Zhang Changning confirmed that missed the World Championships denied retirement

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 15th (Reporter Wang Jingyu, Lu Xingji) Zhang Changning, the champion of the Rio Olympic Games, confirmed to Xinhua News Agency on the 15th that she would not represent the Chinese women's volleyball team to participate in the World Championship this year, but denied rumors of retirement.

On July 31, 2021, Zhang Changning played the Italian team in the Italian team in the Tokyo Olympic Women's Volleyball Group. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Ting

Zhang Changning posted on the social media on the 15th, expressing that the physical condition did not meet the requirements of the representative national team's participation. She said in the text that from the end of November last year to the present, after recovery, her physical condition has returned to the level of normal people, and she can do the movements that normal people can do. But as athletes, high -intensity strenuous exercise, jumping, and changing direction, she can't do it.

Zhang Changning said in the text: "From the age of 8 to 27, for nearly 20 years, the body's strain and injury have gradually reflected with the age. The parts of the body's parts have more or less problems. After knee surgery, all aspects of the knee surgery have recovered well, but there will still be effusion after a long time or exercise. There is not enough attention behind the feet. So far, there is a free bone in the left ankle; the tendon on the right shoulder gauge has always been damaged, and the full warm -up and the maintenance of strength are indispensable. The problem ... "

Zhang Changning said that during the national team, he has been taboo to mention his injuries and does not want objective factors to affect himself. Now it is not a tragic selling, but after experiencing the situation in 2018, he knows that he feels uncomfortable. "Compared to the pain of injuries, I am more afraid of the kind of weakness I want to do. No matter from the body and psychology, I can’t reach the level of the national team now ..."

Zhang Changning also said that the trouble of injuries has always been the greatest enemy of athletes. The athletes are very hard and very difficult. I hope that the outside world can give them a little more tolerant, less doubt, a little more encouragement, and less complaints to make the strongest backing when they are competing for the country.

When communicating with Xinhua News Agency, Zhang Changning confirmed that she would not participate in the Women's Volleyball World Championships this year, but she explicitly denied that she issued a statement on the Internet to declare retirement.

Zhang Changning was born in November 1995. He was selected as the beach volleyball national team. He was selected as the Chinese women's volleyball team coached by Lang Ping in the Rio Olympics cycle. Last year, I also participated in the Tokyo Olympics. However, when the Chinese women's volleyball team assembled at the beginning of this year, she did not appear in the list. Not long ago, Zhang Changning and Jiangsu men's basketball player Wu Guanxi held a wedding.

The 2022 Women's Volleyball World Championships will be held in the Netherlands and Poland from September 23 to October 15. At present, the Chinese women's volleyball team is preparing for this event under the leadership of the head coach Cai Bin.

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