On February 25, Beijing time, the Chinese table tennis team went from Guangzhou Airport to Oman to participate in the Muscat leg of the WTT Regular Challenge. The WTT Oman Challenge will start on February 27 and end on March 5.
The national table tennis team has 27 players participating in this WTT Oman Challenge. Among them, there are 15 male table tennis players, namely Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin, Zhao Zihao, Lin Shidong, Zhou Qihao, Xiang Peng, Xu Yingbin, Xu Haidong, Yu Ziyang, Xue Fei, Liu Dingshuo, Zhang Yudong, Yuan Licen and Cao Wei. There are 12 women's table tennis players, namely Chen Xingtong, He Zhuojia, Qian Tianyi, Liu Weishan, Zhang Rui, Fan Siqi, Yang Huijing, Ku Man, Chen Yi, Shi Xunyao, Qi Fei and Zhu Sibing.
This is the second time that the national table tennis has participated in an international event after a gap of 1 month. Although there are no strong players such as Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Liu Shiwen, Wang Yidi, etc., these national table tennis players still have strong strength. I believe they will achieve good results in Oman and get the championship in hand.
Four players will participate in three events, namely Liang Jingkun, Ku Man, Wang Chuqin and Chen Xingtong. They compete in singles, doubles and mixed doubles matches. They will have a lot of games, and with a dense schedule, physical fitness will be a big problem. I hope that these players can withstand the test of physical strength. Wang Chuqin not only participated in three events at the Oman Challenge, but also in the Singapore Grand Slam, which began on March 7. The pressure on the big head is great, and I hope to be able to hold on.
The national table tennis set off from Oman, and it seemed that one by one was full of spirit. Everyone was kind of looking forward to playing the game. For athletes, only competition can mobilize everyone's enthusiasm. Looking forward to the good news of the national table tennis players.
Today, in addition to the national table tennis players going to Oman, there is also a piece of news related to the national table tennis. According to the latest news, the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships will be postponed!
The ITTF made the announcement. After consultation with the China Table Tennis Association and the relevant departments of Chengdu City, the International Table Tennis Federation believes that the current epidemic is still spreading, and for safety reasons, it has decided to postpone the 2022 Chengdu World Table Tennis Team Championships, which was originally held in April. The postponed Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships will be held from September 30 to October 9. That is to say, it was postponed for half a year, and it happened to be a National Day at that time, which can also guarantee ratings.
Affected by the epidemic in the past two years, the World Table Tennis Championships have been postponed many times. The World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea, were postponed three times due to the epidemic, and finally cancelled. The World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea, were originally scheduled to be held in March 2020. Later, after the outbreak of the epidemic, the International Table Tennis Federation and the Korean Table Tennis Association decided to postpone the holding to June 2020. Later, the epidemic became more and more serious, and it was decided to postpone it to September. However, he felt that it was not possible, and decided to postpone it to February 2021. However, even after three postponements, the ITTF still felt that it was not safe enough, and finally cancelled the Busan World Table Tennis Championships.
Last year's Houston World Table Tennis Championships, originally scheduled to be held in June last year, was later postponed to November. Unlike the Busan World Table Tennis Championships, the Houston World Table Tennis Championships were held last November, and the results were not bad. The national table tennis team won four of the five individual championships at that World Table Tennis Championships.
Now it is expected that the epidemic can be controlled and the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships can be held as scheduled at the end of September.
In addition to the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, two consecutive WTT events will be held before March 20. The national table tennis team has gone to Oman to participate in the WTT Oman Challenge. Hopefully, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, which starts on March 7, will go ahead as scheduled. This is the first time that WTT has hosted a Grand Slam event, and it cannot be postponed or cancelled for any reason.
I hope there will be no epidemics in the future!