The list of national table tennis Olympics has caused controversy: Wang Yidi has repeatedly lost foreign wars, why does he still get the substitute qualification?

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2024-05-14 11:29Posted in Hunan Sports Creators

On May 14, Beijing time, the complete list of athletes who went to the Paris Olympics was officially released, Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Ma Long, Wang Manyu were shortlisted, the first four got the singles qualification, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha participated in mixed doubles at the same time - this result has long been expected, and the controversy is relatively not very big.

However, for P card (substitute) players Liang Jingkun and Wang Yidi, many fans have a lot of complaints, especially Wang Yidi has lost seven foreign wars and six times to Japanese players in the past year or so.

Friends who pay attention to national table tennis know that Wang Yidi's performance in the Paris Olympic cycle has been up and down, and she has been highly used from 2023 to the beginning of 2024, and has the momentum of impacting the top two main forces, but she has repeatedly lost to athletes from other associations during this time, especially against Japanese players, and the Durban World Table Tennis Championships, Hangzhou Asian Games, and Busan World Table Tennis Championships have all failed.

It was under such circumstances that the national table tennis coaching staff directly took out Wang Yidi's qualification without waiting for the end of the Olympic singles trials, and then Wang Yidi lost to the 15-year-old Japanese teenager Miwa Zhang in the World Cup, which disappointed countless fans.

While Wang Yidi continued to drop the chain, the other three main players of the national table tennis women's team, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, and Wang Manyu, maintained stable results, and finally participated in the last Olympic team competition and qualified for this year's Paris Olympics. But even so, Wang Yidi's position in the team was still recognized by the coaching staff, and he finally got a substitute spot.

But as mentioned earlier, many fans don't understand this arrangement, after all, Wang Yidi has lost too many times in foreign wars before, and even head coach Li Falcon described it as "rare", and now she is the fourth person in the women's team, is it difficult to convince the public?

For the selection of P card players, the Chinese Table Tennis Association has already clearly stipulated in the "Selection Measures for Table Tennis 2024 Paris Olympic Games" announced in May last year:

"The coaching staff of the national team will combine the characteristics of the Olympic team competition system in both singles and doubles, comprehensively consider the important factors that are conducive to the coaching staff's arrangement in the team competition, such as the high ranking of Olympic singles selection points, comprehensive technical ability in singles and doubles, and excellent results against major opponents, and make a list of recommendations through collective decision-making......"

So does Wang Yidi meet the above requirements? Most of them are still up to standard - first of all, she and Chen Meng have the results of winning the World Table Tennis Championships doubles championship, and secondly, they rank fourth in the Olympic singles selection standings, second only to the three main forces, but they are obviously not satisfied with the "excellent record of the main opponent", but then again: This year's substitute players, do they really have a chance to be substituted?

At present, it seems unrealistic, because the six main forces selected for the team competition have obvious advantages, and there is basically no possibility of being replaced, Wang Yidi and Liang Jingkun may only play the role of senior sparring partners, so whether they get the P card will not affect the overall situation.

So do you support Wang Yidi to become a substitute player in national table tennis? Feel free to leave a message to share your opinion!

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