On May 15, some netizens revealed that they met the Olympic women's volleyball champion Zhu Ting at Beijing Normal University, accompanied by their mentor Lang Ping. It is revealed that Zhu Ting is here to participate in the defense of her master's thesis, which means that she will soon graduate from Beijing Normal University with a master's degree!
Another student from Beijing Normal University said that he ran into Zhu Ting printing her graduation thesis at the school's printing shop the day before yesterday.
Zhu Ting graduated from the School of Physical Education of Zhengzhou University. At the end of 2017, Beijing Normal University announced that Zhu Ting was proposed to be admitted as a graduate student of sports humanities sociology in the School of Physical Education and Sports.
Later, Zhu Ting became very interested in history and culture when she played in Turkey. At the suggestion of Professor Yang Gongle, the former dean of the School of History of Beijing Normal University, she jumped out of the "comfort zone" of sports and changed her major to the School of History to pursue a master's degree in modern Chinese history.
Due to the busy task of training and competition, Zhu Ting officially reported to Beijing Normal University in September 2020, starting her postgraduate career.
As an athlete, Zhu Ting hopes to devote herself to the relevant research on the development history of Chinese women's volleyball spirit. Her research topic is to summarize the development process of Chinese women's volleyball national spirit since the reform and opening up.
In the past four years since she entered the university, Zhu Ting has mostly listened to classes online through the Internet because of training competitions and epidemic situations. She often goes online at 5 am when she plays in Europe.
In order to complete a large number of reading tasks, Zhu Ting will read profound historical documents again and again in her spare time until she understands them.
"I'm really tired and my mind is muddled. Fortunately, I have persevered," said Zhu Ting.
In September 2023, Zhu Ting returned to Beijing Normal University for classes
After all the difficulties of studying, Zhu Ting is finally going to graduate with a master's degree!
It is worth mentioning that Lang Ping's alma mater is also Beijing Normal University. She graduated from Beijing Normal University with a bachelor's degree in English and was employed as an honorary professor of the university in 2008.
On April 8, Zhu Ting announced that she would return to the national team during the World Women's Volleyball League, with the sole purpose of contributing to the qualification of the Chinese women's volleyball team for the Paris Olympic Games.
On the afternoon of May 10, Zhu Ting returned to her hometown Henan, and returned to Beijing to resume training after a short rest, so as to catch up with the rhythm of the national women's volleyball team as soon as possible.
According to Henan media reports, Zhu Ting will go to Macao in late May to prepare for the World Women's Volleyball League Macau with the Chinese women's volleyball team returning from Brazil. This will also be Zhu Ting's second participation on behalf of the national team after three years. Let's cheer for her!
(Micho Sports)