On April 3, National Table Tennis announced the list of the Durban World Championships, a total of 12 players were listed, led by Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha, and the women's team coach Ma Lin decided that Chen Meng was the absolute core, and the two young players Lin Shidong and Qu Man took the last train.
The World Championships in Durban will be held from 20 to 28 May. Who are the personnel of National Table Ping?
Men's Team: Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong
Women's team: Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, Qu Man
Among the 12-man roster, there are 5 who directly qualified through the direct tournament or the Singapore Grand Slam, they are Ma Long, Sun Yingsha, Fan Zhendong, Chen Xingtong, Wang Chuqin, of which Sun Yingsha's singles are both through and Grand Slam matches, and she has played very well. In this, Lin Shidong and Qu Man do not participate in singles competitions.
The other seven were decisions made by the coaching staff after thorough consideration. Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan are strong in comprehensive strength, Lin Shidong is more for the Paris Olympics, and even the 2028 Olympic echelon construction consideration, of course, her doubles with Qu Man, in addition to Sun Yingsha/Wang Chuqin, the strongest existence.
Among the women's singles players, although Chen Meng did not get the ticket directly, in the view of the women's team coach Ma Lin, she is an absolute core of this cycle and plays a very important role in the team. Wang Manyu's failure to qualify directly was due to injury factors, her strength is obvious to all, and the 18-year-old Qu Man, like Lin Shidong, is a consideration for the construction of the team. Xiao Zhan, the leader of the mixed doubles team, believes that whether from Paris or the Los Angeles Olympics, Lin Shidong/Quang Man is more suitable in terms of age structure and playing style.
Aside from singles, how do doubles and mixed doubles pair up?
Men's Doubles: Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong
Women's doubles: Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu, Chen Meng/Wang Yidi
Mixed doubles: Sun Yingsha/Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong/Qu Man
Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha/Wang Chuqin are the top combinations of the projects they participated, Chen Meng/Wang Yidi is also a proven strength combination, in the mixed doubles event, Lin Gaoyuan/Chen Xingtong was not selected, but Lin Shidong/Qu Man, which is the consideration of the long-term strategy of National Table Tennis.
The World Championships is a major competition before the Olympic Games, I hope that the national table tennis athletes have the courage to fight hard to impact the championship trophies, come on!