Ning Zetao is a men's 100 -meter free swimming Asian record holder.(AFP)
Many people look forward to the arrogant return of the trendy return in the Incheon Asian Games and the Kazan World Championships, but I did not expect that Ning Zetao last year to play the Bitian Games championship in the Queensland Championship last year.Career curtain performance.
Chinese men's short -distance free swimming general Ning Zetao announced his retirement on the 26th birthday on March 6th. What is the reason for a athletes at golden age to choose to retire Mdash sharply; mdash; injuries and lack of support from national teams.
Ning Zetao's most well -known highlight time was to win four gold medals at the Incheon Asian Games in South Korea in 2014. One year later, he became the first men's 100 -meter freestyle world champion in the Kazan World Championships in the Kazan World Championships.
However, due to the contradiction with the National Swimming Training Center of China, Ning Zetao was withdrawn, accommodation was withdrawn, and the rice card was also demagnetized before the competition. Under the double blow of physiology and psychologyOlympic Games.
After the Olympic Games, Ning Zetao was returned to the Navy from the national team, and soon he was transferred from the Navy team to the Henan Provincial Team. During the period, he also joined the Singapore National Swimming Team.
Ning Zetao went to Brisbane, Australia alone to follow foreign coaches Brown for training.
When others ask him to swim?He said, swim.
Ning Zetao had a good result afterwards. In the 2017 Queensland Championship, he broke the men's 100 -meter freestyle Asian short pool record in 46 seconds 14.As for the Asian Changchi record (47 seconds 65), he created in the 2014 China National Championship.
The Zhengzhou guy won the men's 100 -meter freestyle championship at the Queensland Championship at the end of last year with a 48 seconds 43 result.The world's third achievement.
Ning Zetao, who is no longer a national team swimmer, needs to be qualified for the Asian Games through the trials, but he quit the trial for injuries and missed the crown.Otherwise, the Chinese team is likely to win gold on this project.
Coach Brown said in an interview with Chinese media that one of the reasons for Ning Zetao had to retire was his finger injury.
Ning Zetao injured his fingers in October last year. By December, his fingers were swollen during the Queensland Championship, and even so he won the championship.
Brown said: This (injury) has a decisive factors, and he feels that he is a bit older.Coupled with some things that happened after the Rio Olympics, he decided to retire and enter a new stage of life.
The unpredictability of the short -distance project is too great, and it is often until the last moment to win.For Ning Zetao, standing on the Olympic podium may be an out of reach, after all, he has missed the Olympic Games three years ago.
Brown said that Ning Zetao has won all the competitions outside the Olympic Games. He left a place for the medal deep in his heart, where he wanted to reach.Unfortunately, the land in his heart could not be filled after all.The 2016 Olympic Games is a moment when he is close to his dream, and it is also where he watched his dream.
Ning Zetao has not learned anything except swimming.He once said that not entering the entertainment industry is the bottom line of him and his family. Next, he will go back to school to study hard, and then find a stable job to start a new life.
Athletes who cannot be in the national team want to participate in international competitions with their own strength to face extremely difficult challenges. Not only are nutritionists, physical fitness masters, coaches and other team members, but also many funds to participate in the world. The requirements for funds are very high.Essence
The cruelty of competitive sports is that everyone only pays attention to the results and does not care about the process.Perhaps Ning Zetao chose to turn around at this age, and entering the new stage of life is the right choice.
