Unfazed by Injury Nightmare, Beiwen Happy to be Back
If the hurt from Tokyo 2020 lingers – she ruptured her left Achilles on the biggest stage of her career – it isn’t easily apparent. She even jokes about it.
· DEV SUKUMAR
Beiwen Zhang is still cheerful.
“Both my Achilles are pretty bad,” she chuckles. “The good sign is that I’ve only broken one!”
One of the most vivid images from Tokyo 2020 was of Zhang being wheeled out from her Round of 16 match against He Bing Jiao. Zhang had taken the opening game in quick time and was looking strong for a quarterfinal place, but her hopes were to go up in smoke in seconds as she fell to the floor with a ruptured Achilles.