Recently, the 7th Henan Provincial Table Tennis Public Open Zhumadian Branch Competition will be held from March 11 to 13, and to the surprise of many people, two national table tennis Grand Slam stars Kong Linghui and Zhang Jike were also invited to participate in the event, which immediately aroused the attention of the table tennis circle.
Especially Kong Linghui, in recent years, he rarely appeared in table tennis-related activities, this time together with Zhang Jike to help the folk table tennis events, naturally let his fans rejoice, but some people can't help but sigh: can Kong Linghui, who is only 45 years old, return to the national team to coach and make greater contributions?
As we all know, there are only 5 Grand Slam winners in the world men's table tennis, Kong Linghui and Zhang Jike are two of them, and Kong Linghui is not only a gold medal athlete, but also a gold medal coach, after retiring from retirement, he served as a women's team coach and head coach in the national table tennis, guided Guo Yue, Liu Shiwen and other famous players, and led the team to win the world championship many times.
However, after 2017, Kong Linghui completely faded out of the table tennis arena and has since stopped asking about national table tennis. Subsequently, everyone saw from time to time that the news about him was related to business, and did not participate in the Olympic selection and preparation of national table tennis like Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Li Xiaoxia and others, but these three people had never been a coach in a Grand Slam.
In the past four years, Kong Linghui has participated in the most closely related activity with table tennis, which is to appear at Zhengzhou University in 2020 and discuss the development of Henan table tennis with the local table tennis association, when everyone thought that he might return to coaching, but unfortunately, after more than a year has passed, everything is still the same.
As for Zhang Jike's words, although he has not officially announced his retirement, he has not participated in official competitions as early as 2019, and the world ranking has long been emptied, and he has mainly been active in other fields in recent years. Although Ma Long, who is the same age as Zhang Jike, is still playing, it is obvious that Zhang Jike is unlikely to return to the field.
Speaking of Kong Linghui and Zhang Jike, they do have a lot in common: both of them are Grand Slam celebrities, both have been in love with actresses (Kong Linghui's ex-girlfriend Ma Su, Zhang Jike's ex-girlfriend Jing Tian), and they are currently single, and they have not seen the idea of starting a family in the short term.
However, Zhang Jike is only 34 years old now, but Kong Linghui is already 45 years old, and many fans are anxious for him, not wanting to see him go on like another Grand Slam Waldner (Lao Wa is 55 years old and not married). However, everyone has their own unique life, marriage events still have to be their own decision, no matter how Kong Linghui chooses, here are he wish him to be happy and happy!