On the evening of May 11, the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam successfully concluded all the schedules, and then the competition for the Olympic women's singles list basically came to an end.
In the past two days, the national table tennis is expected to officially announce the women's singles entry list, in fact, everyone knows that Chen Meng is basically a sure thing, unless there is a big turnaround. Therefore, after the end of the Grand Slam, the competition controversy about the Olympic women's singles rushed to the hot search!
Especially Wang Manyu's fans and fans, for the entire competition mechanism, as well as the head coach of the women's team, Ma Lin...... Not very satisfied.
My views on why the controversy has arisen and how to view it are as follows.
First, Sun Yingsha has been outstanding since 2022 in the entire Paris cycle, except for 2021, and has been outstanding since 2022, winning the Durban World Table Tennis Championships, Grand Slam, World Cup Finals and other large and small events, and it is undisputed that she has already qualified for the Olympic Games.
The second singles qualification was produced between Wang Manyu and Chen Meng.
To be honest, as a fan of Chen Meng (and I also love eels), I was expecting her to complete the Grand Slam in 2021, but unfortunately, I lost to Wang Manyu in the rising stage by two points in the decider. From 2022 onwards, Chen Meng has lost to Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha, and even lost to foreign association players such as Samara and Szokos, and the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban will once again lose to the main junior sister.
After all, she's on the downhill side, and it's not the time for her athletic career to be at its peak. But I didn't expect that in the end, when Chen Meng faced the opportunity, he showed a performance of 5 consecutive hits against foreign associations, which is undoubtedly a huge plus.
Wang Manyu's regrets are: he did not find a suitable head coach in the Paris cycle, his intimacy with the head coach was average, injuries led to a long period of slump, and two key losses.
The loss in the women's singles final of the Macau World Cup caused the eels to lose the opportunity to realize their dream of a Grand Slam this year;
Losing to Batra in the Grand Slam led to the eel points being deducted 3,000, and the Olympic points were surpassed by Chen Meng, basically losing the opportunity to participate in the women's singles at the Paris Olympics!
According to the policy of the national table tennis coaching staff, Chen Meng has no problem qualifying for the second singles, after all, the points are the most objective data, and they are placed there; But the big controversy that caused the controversy is that there are many loopholes in the rules of the game itself.
1. The rules came out too late
It stands to reason that the Tokyo Olympics will be held in 2021, and there are only 3 years of preparation time for the Paris cycle.
Of course, in my understanding, the root of this problem lies in the fact that the national table tennis coaching staff was unstable at that time, and no one did this thing.
2. The events included in the rules are not complete
After the Tokyo Olympics and before the Paris Olympics, this is the Olympic cycle. Therefore, the selection mechanism should consider the performance of the players in the span of 2021/2022/2023/2024, and the current rules of national table tennis only consider the performance of the game from May 8, 2023 to May 7, 2024, which is unfair to a player like Wang Manyu who has won the women's singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston.
3. The rule is that there is only a deduction and no reward
3,000 points will be deducted for a loss in an external association, which is very heavy; So if it is in a major event and defeats the main opponent of national table tennis, can it be considered that there should be a plus? There are rewards and punishments, which is more convincing!
4. Special factors are not taken into account in the rules
Injuries, changes of coaches, etc., are all special factors, and from a humane point of view, it is necessary to add about 5% of the consideration.
After Wang Manyu and Coach Xiao Zhan separated, they have not found the most suitable head coach for themselves, and Coach Xu Hui's sense of presence is really not strong. Sun Yingsha has Qiu Yike, Chen Meng and Wang Yidi have Ma Lin, and the eel is a lot lonely......
If I were Wang Manyu, the regret of Paris was destined to be unavoidable, and I was still young, so I would experience a short period of sadness and aim for the 2028 Olympic Games, so in the next competitions, I must perform at my best, and now I can find out my own little book and quietly start preparing a battle plan.
2024：
Paris: Team performance;
WTT Beijing Grand Slam: Strive for the title
WTT France & Germany Championships: Aiming for the title
WTT Finals: Strive for the title
2025：
World Table Tennis Championships in Doha: Strive to win the championship
3-4 Grand Slams: Strive to win the championship
World Cup: Aiming for the title
WTT Championships: Aiming for the title
2026:
London World Table Tennis Championships: Strive to win the championship
3-4 Grand Slams: Strive to win the championship
World Cup: Aiming for the title
WTT Championships: Aiming for the title
2027:
World Table Tennis Championships: Strive to win the championship
3-4 Grand Slams: Strive to win the championship
World Cup: Aiming for the title
WTT Championships: Aiming for the title
2028:
World Table Tennis Championships team: strive to win the championship
WTT Majors: Aiming for the title
World Cup: Aiming for the title
......
The events I listed are all high-scoring events, the importance is self-evident, other games can pull the hips, the impact is not great, the above games, must be won. Another pertinent suggestion is: study hard the ball quotient, practice the stunts, learn to hide the moves, and no longer let the big score 3-1 lead be reversed!
Go for it!