On January 8, Liu Shiwen, the Olympic champion of national table tennis, departed from Guangzhou and arrived in Haikou to participate in the event. After xu Xin finished his activities in Beijing, he also went to Haikou. After the regrouping of the national table tennis New Year, Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin have not yet returned to the national team.
Before New Year's Day, Liu Shiwen went to Beijing to attend an event and then returned to Guangzhou. When Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and other main players returned to the national team for training, Liu Shiwen did not return to Beijing again, but stayed in Guangzhou to train, during which she also took time to play against the serve machine and shoot a promotional film. In the photo with her teammates, Liu Shiwen smiled happily.
Now, Liu Shiwen has left for Haikou to attend the event. For many northerners, it is now a cold winter, and they are wearing thick down jackets; and when Liu Shiwen appears in the south, she is relatively thin and very refreshing, and the jujube with a hat is cute and a little cool.
In the process of alternating between the old and the new in the national table tennis, Ma Long, Xu Xin, and Liu Shiwen were somewhat embarrassed, and they all openly expressed their unwillingness to retire, but the chances of participating in international competitions were significantly reduced. After consecutive absences to the Houston World Table Tennis Championships and the Singapore World Cup, the three veterans returned to participate in the WTT Macau Championships, but they did not return to the national team training as usual, but rushed around.
For example, Xu Xin recently came to Beijing from Shanghai to participate in sponsor activities. After the end of the trip to Beijing, Xu Xin also rushed to Haikou on the same day. According to online reports, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen both came to Haikou to participate in activities with Liu Guoliang.
Ma Long came to Qingdao, appeared as a celebrity ambassador, and participated in the opening ceremony of the "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics" held by a famous watch brand.
Since it is decided to participate in the WTT Macau Championship, Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen should still go out with their national team teammates, but they don't know when they will be able to return to the team. If you only train in local teams, it is difficult to compare with the national team in terms of intensity and level.