On April 3, Beijing time, the good news came from the table tennis world - after three nucleic acid tests, Lin Yunru, a famous Chinese Taipei player and Olympic bronze medalist, has been determined not to be infected with the new crown virus. Before that, Lin Yunru tested positive for the first time, causing an uproar, but then the second and third times were negative, so it can now be determined that it is a misdiagnosis.
According to Taiwanese media reports, Lin Yunru was able to lift the quarantine and go home, and he himself laughed at himself: "How can I be so unlucky recently!" After all, he played with table tennis players many times in March, including Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha, Yuan Licen and others, and now his hanging heart has finally been put down!
Friends who pay attention to table tennis know that there will be infections on the international table tennis field just after arriving in 2022. According to Shan Xiaona, a famous German Chinese player, "tested a lot of positives" at the WTT Düsseldorf Challenge in January, and her teammates were also "tested out one after another".
It was also around that time that the European table tennis world continued to have news of athletes being diagnosed, including German world champion Bohr, Swedish rising star Carlberg and others, and Lin Yunru also appeared in the Russian league club to participate in the competition soon after, which was itself in a worrying situation, but there was no bad news at the time.
After the arrival of March, Lin Yunru began to participate in international competitions, and then played in the WTT Grand Slam on March 7, the WTT Doha regular season on March 18, the WTT Doha Star Tournament on March 25, and returned to Taiwan on March 31, passing through Thailand on the way, and then tested positive when he got off the plane.
As mentioned earlier, Lin Yunru has participated in many competitions recently, and his popularity is already very high, so many people are worried about the athletes who have been contacted by national table tennis and other teams. Fortunately, Lin Yunru's second and third test results have become negative, which seems to be a false alarm.
Although there were no problems this time, there were still concerns about the safety of international competitions, especially after the infection of the national feathers in March. Prior to this, the Chengdu Team World Table Tennis Championships, which was originally scheduled for April, were also postponed, which shows that the table tennis world has not yet escaped the invasion of the epidemic.
At present, the International Table Tennis Federation has no new regular competition arrangements for the time being, and the national table tennis players have also returned to China to start an isolated life. So when will the next international event be held? Will there be a new strong confrontation within the national table tennis? Everything is unpredictable, so let's wait and see!