体坛英语资讯：Japanese table tennis star Ai Fukuhara announces retirement
<p><span word="TOKYO">TOKYO</span>, <span word="Oct">Oct</span>. 21-- <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="table">table</span> <span word="tennis">tennis</span> <span word="star">star</span> <span word="Ai">Ai</span> <span word="Fukuhara">Fukuhara</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="retiring">retiring</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="competition">competition</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Recently">Recently</span>, <span word="I">I</span>'<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="answers">answers</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="myself">myself</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="searching">searching</span> <span word="for">for</span>. <span word="From">From</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="standpoint">standpoint</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="athlete">athlete</span>, <span word="I">I</span>'<span word="m">m</span> <span word="drawing">drawing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="here">here</span>," <span word="she">she</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="blog">blog</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="gripped">gripped</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="racket">racket</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="months">months</span>, <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="professional">professional</span> <span word="at">at</span> 10 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="playing">playing</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="at">at</span> 11," <span word="she">she</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="journey">journey</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="players">players</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="fast">fast</span> <span word="progress">progress</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="retire">retire</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hoped">hoped</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="contribution">contribution</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="table">table</span> <span word="tennis">tennis</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sports">sports</span> <span word="communities">communities</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> 29-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="Fukuhara">Fukuhara</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="regarded">regarded</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="child">child</span> <span word="prodigy">prodigy</span>" <span word="in">in</span> <span word="table">table</span> <span word="tennis">tennis</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="training">training</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="speak">speak</span> <span word="fluent">fluent</span> <span word="Mandarin">Mandarin</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="northeastern">northeastern</span> <span word="accent">accent</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="women">women</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="table">table</span> <span word="tennis">tennis</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Fukuhara">Fukuhara</span> <span word="won">won</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="silver">silver</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="London">London</span> <span word="Olympics">Olympics</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2017 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bronze">bronze</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Rio">Rio</span> <span word="Olympics">Olympics</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2016.</p><p><span word="Fukuhara">Fukuhara</span> <span word="married">married</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="table">table</span> <span word="tennis">tennis</span> <span word="player">player</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="Taipei">Taipei</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2016, <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="birth">birth</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="baby">baby</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="competed">competed</span> <span word="since">since</span>.</p>
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