At the same time, three major questions were left, which were related to Ma Long, Chen Meng, and Fan Zhendong
On March 31, 2024, Beijing time, the WTT Incheon Championship came to an end, and the national table tennis won the championship again, Sun Yingsha won the women's singles championship, and Liang Jingkun won the men's singles field. At the same time, the national table tennis left many questions in this competition, mainly related to the Paris Olympics, the competition within the team has entered the white heat, and the fluctuations in the state of the main players are naturally affecting people's hearts, and Liu Guoliang will also give the players a review as soon as possible.
The first big question: Do Ma Long and Chen Meng still have a chance to defend their singles titles at the Paris Olympics?
After the Incheon Championship, this possibility is getting less and less. First of all, in the men's singles, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong are far ahead, Ma Long may be difficult to get the Olympic men's singles quota again, and Liang Jingkun is catching up fiercely, and whether Ma Long can get the team quota is also in doubt. On the women's singles side, Sun Yingsha has already locked a women's singles seat, Wang Manyu and Chen Meng compete for another seat, Wang Manyu has achieved a comeback in this station, and defeated Chen Meng in a row, it looks like she is going to have the upper hand.
The two veterans, Ma Long and Chen Meng, are the reigning men's singles champions and women's singles champions respectively, but it seems that they may not be able to defend their titles in Paris at present, which is related to age and fierce competition within the team. There is no way, the national table tennis is full of talents.
The second big question: Can Fan Zhendong realize his dream of winning the men's singles championship at the Paris Olympics?
There is no doubt that Fan Zhendong is the favorite to win the men's singles championship at the Paris Olympics, in fact, as long as Fan Zhendong participates, any event is the favorite to win the championship, this is Fan Zhendong's strength, but athletes will have ups and downs. More importantly, foreign athletes are staring at Fan Zhendong and studying Fan Zhendong, and the players in our team also take Fan Zhendong as the benchmark, just like Fan Zhendong hit Ma Long in the past, so Fan Zhendong is under great pressure.
In addition, Fan Zhendong has been disturbed by off-the-field factors many times, and his psychological level has been impacted, and he needs the coach and even Liu Guoliang to come forward to solve some problems. Fan Zhendong's technique is definitely no problem, the key is to get through that hurdle at the psychological level, if you want to become the Olympic men's singles champion, you must not fight alone, and you need team assistance in many aspects.
The third big question: Will Liang Jingkun and Wang Yidi have a chance to compete in the Paris Olympics?
Li Falcon has long announced that Wang Yidi will not be able to participate in the Olympic women's singles, because losing many foreign battles has caused waves, and this impact is particularly far-reaching. Therefore, as long as the three main forces in front of Wang Yidi do not have a big decline in form or injury problems, Wang Yidi's hope of being shortlisted for the Olympic team lineup does not look great. Liang Jingkun is the opposite, Singapore Grand Slam men's singles runner-up, Incheon Championship men's singles champion, Liang Jingkun has broken out in desperate situations many times, and the Olympic points ranking is close to Ma Long, and it seems that there is a chance to overtake.
Of course, the Olympic Games are different from other events, if you fall behind 0-2 in the Olympic arena, the psychological impact on the athletes is very large, Liang Jingkun also needs to improve the stability, but also to improve the derby victory rate, so that there is a chance to overtake in the corner!