Chen Xingtong is obviously left behind! There are shortcomings in three aspects, which are difficult to be reused by the coaching staff, and the Olympic qualification is in the balance

Friends who pay attention to the table tennis world know that since Ding Ning retired in 2021 and Liu Shiwen faded out of the first line, the national table tennis women's team has gradually formed five new main forces, that is, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong. Now that the Paris Olympics are approaching, many fans have found a problem, that is, Chen Xingtong's development is the most lagging and the least reused.

Taking the last two Asian competitions as an example, only Chen Xingtong has the lowest sense of existence among the five main players of the women's team: in the Asian Championships, the other four main players have doubles and both, only Chen Xingtong does not, fortunately, there are five places in team and singles national table ping, so she is on the list; At the Asian Games, Chen Xingtong again missed the doubles, there were only two places in singles national table ping, Chen Xingtong was defeated, but the team had five places, so she got the opportunity to participate.

In the recent World Championship selections, Chen Xingtong also encountered a similar situation, and even had to be forced to compete with Qian Tianyi, Qu Man and others for places, but also the only athlete among the five main players in recent years who has been surpassed by non-main players in the world ranking, even if she swept Wang Manyu 4-0 at this year's World Championships to win the bronze medal in singles, the world ranking once surpassed Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi among the top three did not change his team status, why?

In Quan Yan's view, it is mainly due to the following three reasons.

First, the lack of strong singles champions in major competitions

The direct goal of competitive sports is to win the championship of various competitions, and for table tennis players, the most proven ability is naturally the singles event, the more you can win the singles championship in important competitions, the higher the status, and the more attention will be paid to by the coaching staff, and when we compare the five main players of the national table tennis women's team, we will find that the rest have the results of the competition, only Chen Xingtong is the worst.

In singles, Sun Yingsha is the champion of the World Championships, Asian Championships and National Championships, Chen Meng is the Olympic Championship, World Cup, and National Championship champion, Wang Manyu is the World Championships, Asian Games, Asian Championships, National Games, and National Championships champions, Wang Yidi is the Asian Cup and National Championship champions, only Chen Xingtong missed the gold medal in the singles events of the world's three major championships, Asian three major competitions, and domestic two major competitions, which alone was enough to make her be thrown away by the other four teammates.

It is undeniable that Chen Xingtong's chances of winning international competitions are less than the core main players, but everyone has played a lot in the domestic National Games and National Championships, and Chen Xingtong's singles performance is not outstanding; And even if it is an international competition, Wang Yidi's start is even later than Chen Xingtong, but the current results are even better, how can Chen Xingtong not fall behind in the main layer?

Second, the record against special playing style players is not satisfactory

In fact, in terms of foreign wars, Chen Xingtong has also had a very bright performance, especially the winning rate of Japan's core main players is quite good, and even has the feat of "double killing" Olympic champion Mimato Ito and world champion Miyu Hirano in a week. But since his debut, Chen Xingtong has always had a fatal problem, that is, when playing against athletes with special playing styles, he often falls into passivity or even loses, including chipping and granular opponents.

The problem of Chen Xingtong not playing well to cut the ball has always existed, and he was defeated by Wu Yang, Hu Limei, Liu Fei, Zhu Sibing, Han Ying, and Hashimoto Fannaika; In addition, Chen Xingtong also hit a lot of walls when encountering granular rubber offensive play, including losing to Batra, who shot long rubber horizontally, Shan Xiaona, who shot straight rubber, and Mukejee, an Indian athlete who almost lost to Batra in the Asian Championships not long ago, won very dangerously.

It is often said that a top master is to have comprehensive technology, outstanding specialties, and no obvious loopholes, and Chen Xingtong is obviously still a little behind. Of course, Chen Xingtong has also won many special playing players, but is not afraid of not recognizing goods, afraid of comparing goods, she is now compared with the other four main forces, then the current record is indeed a little ugly, even the unknown Mu Keji can play with her inextricably, encounter a slightly stronger one is completely likely to lose, how can such a play reassure the coaching staff?

Third, age also has no advantage

Age is something that no one can avoid, no matter how strong an athlete is, over time, their form will definitely gradually decline after reaching a peak, and the coaching staff will also consider promoting younger stars to take on the responsibility of building a new age ladder, but in terms of Chen Xingtong's career development, she has almost lost her age advantage from the beginning of her rise.

In 2017, Chen Xingtong gradually rose to prominence in the national table tennis and realized her dream of becoming a world champion the following year, but almost at the same time, Wang Manyu, who was 2 years younger than her, and Sun Yingsha, who was 3 years younger, not only soared in the same results, but also rose faster. After six years have passed, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha still have to accept the impact of the post-04 young general Qu Man, not to mention Chen Xingtong, who was born in 97? Although Chen Meng and Wang Yidi are older than Chen Xingtong, as mentioned earlier, Chen Xingtong's singles results are not as good as them, right?

At present, Chen Xingtong has reached the age of 26, although he is not yet a veteran, but for a table tennis player, he will enter the ranks of veterans in two years. Now the Chinese Table Tennis Association has announced the selection method of the Paris Olympic Games, with the world ranking and competition results as the core reference basis, at present Chen Xingtong is not superior in these two aspects, and the coaching staff also chooses to let the other four main forces line up when the women's doubles is paired, Chen Xingtong has always been "standing aside", indeed far from the Olympic list.

So does Chen Xingtong still have a chance to turn over? Is everyone optimistic about her? Feel free to leave a message and write your opinion of this famous player!