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Roughly 40 minutes ago, Fukuhara made a long post on her Weibo announcing her retirement.
https://www.weibo.com/5950061090/GEXZC9Hij?type=comment
Dear friends:
Today I want to tell you something.
I, Ai Fukuhara, will retire from professional table tennis.
Ever since the end of the Rio Olympics, I've thought about it for a long time and almost every day.
Sometimes I change my mind for two days, but I finally figured out an answer.
So I want to share with you today.
First of all, thank you all for your support till this day.
Without your support, I wouldn't have reached this point today.
The first time I went to China to train was when I was 5 years old.
I remember that I had never played so much. I couldn't sleep after the first session.
The youtiao[Chinese cruller] that I ate every morning were especially delicious.
I can still remember the taste of the time.
Starting that year, it'd been a month-long training every summer vacation.
It started giving me lots of networking and feelings with everyone.
In the Northeast[China], I learned the Northeastern Mandarin,
There, I met sister Yuan[Tang Yuanyuan, known as Risa Chan in Japan] and Da Jin[Jin Huimei] who're like my family.
Thank you to the provincial teams for letting me practice in your team,
Whenever I went to China to train, I felt that I'd always improved a lot.
Although the training was very hard, every time I returned to Japan to play, I was particularly confident and had good results.
I started playing table tennis from the age of 3.
I am 30 years old this year, and most of my life has been about table tennis.
Table tennis has taught me all the important things in life.
Perhaps many fans are looking forward to my playing on,
and often tell me to keep up for Tokyo Olympics, I seem to have let down everyone’s expectations.
But in fact, I am not sad to announce my retirement,
I have been playing table tennis since I was 3 years old, I always think that it is my responsibility and mission to make Japanese table tennis better.
At the press conference for my wedding 2 years ago, I once said that I hoped to build a family first,
before coming back to table tennis.
Looking back, there are a lot of up-and-coming girls out there now,
I can rest assured and let go of my burden.
I want to do something to help the table tennis industry get better.
Promoting table tennis to more people and let more people know the beauty of table tennis.
For me, table tennis is a benefactor.
I hope that for the next stage of my life, to not forget this grateful heart,
I want to be filial to the table tennis industry.
I also want to say something to you who support me all the way to the present day:
Thank you very much.
Ai Fukuhara
2018/10/21
https://www.weibo.com/5950061090/GEXZC9Hij?type=comment
English Translation:亲爱的朋友们大家好
今天我想跟大家说一件事情。
我福原愛,要退役乒乓球选手了。
从里约奥运结束之后,想了很久很久几乎每天在想这个问题。
有时候两天换一个想法,但终于自己算出来一个答案。
所以今天想跟大家分享一下。
首先 谢谢大家到今天的支持。
没有你们的支持,我今天绝对没有办法到这个地步。
第一次去中国练球的是五岁的时候。
我记得从来没打过那么多球,第一次打完腿酸到睡不着。
每天早餐吃的油条特别的好吃,
到现在我还能记得当时的味道。
从那一年开始,每年的暑假都训练去一个月,
让我开始跟大家有了许多链接与感情。
在东北,我学会了东北话,
在那里,我认识了就像家人一样的媛姐跟大金。
谢谢各省队,让我在您们的队练球,
一去中国练球,感觉到我的球进步了不少。
虽然练的很苦,可是每次回到日本打比赛就特别的有自信,也有好的成绩。
我从三岁开始打乒乓球
今年要三十岁了,人生中大部分的时间都关于在球上。
在人生中重要的事情 , 都是乒乓球教我的。
也许很多球迷期待着我继续征战,
也常常告诉我东京奥运加油,我似乎辜负了大家的期望。
但其实我并不是难过着宣布退役,
从小三岁多就打乒乓球,我一直认为把日本乒乓球变得更好是我的责任与使命。
在两年前结婚的记者会上,我曾经说过自己希望先把家庭组好,
再回来打乒乓球。
回头一看, 现在很多很棒的学妹们在那里,
我能安心、放下自己给自己的压力了。
我想做一些帮助乒乓球界变好的事情,
向更多人推广乒乓球、让更多人知道乒乓球的美好。
对我来说乒乓球是一个恩人。
我希望我的人生的下一个阶段,不要忘记这个感恩的心,
我想孝顺乒乓球界,
更想对一直到今天都支持我的你们说一句:
真的很谢谢。
福原愛
2018/10/21
Dear friends:
Today I want to tell you something.
I, Ai Fukuhara, will retire from professional table tennis.
Ever since the end of the Rio Olympics, I've thought about it for a long time and almost every day.
Sometimes I change my mind for two days, but I finally figured out an answer.
So I want to share with you today.
First of all, thank you all for your support till this day.
Without your support, I wouldn't have reached this point today.
The first time I went to China to train was when I was 5 years old.
I remember that I had never played so much. I couldn't sleep after the first session.
The youtiao[Chinese cruller] that I ate every morning were especially delicious.
I can still remember the taste of the time.
Starting that year, it'd been a month-long training every summer vacation.
It started giving me lots of networking and feelings with everyone.
In the Northeast[China], I learned the Northeastern Mandarin,
There, I met sister Yuan[Tang Yuanyuan, known as Risa Chan in Japan] and Da Jin[Jin Huimei] who're like my family.
Thank you to the provincial teams for letting me practice in your team,
Whenever I went to China to train, I felt that I'd always improved a lot.
Although the training was very hard, every time I returned to Japan to play, I was particularly confident and had good results.
I started playing table tennis from the age of 3.
I am 30 years old this year, and most of my life has been about table tennis.
Table tennis has taught me all the important things in life.
Perhaps many fans are looking forward to my playing on,
and often tell me to keep up for Tokyo Olympics, I seem to have let down everyone’s expectations.
But in fact, I am not sad to announce my retirement,
I have been playing table tennis since I was 3 years old, I always think that it is my responsibility and mission to make Japanese table tennis better.
At the press conference for my wedding 2 years ago, I once said that I hoped to build a family first,
before coming back to table tennis.
Looking back, there are a lot of up-and-coming girls out there now,
I can rest assured and let go of my burden.
I want to do something to help the table tennis industry get better.
Promoting table tennis to more people and let more people know the beauty of table tennis.
For me, table tennis is a benefactor.
I hope that for the next stage of my life, to not forget this grateful heart,
I want to be filial to the table tennis industry.
I also want to say something to you who support me all the way to the present day:
Thank you very much.
Ai Fukuhara
2018/10/21
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