On May 14, Beijing time, with the last 73 days left before the Paris Olympics, the national table tennis announced all the Olympic lists, and Chen Meng squeezed out Wang Manyu in singles. But the really uninteresting unexpected situation is the selection of two P cards.
The men's team Liang Jingkun played the P card, and the women's team Wang Yidi played the P card, which caused huge controversy and discussion. The two of them seem to have someone who should not be on the stage of the Olympic Games, first of all, there was an example of the use of P card in the national table tennis before, that is, Liu Shiwen, who was replaced at the Tokyo Olympics at that time, Wang Manyu himself benefited from the P card and finally won the Olympic gold medal.
Now it is urgent to let Liang Jingkun and Wang Yidi become P card candidates, it is really unexpected, if you consider the echelon construction, then this P card should give young players to feel the atmosphere of the Olympic Games, such as Lin Shidong and Kuo Man, both of whom are super geniuses and newcomers of national table tennis after 04 years, even if they can't play, then they can also experience it, and it would be better if they could play. The young man, as a defender, actually gave two veterans. This echelon construction is all built to 27-year-old players, and there is no talk of digging reserves.
What's even more outrageous is that the men's and women's teams chose the candidates for the P card, which is even more incomprehensible for completely different reasons. Later, the national table tennis coaching staff talked about it, why choose people like this? Wang Hao's statement is that Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong were selected according to the points, Ma Long performed well, and the P card selected Liang Jingkun because he liked his progress and valued his strength, which is the reason.
But it's also so funny, the 27-year-old veteran said that he improved, how far can he improve? What's more important is that the reason why the women's team chose the P card is doubles, Ma Lin said it herself, the P card chose Wang Yidi because of the doubles ability, because Wang Yidi and Chen Meng teamed up to win the doubles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships, she and Sun Yingsha often match doubles, she and these two have been matched, and the effect is obvious, so they were chosen. But isn't that a completely different statement from the men's team, so what exactly is your standard? Is it based on doubles ability? Or do you choose people according to the so-called ability to progress? The women's team is interested in doubles, and the men's team does not mention a word, and it is impossible for a table tennis team to have two different selection schemes.
And the most important thing for the P card is the doubles and comprehensive ability, because the P card is not on the singles, but only on the substitute for the group, the group must take into account the suitability of you and your teammates, it is possible to be responsible for the doubles project, then it must be who is good at doubles, then obviously Liang Jingkun should not be chosen, because Liang Jingkun has no doubles ability, he is the most vegetable national table tennis main doubles player. Who is the best doubles player if you want to say it? Lin Gaoyuan's doubles ability is very strong, and he has achieved outstanding results with Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, and Ma Long, and even won the world championship. To consider doubles, Lin Gaoyuan should also be chosen, it is impossible for a national table tennis to have two different systems.
So if you look carefully this time, the most unconvincing thing in the list is not that Chen Meng squeezed out Wang Manyu in singles, because Chen Meng relied on points in exchange for real gains, and the biggest controversy was that Liang Jingkun was able to get a P card. The selection method of the men's and women's teams is completely different, Liang Jingkun was directly in the Saudi Grand Slam men's doubles arena before, and the scene of Lin Gaoyuan's 0-3 defeat is still vivid, what do you mean by letting him on the P card now? There is no such thing as progress or not, and it is difficult for athletes of this age to make great progress, and stuffing him into this list can be said to be the biggest controversy of this time, which is the most incomprehensible decision made by the coaching staff of the Chinese team.