Recently, the national table tennis is preparing hard in China, and there are very important competitions in April and May, which are the Xinxiang Championship and the Durban World Table Tennis Championships. One of these two competitions must not be lost at home, and the World Table Tennis Championships is a major task of the year. Therefore, for the main force of National Pingping, the task and pressure are still very large.
It is worth mentioning that while all the soldiers are working hard to prepare, the ranking results of the two veteran combinations have been officially removed, which is very sad news for many fans.
First of all, the ITTF recently updated the world ranking of the table tennis world, and from the current world ranking, young players are still very competitive. No matter in the three related events of men's singles, women's doubles, women's singles and mixed doubles, the Chinese team occupies the world's first ranking, but in the men's doubles, the Japanese team is slightly ahead, and the Fan Zhendong combination occupies the second ranking. For the national table tennis coaching staff, it should be more gratifying news.
However, on the other hand, in the mixed doubles rankings, there is another pair that may be more sad, that is, the Xinwen combination composed of Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen. Although they finished second in the 2021 Olympics, considering that they have not played for more than a year recently, their ranking disappeared directly from the mixed doubles ranking after the Olympic points were cleared, which means that the ranking of these two players was completely removed.
In addition, considering that Xu Xin has now established a stadium in Shanghai and started a business, he has gradually faded out of the main circle of national table tennis; On the other hand, Liu Shiwen is also busy with the work of the ITTF Organizing Committee recently. Under such circumstances, the possibility of these two returning to the national team to participate in the competition is almost zero. In this way, their pair has become history, and the fans are expected to be sad.
Of course, although they have ended their journey and their mission, looking back on their achievements over the years, we still have to give them praise. Before Wang Chuqin and their rise, National Table Tennis had almost ten years in mixed doubles, and it was Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen who were struggling to help the national team defeat major opponents such as Japan one after another, helping us keep this precious gold medal.
Now, although the new man beats the old man and the back wave slaps the front wave on the beach, as a fan or the coaching staff, we should pay the highest respect to these two veterans. I hope they will do well in their respective positions and continue to shine. And it is very gratifying that although Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen have gradually faded out of the national team, they are still making contributions in the Chinese table tennis arena.
Like Xu Xin opening the stadium to train young players and cultivate more talents for China's table tennis world, on the other hand, Liu Shiwen has recently done a good job of speaking for athletes, and in the effort to improve the welfare of athletes, they have not failed to live up to the training and expectations of the coach.
Send the best wishes to them, I hope that some young players of National Table Tennis can work hard, live up to the trust of Xu Xin's two predecessors, carry their mission to continue to move forward, and help National Table Tennis help the national team continue to compete for honor and win glory for the country.