31-year-old Kasumi Ishikawa became the host! 15-year-old Miwa Zhangmoto and 24-year-old Miu Hirano appeared together
Beijing time on Monday, April 8, 2024. It is about 100 days before the Paris Olympics, and Japanese table tennis has a small event. Kasumi Ishikawa, who has participated in the Olympics three times, Miu Hirano, who has participated in the Olympics once, and Miwa Zhangmoto, who will appear at the Paris Olympics at the age of 15, had an interaction. At the event, Kasumi Ishikawa served as the host, while Miwa Zhang and Miu Hirano were looking forward to the Olympics.
First of all, Kasumi Ishikawa and Miu Hirano interacted, and I still remember that after the Tokyo Olympics, Kasumi Ishikawa and Miu Hirano played together in the Olympic Village, leaving a lot of beautiful moments. Miu Hirano said with a smile: In the tight schedule, I will eat more meat. Moreover, Kasumi Ishikawa also brought me delicious food in the past. Both of them looked at each other and smiled,
Subsequently, Kasumi Ishikawa said: Zhang Benmei's current style and condition are not like a 15-year-old young player, and I am looking forward to your good performance at the Paris Olympics. Zhang Benmeihe said: The Olympics are different from other competitions, and I will be nervous. I'll try. Kasumi Ishikawa praised her little sister: You are growing every day!
After the 2012 London Olympics, in order to fully prepare for the Tokyo Olympics held in Japan, the Japan Table Tennis Association launched a generational project to vigorously cultivate young players, especially post-00 players. In this case, Kasumi Ishikawa, who was born in 1993, was still able to compete in the 2016 Rio 2016 and 2021 Tokyo Olympics after playing in the 2012 Olympic Games. Last year, Kasumi Ishikawa announced her retirement, in fact, with her form, even this year, she will not rule out being able to compete for a place in the Paris Olympics.
Miu Hirano was born in 2000 and is one of the three famous millennial sisters, in the 2017 Wuxi Asian Championships, Miu Hirano won the women's singles gold medal, a blockbuster, and has since grown into the second person in Japanese women's table tennis. And the number one person changed from Misei Ito to Hina Hayata. Ito was replaced by a younger, 2008-born Miwa Zhangmoto.