At present, the national table tennis is conducting training in Hainan, this training began on December 13, which is equivalent to the end of the league, directly from Shandong to Hainan for closed training, the purpose of training is also very simple, that is, to prepare for the Asian qualifiers of the World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar in the middle of next month, this competition is not particularly difficult for the Chinese team, the previous Chinese team roster has also been produced, in this list, the most surprising and unexpected is Ma Long's return.
At last year's Houston World Table Tennis Championships, Ma Long did not participate, it seems that Ma Long is ready to gradually withdraw from the table tennis world, but in most of the large-scale events in 2022, Ma Long has participated, and even his frequency of participation is higher than that of Fan Zhendong, who is currently ranked first in the world in the year of the fight. Speculation about whether Ma Long will retire has always been there, and now returning to the World Table Tennis Championships, for Ma Long's fans, it can be regarded as an answer, in the short term, Ma Long will continue to fight, as for whether to play the Paris Olympics in two years, it may depend on his own situation. So this winter training is also very important for Marlon.
But we saw that most of the players in the first batch of players who came were coming, but they didn't see Malone. Ma Long arrived in Haikou yesterday and officially participated in the winter training today, which is equivalent to coming five or six days late, why did he come late? This reason has also been exposed, because he has some personal matters to deal with, and he received an advertisement before, and the schedule happened to be filmed during this time, so he could only go to the national team to ask for leave.
You may see this news, everyone feels that it is not very consistent with Ma Long's more dedicated feeling, but I think this is also a common human feeling, a very normal thing. Before the game was too frequent, some of Malone's private business activities may not be able to intersperse into it, using the league break to take leave with the national team to deal with these problems, can devote himself to training, fans should also be able to understand. After all, at Malon's age, he is fully capable and qualified to arrange his own training, even if at some point, the pace of training may not be so consistent with the national team, with his experience and ability can be fully adjusted.
And Liu Guoliang also fully respects him, and several times before the media asked Liu Guoliang, Liu Guoliang gave a consistent answer on the topic of Ma Long's retirement. When Ma Long retires and when he doesn't want to play, this is not decided by the national table tennis coaching staff, and Ma Long's own opinions are fully respected. It can be seen that Ma Long has conquered the national table tennis coaching staff with his past achievements, including his professional attitude, and is willing to open this privilege for him. So now that there is such a situation, there is no need for everyone to speculate too much, he can completely deal with these things of his own.
For Ma Long, the words of this World Table Tennis Championships have a lot of meaning, Ma Long has won the World Table Tennis Championships three times before, and it is a third consecutive championship, becoming another player in the history of the Chinese team after Zhuang Zedong to win three consecutive championships. If Ma Long can win the World Table Tennis Championships again, he will surpass Zhuang Zedong and become the Chinese player who has won the most championships in this event.
For Ma Long, this World Table Tennis Championships should be his last, and I wish him an excellent performance in this winter training process, and then more excellent results in the subsequent competitions.