On May 14, the national table tennis announced the list of women's singles, men's team, women's team and substitute athletes participating in the Paris Olympics. The expected list, the official announcement is only a matter of time. Despite this, this list is still quite controversial, especially the national table tennis women's team.
Men's singles: Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong
Women's singles: Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng
Mixed Doubles: Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha
Men's team: Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long
Men's Team Ap: Liang Jingkun
Women's team: Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu
Women's Team Ap: Wang Yidi
Controversy 1: Fan Zhendong is in an unstable state, losing foreign wars in a row, and still playing the men's singles in the Olympic Games
The selection results of the national table tennis men's singles have already been announced, and Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong ranked in the top two and successfully got the quota. If you analyze it from the perspective of points, Fan Zhendong is basically uncontroversial to get this ticket, and the advantage is obvious. But his biggest problem is that his state is unstable, especially in the period after the World Table Tennis Championships, Fan Zhendong lost consecutive battles, lost in civil wars, and lost in foreign wars. Losing Lin Shidong and Lin Gaoyuan, losing Hugo and Francesca, this can no longer be described as a bad state, it can only be said that Fan Zhendong has encountered a bottleneck.
The results are unstable, and Fan Zhendong has constant negative news off the field, which is also the key to being questioned. Singapore to watch the concert, Saudi Arabia to watch football, Fan Zhendong is so "high-profile", it is really difficult to satisfy everyone! As the first brother of national table tennis in the Paris cycle and the new leading player, Fan Zhendong has high hopes, and such news really needs to be adjusted in time!
Controversy 2: Chen Meng and Wang Manyu's singles dispute
In the Saudi competition, Wang Manyu lost to Szokos, lost the foreign war, and was deducted 3,000 points. Chen Meng withstood the pressure and won consecutive victories over Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Hina Hayata. In the final battle, Chen Meng defeated Sun Yingsha and won the championship. Relying on the stable performance of the Saudi competition, Chen Meng defeated Wang Manyu and got the singles ticket for the Olympic Games.
If you look at the points according to the points, Chen Meng won, there is no dispute. But if you look at the number of champions in the Paris cycle and her overall performance, Wang Manyu is really not weaker than Chen Meng, and some of her performances are even better. Wang Manyu won the women's singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships, the women's singles championship at the National Games, and the championship at the WTT event, she won a total of 8 championships. Chen Meng has only won two titles, the Singapore Grand Slam and the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam. Chen Meng lost to Hina Hayata, Szokos, Samara and other foreign wars, and Wang Manyu also lost to Du Kaiqin, Yuan Jiannan and others. In this crucial Saudi Arabian competition, Wang Manyu lost the foreign war, which is really a pity, which directly affects the competition situation of the Olympic Games!
There is no problem with Chen Meng and Wang Manyu's ability, and whoever is selected will not affect the advantages of the national table tennis women's team, and they can all win the championship. Whichever one is chosen, the fans are sure to cry out for the other. Choosing based on points, although it is also controversial, is indeed the most appropriate outcome.
Controversy 3: Wang Yidi lost foreign wars in a row, but she still got a P card
Although Wang Yidi's selection is not surprising, it is very controversial. The reason is very simple, that is, losing foreign wars, losing Hina Hayata, Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Miyu Kihara, all of them were key opponents. It was precisely because of the mess in the foreign war that she was also taken out of the Olympic squad in advance. Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi and others usually don't have much chance of participating in the competition, they are not key players trained by national table tennis, they are basically out of the game in advance, and there is no chance to compete! has been selected for the Olympic Games, I hope Wang Yidi will find his form as soon as possible and prove himself again!
Modifying the rules is the core issue
During the Singapore competition, the national table tennis optimized the selection rules for the Olympic Games. Judging from the current controversy, this is the core issue of all disputes.
In the women's singles competition, the national table tennis has added the principle of deducting points for losing foreign wars, and the men's singles has not been modified. The women's singles postponed the Olympic trials, and the time has been pushed to the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam, and the men's singles has not changed! If the men's singles joins the foreign war and deducts points, Ma Long may really be able to surpass Fan Zhendong. In the same way, if there is no point deduction and no postponement, the competition between Wang Manyu and Chen Meng will not be so controversial.
Every fan has a squad in their mind, and that's understandable. Now that the national table tennis has been officially announced, the suspense will end. Next, let's support the national table tennis players and cheer for them together!