Recently, the rotten things in the football circle and table tennis circle have continued, the secretary, chairman and former national football coach of the football association have fallen one after another, and Cai Zhenhua and Liu Guoliang on the side of the national table tennis have refuted the rumors, but the problem of Zhang Jike has not been solved. In the case of being questioned, on April 4, the relevant person in charge of the Shandong Provincial Table Feather Center confirmed that Zhang Jike had retired!
Although Zhang Jike has been away from the field for a long time, he himself has not given a clear reply to the outside world for retirement, if it were not for the rumors of him and Jing Tian, the relevant sports departments would not be bothered to respond, which also made many people angry, feeling that the "fastest Grand Slam in history" is to hide the news of retirement and continue to rub the national table tennis heat. Although his approach is chilling, after all, he and Guoping are already very far away. Now, CCTV Olympic Channel has spoiled that two bigwigs have also quit the national team!
On April 5, the channel spoke sadly: "The ITTF announced the latest world ranking on the official platform, and in the mixed doubles list, the names of Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen have disappeared. In this regard, many fans said that Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen may officially bid farewell to the international arena and start a new journey in life. "The disappearance of points means that a national table tennis athlete has not participated in the competition for a long time, if they do not retire, can they continue to stay in the team?
In fact, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen's mission ended as early as after the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, and they were left with deep regret because they lost to Japan and missed the first mixed doubles gold medal in table tennis Olympic history. As the two continue to grow older, and the competitive state is also declining, there is no competitiveness in the team, Xu Xin has become the vice president of the Asian Table Tennis Federation, and Liu Shiwen has been elected as the chairman of the ITTF Athletes' Committee, each with its own new identity, but they are still reluctant to say goodbye!
However, there are also many people like Ding Ning who took the initiative to announce their retirement after the Tokyo Olympics, and since they can no longer maintain a high level of competition, it is better to make a decision as soon as possible and go all out in the direction of the future!