On May 1, 2022, the 13th anniversary of the entry of Lin Gaoyuan, the world champion of the Chinese table tennis team, into the national team, the 27-year-old Lin Gaoyuan from the Guangdong table tennis team, he lamented in a social media post that the same group of teammates are only himself, but he has not yet become an absolute main force, only to train hard. Matt and Lin Gaoyuan, who have just retired, are the same group of teammates who entered the national team, and after seeing Lin Gaoyuan's post, they cheered him up in time: "Come on Gaoyuan, take the tinder of our group of people, and continue to go!" "Now Lin Gaoyuan is hopeful to compete for the fifth person at the Hangzhou Asian Games, but if the coaching staff looks at it from the perspective of training new talents, it is more likely to send Peng or Lin Shidong."
Lin Gaoyuan had the possibility of succession 4 years ago, in a series of open competitions in 2018, Lin Gaoyuan won the men's singles championship and reached the final again in the finals, but unfortunately lost to Zhang Benzhihe, and the loss of the men's singles made Lin Gaoyuan carry a great psychological burden. In the national table tennis Fan Zhendong and Ma Long lead the obvious advantage, the 3rd singles candidate is in the competition between Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin, now Liang Jingkun has ranked among the top 4 in the world, Wang Chuqin's talent in mixed doubles and men's doubles is outstanding, Lin Gaoyuan has repeatedly missed good opportunities, not only has no chance with the Tokyo Olympic Games, I am afraid that the competition of the Paris Olympic Games is basically excluded.
After the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Houston World Table Tennis Championships is a great opportunity for the Paris cycle reshuffle, for Lin Gaoyuan, he only has convincing in the singles to win the championship, at least to win a medal, but unfortunately Lin Gaoyuan has poor luck, it is difficult to insist on eliminating the Swedish general Carlberg in 7 sets, but he was also almost eliminated and was knocked out, and finally fell in Fan Zhendong, the men's doubles and Liang Jingkun stopped in the semifinals, resulting in the men's doubles without the world table tennis championship, this year's Macao champion Lin Gaoyuan reached the men's singles final. However, he lost to Wang Chuqin, who was younger than him, and Lin Gaoyuan could not seize the opportunity to win the championship in big and small matches, and he gradually drifted away from the 3rd single for a long time.
Since Lin Gaoyuan said that he would continue to compete and train hard, before he participated in the Paris Olympic Games, he must play in some WTT Open Tournaments, as well as this year's World Championships and Asian Games, Lin Gaoyuan, who has no results, will inevitably repeat the loneliness of the Tokyo Olympic cycle. This year's Asian Games selection qualifications have been released 4 people, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Liang Jingkun with the Grand Slam championship and ranking shortlisted, Wang Chuqin is the highest ranking team member born after 1999 also qualified, the last 1 place candidate is most likely from Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong, Xu Xin and Xiang Peng.
For Xu Xin, the older age also has the experience of the Asian Games, I am afraid that a young player, especially the two young players Xiang Peng and Lin Shidong, already have the strength to call Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun and even Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, especially need the Asian Games such a comprehensive competition to train themselves, Lin Gaoyuan participated in the last Asian Games, but failed to win the championship in the men's singles field, the recent Grand Slam singles unexpectedly lost to South Korea's Lin Zhongxun, in addition to Liang Jingkun's men's doubles and Wang Manyu's mixed doubles, basically abandoned by the national table tennis, I'm afraid that Lin Gaoyuan's only way to turn around in the future is to win the championship in big and small competitions.