Table tennis world champion Kong Linghui retires
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BEIJING, Oct. 13 - Table tennis world champion Kong Linghui today formally announced his retirement1 and his intent to compete for a China Table Tennis Team coach position, reports sina.com Thursday.

 

Kong began his athletic2 career at age six, and in 1986 he made the Heilongjiang Provincial3 team, and then went on to make the national team 1991.

 

The 31-year old Kong is one of only three people to win gold at all three of the world's most important table tennis matches, the World Table Tennis Championships, the Table Tennis World Cup and the Olympic Games.The other two are Kong's former teammate Liu Guoliang, now the head coach of the China men's table tennis team and Swedish veteran Waldner Jan-Ove.

 

At the beginning of the year,Kong has been assigned parts of coach's work in order to lighten the working stress of the men's team.Until this point,Kong has mainly focused on training and matches, even though he should have been doing some coaching.

 



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1 retirement TWoxH     
n.退休,退职
参考例句:
  • She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
  • I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。
2 athletic sOPy8     
adj.擅长运动的,强健的;活跃的,体格健壮的
参考例句:
  • This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
  • He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。
3 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的,地方的;n.外省人,乡下人
参考例句:
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
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