Many fans know Wang Manyu from before last year's Tokyo Olympic Games, when Wang Manyu was a P card player at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Many fans are not familiar with what a P card player is, in fact, P card players have appeared since the Beijing Olympic Games.
At the Beijing Olympics, the previous men's and women's doubles events in table tennis were abolished and replaced by men's and women's team competitions, which according to the rules, could only have three athletes from men and three men and three men.
But what if the three athletes are physically ill and cannot participate in the competition normally? You can't give up the game, right?
In this case, the P card player appears, and if one of the three contestants is physically injured and cannot participate in the game normally, the P card player will replace the injured player.
Since the Beijing Olympic Games, every Olympic Games, the national table tennis will have two P card players of men and women, so what kind of achievements have these P card players achieved later?
Below, we will take stock of the P card players of Chinese table tennis in various Olympic Games.
First, Beijing Olympic P card players: Chen Xuan, Li Xiaoxia.
At the Beijing Olympic Games, the Chinese men's table tennis sent Wang Liqin, Ma Lin and Wang Hao to participate in singles and team competitions, and the reason why Chen Xuan was able to become a P card player was because of Chen Xuan's excellent doubles ability, and it should be known that Chen Xuan and Ma Lin were the men's doubles champions of the Athens Olympic Games. Not only is the strength of partnering with Ma Lin strong, but also whether it is with Ma Lin or Wang Liqin, he has achieved good results.
However, in the Beijing Olympic Games, Chen Xuan did not get the opportunity to play, and Erwang Yima defeated the good players of various associations in the men's team competition and finally won the men's team championship.
Although in doubles, Chen Xuan has a strong strength, but in singles, Chen Xuan did not achieve too good results, and finally announced his retirement in 2013.
At the Beijing Olympic Games, the Chinese women's table tennis sent Li Xiaoxia as a P card player, although Li Xiaoxia also did not get the opportunity to play at the Beijing Olympic Games, but at the Beijing Olympic Games, Li Xiaoxia won the women's singles championship in the 2008 World Cup.
At the 2012 London Olympic Games, Li Xiaoxia won the women's singles and women's team championships, and successfully won the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships, winning the Grand Slam achievement.
Second, London Olympic P card players Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen.
At the London Olympics, Chinese men's table tennis sent Wang Hao, Zhang Jike and Ma Long to compete, and Xu Xin qualified for the P card.
Although Xu Xin did not get the opportunity to play, the experience of this P card also made Xu Xin grow a lot. He finally qualified for the team event at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
At the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, Xu Xin once again qualified for the team competition and mixed doubles, and although the mixed doubles lost, in the team competition, Xu Xin won the team championship together with Ma Long Fan Zhendong.
The Chinese women's table tennis at the London Olympic Games sent Li Xiaoxia Ding Ning and Guo Yue to compete, while Liu Shiwen only qualified for the P card, looking at her teammates on the podium, Liu Shiwen secretly resolved that she must also stand on the highest podium of the Olympic Games.
Four years later, at the Rio Olympics, Liu Shiwen got her wish, and although she did not qualify for singles, she still stood on the highest podium of the team competition with Li Xiaoxia DingNing.
Third, Rio Olympic P card players Fan Zhendong and Zhu Yuling.
At the Rio Olympics, the Chinese men's table tennis sent Zhang Jike Malone and Xu Xin to compete, while the young fan Zhendong qualified for the P card, although he did not appear in the competition, but the experience of the P card still inspired Fan Zhendong to make faster progress.
At the Tokyo Olympics, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long have qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games in singles, losing to Ma Long in the final and ranking second, while in the team competition, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long Xu Xin won the team championship of the Tokyo Olympic Games together!
At the Rio Olympics, the Chinese women's table tennis sent Li Xiaoxia Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen to compete, and Zhu Yuling qualified for the P card, and Zhu Yuling at that time could be said to be a very good young player.
In the Rio Olympic Games, Zhu Yuling did not get the opportunity to play, but after the Rio Olympic Games, two years before the Tokyo Olympic cycle, Zhu Yuling once caused a great impact on Liu Shiwen, but unfortunately, from 2018, Zhu Yuling gradually fell behind in the competition due to two consecutive defeats to Ito Mimachi.
Coupled with Zhu Yuling's later physical reasons, gradually faded out of the main layer of national table tennis, now Zhu Yuling has little news, the physical state does not know how to recover, if Zhu Yuling quit the table tennis, I have to say that it is a very pity!
Fourth, Tokyo Olympic P card players Wang Chuqin and Wang Manyu.
At the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese men's table tennis sent Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin to compete, and Wang Chuqin qualified for the P card. Today's Wang Chuqin has gradually become the main player of Chinese men's table tennis, looking forward to the Paris Olympic Games two years later, Wang Chuqin is expected to qualify.
The Chinese women's table tennis team sent Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Liu Shiwen to compete in the Tokyo Olympic Games, and Wang Manyu qualified for the P card.
After losing to the Japanese team in the mixed doubles final, Liu Shiwen was qualified for the team, and Wang Manyu, as a P card player, played very well and helped the Chinese women's table tennis defend the championship of the women's team!
And Wang Manyu has also become the first P card player to be enabled by the national table tennis in the Olympic Games so far!
And Wang Manyu after the Tokyo Olympic Games training, has now won the National Games and the World Table Tennis Championships women's singles champion, become the absolute main player of Chinese women's table tennis, I believe that two years later in the Paris Olympic Games, Wang Manyu will be able to achieve better results, come on!
Looking back at the national table tennis from the Beijing Olympic Games to the Tokyo Olympic Games, there were a total of eight P card players in these four Olympic Games, li Xiaoxia completed a perfect transformation and won the achievement of a grand slam.
Fan Zhendong, Wang Manyu, Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin won the Team Championship of the Olympic Games! And Fan Zhendong and Wang Manyu still have a chance to impact the Grand Slam.
The young general Wang Chuqin is also expected in the future.
The most regrettable is Zhu Yuling, who was originally regarded as the next leading figure of Chinese women's table tennis, but because of the unfavorable foreign war and physical reasons, it has gradually faded from the main layer of foreign table tennis, which is lamentable.
I hope that Zhu Yuling can recover her health as soon as possible, and in the future, whether she continues to engage in table tennis or do other work, everything will go smoothly, come on!