As a traditional powerhouse in the world table tennis arena, the Chinese national women's table tennis team has always been the leader of the project. Especially under the leadership of Coach Ma Lin, the national table tennis women's team has shown its profound strength and talent echelon advantages. However, while achieving brilliant results, the national table tennis women's team is also facing the test of generational replacement of veterans retiring and rookies growing. In order to maintain the overall competitiveness of the national team, Ma Lin has been actively promoting the training model of the "horse system", in order to provide more high-quality successors for the national table tennis reserve force.
In this context, the national table tennis women's team at the end of this season is facing certain adjustments and the replacement of the old and the new. As the leader of the team, Sun Yingsha has secured the qualification for the Olympic women's singles with her stable and outstanding performance. Her strength and state are undoubted, and she is the greatest hope for national table tennis to win gold. In addition to Sun Yingsha, the competition between veteran Chen Meng and rookie Wang Yidi is particularly fierce. This is directly related to who can partner with Sun Yingsha in the Olympic women's team and women's doubles events.
As a former world No. 1 in women's singles, Chen Meng has rich experience in international competitions. She has been the absolute core of the national table tennis women's team for many years and has contributed a lot to the team. However, with the increase of age and the rise of newcomers, Chen Meng's competitive state has declined to a certain extent. In many important events, Chen Meng failed to enter the finals, and was even eliminated by defeat at a critical moment. This affected her status and prestige as a veteran to some extent. As the number one coach, Ma Lin is also facing the problem of how to deal with Chen Meng's stay.
In stark contrast, Wang Yidi, who is only 20 years old. As a new generation of national players, Wang Yidi has more abundant physical fitness and offensive momentum, and her strength is also growing rapidly. This season, Wang Yidi has reached the finals of several open tournaments and won the championship. This proves that rookie Wang Yidi is fully capable of playing a stable role in the competition. In addition, Wang Yidi is also a disciple personally cultivated by Ma Lin, which undoubtedly increases the possibility of the head coach reusing her. Many experts have also predicted that this post-90s rising star is likely to occupy the position of the main singles or No. 2 singles of the national table tennis women's team in the new season.
To sum up, in the latest Olympic preparations of the national table tennis women's team, Wang Yidi is obviously more likely to be reused, and form the main lineup of women's doubles and women's teams with Sun Yingsha. This is not only because she is at the peak of her feel and condition, but also because it is an inevitable arrangement for the replacement of the old and the new of the national team and the construction of the echelon. In contrast, Chen Meng's Olympic journey may have come to an end. Of course, as a veteran, she can still play a strong role model in the preparation process. We also hope that Chen Meng will be able to go to the next city before retiring and strive for his third Olympic gold medal.