The Spring Festival of 2022 has passed, and the Chinese table tennis team is busy again! On the sixth day of the first lunar month on February 6, the national table tennis team began to assemble in Sanya, Hainan To welcome the first training of the Year of the Tiger, and the 7 Olympic champions Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Liu Shiwen, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and others appeared with luggage, so they were not busy.
According to the previous arrangement, the Chinese team will send at least 23 people to Oman at the end of February to participate in the WTT Muscat Challenge, including the world champion Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Chen Xing and others; and March and April will be extremely busy, because the WTT Grand Slam and Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships are about to be held, the team may be elite, everyone cheer!
Different from the Olympic Games, the World Table Tennis Championships, and the 2021 National Games, the foreign combat task of the 2022 national table tennis is relatively easy, and only participated in the WTT Macau Tournament since New Year's Day, and this competition is known as an international event, in fact, it is similar to the team competition, so the exercise value is not high.
After the Macau Race on January 23, athletes and coaches went back to their homes to welcome the Arrival of the Spring Festival in the Year of the Tiger. However, after the short reunion, everyone began to regroup and returned to the busy training.
From the photos flowing out of the Internet, we can see that the main players of the 7 Olympic champions have appeared, especially the appearance of Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen has surprised fans and friends.
Prior to this, there were rumors that the WTT Macau Tournament would be the last battle of the careers of the 3 veterans, and now it seems that this is not true - although they are all over 30 years old, the 3 still insist on fighting in the front-line arena, not only did not put down the racket, but also played the role of "passing help" in the team, which is admirable!
Compared with the veterans, young athletes have a long way to go. At present, Fan Zhendong and Chen Mengdu are only one step away from the Grand Slam, Wang Manyu has just reached a peak of his career, Sun Yingsha is still pursuing a breakthrough in winning the singles world championship, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Chen Xingtong, Wang Yidi and others must not only impact the core main force, but also face the impact of non-main forces.
Whether it is a veteran or a newcomer, everyone hopes to make a contribution to the new season and win glory for the country, so let us wish you all excellent results in the new competition of the Year of the Tiger: Come on, everyone!