Why did an Olympic selection change the rules four times before and after, worried that Wang Manyu could get a chance in singles?
A champion who has won 8 championships in the Olympic cycle, especially the singles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships and the championship of the continental competition, why did Wang Manyu lose to Chen Meng, who has not won a singles championship for 2 years and only has 2 commercial championships in a cycle?
Looking at the rules and the current Olympic selection points, it seems to be no problem, but a closer study will find that the rules have changed several times, and there seems to be a lot of tricks.
Not to mention that Wang Manyu lost to Batra in the second round of the Saudi Grand Slam, which is not normal in itself. It seems that this loss to the Indian monster player seems to be an upset, but in fact, this upset is definitely not simple. Wang Manyu has not lost to Batra before, nor has he lost to Japan.
Chen Meng also relied on the brave performance of the Saudi Grand Slam and the performance of eliminating 3 Japanese main players in a row, and at the end of the Olympic trials, he completed the counterattack and completed the "whistle kill".
Ma Lin responded to the national table tennis Olympic lineup like this:
Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng ranked in the top 2 in the Olympic selection points and were selected for the singles list. Wang Manyu fought tenaciously and actively won glory throughout the preparation process, and was the best candidate to serve as the third person in the group. The selection of P card players mainly considers doubles ability and comprehensive strength in recent years, and the coaching staff unanimously believes that Wang Yidi is suitable.
Fans are quite dissatisfied, thinking that Ma Lin's speech is a bit muddy, what is "the best choice for the third person of the group"? Wang Manyu has normal strength and is the best candidate for Olympic singles. Sun Yingsha is more stable, in addition, no one can really match Wang Manyu.
At this point, fans are quite worried, if the Olympic singles, Chen Meng will be upset in advance, and if Sun Yingsha also has an accident, let alone the finals of the national table tennis, the champion may be lost...... It's still Wang Manyu stable! Chen Meng has lost against Romania and Japan in the past, and the competition in the Olympics is so fierce......