On June 5, the World Table Tennis Championships ended. In the women's doubles final, Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen defeated Chen Meng and Zhu Yuling 4-3, winning the fourth gold medal for the Chinese team. After the game, Liu Shi

htmlOn June 5, the World Table Tennis Championships ended. In the women's doubles final, Ding Ning Liu Shiwen defeated Chen Meng Zhu Yuling 4-3, winning the fourth gold medal for the Chinese team. After the game, Liu Shiwen revealed that her previous loss to Zhu Yuling in the women's singles semifinals was due to menstrual problems.

Selfie after winning the championship

In the women's singles semi-finals, Zhu Yuling defeated Liu Shiwen 4-3. The scores of the two sides were stalemate in the first six games, but after entering the decisive game, Liu Shiwen made frequent mistakes and fell behind 1-9. At the end of the game, she won the match point 10-2. Liu Shiwen saved three game points, but fell behind too much. 5-11, Liu Shiwen only Being able to watch teammates advance to the finals. Regarding the performance in the decisive game, people also made comments such as "missing the chain at the critical moment" and "lack of big heart".

After the women's doubles match, Liu Shiwen revealed: "Although I lost this time, my performance was still good, and it is worth summarizing. Because of the previous closed training, my condition before the game was not particularly good. I am constantly adjusting. On the day of the competition, my body... 's menstrual cycle and were a bit chaotic, so I felt a little bit unable to control my physical fitness. There are many reasons, which can be summarized in terms of technology and mentality. ”

Liu Shiwen

In fact, it is a very common phenomenon for female athletes to encounter menstrual periods during competitions, but the impact on everyone is different and varies from person to person. Liu Shiwen lost the World Table Tennis Championships for this reason, but there were also people who overcame difficulties and won the championship.

The famous Chinese swimmer Zhao Jing once won the world championship twice during her menstrual period. In the women's 50-meter backstroke final of the 2013 Barcelona Swimming World Championships, Zhao Jing won the gold medal in 27.29 seconds. At the 2011 Shanghai World Championships, Zhao Jing, who was going through her menstrual period, came from behind in the women's 100-meter backstroke final and reached the finish line first.

Zhao Jing is the world record holder in the women's 50-meter backstroke. Judging from the results, her winning time of 27.29 seconds at the 2013 World Championships is not much different from the world record of 27.06 seconds. Zhao Jing also said after the game that years of competition have made her Basically "immune" to menstrual period. "When encounters this kind of situation, we usually use cotton swabs. There is nothing else, just grit your teeth and carry it. "

Zhao Jing

and The Young Girl in the Wilderness Fu Yuanhui also encountered this trouble. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Chinese team finished fourth in the women's 4×100m medley relay. After the game, Fu Yuanhui squatted on the sidelines, looking very painful. Facing CCTV reporters, Fu Yuanhui cried and said, " I didn't swim well, and I feel sorry for my teammates. My stomach hurts very much, I'm on my period, and I'm very tired. But this is not a reason, it's because I didn't swim well."

Fu Yuanhui

It is worth mentioning that there are also female athletes who turn physical problems into advantages. On April 20, Serena Williams Williams announced on her personal social platform that she was 20 weeks pregnant and posted her pregnancy photos.

The news shocked the world. According to the calculation of pregnancy , Serena won the Australian Open championship while she was pregnant with the child. Serena is really from the stars.

Serena