After half a year, Ito found the reason for Sun Yingsha's two fiascos at the Tokyo Olympics, simply saying: "My feet blistered and I took painkillers before I insisted on finishing the game." ”
The implication is that he was injured and did not play his due strength. Do you think this reason is valid?
Before the Tokyo Olympics, Ito shouted that he would become the "Queen of Three Golds" in front of his father and elders in his hometown, and even become the shortest Grand Slam player. Dreams, beautiful, realistic, but cruel.
In the semifinals of the Olympic Women's Singles, Ito Met Sun Yingsha, when the national table tennis lost gold because of the mixed doubles, morale was low, and the chairman of the Table Tennis Association Liu Guoliang and Li Falcon all came up with suggestions for Sasha, reducing pressure for her, to fight Ito, it doesn't matter if she loses, and can't do it after three years.
The process and results of the game, everyone knows, singles Sun Yingsha 4-0 critical hit Ito, of which the second set 3-9 behind, 11-9 big overturn, directly beat her, the team game a single showdown, Sun Yingsha another clean and sharp 3-1, beat Ito down, after the game, Ito Mimako shed tears.
From the overall strength point of view, Sun Yingsha is slightly better, which is the comment of the coach of the national table tennis women's team Li Falcon. Indeed, Sasha is more comprehensive than Ito and has a better mentality than her.
Recently, in the face of reporters interviewed, Ito Found the reason for the Olympic defeat, which is like this: "Before the semi-final with Sun Yingsha, my feet blistered, I couldn't walk in pain, the doctor suggested that I do surgery, I wanted to puncture the blisters, and finally ate painkillers, bandaged, and then insisted on finishing the game." ”
I feel sorry for Ito's injury. But is it so hard to admit that the strength is inferior to the opponent (Sun Yingsha)? Injuries are part of the game, like Deng Yaping at the 1997 World Championships, Ding Ning in the 2015 World Championships, the final have encountered injuries, are not all overcome difficulties and ascend to the championship throne?
Ito Mimachi, the strength can not be underestimated, but after losing, always like to find objective reasons, this practice is not advisable. Remember the 2019 World Championships loss, she said that there was a problem with the lights, the 2020 World Cup lost, said that Sun Yingsha did not play cards according to the routine, she prepared, Sun Yingsha did not play so much, the 2021 Olympic Games lost, said the feet were blistering, the 2021 World Championships, even the partner together to help her find a reason: "The table eats the ball, the bottom board is too slippery, the ball is too strong and soft and fluttering ..."
Ito, admitting that the skills are not as good as people, it is better to practice hard than to find objective reasons, and I hope not to put my energy on finding objective reasons.
Ito, come on, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu... They are waiting for you, waiting for your feet to not hurt, play another game, and see if you can beat it.