On April 18, Beijing time, the national table tennis rival South Korea team officially announced an important decision, that is, from this day to hold the world championship and Asian Games selection competition, but the men's team star Zheng Rongzhi, the women's team Olympic main Shin Yubin did not have the opportunity to participate, which is undoubtedly a huge blow to the career of the two, but the Chinese famous Tian Zhixi was selected by virtue of the world ranking: congratulations!
Friends who pay attention to table tennis should have noticed one thing, that is, the Japanese team does not care much about the Asian competitions, while the Koreans attach great importance to it, and even allow the athletes who win gold in the Asian Games to enjoy the privilege of exemption from military service, so everyone squeezes their heads to achieve good results, and the table tennis team is naturally the same.
However, before that, Zheng Rongshi did not play well in the Olympic Games last year and failed to live up to the high expectations of the leaders of the Table Tennis Association, so he announced his withdrawal from the national team and the Houston World Table Tennis Championships after the game, and later although he returned to commercial competitions, he is still hovering outside the national team, and this time he did not participate in the selection of the Asian Games and the World Table Tennis Championships.
As for the 17-year-old young player Shin Yubin, who was originally promising, but he was seriously injured on the eve of last year's World Table Tennis Championships, so that he later quit the World Table Tennis Championships, and then he has been absent from the relevant selection of the South Korean team, and now he is not in the big list of the national team, which is indeed a pity.
In addition to the above two, the rest of the Korean table tennis stars will fight for the quota of the Asian Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, and the competition is bound to be very fierce. The only athlete who can be "guaranteed" is the Famous Chinese Player Tian Zhixi, who, according to the regulations, ranked in the top ten in the world in the eleventh week of 2022, so she can participate without selection, which is really gratifying.
Prior to this, the Japanese table tennis team's World Table Tennis Championships list was released in March, and the Asian Games list was also determined in April, of which Ishikawa Yoshinori and Hirano Miyu were not selected for the World Table Tennis Championships, and Ishikawa Yoshinori also lost the Asian Games. Ito mimachi missed the Asian Games singles, while Takashi Niwa gave up his eligibility to participate in the Asian Games.
As for the national table tennis has announced the selection criteria for the Asian Games, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu have been shortlisted, and 3 other places are vacant. As for the selection of the World Table Tennis Championships, there is no news for the time being, let's wait and see what happens!