Indeed, as many fans speculate, Liu Xiaotong and Yan Ni, two veterans over the age of 30, as the main participants in the two Olympic cycles of Rio and Tokyo, announced their retirement after playing the Tokyo Olympic Games. For Yuan Xinyue, Zhang Changning, Zhu Ting, three players who have also played two Olympic cycles, because the age is not too big, but the future prospects are not easy to determine, or there are many uncertainties in choices, so for the future development direction, they have not given a particularly clear statement. Comparatively speaking, Zhu Ting is more certain about the next step in the future, and she also said in front of different media that she will complete the operation of the wrist injury as soon as possible, and then strive for early recovery and return to the field.
What is even more surprising is that Zhu Ting also said that she hopes to play two more Olympic Games. Although it is difficult to achieve such a goal, Zhu Ting's ability to make such a statement still makes the players full of joy and encouragement. I believe that for the guidance of Cai Bin, who has just taken over the position of the coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, this is also a reassuring pill. You know, Jin Softjing, as a veteran in his 30s, still played a good state at the Tokyo Olympic Games, and as a leading figure, helped the South Korean women's volleyball team to advance to the Olympic final four again, which shows that for Zhu Ting, the goal of playing two Olympic Games is not empty talk, although it is difficult to achieve, but there is still a great possibility of becoming a reality. In fact, we can compare Xu Mengtao, who just won the women's aerial skills project on the beijing Winter Olympics, she has always insisted on her dream, from less than 20 years old to stand on the stage of the Winter Olympic Games, and once plagued by injuries, she still insisted on participating in four Olympic Games, and finally realized the dream of standing on the highest podium. It can be seen that for Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning, Yuan Xinyue, their group of players, it is not that they have not played three or four Olympic Games and strive to stand on the olympic championship podium again.
Of course, the recent discussion of Zhang Changning is also very hot. In fact, there are two main core problems. On the one hand, it is discussing her upcoming wedding with Wu Guanxi in June this year, on the other hand, it is discussing whether Zhang Changning will continue to return to the Chinese women's volleyball national team and continue to compete in the entire Paris Olympic cycle. Some fans even criticized Zhang Changning, believing that Liu Xiaotong, Yan Ni, Zhu Ting, Gong Xiangyu and other main members of the Tokyo Olympic cycle of the Chinese women's volleyball team have given their own clear next plan, why does Zhang Changning only announce the marriage news at this time and not his future career plan?
In fact, as a loyal fan of the Chinese women's volleyball team, I would like to say a few words for Zhang Changning. After all, in the previous stage, Zhang Changning had just undergone knee surgery, and what the results of the future recovery would be unknown. And as an athlete, there is a big gap between being able to return to a normal life and being able to resume normal training competitions. In this case, everything is not yet fully determined, whether Zhang Changning wants to retire or continue his career, he needs to think deeply and decide according to his physical recovery and the results of coordination with his family. It is not a matter of just saying that you want to continue or do not want to continue. Another point, although Zhang Changning herself has completed the operation, but the postoperative recovery time, it also takes about half a year, she just used this stage to complete her marriage event, and after this stage, it is not too late to make a clear decision. In general, Zhang Changning, as a major player who has made great contributions to the Chinese women's volleyball team, should not be criticized by fans and the media whether he retires or not. Her future direction is also up to her to decide. Let us respect her personal choice and send her our most sincere wishes.