Yes should be able to, but the national table tennis should give young people a chance!
Recently, the national table tennis men's team player Ma Long said in an interview that he will stick to it, the goal is to participate in the 2025 Greater Bay Area National Games, Ma Long said that the Chinese table tennis team can get the enthusiastic support of fans and media in Hong Kong, China wherever it goes, he hopes to be able to stick to 2025, when he can participate in the Greater Bay Area National Games, which means that Ma Long currently has no intention of retiring, he wants to continue to insist, Ma Long's statement has once again been discussed by fans. There has been a lot of discussion about whether he will have a chance to compete in the Paris Olympics. I thought that Malone, who did not participate in the Houston World Table Tennis Championships and the World Cup Finals, will gradually fade out of the national team, and at present, Malone has no intention of retiring, so in theory, Malone has the opportunity to participate in the Paris Olympic Games, depending on the probability of participating in team and singles competitions.
After the Tokyo Olympics defeated Fan Zhendong, Ma Long completed the "double circle Grand Slam", is the first player in the history of men's table tennis to achieve two laps of Grand Slam, considering that Ma Long has suffered from injuries in the past two years, it is not easy to win the Olympic championship at the age of 33, Ma Long successfully defended the title at the Tokyo Olympic Games and created many records, he is the first player to successfully defend the men's singles Olympic champion, and the first male table tennis player to achieve two laps of Grand Slam, In addition, he surpassed Wang Nan to become the athlete who won the most world championships in the history of Chinese table tennis. Whether Malone is very likely to participate in the Paris Olympic Games, whether he will still have the strength to participate in the Paris Olympic Games after three years, etc. are all hot spots for fans. In fact, Ma Long is still cautious about his future, he only said in an interview that he hopes to participate in the Greater Bay Area National Games, and did not say that he hopes to participate in the Paris Olympic Games, as Ma Long, who has been in the national team for nearly 20 years, he knows better than anyone the fierce competition within the national table tennis, whether to participate in the Paris Olympic Games is not entirely up to himself, after all, the national table tennis talents are abundant, and the Olympic quota is very limited, Liu Guoliang needs to consider various issues comprehensively.
First of all, from the perspective of hard power, the 33-year-old Ma Long is still maintaining a relatively high level of competition, which can also be seen from the Olympic victory over Fan Zhendong. However, one thing is certain, Ma Long is still far from his peak, and the gradual decline in status is also an irreversible trend, the last two years Ma Long has lost a lot of games, Lin Yunru, Zhang Benzhihe and other people have the experience of defeating Ma Long, the Tokyo Olympic Men's Singles Semifinals, Ma Long and Ochalov's duel is only a narrow victory, Ma Long wins in experience more sophisticated. Three years later, Ma Long is already 36 years old, and no one can guarantee how well his competitive state will be maintained, and it is obviously unwise for the national table tennis to bet the "treasure" on Ma Long. Veterans not only can not guarantee the state, physical health can not be guaranteed, the last two years, Ma Long's body has also been fighting with injuries, Ma Long can win the Olympic championship again and the Postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games for a year also has a lot to do with it, in the first half of last year, Ma Long's body did not fully recover, if the Tokyo Olympic Games are not postponed, It is very difficult for Ma Long to get the Olympic championship. From the perspective of competitive status, whether Malone can participate in the Paris Olympic Games is still unknown, in the case of strength is not dominant, the national table tennis will definitely consider young players and give young players a chance.
From the perspective of the alternation of the old and the new, although Ma Long has been supporting the national table tennis men's team in recent years, from another point of view, If you look at the problem from another point of view, Ma Long is also a "stumbling block" for the growth of young players, it is undeniable that because of the existence of Ma Long, the young players of the national table tennis men's team lack of exercise opportunities, and the young players of other associations such as Japan, South Korea, and Chinese Taipei have grown rapidly in recent years, while the national table tennis men's team has stagnated. The national table tennis men's team is not a lack of outstanding talents, but excellent talents lack the training stage of international competitions, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun and others are not bad in the international arena, they need more exercise. If Malone continues to participate in the Paris Olympic Games, then in the next two or three years, Malone will still be one of the main players of the national table tennis men's team, and the growth space of other young players will be more or less affected. In 2024, Ma Long is already 36 years old, and the current men's team world number one Fan Zhendong is also 27 years old, if the two choose to retire at the same time after the Paris Olympic Games, then the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Cycle, the national table tennis men's team will face great challenges, the national table tennis men's team must start to advance in this Olympic cycle in an orderly manner.
Liu Guoliang does not let the veteran Ma Long and Xu Xin participate in the World Table Tennis Championships and the World Cup Finals is actually a signal, the national table tennis men's team is undergoing a new and old alternation, Ma Long, Xu Xin and other veterans to participate in the Paris Olympic Games The possibility has been decreasing, unless the next two years of the "three major competitions" national table tennis men's team results encounter Waterloo, otherwise Ma Long's participation in the Paris Olympic Games is unlikely, after all, Ma Long has participated in two Olympic Games, from the virtuous circle of competition within the team, the coaching team of the national table tennis men's team should give young players more opportunities, In this way, we can ensure that the Chinese table tennis captain will never fade.