Recently, table tennis fans have received bad news: according to the schedule of some national events in 2024 announced by the Chinese Table Tennis Association, the national championships will be held from October 4 to 13 this year, but this date conflicts with the start time of another event announced by the International Table Tennis Federation - the Asian Championships (October 6-13).
In this regard, many people can't help but think of the situation when the national table tennis team gave up the Asian Championships in 2021: Will this be the case again this year? That is really good news for the athletes of the foreign associations in Asia.
The Table Tennis Championships and the Asian Championships are events that Chinese fans pay great attention to, the former is a domestic table tennis feast, and the latter can give birth to Asian champions, which also has a certain weight.
However, although the Asian Championships is an important international event, its status is also very embarrassing, although it is higher than the general foreign war, but it can hardly be called the top stream, not to mention that it cannot be compared with the three major tournaments in the world (Olympic Games, World Table Tennis Championships, World Cup), and its status in Asian events is far inferior to the Asian Games, so there will be a situation where all will be given up in 2021, and as a result, Hina Hayada and others won the championship.
In 2021, Li Falcon, the then coach of the national table tennis women's team, publicly explained why he gave up participating in the Asian Championships, and bluntly said: "After completing the tasks of the Olympic Games, the team members must first adjust their bodies, and then make every effort to prepare for the National Games and the World Championships. ”
First of all, the Olympic Games will end in August, and secondly, there is no National Games, although the National Championships are important, but the weight is much worse after all, so there were many main withdrawals last year.
Therefore, in the eyes of many people, there may be three situations in the table tennis competition arrangement in October this year: first, the Chinese team athletes give up the Asian Championships and go all out to participate in the National Championships; second, the National Championships adjust the schedule to avoid the Asian Championships; third, the two competitions are carried out normally, but the national table tennis selects some players to participate in the Asian Championships.
But then again, there is also a problem involved, that is, the National Championships are played by local teams, and the establishment of national table tennis players is also in the local area, so it is unknown whether the coaching staff can "borrow" players to participate in the Asian Championships.
However, there is still more than half a year before the National Championships and Asian Championships, so let's pay attention to the news of other events first!