On April 13, the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced the "Announcement of the Chinese Table Tennis Association on Optimizing and Adjusting the Selection Measures for the National Table Tennis Women's Team to Participate in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games".
Judging from the content of the announcement, it is similar to what Li Falcon said during the Singapore Grand Slam. Just go into the details a little more carefully so as not to cause unnecessary controversy.
The women's singles event was selected from May 8 last year to May 14 this year. That is, from last year's World Table Tennis Championships in Durban to the end of this year's Saudi Grand Slam. Men's singles is also in this time period.
However, there are additional requirements for the women's singles event.
For example, starting from May 8, 2023, if you lose five foreign matches in international competitions, you will lose the qualification to compete in the singles competition at the Paris Olympics. (This article is clearly aimed at Wang Yidi.) ）
Then it raised the importance of the performance of the foreign association.
Starting from March this year, in the Singapore Grand Slam, Incheon Championship, and Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, not only will there be no international major award points, but also the championship bonus points of the same event will be deducted. That is, if you lose a foreign war in a Grand Slam, not only will you not have international competition bonus points, but you will also have to deduct 3,000 points. If you lose a foreign battle in the Incheon Championship, there are no international competition bonus points, and 1,000 points will be deducted.
Players lose in these tournaments, and the chances are basically gone.
There is also the upcoming Singles World Cup. The singles World Cup has a bigger role. Once you lose a foreign war, you will also be deducted a lot of points. If you lose in the group stage and the knockout stage, you will be deducted 3,000 points. If you do not qualify for the group stage, you will also be deducted 3,000 points. And the deduction points for the World Cup can be stacked. If you are unlucky, you may deduct 6000 points.
Athletes can't avoid the fight yet. If you avoid the fight, you will directly lose the qualification for the Olympic singles competition.
In addition, if the final singles selection points are the same, the one with the highest ITTF singles world ranking on May 14, 2024 will take precedence.
In fact, according to Li Falcon's previous interview, Sun Yingsha has already qualified for the singles competition. Wang Manyu and Chen Meng compete for another singles spot. After the Incheon Championship, Wang Manyu's total points were 210 points more than Chen Meng's, and the difference was not very large.
The singles World Cup and the Saudi Grand Slam are crucial for the two. If the two lose the foreign battle, they will fall behind a lot, and it will be difficult to participate in the singles competition at the Paris Olympics.
Judging from the full text, there is no change from the content of Li Falcon's previous interview. To put it bluntly, it is necessary to pay attention to the achievements of foreign wars. Wang Yidi lost too many foreign battles, so he lost the qualification for the singles competition in advance, and basically had no chance to compete for the team competition.
Wang Manyu and Chen Meng should also pay attention to foreign wars. If you lose the foreign battle, you will also lose the opportunity to compete in singles. However, even if they can't participate in singles, they will still qualify for the team competition.
After seeing this announcement, netizens left messages to express their dissatisfaction. Some netizens said that the order is changing, who do you want to go, just say it.
Some netizens think, why not only for women's table tennis, but not for men's table tennis? Why not start with last year's World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, but start with this year's Singapore Grand Slam?
Some netizens feel that this article is a bit redundant: if the player voluntarily withdraws, he will directly lose the qualification for the singles competition. At this time, how can a player retire from the game, is it because he is worried about losing a foreign war?