On May 14, Beijing time, the 73-day countdown to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, the Olympic selection of China's national table tennis officially ended. Chen Meng turned the tables against the wind, the final suspense of the Chinese national table tennis was revealed, Sun Yingsha, Da Meng played in the women's singles, and Wang Manyu regretted being out.
And then the head coach of the national table tennis women's team, Ma Lin, also came forward to explain in person, why such a squad was selected, and what are his reasons and reasons? And one of his explanations is very intriguing. We can see that this time, after the national table tennis lineup was announced, the coaching staff discussed why Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng were selected for singles, and why Wang Manyu was on the group?
"Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng are the top two Olympic points, so it makes sense to be on the singles list," he said. Wang Manyu fought tenaciously in this process of preparation, and the spirit of winning glory for the country has been shown, and her personal ability is also very strong, so she was appointed as the third person in the group. ”
The main reason for choosing a P card athlete is to consider doubles, so it was decided to choose Wang Yidi, after all, she and Sun Yingsha and Chen Mengpei have won the world championship in doubles. But this time the national table tennis should be unlikely, and the P card will be enabled in the Olympic Games, so in fact, there is no suspense about these three people who can go to the Olympics.
Ma Lin's statement this time should convince Wang Manyu, why is she not as good as Chen Meng? It's very simple, the score is worse, Ma Lin didn't say that Chen Meng's strength is stronger than Wang Manyu, and even emphasized that Wang Manyu's personal ability has been reflected, and he is also fighting tenaciously and winning glory for the country, but there is no way, who made you lack points this time?
To put it bluntly, there is another key reason why she missed the Olympics, that is, Wang Manyu's ability to resist pressure is not good, she has worked hard to lead Chen Meng, and in the first three major competitions in 2024, she only lost to Sun Yingsha with 1 championship and 2 runners-up, and the journey was very smooth, but losing the foreign war in this last competition shows that Wang Manyu did not bear the pressure, so she can only bear the consequences by herself.
Chen Meng's ceiling may not be as high as Wang Manyu's now, but Chen Meng's lower limit is higher than Wang Manyu's, she is stable, and she will not suddenly lose some little-known foreign players at such a time. Ma Lin's attitude is very direct, and the points are behind Chen Meng, which is due to Wang Manyu's instability. Emphasizing her strength here, but it's useless to have the ability alone, "Take the runner-up today, the top 32 tomorrow, the champion the day after tomorrow, and then there may be a round of travel in the future", you say Wang Manyu's performance, can the coaching staff rest assured? In case the singles are directly defeated, who will you go to?
The coaching staff may not expect Chen Meng to win another Olympic gold medal, her goal is to hold the half of the zone first, and it is no problem to lose to Sun Yingsha in the final, and achieving Sasha's Grand Slam is also what Liu Guoliang and Ma Lin need to see. So now that Ma Lin has come forward to make a statement, it has proved that Wang Manyu can only blame herself for her out, and instability and poor ability to resist pressure are the only reasons for her failure when she is stronger.