Recently, the news about the 45-year-old table tennis world champion Samsonov retired due to injury circulated in the media of various countries, including the World Table Tennis Federation also wrote the phrase "the end of an era" on the Internet, which caused a wave of old fans to remember killing: After all, it is a super opponent who has won Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui, Ma Long and other major national table tennis players in the past, and its influence is not comparable to that of ordinary athletes!
Not long ago, however, this matter was reversed.
According to Japan's "Zhuoqiu Kingdom" magazine, after interviewing Samsonov's sponsor, the other party said that he had only recently communicated with Lao Sa on this matter, and as a result, he did not say that he was going to retire, and also said: "Even if I do not participate in international competitions, I will try to recover and participate in the Russian league." ”
All indications are that Samsonov may have been inexplicably "retired"; and his legendary career has not yet come to an end.
Speaking of lao Sa's retirement, it is no wonder that everyone is making trouble, because the first to break the news is his homeland - the Belarus table tennis association, and then the news is constantly reprinted, including the world table tennis professional league such as the top level of the table tennis organization also adopted these news, other media rushed to report it is not surprising.
However, according to the Japanese digging deep, although Samsonov now has the idea of retiring, but obviously has not officially announced the decision, even if he does not participate in international competitions, he still plays the league, which is also in line with the habits of many famous table tennis players, and Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui are not the same as the situation of retiring from international competitions.
Before Sr. Sa, Grand Slam Waldner officially withdrew from international competitions in 2007, but until 2016 he played in business leagues in Europe. For example, former national table tennis world champion Hao Shuai has also withdrawn from international competitions for many years, but has always competed in domestic competitions such as the Table Tennis Super League, the National Games, and the National Championships, and recently announced that he will go to Japan to participate in the T League.
So based on the existing reports, Samsonov's career has only been pressed the pause button, and it is entirely possible to restart the follow-up, although the possibility of playing against the Chinese team is unlikely, but after all, it is not the same thing as complete retirement.
In fact, the news of "Samsonov's retirement" can cause such a big sensation in the table tennis circle, and it also represents everyone's recognition of him - as a three-time singles world champion and an athlete who has stood at the top level of the world table tennis for more than 20 years, Lao Sa is not only superb in ball skills, but also has a noble personality, which can get the respect and attention of so many people.
Finally, I hope he can rest well in the next few days, and if he can really come back to the field, it will be even better: bless you, old opponents, old friends!