Lin Shidong is currently in his hometown of Hainan, and is conducting winter training with the main force of national table tennis. At present, the winter training is mainly for the team World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea in February, the Singapore Grand Slam in March, and then for the Paris Olympics.
Lin Shidong is the successor of men's table tennis in the future, and at the age of less than 20, he has already established himself in the first team, and the mixed doubles with Kuo Man is currently ranked third in the world. In January 2024, he won the men's singles runner-up at the Doha Star Challenge, defeated Liang Jingkun and Fan Zhendong, and lost 2-4 to Wang Chuqin, and the start of 2024 is relatively smooth.
The team list of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea, which is not yet clear, is controversial, and the current fairer way to determine the list is that the national table tennis conducts an internal circulation and determines the Busan team list through the results of the big cycle. If a large cycle is used to determine the list, it will be very difficult for a veteran like Ma Long. If Liu Guoliang can get world No. 1 and No. 2 Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin straight to Busan, then the other three spots should be determined by a round-robin method. Ma Long just happened to be in third place, and if he got a direct pass to Busan through the big round-robin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan all needed to participate in the round-robin to get a direct place.
Men's table tennis Lin Shidong and women's table tennis Qian Tianyi are both in such positions, and they need to pass through to qualify for selection. Lin Shidong said bluntly: I respect Ma Long's honor and status, but I hope that the Busan quota will be determined in a more fair way, and I like to compete in this way.
Qian Tianyi of women's table tennis was oolong, thinking that his selection was actually an official oolong, and if women's table tennis also needs to be straight, it is also unfair to a veteran like Chen Meng, and there is no other way to take it in the talent-rich national table tennis!
If the intra-team cycle is adopted, Ma Long and Chen Meng will have to undergo a great test, and the physical strength and intra-team derby are not superior, and the cycle is also unfair to them.
Liu Guoliang may be in a dilemma: the dilemma of public opinion and internal factors, what should Liu Pang do?