Recent situation of Zheng, a national table tennis woman.

The name Zheng is familiar to old table tennis lovers. She not only won the women's team championship in the 33rd World Table Tennis Championships, but also witnessed the "table tennis diplomacy" between China and the United States 197 1. This female table tennis player who was all-powerful in the past is now a member of Xujiahui community table tennis team. The meaning of the word "table tennis" to her has also changed from competitive sports to a source of happiness.

At the age of 9, she began to play table tennis. After retiring, she also served as the coach of the National Youth Team and the Shanghai Team. Table tennis is almost the only center of gravity in Zheng's life. After retirement, she just wants to have a good rest. Years of intensive training have left her with a whole set of injuries, and she has to be hospitalized for a period of time every year. She also tried to improve her physical fitness through exercise: "I have been to the park for a walk, but it was so boring." It was not until 20 1 1 that Zheng went to Chicago, USA as a representative of ping-pong diplomacy, and she picked up the racket again.

Although he used to be a top table tennis player, when he started to play again, Zheng was also struggling: "In the first two weeks, my shoulders ached and my body ached. Now I can play for an hour at a time." Now Zheng plays ball three times a week and helps take care of his little granddaughter at other times. Several times, my daughter temporarily asked her to take an extra day off. Zheng refused to play ball, which made her granddaughter jealous: "You know how to play ball!" Zheng will also pull a gentleman who is also a table tennis player to exercise together: "He doesn't like sports, and sometimes he sleeps late in the morning, so I will drag him."

After retirement, Zheng is just an ordinary person, and her thoughts are very similar to those of other peers: "Everyone is retired, so it is unrealistic to spend money to learn something else. Table tennis is my hobby and specialty, and now I am very happy every day.