The main players of the national table tennis team who finished their WTT Singapore Grand Slam trip returned to China to continue training and prepare for the next competition. As the first Grand Slam tournament of the WTT, Liu Guoliang, as the chairman of the WTT Council and the president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, did not seem to have gone to Singapore with the team. Recently, some fans posted a group of photos of Liu Guoliang playing football, compared with the young players, 46-year-old Liu Guoliang wore protective gear on his legs, and protective measures were in place.
After the Spring Festival this year, the whole national table tennis team arrived in Lingshui, Hainan for closed training, with the opening of the WTT competition, the national table tennis went out in batches to participate in each station, but the first and second teams without competition tasks stayed in Lingshui for training. Two days ago, Wang Hao, the coach of the first team of the national table tennis team and the head coach of Fan Zhendong, revealed that he had been training in Hainan with players without tasks. In the past Three months not long ago, the national table tennis soldiers divided into two ways, successively participated in the WTT Oman Station, singapore Grand Slam, Regional Doha Station, Regular Challenge Doha Station, Star Challenge Doha Station, whether it is the main national table tennis to participate in the Grand Slam event, or young players to participate in other competitions, did not see the figure of Liu Guoliang, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, it seems that this time he did not go out with the team to participate.
After participating in the WTT Singapore Grand Slam competition, the main members of the national table tennis team waited for seven days in the local area before departing for Home. In the video of the national table tennis filmed by the fans at the airport, the team members chatted together in pairs, when checking in the luggage, Liu Shiwen pushed two large boxes, the floor was covered with carpets, her action was not very convenient, the head coach of the men's team next to her, Qin Zhijian, also took the initiative to help her pull a hand, Liu Shiwen trotted a few steps, keeping up with her own box. Today, the 2024 Paris Olympic Games schedule is announced, the table tennis competition will be held from July 27 to August 10, July 30 will produce the first gold medal and mixed doubles gold medal, August 3, 4, 9, 10 will produce a gold medal each. I don't know if Liu Shiwen, who is about to turn 31, will have a chance to make up for her regrets at the Tokyo Olympics.
Yesterday, some fans posted a group of photos of Liu Guoliang playing football with the players, between which Liu Guoliang wore a red jersey and black sports shorts, and fought with young players on the field. Some of the players who played with him were wearing national table tennis uniforms, and some fans speculated that Liu Guoliang was playing with the members of the second national table tennis team. Compared with the clean legs of the young team, Liu Guoliang's leg protection measures are in place, he wears tight pants, knee pads and leg guards to prevent accidental injury. Liu Guoliang's kicking posture still looks more professional. After the national table tennis players return to China, they will continue to train in Lingshui, Hainan, and perhaps soon they will be able to see Liu Guoliang's guidance of the national table tennis again.