Last weekend, the most eye-catching competition in the world table tennis world was the fourth Paris Olympic trials for Japanese table tennis. The women's singles final was played between 14-year-old Mikazu Chang and current Japanese sister Hina Hayada. Although Changmoto's sister lost 2-4, she reached 160.5 points in Olympic points and rushed to fifth, only about 40 points behind second place Miu Hirano. It is only a matter of time before the Zhang brothers and sisters join hands in the Olympics, but it is more difficult for next year's Paris Olympics, but there is a relatively large theoretical possibility for Zhang Benmei and going to Paris.
The selection of the Japanese table tennis Olympic Games does not talk about martial virtue at all
Many table tennis fans and netizens are very concerned about this tryout in Japan last weekend, especially women's table tennis. Such an event completely subverts the traditional rhythm of watching table tennis matches, this selection tournament gives almost all Japanese first-line players the opportunity to impact Olympic tickets, which is very valuable, the echelon of the Chinese team does not know if they will be enthusiastic after watching this game.
The Olympic selection system now implemented by the Japan Table Tennis Association is not based on world rankings, according to its own set of systems, domestic series trials and even domestic T leagues have points, and international events are converted into corresponding points. Finally, after the end of the Japan National Championships in January next year, the top two will play in the singles at the Paris Olympics.
We take the national table tennis in 2008 as a cross-time comparison, at that time, if it was really determined by the results of the recent competition, the singles on the Olympic Games should be Guo Yue and Li Xiaoxia, the women's singles champions and runner-up of the World Table Tennis Championships in Zagreb the previous year. If the Chinese team had set the Olympic list at that time, according to the current open competition of the Japanese Table Tennis Association, the 17-year-old Liu Shiwen was likely to be the Olympic women's singles champion.
The overall strength of Japanese women's table tennis is obviously not as good as that of the Chinese team, but it is much better than more than 10 years ago when she could only rely on Ai Fukuhara, Hayaka Hirano and young player Yoshijun Ishikawa to fight the world. Why didn't Yoshijun Ishikawa retire after the Tokyo Olympics and only announced his retirement on May 1 this year? She will be 31 next year, and if the Japanese team still needs her experience, she will be the player in the history of Japanese table tennis to win medals in four consecutive Olympic Games.
But the attitude of the Japanese Table Tennis Association is very clear, there is no need for so many veterans, whoever plays on the Chinese team will lose, it is better to select younger players. This year's Durban World Table Tennis Championships and the lineup of the Asian Games in the second half of the year did not consider Yoshijun Ishikawa. Don't say Yoshijun Ishikawa, Olympic gold medalist Mimato Ito has now been photographed on the beach, Paris Olympics Mimato Ito played doubles at most in the upper team, and then he will talk about considering retirement.
Zhang Ben's sister and Hirano Miyu compete for the second sister
After Hina Hayata won the title yesterday, she has reached 332.5 points, more than 100 points over the second place. The Olympic lineup of Japanese women's table tennis, the main suspense in the singles second person battle, currently looking at Zhang Benmei and impact Hirano Miyu, has formed a clear situation, this selection women's singles quarterfinals Zhang Benmi and also won 4-2 Hirano.
Hina Hayata and Miyu Hirano are the absolute main players of Japanese women's table tennis, both qualifying for singles at this month's World Table Tennis Championships in Durban and the Hangzhou Asian Games at the end of September. The Olympic selection policy announced by the Japan Table Tennis Association, the World Table Tennis Championships champion scored 200 points and the runner-up 160 points, double the points of this selection competition last weekend. If the World Table Tennis Championships can enter the quarterfinals, it will get a huge score of 80 points.
Now Miyu Hirano is only about 40 points ahead of Zhang Benmeihe, and whether the World Table Tennis Championships can enter the quarterfinals is crucial. Miyu Hirano is now ranked 21st in the latest world ranking in women's singles, and her luck this time is likely not to be as good as the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, and the five main players of the Chinese team, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, and Chen Xingtong, all have the ability to beat Miyu Hirano.
As long as Miyu Hirano does not get any points in the Durban World Table Tennis Championships and the Hangzhou Asian Games, Zhang Benmeihe has a chance, and the competition for the second Olympic person in Japanese women's table tennis will be more intense. After all, Mikazu Chang currently has two domestic trials and several major tournaments, including the All Japan Championship next January.
Zhang Ben brother and sister won the mixed doubles championship together at WTT Tunisia last year. However, at next year's Paris Olympics, Japan's main mixed doubles team is Tomokazu Changmoto/Hina Hayada. If Zhang Benmei wants to go to the Paris Olympics, the only way to take Miyu Hirano is to grab a singles ticket.
Hina Hayata 232.5
Miu Hirano 207 min.
Miyu Kihara 182 min.
Hitomi Sato 175 minutes
Zhang Benmei and 70.5