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recently, the news that 29-year-old former national table tennis player and world champion zhu yuling is returning to the court has attracted widespread attention from fans. however, this time she is not returning to the national team, but representing the china macau association to participate in the wtt macau championship. this has also caused some netizens to speculate: will this star who was once ranked first in the world become a strong rival of the national table tennis team in the future?

in fact, this worry does not exist at the moment, because with zhu yuling's current status, she cannot at least participate in the three major competitions in the table tennis world - the olympics, the world table tennis championships, and the world cup. there is no need to worry too much about how much threat she can pose to the national table tennis team.

zhu yuling is a very familiar table tennis player. born in 1995, she has been famous for a long time. she was once one of the top three main players of the national table tennis women's team and won singles championships in major competitions such as the world cup. unfortunately, during the tokyo olympic cycle, she was gradually marginalized because of several defeats to japanese athletes such as ito mima. in addition, her body became unwell later and she eventually retired from the arena after 2020.

however, what is unexpected is that four years later, zhu yuling actually made a comeback as an athlete again, but as mentioned earlier, she can only participate in commercial events such as the wtt macau championships at most, which is also stipulated by the international table tennis federation and other departments.

as early as 2008, the international table tennis federation issued restrictions on the competition qualifications of players who changed associations. athletes under the age of 15 need to be registered with other associations for 3 years before they can participate in the world table tennis championships and the world cup. athletes aged 15 to 18 need to be registered for 5 years, and those aged 18 to 21 need to be registered for 7 years. if they are over 21, they cannot participate in these two world competitions.

although we don’t know the exact date when zhu yuling registered with the macau china association, she was definitely over 21 years old (after all, she was still playing for the national table tennis team at the age of 25). naturally, she missed the world table tennis championships and the world cup - so what about the olympics?

it is undeniable that the ittf restriction mentioned in the previous article is not valid for the olympics, but zhu yuling's current location in macau, china is not a member of the olympic committee, so she naturally cannot participate in the olympic games. it is precisely because of this that although many fans hope that zhu yuling can obtain the olympic qualification that she has never obtained in other associations, the reality is still not as she wishes.

unless the ittf policy changes in the future, or macau, china obtains a seat on the olympic committee, zhu yuling will not be able to return to the world competition stage for the time being, but we also wish her to continue to achieve good results in other arenas and pursue her table tennis dream!