On April 22, Beijing time, with the end of the 2024 ITTF Men's and Women's World Cups, the national table tennis men's singles and mixed doubles selections for the Paris Olympics have actually ended. In addition, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong won the top two men's singles points and automatically qualified for the men's singles at the Paris Olympics in accordance with the selection rules. In other words, so far, Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha, and Fan Zhendong have been confirmed to be shortlisted for the Paris Olympics.
In the men's World Cup, Ma Long reversed Lin Gaoyuan and won the championship. The Women's World Cup also gave birth to a big reversal plot, Sun Yingsha fell behind 1-3 and won three games in a row to reverse Wang Manyu. According to the previously announced selection rules, in fact, after the men's and women's World Cups, the Olympic trials for men's singles and mixed doubles have ended. As far as the mixed doubles is concerned, Shatou has a clear advantage and will definitely qualify for the Olympics, and the two will automatically be selected for the team lineup.
In the men's singles Olympic selection, Wang Chuqin's points are fault-leading, although Fan Zhendong is in average condition and has fallen into a long-term championship drought, but he still ranks second in the Olympic selection, and he and Wang Chuqin locked the men's singles seat in the Paris Olympics. Therefore, so far, Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, and Sun Yingsha have been confirmed to be shortlisted for the Olympic team, and the other three seats still need to be evaluated by the coaching staff.
Ma Long won the men's singles title for the first time in a long time, and he is also the men's World Cup champion, but he is ranked third in the selection, according to the rules, he cannot get an Olympic men's singles quota, and the possibility of hitting the three-round Grand Slam is almost zero. However, Liang Jingkun looks like he has hope of competing with Ma Long for the third place in the Olympic men's team, but Liang Jingkun fell off the chain in the men's World Cup, and Ma Long won the championship. If nothing else, Ma Long will compete in the Olympics again as the third member of the men's team, while Liang Jingkun may have to compete with Lin Gaoyuan for the P card, and of course, it may be Lin Shidong.
The suspense of the women's team trio is actually not big, with Wang Yidi losing in the foreign war again and being deducted high points, it is difficult for her to catch up with the three Olympic champions in front of her. In other words, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, and Chen Meng are expected to join forces again to compete in the Olympics, but whether the women's singles belong to Wang Manyu or Chen Meng is still in suspense. Wang Manyu is currently leading, but there is a Saudi Grand Slam next, and Chen Meng retains the hope of surpassing Wang Manyu, but the hope is getting smaller and smaller.
If nothing else, the lineup of the national table tennis competition of the Paris Olympics should be: Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Chen Meng. At present, the biggest suspense is the question of the ownership of the second women's singles seat, and after the Saudi Grand Slam on May 11, everything will have a final answer!