Although China's table tennis is full of talents and firmly occupies the world's first position, for the table tennis athletes who have squeezed their heads forward, such glory is accompanied by the sweat and heartache of countless people. Some of them have been unable to represent the national team for many years, and some have stood on the top of the world but have fallen rapidly, leaving regret and loss in vain. The sports career of Zhu Yuling, the world champion of national table tennis, can be called "regret".
A few days ago, Zhu Yuling, who had faded out of the audience's sight for a long time, appeared in an indoor table tennis hall and once again picked up the racket and played with the players in the museum. In the game, Zhu Yuling runs less, mainly defending and cooperating with the other party, which may be the beginning of a serious illness, and the physical state still needs to be adjusted and adapted, so she will not try her best like in the big game. However, Zhu Yuling was significantly thinner than before, smiling and in a very good mental state throughout the game.
Judging from Zhu Yuling's recent situation, her body has recovered, but whether she will return to the national team depends on her personal physical condition and competitive status. Since the strong rise of Japanese table tennis rookie Ito Mimachi in 2018, Zhu Yuling has lost to Ito twice in a row, and her overall state has plummeted, and she has lost the singles event of the Budapest World Table Tennis Championships and the Tokyo Olympic Games.
In September last year, Zhu Yuling was hospitalized for thyroid cancer and underwent surgery, and her vitality was seriously injured. Because of the long-term failure to participate in the competition, the International Table Tennis Federation officially announced at the end of April this year that all her points were emptied, and she has since lost the world ranking. The former world champion and former world number one have completely become spectators, which is really lamentable. Not long ago, the national table tennis official announced that her head coach Qiu Yike could become Sun Yingsha's head coach, which also made her return difficult and on the verge of retirement.
Although Zhu Yuling has now disappeared from the main lineup of national table tennis, in the history of national table tennis, she has left a strong mark, once becoming the ace of the women's team, and even climbed to the top of the world. She held a P card at the Rio Olympics and won the Asian Cup and the World Cup twice in the final after entering the Tokyo Olympic cycle. Zhu Yuling, who has risen strongly, is pinned on many fans to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games and prove herself on a larger stage.
Unfortunately, Zhu Yuling went high and low, and fell into a trough after 2018, losing the singles event of the World Table Tennis Championships and the Tokyo Olympic Games, and has never been able to return to heaven. In the same period, the new main lineup of the national table tennis women's team has become increasingly stable, and young players such as Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu have risen rapidly, and the achievements in foreign wars are eye-catching, gradually covering up Zhu Yuling's former glory.
Now that Zhu Yuling is 27 years old, although many fans hope that she will return to the national team and continue to chase her dreams, it is a long road for her current physical and competitive state. I hope that on the basis of raising a good body, she will play happily, after all, the body is the most important.