SHE is still the strong GOLD medal contender,,,, ZHANG NING will prove that she deserve a legend tittle...
i learned of ZN in 1994 in the classic uber cup singles final battle against mia audina. She fought hard but lost in 3 sets. I think LYB saw something in her that he wanted to keep her around. I myself have said before ZN has the near perfect WS physique and a hard working attitude. I think LYB saw the long term potential in her and willing to work to improve and refine her. That's is one feature even his critic admire, LYB can pick them. He let go wang chen, pi H, and many gals before and none of them come close to ZN. He made the right choice again in 2008 OG. For ZN, what a way to wrap up her career as a player. Because her long career and vast experience, i'm sure she would have a coaching capacity in the national team.
Cooler, thanks for quoting my posts in this thread - keeps her legend live on longer! This isn't an I told you so post....because I didn't comment previously and I know hindsight is great....but I found reading these posts funny after OG!! Sorry to embarass the members quoted. No offence These posts serve to highlight her situation well and the fact she managed to overcome these issues (which were then and still are now quite valid) is another credit to ZN. Like I also said in another OG thread. We will never see another ZN again.
that's why in the sichuan earthquake relief auction, ZN's shirt commanded the highest bids, more than any other china MS, WS, MD, WD, XD shirts
I saw these artistic photos of Zhang Ning on Chinese web. She is beyond recognition, it's scary. posting a few of them.
almost all china players.. ever posed like models.. and all of them are on make up. Thats nice to see the players look like different..
i think she looks better in her badminton gear and with a racket on her hand... i agree the 3rd pic looks a bit scary, cos it looks nothing like the zhang ning i know
that im not sure whther her husband is a badder, but 1 thing for sure is i know ZN is better than her husband in terms of baddy hehe..just personal opinion
ya her husband is a coach for the 2nd team, if you watch her olympic dream video on youtube you u will know it haha