According to the "Selection Measures for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in Table Tennis" issued by the Chinese Table Tennis Association, the national table tennis coaching staff will determine the men's and women's singles lists on May 7. In fact, before this list was announced, there were already five main players who were selected for the Paris Olympic squad in advance. Let's take a closer look:
Wang Yidi is out, the Olympic lineup of the women's team is very clear, and "Mengshaman" teamed up to attack Paris.
National table tennis head coach Li Ying said in an interview during the Singapore Grand Slam that Wang Yidi has lost to his main opponent many times in recent years and lost foreign wars, which is extremely rare in the history of national table tennis preparation for the Olympic Games. Wang Yidi was excluded from the Paris Olympics, and the Olympic lineup of the women's team is also very clear. During the Tokyo Olympics, Sun Yingsha served as the women's singles and women's team, and Sasha beat Ito in these two events, knocked out the arrogance of the Japanese team's home team, and reversed the team's morale. Chen Meng/Wang Manyu played the first set of women's doubles in the team competition, and their performance was also perfect. After Wang Manyu finished the team competition, he also said that he didn't play enough.
Especially after winning the Singapore Grand Slam women's singles championship this year, Wang Manyu came to second place in the world rankings, and the Olympic points also followed Chen Meng. Regarding the Tokyo Olympic trio "Meng Shaman", Li Falcon said that it can also be reassuring. The suspense of the women's team now is who can get another Olympic singles quota in addition to Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu. As for the P card candidates, national table tennis has always been a key training candidate for the next Olympic cycle. Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong were both born in 1997, and after the two of them were in Paris, they did not have much competitiveness. The P card of the women's team should be given to Qian Tianyi, who was born in the 00s, or the younger Kuo Man.
There is no suspense that Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong will be selected for Paris, and the third members of the men's team, Ma Long and Liang Jingkun, will have a chance.
With the mixed doubles with Sun Yingsha, Wang Chuqin has already locked the Paris Olympic lineup. Moreover, at present, Datou is ranked first in the world, and the Olympic points are also ranked first in the team. Fan Zhendong, as the No. 1 singles player in the national table tennis team, is still more trustworthy in his ability to score 2 points in a row in the competition. In addition, Fan Zhendong ranked second in the team's Olympic points, and Ma Long and Liang Jingkun surpassed Fan Zhendong before the Paris Olympics, and it was no longer possible to score points. There is no problem with the big head and the little fat being selected for the Paris Olympics, and the only suspense of the men's team is the choice of the third person in the men's team. Should 27-year-old Liang Jingkun or 35-year-old Ma Long be chosen? This depends on the opinion of the coaching staff.
Da Fat put in a brave performance in Singapore, knocking off two main opponents, Tomokazu Zhang and Lin Yunru, while Ma Long was eliminated by Francesca in the second round. The advantage of the Dragons is that they have a lot of tournament experience. At the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong both lost, but Ma Long held the third set of singles. Liang Jingkun wins in hard power, Ma Long wins in experience, how to choose this, in the end, it depends on the results of the coaching staff's trade-offs. The P card candidate for the men's team is very clear, and it is a more suitable choice for Lin Shidong, who was born in 2005. In the next Olympic cycle, with Ma Long's withdrawal, Lin Shidong will be trained to become the main force, which is also the general trend.
Through the above analysis, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, Wang Chuqin, and Fan Zhendong have locked the Paris Olympic lineup in advance. The third member of the men's group, are you optimistic about Liang Jingkun, or Ma Long?