The 2024 Table Tennis WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam has ended, and the Paris Olympic selection of the Chinese table tennis team has also come to an end temporarily.
According to the latest standings, Chen Meng, who was still behind Wang Manyu before the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, has surpassed her opponent by as many as 6,095 points, and has become the top two of the women's team with Sun Yingsha.
The selection method for the national table tennis mixed doubles in the Paris Olympic cycle is relatively simple, that is, the world ranking on May 7, 2024 is used as the standard, and Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha was successfully shortlisted; The singles is a points-based system, through the examination of the results of a series of competitions, the world ranking points and the team reward points are added to the rankings, and the top two men and women are shortlisted.
Originally, the deadline for the singles inspection was also May 7, 2024, but later the women's singles was extended to May 14, and the rules for deducting points for losing foreign battles were added, and there are no other tournaments after the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam to add or subtract points, so the quota can now be determined in advance.
According to the latest Olympic standings, the top five athletes in the men's and women's teams are-
- First place: Wang Chuqin (22425 points), Sun Yingsha (30050 points);
- second place: Fan Zhendong (17,678 points), Chen Meng (17,960 points);
- Third place: Ma Long (14,535 points), Wang Manyu (11,865 points);
- Fourth place: Liang Jingkun (9080 points), Wang Yidi (9555 points);
- Fifth place: Lin Gaoyuan (4975 points), Chen Xingtong (6070 points).
In fact, as early as 2024, Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, and Sun Yingsha have already been able to determine that they are ahead of other teammates, and the main competition comes from Chen Meng and Wang Manyu:
At the beginning of the year, Chen Meng was ahead of Wang Manyu, Wang Manyu overtook after the WTT Singapore Grand Slam in March, and Wang Manyu lost 3,000 points in the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam in May.
As mentioned earlier, the official website of the Chinese Table Tennis Association has announced the lineup of mixed doubles and men's singles on May 7 this year, and the candidates for women's singles will be announced on May 14, so let's sit back and wait for the official announcement!