Since table tennis became an Olympic event, Chinese female soldiers have shown absolute dominance in this regard.
So far, Chinese female soldiers have won all the Olympic singles championships, so far, Chen Jing, Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining, Li Xiaoxia, Ding Ning and Chen Meng have won the Olympic singles championships. The fact that he was able to win the singles title at the Olympic Games is a testament to the athlete's strength.
So how did these 6 Olympic champions perform at the World Table Tennis Championships?
Let's take stock of the performance of previous Olympic champions in individual World Table Tennis Championships.
First, Chen Jing.
Chen Jing won the Seoul Olympic Women's Singles Championship in 1988, but in the World Table Tennis Championships, Chen Jing did not achieve too good results, coupled with Chen Jing's early retirement, so in the single World Table Tennis Championships, Chen Jing did not win the championship.
Second, Deng Yaping.
Deng Yaping not only showed her terrifying dominance in the Olympic Games, but also showed great strength in the World Table Tennis Championships.
Deng Yaping won the women's singles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships three times in 1991, 1995 and 1997, in addition, Deng Yaping also partnered with Qiao Hong and Yang Ying to win the women's doubles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships three times.
Third, Wang Nan.
Wang Nan's performance in the World Table Tennis Championships is even stronger, she is also the only Chinese women's table tennis player so far to complete the World Table Tennis Championships women's singles triple crown, not only that, Wang Nan's performance in women's doubles is equally strong.
Wang Nan once partnered with Li Ju and Yang Ying successively to complete the women's doubles five consecutive championships of the World Table Tennis Championships!
In addition, Wang Nan once partnered with Ma Lin and won the mixed doubles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships!
Fourth, Zhang Yining.
Zhang Yining, like Deng Yaping, won the singles championship twice in the Olympic Games, and Zhang Yining also performed very strongly in the World Table Tennis Championships.
Zhang Yining has successfully won the women's singles championship in the 2005 and 2009 World Table Tennis Championships, and from 2003 to 2007, Zhang Yining also partnered Wang Nan three times in a row to win the women's doubles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships.
Fifth, Li Xiaoxia.
Li Xiaoxia also performed very well in the World Table Tennis Championships, and she won the women's singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships in 2013.
In addition, in the doubles, Li Xiaoxia partnered with Guo Yue to complete the world table tennis championship women's doubles triple crown.
Sixth, Ding Ning.
Ding Ning also fulfilled his dream of a Grand Slam after beating Li Xiaoxia at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
In the World Table Tennis Championships, Ding Ning also performed very well, she has won the women's singles championship in the 2011, 2015 and 2017 World Table Tennis Championships three times.
But as a left-handed athlete, compared with Wang Nan, Ding Ning does not have much advantage in doubles, she has reached the women's doubles final of the World Table Tennis Championships five times, but only won the women's doubles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships with Liu Shiwen in 2017.
Seventh, Chen Meng.
As the first sister of active women's table tennis, Chen Meng won the women's singles championship at the Tokyo Olympic Games last year, but in the World Table Tennis Championships, Chen Meng has not achieved too good results so far.
Chen Meng has participated in the singles competition of the World Table Tennis Championships four times before, and the best result is to reach the women's singles final of the World Table Tennis Championships in 2019.
In addition, in doubles, Chen Meng has not won a world table tennis women's doubles championship so far.
At present, Chen Meng is only one world table tennis singles champion away from the Grand Slam, and perhaps next year is Chen Meng's chance to achieve a Grand Slam.
In summary, among the above 7 Olympic singles champions, only Chen Jing and Chen Meng have never won the championship in the individual World Table Tennis Championships.
However, for Chen Meng, there is still an opportunity to achieve good results in the single World Table Tennis Championships, next year's World Table Tennis Championships, can Chen Meng achieve a Grand Slam?
Let's wait and see!