The Year of the Tiger 2022 has arrived, and the latest competition arrangements of the Chinese table tennis team have also been officially released - it is reported that the national table tennis team will send a team of up to 28 people to the WTT Oman Muscat Challenge at the end of February and the beginning of March, including 5 world champions Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin, Yu Ziyang, Chen Xingtong, but the main players of the 7 Olympic champions are not on the list for various reasons.
Obviously, although the level of the competition is not high, Liu Guoliang and the coaching staff still plan to focus on the main force and non-main players of the non-Olympic champions, which is why they will be so excited: the first battle of the Year of the Tiger is about to start, which is really exciting! Unfortunately, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Liu Shiwen, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu have no arrangements for the time being, hoping to see them return to the field as soon as possible.
As we all know, due to the impact of the epidemic, the number of foreign battles participated in by the national table tennis in the past two years is very small, and most of the opportunities are given to the core main athletes. Although as many as 30 people competed in the WTT Macau tournament in January, only 5 foreign association opponents participated in the event (3 of which were still Chinese), so there was almost no value for everyone's foreign combat.
It is in this situation that fans and friends are very concerned about the foreign war arrangements of the Chinese team in the new season of 2022, and the coaching staff also lived up to expectations and gave 28 people a chance, but this game has restrictions on players with high points, so Sun Yingsha and other players cannot participate.
According to the arrangement, most of the first-line players of national table tennis have registered for the WTT Oman Competition, in addition to the 7 olympic champions, Zhu Yuling, who has previously rested due to illness, is still absent, and the main player Wang Yidi has also not registered, and the specific list of 28 participants is as follows:
Men's team: Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong, Yuan Licen, Xu Yingbin, Xiang Peng, Xu Haidong, Zhao Zihao, Zhou Qihao, Sun Wen, Yu Ziyang, Xue Fei, Liu Dingshuo, Zhang Yudong, Cao Wei (16 players); Women's team: Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, He Zhuojia, Zhang Rui, Ku Man, Liu Weishan, Chen Yi, Shi Xunyao, Fan Siqi, Yang Huijing, Zhu Sibing, Qi Fei (12 players).
In terms of foreign associations, there is currently a national table tennis rival who has registered, that is, Chinese Taipei youngster Lin Yunru - at last year's World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, Lin Yunru played badly; in the WTT World Cup final at the end of the year, he also did not pose a threat to Wang Chuqin and others, so he also urgently needed exercise opportunities.
At present, it seems that the main players of the National Table Tennis Olympics may focus more on the preparation of the WTT Grand Slam in March, coupled with their previous foreign combat experience has been very much, so there is no need to compete in every city. Finally, I hope that everyone can achieve good results in the new events of the Year of the Tiger and prepare for the Chengdu Team World Table Tennis Championships in April: Come on, guys!