The WTT Singapore Grand Slam is about to kick off on the 7th of next month, and at present, the WTT World Table Tennis Federation has announced the lineup of the associations.
In the Chinese women's table tennis lineup, Liu Shiwen, a 31-year-old veteran of the Chinese team, was prominently listed, which surprised many fans.
After all, in the eyes of many fans, Liu Shiwen, who is now 31 years old, has reached the brink of retirement.
Especially at last year's Tokyo Olympics, 31-year-old Liu Shiwen became the only athlete among the seven Olympic participants who did not have the title in the account, and in the mixed doubles final of the Tokyo Olympic Games, her partner Xu Xin unexpectedly lost 3-4 to Japan's Ito Mizuya Hayabusa.
This also made Liu Shiwen controversial, and after the game, Liu Shiwen cried and apologized to the fans across the country, saying that she did not play well and was sorry for the whole team.
After the mixed doubles lost the game, in the later team match, Liu Shiwen was taken down by the coaching staff before the game and replaced by P card player Wang Manyu, but Xu Xin, who also lost, was not replaced.
In this way, among the final 7 Olympic participants, only Liu Shiwen did not win the gold medal!
Many fans think that the Tokyo Olympic Games will become Liu Shiwen's last battle, but unexpectedly, Liu Shiwen did not choose to retire, perhaps unwilling to lose the Tokyo Olympic Games, Liu Shiwen is not willing to end her career with failure, but chooses to bravely persevere!
Now 31 years old, Liu Shiwen has become the oldest player in the Chinese women's table tennis team and the player with the most world championship titles in active women's table tennis.
Although Chen Meng won the Olympic women's singles title at the Tokyo Olympic Games, so far, Chen Meng has only won 3 World Table Tennis Team Championships, 2 World Cup Team Championships, 1 World Cup Singles Champion, 1 Olympic Singles Champion and 1 Olympic Team Champion, for a total of only 8 world championship titles.
But do you know how many world championship titles Liu Shiwen has?
Liu Shiwen's total number of world championships has reached an astonishing 20, ranking third in the history of women's table tennis after Wang Nan and Ding Ning in the history of Chinese women's table tennis! Even surpassed Zhang Yining, Li Xiaoxia and Deng Yaping!
In the singles world championship alone, Liu Shiwen won 5 World Cups and 1 World Table Tennis Championships singles title, which has far exceeded Chen Meng.
Today's Liu Shiwen chooses to continue to persevere, and the future Liu Shiwen is entirely likely to surpass Ding Ning and Wang Nan in front of her and become the athlete with the most World Championships in Chinese women's table tennis!
Ding Ning has 21 world championship titles, just one more than Liu Shiwen.
In fact, Liu Shiwen had the opportunity to chase Ding Ning at the Tokyo Olympics and even surpass Ding Ning.
If Liu Shiwen can win the mixed doubles championship at the Tokyo Olympic Games, I believe she will not be qualified for the Olympic team competition, so that Liu Shiwen can win two championships at the Tokyo Olympic Games, thus surpassing Ding Ning with 22 world championship titles.
But unfortunately, Liu Shiwen lost the mixed doubles final and was also disqualified from the team. This also allowed Liu Shiwen to miss the opportunity to surpass Ding Ning.
But now Liu Shiwen chooses to continue to insist, which also makes Liu Shiwen surpass Ding Ning, and even surpass Wang Nan is no longer a dream.
This year there will be a Chengdu team world table tennis championships, as the oldest in the team, the best results of the competition Liu Shiwen, I believe that no accident should be able to get a qualification, in this case, Liu Shiwen will win the 21st world championship title.
At the same time, there are single World Cup competitions, to know that Liu Shiwen has always been known as the World Cup princess, the World Cup has become Liu Shiwen's blessed land, before Liu Shiwen participated in six times and won the championship five times, such a good result, the national team coaching team looks in the eyes, I believe, Liu Shiwen still has a great chance to qualify for the World Cup.
In this way, Liu Shiwen may complete the reversal of Ding Ning.
In addition, there will be a single competition in the World Table Tennis Championships next year, and Liu Shiwen may qualify for singles and mixed doubles, and there is still a possibility of winning the championship.
In 2024, there will also be team world table tennis championships and Olympic games, and Liu Shiwen has a lot of opportunities to complete the counterattack against Wang Nan.
Of course, these are the last words, what Liu Shiwen is going to do now is to play a good result in this WTT Singapore Grand Slam Tournament and prove that she is still the number one main force in Chinese women's table tennis today, so that she can lay a good foundation for the subsequent competitions!
Come on Liu Shiwen!