The late arrival of the national table tennis Tokyo first gold, behind the bright future

Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha jointly raised the five-star red flag at the Tokyo Gymnasium, and after a week of circumference, Liu Guoliang, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, and Li Falcon, the head coach of the national table tennis women's team, gave a thumbs up. Although the Tokyo first gold medal was a few days late for the national table tennis, the process of winning this extremely heavy women's singles gold medal made everyone feel happy.

In the women's singles final of the Tokyo Olympics that ended last night, 27-year-old Chen Meng defeated 21-year-old sister Sun Yingsha 4-2 (9-11, 11-6, 11-4, 5-11, 11-4, 11-9) after six sets of hard work to win the championship. The representatives of the two generations of national table tennis women's singles staged the top duel in the world table tennis world today.

The young Sun Yingsha has a stronger impact and dares to be fierce in the confrontation; Chen Meng is experienced and experienced, often using the change of the ball path to control sun Yingsha when she rises. In the case of a 2-2 draw in the big score, the fifth set was like the "Battle of Tenno Mountain", which was extremely critical. In this round, the two sides repeatedly played super long rounds, but Sun Yingsha made frequent mistakes in the last blow, and the experienced Chen Meng gradually mastered the rhythm and won 11-4, mastering the opportunity. In the sixth set, Chen Meng did not let the accident happen, and finally won 11-9 to win the whole game.

Firmly ranked first in the women's singles world, holding the olympic and World Cup two major championships, Chen Meng did not hide his ambitions after the game, "My time has arrived. Finally today, I have been waiting for this moment for a long time. More importantly, it is to play the level of Chinese table tennis in the Olympic arena and bring the gold medal back to China. Chen Meng, who became a late bloomer, finally came true in Tokyo, and Sun Yingsha, who was only 21 years old, gained an infinitely bright future.

It was Sun Yingsha who defeated the biggest opponent Ito in the semifinals yesterday afternoon, clearing the way for the national table tennis to win the championship and runner-up. The afterglow of Japan's first Olympic gold medal has not yet dissipated, and the singles competition has begun. However, the Japanese men's singles was completely destroyed before the quarter-finals, and the women's singles veteran Ishikawa Yoshijun stopped in the quarterfinals, and the hosts' expectations once again fell on the 20-year-old Ito Mimako.

The 15-year-old Leader of the New Generation of Japanese Table Tennis, who won the bronze medal in the Rio Olympic Women's Team, happened to be in the same district as Sun Yingsha. In the semi-finals against Ito Mimachi, Sun Yingsha fell behind 3-9 at one point in the second set, but she then scored eight consecutive points and won in a reversal. This round also completely broke Ito's mentality. In the end, Sun Yingsha only took 29 minutes to defeat Ito 4-0 to win the Sino-Japanese ping-pong 00-post-match matchup.

"This Olympics is like Sydney 2000. At that time, Deng Yaping had retired, and Wang Nan was participating in the Olympic Games for the first time. In Tokyo, Chen Meng, who is also an Olympic "rookie", met with Sun Yingsha in the final, not only won the championship and runner-up, but also prepared for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Li Falcon believes that the significance of this victory is not only to defeat the biggest opponent of women's table tennis, but also to confirm the reason for the long-term prosperity of national table tennis, "There must always be someone to stand up, today Sun Yingsha stood up at a critical moment, and played so vividly on this occasion." This competition is not only crucial for the women's team, but also for the entire Chinese table tennis team. ”

Three years later, Chen Meng is at the age when the combination of experience and technology is the most perfect, and Sun Yingsha will also be more mature, the first post-00 player of national table tennis to go to the Olympics, called a suspension to change clothes when the situation was unfavorable, and applied to clean up the desktop when facing the championship point... At the age of 21, she has shown maturity and calmness beyond her age in the competition, and three years of growth will bring her to the next level.

From champion Chen Meng to runner-up Sun Yingsha, the glory of national table tennis from generation to generation is inherited by them, focusing on the present and looking to the future, which is the reason for the long-term prosperity of Chinese table tennis.

Author: Wu Yulun

Edit: Gu Miao