Recently, several photos of the national table tennis grand slam star Zhang Yining celebrating his birthday have been circulated in the table tennis circle. In the blink of an eye, the "Great Devil" who was in the arena has now reached the age of 40, and now she has both children under her knees, and her 60-year-old husband has been happily married, which makes many people envious.
Although there is no longer a "big devil" on the table tennis field, her name is mentioned by fans and friends from time to time - do you remember her legendary stories?
Born in 1981, Zhang Yining is the third Grand Slam athlete of the Chinese women's table tennis team, the first figure to be called the "Devil King" by fans and netizens, the first "double slam" winner in history, and has won 2 Olympic singles gold medals, 2 World Table Tennis Singles gold medals and 4 World Cup singles gold medals in her career.
Until now, there has not been a second double slam in the women's table tennis field, which shows how powerful Zhang Yining's dominance on the field is, no wonder some people joke that she retired because she was invincible and too lonely!
However, no one's success is achieved casually, Zhang Yining also suffered many setbacks when she was young, after all, the national table tennis team is full of talents, the competitive pressure is very large, and she will even use a knife to stab herself when she is most uncomfortable, which can frighten the head coach Li Falcon (the current coach of the national table tennis women's team).
Just as the so-called sword blade comes out of the grinding, plum blossom fragrance comes from the bitter cold, most of today's fans and friends only remember the glory of Zhang Yining, but how many people still understand the bitter past in her growth process? It's not easy!
After winning the 2009 National Games, Zhang Yining faded out of the arena and entered the palace of marriage. Although the husband is 20 years older than himself, the relationship between the husband and wife is very sweet. In 2012, Zhang Yining was overjoyed; in 2019, the 38-year-old Zhang Yining gave birth to a second child, and together with her husband, she realized both children and daughters.
October 5 this year is Zhang Yining's 40th birthday, only to see her right hand holding her son, her left hand holding her daughter's hand to cut cake, the scene is very warm, envious of others.
Although he did not stay in the national table tennis coaching, or serve as the leader of the table tennis association like Liu Guoliang and others, this does not mean that Zhang Yining did not continue to contribute to the national table tennis. As early as before the start of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Zhang Yining had put forward his valuable opinions many times, including the selection of the list of participating athletes and the analysis of Ito's technical playing style, which benefited everyone a lot.
Now that Zhang Yining's children are gradually growing up, I believe she will have more time to return to her beloved ping pong career, when fans and friends can often see the figure of the "big devil"!
Since Zhang Yining retired, the national table tennis women's team has never had an undisputed core leader like her, such as Guo Yue's career ended prematurely, and Li Xiaoxia and Ding Ning have been fighting each other for many years, more like the "twin stars" like Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui, and Liu Shiwen has just reached the peak and begun to decline.
Nowadays, the strength of Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, and Wang Manyu is also between Bo Zhong, and Chen Xingtong, Wang Yidi, and others behind them are catching up step by step, and I don't know if there will be a "big devil" like Zhang Yining in the future, unifying the female table tennis jiangshan? Everything is unpredictable, and the future can always be expected!
So what is everyone's impression of Zhang Yining? Feel free to leave a message and write your own memories!