According to south Korea's Wulu Network, there are still 137 days left for the Hangzhou Asian Games, and the lineup of each Go team is roughly revealed. 12 years ago, at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, South Korea 3 gold, China 3 silver. This time the battle is full of gunpowder.
This year's Hangzhou Asian Games includes three events: men's individual competition (2 players), men's team competition and women's team competition (3 players). South Korea's head coach Mu Jinshuo said that he hopes to win 3 gold again, at the level of the top chess players, the Chinese team is slightly thicker, but if it can enter the double forward or the top 5 in the world ranking, South Korea is ahead. Shin Jin-chan and Choi Jing, who are the world number one men and women, will be sent to attack the gold medals in all events.
The South Korean men's team Shin Jin-hyun and Park Young-hwan were exempted as seeds, and Bian Sang-il and Kim Myung-hoon were selected for the national team. The remaining 2 tickets will be decided by Kim Ji-seok, Won Sung-joon, Kang Dong-yun, Shin Min-woo, Park Ji-ho and Lee Ji-hyun who enter the final qualifiers. The top-ranked Shin Jin-jin is determined to play in the individual competition, and the other place will be selected by the remaining 5 teammates in the round robin.
The South Korean women's team Choi Kyung and Wu Youzhen were exempted as seeds, and Kim Choe-young was selected through the national team. The last ticket was contested by Wu Zheng'e, Park Ji-juan, Cao Seung-ya and Kim Eun-hyun, who entered the final qualifiers.
The Chinese Go team has been selected layer by layer, with 6 men's teams Ke Jie, Feng Jiaxi, Li Xuanhao, Fan Tingyu, Yang Dingxin and Gu Zihao, and 4 women's teams Yu Zhiying, Li He, Zhou Hongyu and Lu Minquan selected. Yu Bin, head coach of the Chinese national Go team, said that he was very satisfied with the composition of the Chinese team, which was the longest selection tournament in the history of the national team, and the top 10 in the ranking score entered the round robin tournament, which was very memorable, the victory and defeat were not unexpected, and finally the 6 representatives who deserved it were selected. Among them, Fan Tingyu and Yang Dingxin have won 7 consecutive victories in the Nongshim Cup with similar use. Yu Bin cautiously said that the Asian Games goal is to win 1 gold medal, but if you are lucky, you may also add 1 more.
Ding Hao, who is currently ranked No. 2, slipped with a record of 1 win and 8 losses as the biggest underdog. In addition, it is also unexpected that Mi Yuting, who has more advantages than domestic in the international arena, was eliminated. In addition, there is no Xie Ke who will compete with Shin Jin-chan for the Ying Cup. In its place were Li Xuanhao and Yu Jiaxi. Born in 1991, Heung-hee is past his heyday, and Lee Hyun-ho is relatively weaker than the above two, so there is no bad result for South Korea.
In addition, China has given other meanings in addition to striving for good results at the Asian Games, so it has attracted much attention. As we all know, South Korea will be exempted from military service for Asian Games gold medalists. At the Guangzhou Asian Games, Park Tinghuan and Cho Han-seung were awarded exemptions and shortened military service, respectively.
At the Hangzhou Asian Games, South Korean Go's signature players Shin Jin-chan and Shin Min-chan (if selected for the team) will be the focus of attention. If two win the gold medal, they will be rewarded with exemption from military service.
Shin recently won 24 consecutive games against Chinese chess players, sweeping the World Series. Shin Min-jae defeated Ke Jie in last year's LG Cup final. Chinese chess players who compete with South Korea are unlikely to be willing to be exempt from military service. Therefore, some Chinese chess fans explicitly said that they regarded the Asian Games as an "opportunity to send Ershen to the military camp." Because you cannot participate in the Go tournament during your military service and fulfill your national defense obligations, you will be given a mandatory gap period of 18 months. It is clear that Chinese Go, which has recently suffered from the fear of Shen Zhenchen, is paying more attention to the Asian Games than ever before.
This Time the Hangzhou Asian Games, whether Shen Zhenchen and Shen Minqi can shake off China's headwinds and use the Asian Games as a springboard to fly to the wider world is looking forward to.
(Compiled by Li Xinzhou)