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Sporting events are always full of fierce competition and unpredictable endings, both for the athletes and for the debates surrounding their Olympic dreams. Today, we will explore such a suspense: in sports events, strength is important, but does the cruel logic of points and the foreshadowing of foreign wars also constitute the other half of the fate of athletes?
What we must understand is that the turbulent arena of the 2024 Macau World Cup has already made a decisive ruling on the lineup of the Chinese table tennis team for the Paris Olympics. In this competition in Macau, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin firmly locked the Olympic singles quota with the top two positions in the standings. The name of the third team opponent is still up in the air, although Malone is almost on the verge of being named after his World Cup victory.
In this arena of chasing dreams with points, it is worth mentioning that Liang Jingkun, who has just returned from the outer battlefield. For a while he seemed to be an explorer who set sail, but the World Cup became his reef. Liang's defeat at the World Cup not only missed his only chance to fight back in the world rankings, but also forced him to step back from the track where he was competing for an Olympic singles spot.
On the other front, Lin Gaoyuan's situation does not seem to be much better than that of Liang Jingkun. He ambitiously advanced to the World Cup final, but unfortunately finished bottom of the big five and had no choice but to withdraw from the singles event. Under the severe test of this points, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan can only turn their attention to another undecided glory - the Olympic P card, that is, the fierce battle for the substitute seat.
After the dust settled on the Macau World Cup, we were suddenly forced to face the fact that Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong had already locked in the singles qualification, and they did not enter the final, while they had a first-mover advantage, they also became the most certain chess pieces on the national table tennis Olympic journey. This ending may be a manifestation of strength, or it may be an inevitability under the rules.
Prior to the match, Liang was also seen as a potential comeback. With his performances at the WTT Singapore Grand Slam and WTT Incheon Championships, he once made waves for an Olympic ticket, only to be crushed by a ruthless result at the last minute. Although Ma Long lost the previous World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, he was like a calm battleship, regaining control of the course in the Macau World Cup and writing his own glory. In contrast, Liang's 3-4 Jedi defeat in the round of 16 was a heavy blow to his Olympic journey. Compared with him, the stubborn Malone shows his super stability and spirit of not admitting defeat. Lin Gaoyuan, although obviously outstanding in the World Cup, is far behind in points, and his chances are obviously not great.
Liang Jingkun was already struggling in the competition within the team. Compared to Ma Long, he clearly lacks in terms of his resume and the world title that has accumulated in history. For him, the only way to make the Olympics is to be fully focused on playing on the outside and expect Malone's performance to fluctuate.
In the past few days of the World Cup, Ma Long's frustrated foreign war actually won the gold medal, but Liang Jingkun could not protect himself. Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong have a large lead in points, and the trio's Olympic qualification is almost a foregone conclusion. That's the harsh reality of sporting, but we'll keep an eye on them and see what future miracle they'll shine again.
Sports competitions are unforgiving, but they are also promising. The numbers in the standings and the results of foreign battles will determine their fate towards the Olympics. But these can't defeat them, because they still have a dream of their own, a pursuit of happiness, and a yearning for honor. We will continue to monitor their form and hope that their efforts will be rewarded in the coming days.
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