On the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2024, in this traditional festival, Olympic champion Chen Meng returned to his hometown of Qingdao and reunited with his family.
According to Chen Meng, she started playing table tennis at the age of 5 and has not spent the Mid-Autumn Festival with her family since. Chen Meng is now 30 years old. In other words, Chen Meng has not spent the Mid-Autumn Festival with his family for 25 years.
Since learning to play table tennis, Chen Meng has been very busy. From the sports school, to the provincial team, and then to the national team, Chen Meng is either training or competing. Even if it's the Spring Festival, they may be training intensively. It is difficult for Chen Meng and other national table tennis players to have time to reunite with their families.
At this year's Paris Olympics, Chen Meng won the gold medals in the women's singles and women's team. This is Chen Meng's gold medal in these two individual events. Chen Meng won four gold medals in two Olympic Games. She is the athlete with the most Olympic titles in Shandong Province. Chen Meng's achievements are too great. So much so that her enlightenment coach Wu Naichan said in an interview that the biggest achievement in this life is to cultivate Chen Meng. His life is worth it.
Chen Meng, who achieved great success at the Paris Olympics, chose to take a break for a while. After the Paris Olympics, Chen Meng participated in many activities. In addition, she gave up the WTT Macau Championship and the WTT Beijing Grand Slam. She returned to her hometown of Qingdao to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with her family.
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chen Meng posted a video. She sat in her room, reading a book, drinking a cup of strong tea, eating a piece of mooncake, peaceful and serene. This should be the lifestyle that many people want, elegant, comfortable, quiet and stress-free.
Chen Meng has said more than once that she likes to drink tea, and in the process of drinking tea, she thinks about life, and the years are quiet.
Chen Meng, who has achieved fame, deserves such a comfortable life.
Chen Meng wore a ponytail and a white short-sleeved shirt, looking very casual and beautiful.
The 30-year-old Chen Meng has won numerous championships and achieved extraordinary achievements. She is not young at this age, and she is at the age when she should get married and have children. Where does she go from here? This is an issue that everyone has been paying more attention to lately.
Will she retire or stick with it? Chen Meng said that he should rest for a while. She did give up some games as well. However, she didn't say no to fighting.
For Chen Meng, the only regret is that she failed to win the women's singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships, and she failed to achieve the Grand Slam. If she chooses to continue playing, her biggest motivation is to win the women's singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships. Chen Meng should persist until next year, play another World Table Tennis Championships individual competition, and sprint for the women's singles competition of the World Table Tennis Championships again to see if she can win the women's singles championship. By next year, she should still represent Shandong and play another National Games.
At that time, it is estimated that Chen Meng will want to retire. Of course, this is not only a problem for her to consider, but also for the national table tennis team. If the national table tennis wants her to play for a few more years, lead the new with the old, and let the young players grow up, then consider retiring. Then Chen Meng will also obey. After all, she was cultivated by national table tennis. All her achievements also come from the cultivation of national table tennis.
Of course, if she chooses to retire now, I believe there will be a good job waiting for her.
It's up to her to choose.