In the context of the global pandemic of the new coronavirus, everyone's normal life has been interrupted. Due to the needs of business activities, Swedish table tennis legend Waldner travels to and from China more than a dozen times a year, and this year his trip to China has been interrupted by the impact of the epidemic. In an interview with the Swedish Express, Lao Wa shared his daily life and also talked about his biggest troubles.
Born in 1965, Waldner is 55 years old, his father died many years ago from Alzheimer's disease, and his mother and brother are still unmarried. His mother, 81, has remarried a 94-year-old neighbor who was his father's best friend.
Lao Wa revealed: "Due to the epidemic, I haven't seen my mother for 8 weeks, we just contacted by phone. But there is no way around it, now it is important to abide by the order, we believe that if we persist, the epidemic will be controlled. I am a member of Scandinavia and I have an obligation to follow the rules. ”
Waldner currently lives alone in an apartment in the Stockholm area, and the 55-year-old is neither married nor has a driver's license. But he said that his life is very good, although he did not start a family, but socially rich, life is colorful. Talking about the driver's license, Lao Wa confessed: "I once took the driver's license when I was about 30 years old, but at that time the theoretical test did not pass, the passing line was 60 questions and 50 were correct, and I answered 49 questions correctly, which was a problem." Since then, I have never started a family, and the demand for cars is no longer urgent. ”
At the beginning of January this year, Lao Wa and his agent were attending business events in Hong Kong and had planned to return to China again soon after, but the sudden outbreak of the epidemic put all activities on hold, and he hoped to have a chance to come out to compete after the epidemic. He currently maintains exercise at home and relieves waist pain by walking for long periods of time.
Speaking of pain, Lao Wa recalls that when he was young, he often practiced until his body was in pain. To his chagrin, the public didn't know how much he and his teammates on the Swedish national team had paid for the sport, but everyone had gone through tough training that only if they went deep into the camp.