Source: China Military Network
The table tennis team competition of the Hangzhou Asian Games ended, and the Chinese team won two gold medals in the men's team and the women's team——
Win the double championship and show your strength
■ Jiefangjun Bao reporter Ma Jing and Qiu Jianhui
On September 26, in the men's table tennis team final, the Chinese team defeated the South Korean team 3-0 and won the gold medal. The picture shows Malone in the game. Photo by Song Wen, reporter of Jiefangjun Daily
Steady!
If you want to use one word to describe the performance of the Chinese table tennis team in the Asian Games, then nothing is more appropriate than the word "stable".
On September 26th, the men's team and women's team finals of the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games were held in Hangzhou Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium. The Chinese table tennis team defeated its opponent and won two gold medals in the Asian Games table tennis team event.
As the most important "mock test" before the Paris Olympic Games, National Table Tennis sent a full main team to the Hangzhou Asian Games this time. According to the rules, table tennis team competitions register 5 people per team and 3 people play each game. The Chinese boy band is composed of Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun; The Chinese girl group is composed of Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Chen Xingtong. All 10 athletes appeared in the team competition of the Hangzhou Asian Games, demonstrating the strong overall strength of the Chinese table tennis team.
In the women's team final, which was the first to be held, China faced old rivals Japan. Sun Yingsha and Hina Hayata fought fiercely for 4 games and won 3-1; Chen Meng played five sets and defeated Miyu Hirano to further extend the lead for the Chinese team; In the third match, Wang Manyu also played steadily, winning 3-1 against Zhang Benmeihe. China defeated Japan 3-0 on aggregate to win five consecutive Asian Games and reach the top podium of the Asian Games for the 11th time.
After the game, the Chinese women's table tennis players all mentioned the strength of the team. Chen Meng said that when he was playing hard, "seeing the encouragement given to me by the coaches and my teammates off the field, the energy in my heart cannot be expressed in words at the moment." Sun Yingsha said that every time the team competition, everyone is more and more united, "I think whether it is the preparation before the competition or the eye contact on the field, we are getting better and better."
In the men's team final, which was played later, the Chinese team performed even better. In the first set, the Chinese team sent Wang Chuqin, and in a match against South Korea's Lin Jong-hoon, the two fought inextricably. The first game went from 2-2 to 9-9. At the critical moment, Wang Chuqin took the initiative to attack, scored two points in a row, and won the first game first. However, Lim Jong-hoon then tenaciously pulled back a game 11-8, and the two returned to the same running line. In the next two sets, Wang Chuqin reduced his mistakes and quickly won the game 11-5 and 12-10 to earn the first point for China. Fan Zhendong and Ma Long, who played later, did not give their opponents another chance, and both won 3-0 against their respective opponents, helping the Chinese team win eight consecutive Asian Games titles. It is worth mentioning that this is the eighth consecutive time that National Table Tennis has played against the South Korean team in the men's team final of the Asian Games table tennis, and the South Korean team has also won the silver medal for 8 consecutive times.
It's not easy to reach the top, and it's even harder to get to the top. In the world table tennis world, the Chinese table tennis team is like a legend.
In recent years, the competition in the world table tennis has become increasingly fierce, and Asian teams have also made significant progress. Not only the overall strength of the old rivals Japan and South Korea has been continuously strengthened, but also young players in Hong Kong, Singapore, Iran and other teams have frequently appeared in the international arena as "dark horses". In the men's team 1/4 final of this Asian Games, the overall strength of the Japanese team lost 0-3 to the Iranian team, which broke out a big upset.
After winning the women's team championship, Ma Lin, the head coach of Chinese women's table tennis, said that the team has recently met the Japanese team in many team finals, and this game was the hardest and most intense. Several members of the Japanese team are very young, and it is likely that in the next few years, the Chinese women's team and the Japanese women's team will continue to meet in the World Series, and the Japanese players will become strong opponents of national table tennis for a long time. I hope that the players of the Chinese team will have better performance and performance, and cannot despise any opponent.
In the current Chinese table tennis team, there are not only experienced players such as Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, but also young players such as Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, etc., as well as Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun and others who have a clear upward momentum, highlighting the thickness and strong competitiveness of the Chinese table tennis team.
In addition, from September to October, the Asian level and even the world-level table tennis events are intensive, and the national table tennis athletes will continue to compete, which is also a big test for the physical fitness of athletes. At this Asian Games, national table tennis athletes will also focus on overcoming physical fitness.
In the previous three Asian Games, National Table Tennis won 18 of the 19 gold medals. At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, the Chinese team won the gold medal in table tennis. This time fighting at the doorstep, Guoping naturally strives not to let any gold medal fall.
National Table Pingping's road to the Hangzhou Asian Games started smoothly. In the next Asian Games journey, national table tennis athletes will begin to compete for individual championships. It is hoped that the national table tennis athletes will maintain their good condition in the team competition, compete in the confrontation with the top table tennis players in Asia, and create another good result.
(Jiefangjun Bao, Hangzhou, September 26)
Masthead calligraphy: Long Kaisheng
Source: China Military Network - Jiefangjun Daily