On December 30, 2021, the national table tennis troops safely ended the 21-day quarantine in Weihai, Shandong, and at present, Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan, Sun Yingsha and others have officially "exited the customs", returned home to reunite with their relatives, celebrate the New Year together, and enjoy the rare leisure time without training and competition tasks.
Friends who pay attention to table tennis know that the national table tennis players have been regrouping non-stop since the end of this year's National Games and began to prepare for the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, of which Liang Jingkun and others set off for Slovenia to participate in the WTT Challenge at the end of October, and then assembled with a large army that flew to the United States a little later, and after the World Table Tennis Championships, they went to Singapore to participate in the WTT World Cup final.
On the evening of December 8, the national table tennis troops officially returned to China, and then began to live in isolation in Weihai. In the last 21 days, everyone still has not forgotten to train physical fitness, some people also learn English and other cultural knowledge, although not as tired as before, but also do not dare to relax for a moment, showing the Chinese table tennis team hard-working spirit.
During the quarantine of the national table tennis athletes, the news of the infection of the German famous Pol and the mayor of Houston (the venue of this year's World Table Tennis Championships) was infected with the new crown virus, but the main force of the Chinese team that had been in close contact with them before was not affected and safely passed the quarantine period, which also made fans and friends breathe a sigh of relief.
Before that, everyone saw the photo of Sun Yingsha appearing in Beijing, and Fan Zhendong and Lin Gaoyuan appeared in the same frame, and it is estimated that they returned to Guangdong together. Due to the cold weather, Fan Zhendong did not have time to prepare down jackets or cotton coats, so he had to superimpose all other clothes on his body, which also made fans and friends feel distressed.
According to the arrangement, most of the main players of the national table tennis will participate in the WTT Macau Tournament next month, and the three veterans who have recently hung up the free medal and voluntarily abandoned the World Table Tennis Championships - Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen will also return to the arena and compete on the same stage with the young juniors, which is really exciting!
However, relatively speaking, the team World Table Tennis Championships and the Asian Games are the top priority of the Chinese table tennis team's preparation for 2022, especially the former is of higher level and more difficult, if the veteran is absent again, it is still a test for young people. At present, Ito Has released harsh words, claiming to win the World Table Tennis Championships, so can the Chinese team suppress all the strong opponents?
Let's sit and wait for the arrival of the New Year: national table tennis cheers!