On December 21, the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau released a list of advanced collectives and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Beijing's sports from 2020 to 2023.
Here I would like to congratulate Wang Chuqin and Ma Long, they can also be regarded as having obtained a "new identity". Wang Hao is very relieved that Liu Guoliang, the head of national table tennis, is not wrong.
Ma Long and Wang Chuqin were deservedly commended. Let's talk about Ma Long first, at the Tokyo Olympics, Ma Long won the gold medal in the men's singles and men's team, achieving the feat of double Grand Slam, this achievement is in the history of national table tennis, only Zhang Yining and Ma Long have done it.
After the Tokyo Olympics, Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin faded out of the national team, but Ma Long did not fade out or retire, but chose to continue to stick to it. There is no other reason, just because the national table tennis men's team is facing a state of lack of success, at that time, Wang Chuqin's singles performance has not yet reached the later height, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan's results have been stagnant, and only Fan Zhendong is left to support himself. The national table tennis needs Ma Long to continue to stick to it and escort the national table tennis in the Paris Olympic cycle.
After more than two years of perseverance, the results of the national table tennis men's team have risen steadily, Fan Zhendong is still the first brother of national table tennis, Wang Chuqin's singles results have climbed to the second place in the world, and although Ma Long's state is not the same as his peak, he is still the most stable piece of the puzzle in national table tennis.
Half a year later, at the Paris Olympics, Ma Long is still one of the most popular candidates for the national table tennis men's team.
After the Tokyo Olympics, Wang Chuqin almost grew up under the attention of fans, and he used one victory after another to surpass Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan, and even Ma Long, and once surpassed Fan Zhendong in the men's singles world ranking.
In the mixed doubles field, the combination of Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha is invincible in the world, although there are occasional mistakes in 2023, but overall, the "Shatou combination" is still the most stable part of national table tennis, although the list of the Paris Olympics has not yet been announced, but Wang Chuqin's singles and mixed doubles strength has decided, and he has locked an Olympic ticket in advance.
In the Paris Olympics, Wang Chuqin has a heavy responsibility, not only to win the mixed doubles gold medal with Sasha, to snow the shame of the Tokyo Olympics, but also to keep the men's team gold medal with his teammates.
The upcoming table tennis super finals are another severe test for Ma Long and Wang Chuqin. The Table Tennis Super League is one of the hardest table tennis tournaments in the world. In this event, all the 10 main forces of national table tennis played to catch and fight, which can be called "hell level".
Wang Chuqin has not been feeling well recently, according to his own introduction, he had a little fever the day before yesterday, and now he still has some symptoms of a cold, but all the players are looking forward to this game very much, and they are doing their best to play the game well.
Let's cheer for Ma Long and Wang Chuqin.