On March 7, the Grand Slam tournament in WTT Singapore has begun the qualification competition, and in the following days, the main players of the national table tennis will also appear in the main competition. This Grand Slam competition not only has high prize money and many points, but also relates to the selection of the lineup of the national table tennis to participate in the Asian Games, which can be said to be a matter of great importance. Qin Zhijian, who is the secretary general of the Table Tennis Association, also announced the important decision of the national table tennis in an interview, and explained in detail the selection method of the national table tennis team for the Asian Games. According to such regulations, Liu Shiwen still has three chances to qualify for the Asian Games, can she grasp her own destiny?
This year, the competition task for the national table tennis is also relatively heavy, in addition to the team world table tennis competition, there are also Asian Games competitions. As two important competitions in the new Olympic cycle, the national table tennis level also attaches great importance to this. However, in previous competitions, the discussion on the national table tennis list has been very warm, after all, there are too many people with high national table tennis level, but the number of places is limited. Nowadays, the national table tennis is in a critical period of alternating between the old and the new, and many people are looking forward to more new faces on the field of the Asian Games. For the veteran players, they are looking forward to continuing to win glory for the country and playing in the big game again.
There are many ways to select the lineup of the national table tennis competition, if it is a world table tennis championship, it will usually use the way of direct competition. If it is an Olympic Games, it is mostly discussed by the coaching staff with reference to the opinions of various parties. The selection rules of each major national table tennis are not the same, and now the Asian Games have a few months to go, and everyone is also very concerned about the selection criteria of national table tennis. For example, whether veterans such as Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen still have a chance, and whether Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha and even younger players can continue to be reused, are all issues that everyone is very concerned about.
A few days ago, Qin Zhijian, secretary general of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, announced an important decision on national table tennis in an interview. Qin Zhijian said that the results of this Singapore station will have a great impact on the qualification of the Asian Games, so the team members must strive to achieve the best place in this competition. Specific to the Selection Method of the Asian Games of National Table Tennis, there are four criteria. The first is the winner of the men's and women's singles championships in Singapore, the second is the world's highest ranking in the 14th week of 2022, 3 Chinese players each, and the third is the 1 Chinese player who was born after January 1999 and was born in the 14th week of 2002.
If the above three criteria are still unable to select all 5 places for men and 5 men, it will be decided by the coaching team. In this way, if Liu Shiwen wants to participate in the Asian Games, she has three ways to go, or three opportunities. Either win the women's singles championship in this competition, or rank in the top three in China in week 14, if not, there is still a chance to qualify in the comprehensive evaluation of the coaching staff. It should be said that the leaders of the Table Tennis Association, including Liu Guoliang, Qin Zhijian, etc., and the national table tennis coaching team have not yet given up Liu Shiwen, who are veterans, and they still have the opportunity to enter the Asian Games participation list.
Of course, for Liu Shiwen, these three methods are not particularly easy. Needless to say, the difficulty of winning the singles championship in this competition is also difficult to rank in the top three of women's table tennis, after all, we have Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu. But if all the hopes are pressed on the coaching staff, this is not Liu Shiwen's character. I hope that XiaoJue can put down the burden and achieve good results in this competition.