On December 22, Beijing time, the Chinese table tennis team has no international competition tasks for the time being, and the players are participating in the league in various clubs. After entering 2024, the pressure on the Chinese table tennis team will increase a lot, and the Olympic year will usher in again, every athlete needs to be vigilant, first for the Olympic tickets to attack, and secondly, the team members who get the Olympic tickets must strive for gold in the Olympic Games.
As the oldest active player in national table tennis, Ma Long has indeed reached the verge of retirement, in the face of the upcoming Paris Olympics, whether Ma Long will still participate, at present, it is not possible to draw this conclusion, after all, the growth rate of reserve talents in the national table tennis men's team is limited, and Ma Long is not completely assured to hand over to young players, so at present, Ma Long still needs to carry the burden of national table tennis forward, as Ma Long, who has achieved a double circle Grand Slam, in fact, he has no lack of any honor, and the only meaning of sticking to it is to fulfill responsibility.
As a hexagonal warrior of national table tennis, Ma Long can not only conquer opponents with extraordinary technical ability on the field, but also be able to conquer everyone with a big pattern of moves, this is the value of Ma Long, I believe that even if Ma Long retires one day and does not play, he can continue to play in the field of table tennis and contribute his energy to the development of Chinese table tennis.
In the list of advanced individuals with the 2020-2023 Outstanding Contribution Award for Sports recently announced by the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau, Ma Long and Wang Chuqin are on the list and have become the only two players on the list of the national table tennis men's team, while Fan Zhendong has no chance as the first brother of national table tennis, mainly because Fan Zhendong does not belong to the players of the Beijing Sports Bureau, Ma Long and Wang Chuqin are athletes who belong to the Beijing Sports Bureau, and these two people deserve to be on the list。
The two cores of the national table tennis men's team can be on the list at the end of the year to be such a top of glory, which is also a double happiness for national table tennis, which is also a shot in the arm for the development of Chinese table tennis, Liu Guoliang as the head of Chinese table tennis, the inner line must be quite gratified, to see the players of the Chinese table tennis team can be constantly recognized and rewarded, this is an honor and a responsibility, but also will inspire and spur every national table tennis player not to forget the original intention, towards a higher goal.