European Cup men's singles gold medal 7 times, and reaching the top of the Men's Singles at the European Games once, creating the best performance record in the history of the continent, and it is unlikely to be surpassed or even equalized in a short period of time.
In the World Series, although Pol's performance is slightly inferior, he has also led the German men's team to the team final and semi-final of the Olympic Games and the World Table Tennis Championships many times, and has also won 2 bronze medals in the World Table Tennis Championships and 2 World Cup championships, 4 times second place, 2 third places, and won Kong Linghui, Wang Liqin, Ma Lin, Wang Hao, Zhang Jike, Ma Long and other people, and is indeed a well-deserved top master of the foreign association.
However, as he grew older, Pol's physical condition certainly could not be compared with his younger self. In the face of wave after wave of juniors in the world table tennis world, although he can often have unexpected performances, he is still "afraid of boxing" in the end, such as the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships, which was difficult to reach the semi-finals, and was overturned by the 19-year-old Swedish youngster Moregold, which is a pity!
At the end of last year, Bohr was infected with the new crown, recovered from the old injury, and rested for a long time, which also made many people doubt his state, but now he has firmly decided to play for at least 3 years, which has also made many fans and fans who support him happy.
Of course, there are also many athletes in the table tennis world who only join the league and do not participate in international competitions, such as Belarusian world champion Samsonov and others. However, Pol is younger (4 years younger) than the old Sass, and in recent years, his form and achievements have been better, and he is still an outstanding presence in Europe, so it is entirely possible for him to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Liu Guoliang once said that he could not sleep well with Pol - so in the next three years, will Pol create new miracles and give a heavy blow to the Chinese team, which is at a critical moment of the replacement of the old and the new? Let's continue to pay attention to this old rival and old friend!