The list of national table tennis participants in the Asian Games has confirmed 7 people, including 4 men's teams and 3 women's teams. The strongest combination of Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu will still play together in the Olympic Games, and everyone has also paid great attention to the ownership of the remaining 2 places. Judging from the current situation, Liu Shiwen, Wang Yidi, and Chen Xingtong have a better chance. From the long-term perspective of preparing for the Olympic Games, Chen Xingtong and Wang Yidi have a greater chance. But Liu Shiwen has not given up, but she has obviously suffered losses under the new rules of national table tennis, and sometimes she can only smile helplessly.
An unchangeable law of competitive sports is the alternation of old and new, no matter which famous player, can not escape this natural law. As a meritorious veteran of the national table tennis women's team, Liu Shiwen has now reached a key point in her career, she is 31 years old, and she has reached a critical period of making choices. Whether to continue to insist or choose to retire and start a new life like Ding Ning is a question that Xiao Zao must think about. From the current situation, Liu Shiwen still wants to continue to play, but it has to be admitted that Liu Shiwen's main position in the team is further declining.
In today's Chinese women's table tennis, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu are well-deserved three main players, and these three are also popular candidates for the Olympic team two years later. Wang Yidi has won the third place in women's singles in the World Table Tennis Championships and Grand Slam consecutively, and has proved her ability, and she is currently the No. 4 person in Chinese women's table tennis. Although Chen Xingtong has fallen behind a bit in the past two years, from the perspective of long-term Olympic preparation, she is still an important choice for the coaching team. In contrast, veteran Liu Shiwen is now more of a 6th in the main position in the team, which is a reality she has to accept.
On April 9, the World Table Tennis Federation released a video of Liu Shiwen and Kuman training on the official social platform. As can be seen from the video, Liu Shiwen is very serious about every ball, obviously even if she is 31 years old, Liu Shiwen still does not want to give up, and she also hopes to continue to be active in her beloved table tennis arena. Liu Shiwen's former teammate Li Xiaoxia once said that she knows very well how much extra cost she needs to pay as a veteran if she wants to persevere. Now that Li Xiaoxia has married and had children, Ding Ning has retired from school, and only Liu Shiwen is still insisting.
Qin Zhijian clarified the selection rules of national table tennis today, that is, physical fitness is a mandatory requirement, and on this basis, it will consider the long-term preparation for the next Olympic Games and even the next Olympic Games. Under such new national table tennis rules, Liu Shiwen obviously suffered losses. Today, Xiao Zao's world ranking is not in the top ten, which also led to her encountering Sun Yingsha prematurely in Singapore. Liu Shiwen is also very aware of her situation, and many times she can only smile helplessly. As she said helplessly when she knew she met Sun Yingsha in Singapore in advance: Maybe my world ranking is too low.
There are many stories of veterans not dying in the world sports world, and many people are also looking forward to such a script to happen again in Liu Shiwen. For Xiao Ju, she herself has not given up hope and is still working hard. Although we have to compete with Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xing, Liu Shiwen still has not retreated, and we should also applaud and cheer for her spirit!