On January 13, Beijing time, Liu Shiwen posted photos of herself playing on social media, writing, "Don't forget your original heart!" Liu Shiwen told fans that she would not retire now. Liu Shiwen will compete for the team World Table Tennis Championships and compete for her 21st world championship.
Liu Shiwen is almost 31 years old, and many fans believe that her position in the national table tennis is embarrassing, Chen Meng is now the world's first, and Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu have a strong momentum. As a veteran, Liu Shiwen seems to be dispensable in national table tennis. Especially in the Tokyo Olympics, Liu Shiwen's partner Xu Xin did not win the mixed doubles gold medal, which was not a small blow. In the team competition, Liu Shiwen withdrew due to injury, making Wang Manyu a world champion. In the women's singles competition of the National Games, Liu Shiwen won the 3rd place! In the end, at last year's World Table Tennis Championships, Liu Shiwen was absent as the defending champion!
Liu Shiwen has been resting for a long time, the next WTT competition, Liu Shiwen will participate, although there are no points, but this competition is very important to Liu Shiwen, the competition has men's singles, women's singles and mixed doubles, Liu Shiwen's goal is the women's singles champion, if you want to get the team World Table Tennis Championships qualification, Liu Shiwen must have excellent performance, in front of Liu Guoliang to prove herself.
From January 19 to 23, 2022, the WTT competition will be held, and the main players of the national table tennis will participate, including Liu Shiwen.
As for the Team World Table Tennis Championships, it opened on April 17, 2022.
According to the regulations, each association, men and women can only send 5 players each. Now, Liu Shiwen is positioned as the 6th person in the national table tennis women's singles, and the top 5 are Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong.
But now, Liu Shiwen has spoken out, posted photos of herself playing when she was a child, and said that she will not forget her original intention, which shows that Liu Shiwen will not retire in a short period of time, and she will fight. No matter when the fight is, Liu Shiwen still wants to insist.
In her career, Liu Shiwen holds 20 world championships, and she hopes to qualify for the team world table tennis championships and impact her 21st world championship!