Fan Zhendong failed to surpass Wang Chuqin, and the Olympic men's team list was basically determined
The 2024 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships in Busan has come to an end, and the Chinese men's and women's teams have successfully defended their World Table Tennis Championships team championships. With the World Table Tennis Championships team competition coming to an end, the Olympic points of the national table tennis players have undergone some changes, unlike the fierce competition among female table tennis players, the competition for the Olympic quota of the national table tennis men's team seems to have no suspense, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long's competition is also limited to singles, after the end of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, the points of the three have undergone some changes, but the ranking of the three has not changed, although Wang Chuqin lost unexpectedly in the team semifinals of the World Table Tennis Championships, but he still beat Fan Zhendong in the Olympic standings to rank first, and Fan Zhendong, who maintained a full victory at the World Table Tennis Championships, failed to achieve overtake, but the gap between him and Wang Chuqin in the standings is not large.
In the latest men's table tennis Olympic standings, Wang Chuqin ranked first with 17,212 points, although Wang Chuqin scored 400 points less than Fan Zhendong in the World Table Tennis Championships team competition, but he still ranked first with an advantage of about 150 points over Fan Zhendong. Fan Zhendong ranked second with 17,057 points, although Fan Zhendong's team selection reward points are higher than Wang Chuqin, but the ITTF ranking points are much lower than Wang Chuqin, and Fan Zhendong's total points are slightly lower than Wang Chuqin's second. National table tennis "Grand Slam" winner Ma Long ranked third with 9665 points, Ma Long lost to Lee Sang-so in the knockout round of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, which is still rare in Ma Long's career, and the current score difference between Ma Long and the top two is a bit big, and it is still very difficult to compete in Olympic singles. Liang Jingkun ranked fourth with 4,225 points, while Lin Gaoyuan ranked fifth with 2,425 points.
It can be seen from the men's team's Olympic points ranking that the men's team's lineup for the Paris Olympics is very clear, and the fourth and fifth place Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan have a big difference in points from the top three, unless Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Wang Chuqin are injured, otherwise the two have little chance. Of course, the third candidate for the Olympic team competition is directly decided by the national table tennis coaching staff, theoretically speaking, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan have the opportunity to participate in the Paris Olympics even if the points are low, but considering Ma Long's experience and current state, coupled with his outstanding contributions accumulated over the years, the national table tennis coaching staff will still favor Ma Long in the "third choice". If Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan want to win the favor of the coaching staff, the two must prove themselves in the next Singapore Grand Slam and Incheon Championships, and then hope that Ma Long's form will decline significantly, but objectively speaking, such a probability is still very small, if nothing else, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin and Ma Long will represent the national table tennis in the Paris Olympics.
The list of the national table tennis men's team to participate in the team competition of the Paris Olympics is basically settled, and the current suspense is who will spend the two Olympic singles places? Judging from the current points ranking, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin are not allowed to represent the Chinese team in the Paris Olympics table tennis men's singles competition, the two are currently nearly 7000 points higher than Ma Long, although there are two or three large-scale open tournaments in the next two or three stops, but with Ma Long's current state, he wants to complete the fight against Fan Zhendong and Fan Zhendong in the standings. Wang Chuqin's overtaking is very difficult, unless Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong have big problems themselves, Ma Long has almost no chance.
Considering the alternation of the old and the new in the national table tennis, it is more reasonable for Ma Long not to participate in the singles competition of the Paris Olympics, Ma Long is 36 years old this year, he has participated in two Olympic Games and won the singles championship, Ma Long confirmed the news that he will retire after the Paris Olympics after the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, for the next Olympic Games, the national table tennis should let the younger Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin participate in the singles competition, of course, from the point of view, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin deserve to participate in the men's singles competition of the Paris Olympics.