Kong hopes to help coach China the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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China's former table tennis world
champion Kong Linghui is retiring from competition to begin a coaching career.
Kong told the Beijing Evening News: "The main reason is I think that my technique has fallen behind."
The 31-year-old admitted: "There is no way I can get back to international competition standard."
Kong won Olympic doubles gold in 1996 and the singles title in the 2000. He is one of just three people to win the table tennis "grand slam".
His popularity slipped in July, when he was forced to make a public apology after his Porsche car hit a taxi and he was convicted of drunk-driving.
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