31-year-old Chen Meng talked about marriage issues, but her mother was helpless when she heard it! She almost missed the Paris Olympics because of urging her to get married.

In the recent popular variety show "It's a daughter and a mother", table tennis Olympic champion Chen Meng and her mother rarely have the same frame. Facing the host Zhang Quanling's question about marriage, Chen Meng admitted: "Mom is very anxious, but I am not anxious." Chen's mother, who was standing by, said helplessly: "You should do whatever you reach the age. There should be a family and a next generation." Chen Meng responded with a smile: "The best thing will last forever." What's more interesting is that Chen Meng also revealed that after the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, she almost missed the 2024 Paris Olympics because her parents urged her to get married. This conversation quickly sparked heated discussions across the Internet. The collision of the two generations of marriage and love views reflects the profound contradiction between the traditional pressure and independent choices faced by contemporary women

Chen Meng's career can be called an inspirational epic. At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, at the age of 27, she won the women's singles gold medal for the first time, and the post-match sentence "My era is here" became a sports classic; at the 2024 Paris Olympics, at the age of 30, she defeated Sun Yingsha again 4-2, successfully defending her title, becoming the third player in the Chinese table tennis world to achieve the Olympic women's singles defense. Deng Yaping and Zhang Yining, three Olympic gold medals (Tokyo women's singles, women's team, Paris women's singles), hardware World Table Tennis Championships, and three World Cups. Her honor book is shining brightly, but she lacks a World Table Tennis Women's Singles trophy. This is also called the "unfinished chapter of career" by the media

Behind the glory is an unimaginable persistence. In the first three years of the Paris Olympics, Chen Meng fell into a trough due to injury and young players. She returned home for less than a month throughout the year. Her mother, Pang Min, was both distressed and proud when she recalled her daughter: "She never complained, no matter how stressed she was, she had to do it. Carry it by yourself. "In order to maintain the state, Chen Meng even practices physical fitness every day and polishes her skills alone late at night. It is this tenacity that allows her to withstand the pressure at the age of 30 and protect the glory of the national table tennis team as a veteran. What is little known is that Chen Meng's Paris Olympics journey was almost interrupted due to family urging marriage. After winning the championship in Tokyo, her parents advised her to retreat bravely: "What about personal plans besides playing basketball?" The mother also bluntly said that she hoped she would start a family and have two children. Faced with her parents' expectations, Chen Meng's response was firm: "I want to play another Olympics, marriage wait for Paris to go back Say! "This decision made the mother helplessly compromise: "As long as she meets the right one." In the program, Chen Meng analyzed her views on marriage and love for the first time: "Marriage is not a task, but meeting the right person. I get along well with my parents, and my life is happy enough now." Faced with her mother's "age boundary theory", she refuted with a scientific attitude: "Medical science is so developed, I think age is not a problem." This conversation was praised by the audience as "the sober declaration of independent women"; Chen Meng's urging marriage storm reflects the society's efforts to women The traditional definition of sexual value and the fierce collision between modern consciousness. The concept of "stage life tasks" represented by mothers corresponds to the traditional society's solidified expectations for the role of "good wife and good mother" in women

, and Chen Meng's persistence demonstrates the exploration of diverse life paths by women in the new era. Marriage is not the only solution to happiness, and self-realization also builds the meaning of life. What is more worth pondering is that there are often double standards for public scrutiny of female athletes. Male champions are rarely asked "when will they get married", and even women stand in the world. At the top of the world, we still have to face the discipline of "returning to family". As netizens said: "Chen Meng won the world with a racket, but she had to choose a 'defensive counterattack' for life at the dinner table." After the Paris Olympics, Chen Meng admitted that she "needs to rest". Now at the age of 31, she is standing at the turning point of her career and at the intersection of her choice of life. Her story has long surpassed the scope of sports. When the world was amazed at her "big heart" on the field, her awakeness and courage on the stage of life are equally shining.

The real power of the champion , not only to conquer the arena, but also to break the preset boundaries of the world's life. Chen Meng's remarks are not resistance to marriage, but to adhere to the quality of life. Whether it is a racket or life, the initiative should be held in her own hands. When more women are like her, they dare to continue pursuing their dreams at the age when they should get married, and start again in the "stable stage", the tolerance of society is quietly broadened step by step, just as she said in the show: "The best will always be left to the end." This confidence belongs to everyone who believes in time and self