Athletic competition has always been brutal, especially in the Olympic Games, where there are only a few delegates in each sport. In table tennis, according to the regulations, each association can only send a maximum of 4 people, one of whom is only a substitute. This has brought a lot of trouble to our Chinese team in the selection of personnel, so the Olympic points have been decided. At present, the Chinese team Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, and Wang Manyu are basically locked in the Olympics, and only the singles candidates are announced. Not only is it difficult for the Chinese team to choose, but the German team has also encountered difficulties recently, the 32-year-old player who is in his golden age has missed the Olympics, which is too cruel.
On the 9th, the German Table Tennis Association announced the squad for the Paris Olympics
Men's group: Qiu Dang, Ocharov, Pol. P-card: Francesca
Women's group: Mittram, Han Ying, Shan Xiaona. P card: Not announced
Men's Singles: Qiu Dang, Ocharov
Women's Singles: Mittram, Han Ying
Mixed Doubles: Qiu Dang/Mittram
It is not difficult to find from the list that Qiu Dang naturally wants to occupy a position because he played mixed doubles with Mittram, while Ocharov and Bol, both of whom are world champions, are also the seventh Olympic trip of the evergreen in table tennis at the Paris Olympics. Coach Roscoff also explained why he chose Bol over Francesca, saying: "It's also important for the Olympics to give up on the experience, the consistency and the results of the last few months, and the fact that we can always see that there is a lot of respect for Bol. "Bol is certainly happy because he thinks it's based on performance and not on past merit.
Somewhat out of respect, in fact, more fans are concerned about why Ocharov was chosen to play, and Francesca only got the substitute qualification, a record of Ocharov's recent record is not good, and Francesca just defeated Malone in March, and his form and strength are good. You must know that if you get a P card, you can only come on as a substitute if one of the three participants is injured, otherwise you will applaud and cheer on the sidelines, and accidents such as injuries in table tennis are rare.
In addition, Francesca is 32 years old this year, and Ocharov said in an interview that the golden age of European table tennis players is about 30 years old, and Francesca happens to be at this age. In addition, there is another piece of cold knowledge: since the last defeat of Ma Long, Francesca is the only one in the active men's table tennis team to defeat the three main players of the Chinese team, Ma Long, Xu Xin, and Fan Zhendong, so many netizens feel that the men's singles competition should give Francesca the opportunity to play in the team and singles, instead of Ocharov.
We can only guess that Ocharov is also experienced in the Olympics and won the bronze medal in men's singles at the Tokyo Olympics. Of course, we don't know how the German team chooses, and we don't dare to guess, there are always their own reasons. Francesca also took to social media to express his disappointment, saying: "It's unfortunate that I didn't make the list for the Paris Olympics, obviously I'm very disappointed right now. Thank you all for your support and messages. "Yes, a 32-year-old athlete, in the year of playing, missed the Paris Olympics, 4 years later is 36 years old, no one can guarantee what the state is, how many 4 years can wait for an athlete's career?
But the good news is that fortunately he is not from the Chinese team, 36 years old in the national table tennis is almost to the age of retirement, according to Bol's 7 Olympic Games, Francesca still has a lot of opportunities, I hope Xiao Fu will not be discouraged and continue to work hard, this is the cruelty of sports competition.
Finally, I would like to ask the fans: defeated Ma Long, Xu Xin, and Fan Zhendong, Francesca is the only two active players, so who else has beaten Ma Long, Xu Xin, and Fan Zhendong among the active players?