On September 4, the national table tennis "blood battle to the end" World Table Tennis Championships Selection Tournament came to an end, Lin Gaoyuan swept Xiang Peng 3-0 in the final, won the championship of this competition, and got the last ticket to the World Table Tennis Championships. At this point, the five main players of the national table tennis men's team were announced in order, followed by Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan. Xiang Peng and Lin Shidong, who were reused by Liu Guoliang, were eliminated in this competition, and Lin Gaoyuan was shortlisted for the team world table tennis championships again four years later.
This time, the national table tennis did not directly decide on the list of all the players participating in the World Table Tennis Championships, but directly determined that 4 people were shortlisted, and the remaining quota was selected by the selection competition. A total of 6 players from the men's team participated in the selection competition, namely Lin Gaoyuan, Xiang Peng, Lin Shidong, Yuan Licen, Liu Dingshuo and Zhao Zihao. It should be said that Lin Gaoyuan's strength is outstanding among them, but because the world ranking is 1 place lower than Wang Chuqin, he has not been able to get the opportunity to directly promote.
Lin Gaoyuan competed in the men's singles event of the World Table Tennis Championships in 2017, and was finally reversed by big brother Xu Xin in the case of the dominant scene. At the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships, Lin Gaoyuan lost to another big brother, Malone. In the competition for places at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Lin Gaoyuan lost to Wang Chuqin and failed to qualify for the P card. It can be said that Lin Gaoyuan's career is a bit of a high-open-low posture, and now his position in the team has been overtaken by Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin.
This World Table Tennis Championships selection tournament is a crossroads in Lin Gaoyuan's career, if he can win the championship and qualify for the World Table Tennis Championships, then he will still be the main player of national table tennis. If he loses in the competition with young players such as Xiang Peng, Lin Shidong, Yuan Licen, etc., then he may fall out of the main sequence of national table tennis, and his future career may go downhill. The situation is already very grim, and Lin Gaoyuan must fight a battle.
In this game without retreat, Lin Gaoyuan reached the final all the way and swept Xiang Peng 3-0 in the final, winning the championship and also winning the last place to advance to the World Table Tennis Championships. Lin Gaoyuan is now the fifth main player in the national table tennis, behind Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin, but being able to qualify for the team world table tennis championships again after four years may be a turning point for Lin Gaoyuan.
Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan this group of players' careers have entered the peak stage, when it comes to the time of achievements, if you can not seize the opportunity in this Olympic cycle, to the next Olympic cycle, the youngest Fan Zhendong is also 31 years old, I am afraid that all three will be difficult to appear on the Olympic stage again. The time is not waiting, Lin Gaoyuan they have to refuel.