Chinese there is an old saying that the plan can not catch up with the change, and the International Table Tennis Federation and the World Table Tennis Team Organizing Committee also seem to have been doing relevant changes that are consistent with this view, many competitions often appear to be postponed or rescheduled, or even cancelled, the World Table Tennis Team Championships to be held in Chengdu, although it will certainly not be canceled, but it is not facing the severe situation of the epidemic to determine the postponement to September. Of course, we all know that the biggest reason for this is to prevent the epidemic from affecting the health of players, and for sports, it is indeed necessary to put the health and safety of athletes first. After all, during the Chinese women's basketball team in Europe to participate in the World Cup qualifiers, it encountered 27 players and staff members who had 10 nucleic acid tests positive, fortunately, it is basically fine now, 8 people no longer have any symptoms, only 2 people are slightly mild, so let us put our minds at ease.
This also shows from one side that when various competitions are held now, it is sometimes difficult to ensure the prevention and control of the epidemic and the achievements of players at the same time, and when the two conflict, it is certain that the organizing committee of the event should focus on the health of the players. It is also based on this consideration that the team competition of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, which was originally scheduled to be held in mid-to-late April, is postponed to the end of September with the overall situation as the most important. However, in comparison, it may have a greater impact on the preparation of other countries for this world table tennis championship, after all, the national table tennis itself is the first opportunity to occupy the host, plus the state of the players in the team has been maintained relatively ideally, the training environment has been relatively safe, and everyone's training enthusiasm is also sufficient, so it is only an extension of the 5-month preparation period, for the national table tennis players, there will not be much impact on the competitive state.
Even if there is not so much time to go out to participate in other sub-stations, the national table tennis can most likely hold some internal exchange matches or confrontation matches to help players adjust their status and find the rhythm and feeling of the game. For other world teams, especially some seeded teams, this delay has a greater impact. We can take the German team as an example, the German national table tennis, especially the first main force in the men's team Ocharov, some time ago suffered from injuries, and the injury is more serious, so the time to resume training is relatively late, according to the news that came before, his physical injury recovery situation temporarily does not meet the conditions for participating in the WTT Grand Slam tournament held in March, and if his recovery in March has not been ideal, then the team game of the World Table Tennis Championships in April will certainly be difficult to reach a peak. So after the 5-month extension, it should be of great help to his recovery. Another point, another famous player in Germany in the previous stage, also the main player of the team, Pol, is also participating in some related table tennis events, and after returning home, there is a positive nucleic acid test, so at least for the German team, these two players need time to slowly find their state. The postponement of the World Table Tennis Championships by 5 months is certainly a big plus for the two players and the German team to strive for better results. They will also face all the fans with a better competitive state.
For teams like Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, and South Korea, like Huang Zhenting, Du Kaixuan, as well as Lin Yunru and Zheng Rongshi, some of them are facing the replacement of the head coach, and some are facing the ups and downs of the state after the big game, each of which has some new problems, so it also takes some time to adjust the state. In general, for this kind of top team, the accurate time is long, as long as the training is guaranteed, the postponement of the World Table Tennis Championships allows them to have more time to adjust their state, which allows them to better exert their energy in the game.
For those teams that have momentum but are not sure, such a postponement itself can also give them a greater chance to impact those strong teams in the competition for places on all continents, which is also what they hope to see. According to the currently announced quota, it should be 12 in Europe, 11 in Asia, 7 in the Americas, 5 in Africa, and 4 in Oceania, so that according to the ranking of these teams, the last participating teams will be determined, and then the group draw will be held, no matter when the final postponement is held, we believe that the national table tennis will become the biggest winner, just to see who will have the opportunity to occupy a key position in this team competition, and successfully stand out, for the future Olympic quota competition. Good food is not afraid of late, let's look forward to the wonderful game together.