On October 25, Beijing time, at 15:00 this afternoon, the Chinese table tennis team officially announced the big list for the next World Table Tennis Championships, and the three Olympic champions Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen were all absent, which was extremely shocking.
The official list of national table tennis is like this, and the 5 players who play in the men's singles are Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan and Zhou Qihao. The men's doubles side sent two pairs, with Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin, lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun as the partners.
On the women's team, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong and Wang Yidi led the way, while the women's doubles side added one more person, in addition to the combination of Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, Qian Tian was also sent to partner Chen Meng. In this way, it is equivalent to saying that the women's team is composed of 6 athletes, the men's team has 5 athletes, a total of 11 athletes play, and the mixed doubles side arranges Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha to partner, and Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Manyu to partner. In this way, Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan, as well as Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, have the opportunity to compete for three gold medals.
This is an extremely shocking result, which fully shows that China's national table tennis has ushered in an unprecedented reshuffle, and three Olympic champions Ma Long Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin have ushered in the curtain. Ma Long successfully won the championship at the last World Table Tennis Championships, he became the first athlete in 54 years to win the World Table Tennis Championships three consecutive championships, and then successfully defended his title at the Olympic Games, this time Ma Long did not qualify for the competition, but also fully shows that Liu Guoliang is determined to change the blood of this national table tennis. Facing the same situation is Liu Shiwen, who is the defending champion, and the result is not a chance to realize the dream, which is also shocking.
This fully shows that in the next Paris Olympic Games, the Chinese team may inevitably make greater adjustments to the lineup, and Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin are inevitable to retire, and it is likely that the two people will officially announce their official retirement within this year. As for Ma Long's situation, it is not easy to say, because he is still in a new peak state, and it is not easy for Liu Guoliang to persuade him to retire.