"Evergreen" Bol officially retired, and has won as many as 15 Chinese table tennis world champions

Germany's 44-year-old table tennis "evergreen" Boll officially retired, and his 28-year playing career came to an end. In the men's team final of the Bundesliga Table Tennis League on the 15th local time, witnessed by 5,000 fans, Bol led the Dusseldorf decisive match against Uxhausen, and at the same time ushered in the curtain call of his career.

Bol officially ended his 28-year playing career after ending this season's Bundesliga campaign for Fortuna Dusseldorf.

The curtain call, the men's singles and men's doubles were all defeated, leaving regrets. Bol first beat Brazil's new World Cup champion Hugo in the first men's singles match. Calderano, Bol fought back after losing two games, and still lost 4-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 9-11 in the final game.

Then Fortuna Dusseldorf and Oxhausen battled all the way to a 2-2 draw on aggregate, and they had to go through the fifth men's doubles match. Bol made his last appearance with Sweden's Carlberg, but lost in straight games to Oxhausen' Hayasuke Togami (Japan) and Simon Goetz (France) in straight games, losing 7-11, 9-11, 6-11 to bid farewell to his 15th Bundesliga title.

Even so, the fans stood up and applauded Bol after the game. Bol was emotionally charged as he gave his speech, and after thanking his family, friends and fans, he held back tears, "I went through many incredible moments and these will always be in my heart. ”

He has been the world's first brother for 3 times in his career. Since making his Bundesliga debut in 1996/97, Bol has been the world No. 1 in the table tennis men's singles three times (2003, 2011, 2018) and the men's singles title at the Table Tennis World Cup twice (2002 and 2005).

Bol (middle) has been ranked No. 1 in the men's singles world for three times in his career and has won the Table Tennis World Cup twice. The picture shows Bol winning the trophy at the 2005 World Cup in Liège

According to domestic media statistics, Boll has won as many as 15 Chinese table tennis world champions, including Kong Linghui, Wang Liqin, Ma Lin, Wang Hao, Liu Guozheng, Chen Xi, Hao Shuai, Qiu Yike, Zhang Chao, Zhang Jike, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fang Bo, Lin Gaoyuan and Yu Ziyang.

Won the World Cup twice "anti-China". Among them, in the 2002 Jinan World Cup, Bol defeated the then Chinese world champion Wang Liqin and Olympic champion Kong Linghui as kings; In the 2005 World Cup in Liège, Bol broke through China's "two kings and one horse" Wang Liqin (top 8), defending champion Ma Lin (semi-finals) and Wang Hao (final) to win the championship again.

Boll also helped the German table tennis team win four Olympic men's team medals (2 silver and 2 bronze), accumulating 6 silver and 3 bronze medals in various events at the World Championships. German table tennis legend Rothkopf bluntly said in an interview, "Bol made table tennis popular in Germany," and another general, Ocharov, echoed, "He (Bol) is not only a great player, but also a true friend." ”