In the early morning of February 28, Beijing time, the women's singles final of the European Table Tennis Championship came to an end, and the 38-year-old former Chinese Liaoning Province athlete and now the German Olympic runner-up Athlete Han Ying played a heroic role, 4-0 easily swept the Russian dark horse Mikhailova (the defending champion was promoted by the upset), winning the gold medal of this event for the first time: congratulations to her!
Prior to this, only Han Ying reached the semi-finals of the 4 Chinese players who participated in this European Championship, and she finally lived up to expectations and successfully won the championship, it seems that Chinese players are still the backbone of European women's table tennis, and local players must cheer up!
Born in 1983, Han Ying is from Anshan, Liaoning Province, where Ma Long, Li Xiaoxia, Guo Yue and others were born. However, unfortunately, China's table tennis talent is abundant, and it is difficult for a chipping player like Han Ying to gain a foothold in China, so she can only choose to go abroad to develop and eventually settle in Germany.
The 2016 Rio Olympics is a high point of Han Ying's career, and the German women's table tennis with her as the main force successfully reached the team final, although she eventually lost to the national table tennis, but the runner-up result is enough to be proud: Han Ying finally has the opportunity to stand on the podium of the Olympic Games, realizing her wish that she did not think before.
At the European Championship, Han Ying almost overturned the ship in the quarter-finals, narrowly defeating Romanian Samara 4-3, but then she swept another Romanian player, Szokos, 4-0 to advance to the final, and played against Mikhailova, who eliminated defending champions Mitheim (Germany) - both of them are chipping players, no matter how the score is, it will definitely be a battle.
After the game began, Han Ying entangled her opponent in the first set, and after a steady and steady fight, she came out on top 11-8. In the second set, Mikhailova began to organize an effective counterattack, and the two sides fought until 12 draws to divide the winners, and the result was that Han Ying won 14-12. The third game was also very sticky, but Han Ying still won the key points calmly, forcing her opponent into a desperate situation 13-11.
In the fourth set, Mikhailova had a mental collapse in the backwater battle, and as a result, this score was the least scored in the whole game - 7-11, the Russian players failed to avoid the fate of being swept, and Han Ying was finally crowned the singles European champion!
Although she is 38 years old, Han Ying's competitive state is still very good, coupled with the fact that the sports life of the chipping player has always been very long, so she may fight for many more years in the future: considering the current situation of German women's table tennis, Han Ying still has the opportunity to participate in several Olympic Games, so let's wait and see the veteran's performance!