On February 6, Beijing time, the Chinese Table Tennis Association officially announced the list of participants for the team competition of the World Championships in Busan, South Korea. Among them, the five tigers of men's table tennis: Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan, and the five golden flowers of the women's team: Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong.
Table tennis synergy gave the selection method:
In accordance with the "Table Tennis 2024 Paris Olympic Games Selection Measures" and the "Table Tennis 2024 Paris Olympic Games Selection Related International Competition Registration Rules", based on the ITTF singles world ranking on February 6, the top 5 athletes of the Chinese table tennis team in the world ranking of men and women have qualified for the team competition of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan.
Not long ago, the organizing committee gave the name of Qian Tianyi in the list, and this official list is Chen Xingtong instead of Qian Tianyi, for Qian Tianyi's defeat or the shortlisting of other players, the coaching staff gave a sufficient reason, let's listen together:
Head Coach Li Falcon
"Under the overall strategy of preparing for the Paris Olympics, we will finalize the selection of the male and female teams according to the selection method. They are the best performers in the Paris Olympic cycle, the focus of our Olympic squad, and they have proven themselves through multiple tournaments, which is arguably the strongest team squad at the moment. ”
Li Falcon's comments are very rigorous, we are based on the selection method that has been formulated for a long time, there is no so-called human operation, and the selected players are the most outstanding main force in this cycle, and they are the strongest team lineup in national table tennis. It can be seen that Qian Tianyi's performance has not been sufficiently recognized by the coaching staff.
Women's table tennis coach Ma Lin
"The five athletes currently selected for the women's team are the standout performers of our entire Paris run-up cycle. Both the grades and experience are the best and the strongest. ”
Ma Lin's external voice is almost the same as that of Coach Li Falcon, with a slight difference in what he emphasized that the five selected are the best and strongest in terms of performance and experience.
In other words, Qian Tianyi, who is infinitely close to the main force, still has room for improvement in terms of performance and experience. In fact, Qian Tianyi is a very good national table tennis player, reliable at critical times, such as the Universiade women's singles final withstood the pressure and defeated the Japanese star to win the women's singles championship, but in the face of the absolute main force of national table tennis, it is difficult for her to achieve a breakthrough, and she is often beaten by Chen Meng and others.
Men's table tennis coach Wang Hao
"The five players who participated in the competition are the strongest in the team in terms of ranking, performance, consistency and ability, and are recognized by the coaching staff as the best team in Busan. ”
The men's team's Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan are indisputably shortlisted for the World Table Tennis Championships, which is also highly recognized by fans. As Wang Hao said, the five tigers are the strongest in all aspects, in the eyes of the sixth person, it is a little regrettable that Hainan teenager Lin Shidong, his upward momentum is very strong, but it is not enough to shake the front of the five main forces, it is reported that not long ago the national table tennis training held an intra-team competition, Lin Shidong clean sheet Fan Zhendong, as a future star, Lin Shidong has a promising future, come on!
It is not difficult to see that the team lineup of national table tennis is indeed the strongest, and it is fair, just and open in the selection method, it can be said that the selected 10 main forces deserve their name! But we also found that the young players of national table tennis need to grow up as soon as possible, such as Lin Shidong and Kuo Man have no experience in participating in the World Series, which may also be what the coaching staff wants to focus on.
Comparing the team lineup of the Japanese team, their men's team has five names: Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Hayasuke Togami, Shinozuka Daito, Yutai Tanaka, and Teruma Matsushima, and the five women's teams: Hina Hayata, Miu Hirano, Misei Ito, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Miyu Kihara. In the view of the sixth person, the Japanese team's lineup has a stronger sense of hierarchy, with leading figures and young players to focus on cultivating, such as Matsushima Teruku in the men's line and Miwa Zhangmoto in the women's team.
The national table tennis coaching staff all mentioned the Japanese team, and agreed to defeat the main opponents to fight for the championship, show the new face of the national table tennis struggle, and accumulate experience and confidence for the Paris Olympics.