Speaking of Zhang Jike, maybe every table tennis enthusiast is familiar with it. However, for more than a year, Zhang Jike has hardly participated in the competition. Many people even think that Zhang Jike has retired. In fact, Zhang Jike has not retired. As a champion of Chinese table tennis, Zhang Jike has won numerous championship trophies, but when it comes to Zhang Jike, the first word many fans may think of is: Zhang Jike, you must wake up! At the Rio Olympics, the head coach’s words made it into a hot search on Weibo, and Zhang Jike, who woke up, let his opponent face down and directly won the game.
Zhang Jike’s strength is unquestionable. Zhang Jike, known as the "Tibetan Mastiff", created the fastest record of 445 days to achieve a Grand Slam, as well as a record of five consecutive championships in three major competitions. Such achievements and records also made Zhang Jike in 2012. In the five years of 2017, he has never fallen out of the top five in the world, but now we can’t find Zhang Jike in the world rankings. (Only careful fans will find that Zhang Jike has fallen to 54th in the world. Name.) This is why many people think Zhang Jike retired.
Zhang Jike has not retired, but Zhang Jike is 32 years old, which is the age of retirement for table tennis players, and it is almost impossible for Zhang Jike to return to the arena in order to cultivate young people in the national table tennis team. Why didn't Zhang Jike, who can play in the game, choose to retire? Many fans speculated that this might be an agreement.
At the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, Zhang Jike partnered with Ma Long to win the men’s doubles championship. Since then, the two have become the face of national table tennis. The relationship between the two is also very deep, and the two are also friends and enemies. Relations. In the match between the two, Malone won more games. Even in the Rio Olympics, Malone had never closed Zhang Jike, but Zhang Jike never gave up, and even often competed with Malone.
did not affect the relationship between the two in the slightest. Many fans remember that in a previous interview, the reporter asked Zhang Jike who he wanted to go to Huangdao with. Zhang Jike at the time did not hesitate to name Ma Long’s ranking. There was also an agreement to retire together.
In a later interview, Liu Guoliang also talked about this agreement. It can be seen that the reason why Zhang Jike chose not to retire was to wait for Malone. Of course, as long as Zhang Jike can come out of the injury, there is still hope in the future. Back to the game and fight side by side with Malone.
