Mengke Bateer to retire next month

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Chinese professional basketball player Mengke Bateer will hold a retirement ceremony in Beijing on August 11, 2015. [Photo: 163.com]

Chinese professional basketball player Mengke Bateer is set to retire next month.

Media reports say that Bateer has decided to retire due to health issues after suffering from diabetes for a long time.

A retirement ceremony will be held at Beijing's Wukesong Basketball Gymnasium on August 11.

Many celebrities will attend the event, including the former Houston Rockets player Hakeem Olajuwon.

Bateer is referred to as one of the 'Walking Great Wall' together with two other famous basketball players, Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming, who also play centers.

He's also the first Chinese basketball player to win an NBA championship back in 2003, while he was playing for San Antonio Spurs.

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