At present, according to the Grand Slam results and world rankings, the men's team of Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin of the men's team has been qualified for the Asian Games, and the women's team of Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu have also been shortlisted. Normally, the Asian Games lineup has only 3 seats left, who will Liu Guoliang and the coaching staff choose?
There are 10 seats in the table tennis event of the Asian Games, with 5 men and 5 men. According to the previously announced selection rules, the above 7 people have been shortlisted. Of course, it is not excluded that the national table tennis will train for the Paris Olympic Games and let the young players replace individual veterans. Here is only a discussion, under the premise that the above 7 people are qualified, the remaining 3 seats are selected, after all, the selection rules that have been announced cannot be changed arbitrarily.
There are still 3 seats left, and the competition is fierce, after all, the national table tennis talent is abundant. This is only a table tennis competition in Asia, and the advantages of national table tennis are more obvious, and it is possible to send a few main players to participate in the competition, and you can win all the championships. But in addition to striving for good results, national table tennis has another important principle: to hone the team for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, and to discover and train new talents for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
In other words, the important task of this Asian Games is to lay the foundation for the future, not only focusing on the Paris Olympic Games, but also preparing for the echelon construction of the Los Angeles Olympic Games, and striving to ensure the long-term prosperity of the table tennis event.
In fact, Liu Guoliang has long been prepared or hinted at, first of all, the first Grand Slam competition, Liu Guoliang for Lin Shidong, Xiang Peng, Ku Man to win wild card qualifications, let them participate in high-level Grand Slam events, accumulated experience. The second is that Liu Guoliang let Fan Zhendong take Ku Man, and the two participated in the mixed doubles competition together. The third is that the Asian Games selection rules specifically mention the echelon construction of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, and the national table tennis team will also cultivate players of the right age for the 2028 Olympic Games.
Therefore, according to the above content, we can boldly speculate that at least two supernovae may join the Asian Games lineup, the men's team's Lin Shidong, the women's team's Kuman may be the most promising, born after 2004, the pair of twin stars have great potential and are worthy of national table tennis focus on training.
Of course, the women's team still has two seats, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, Liu Shiwen also have the opportunity to be selected, depending on how the coaching team chooses. To put it simply, the core lineup has come out, there are 3 seats left, the coaching staff must consider the problem of training new people, and there have been such actions in previous Asian Games, let's wait and see!