The list of national table tennis Paris Olympics has finally been officially announced!
On May 14, the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced the list of athletes participating in the women's singles and men's and women's team events of the Chinese national table tennis team at the 2024 Paris Olympics on its official website.
A week ago, the Chinese Table Tennis Association had announced the list of athletes participating in the mixed doubles and men's singles events of the national table tennis at the Paris Olympics.
At this point, the complete list of national table tennis for the Paris Olympics has been released ⬇
Men's singles: Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong
Women's singles events: Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng
Mixed doubles: Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha
Men's team events: Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long
Women's team events: Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu
Men's AP Substitute Athlete: Liang Jingkun
Women's AP substitute athlete: Wang Yidi
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Why them?
Let's take a look at the interpretation of the national table tennis coaches first-
Women's team head coach Ma Lin: Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng ranked the top two in the Olympic selection points and were selected for the singles list. In the whole process of preparation, Wang Manyu showed the spirit of tenacious struggle and winning glory for the country and his personal strength, 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 the most suitable.
Men's team head coach Wang Hao: Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong deserve to be the top two singles and team players selected. Ma Long has participated in many Olympic Games, won three men's team and two men's singles championships, and his performance in various competitions in the past year is also obvious to all, and he is fully qualified to be the third person in the team. The P-card athlete chose Liang Jingkun because the coaching staff valued his progress and quality in the Paris Olympic cycle.
National Team Head Coach Li Falcon: The selection for the Paris Olympics is to better complete the task of participating in the Paris Olympics. The coaching staff strictly followed the selection method, and the final selected Olympic squad will represent China, which will definitely win glory for the country and continue to write the glory of national table tennis.
In the past three years, the performance of the national table tennis players has been seen by everyone. No matter how the "Table Tennis 2024 Paris Olympics Selection Measures" is formulated, who can participate in the Paris Olympics comes down to the athlete's performance + coaching staff selection.
On the men's side, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong have long been ranked in the top two in the world rankings, and in recent years, the men's singles championships in major events such as the World Table Tennis Championships, WTT Grand Slam, and Asian Games have basically been divided between them, so there is no controversy about the two of them playing in men's singles.
Ma Long's performance has declined in recent years, but he can still stabilize the other players behind him, and it is more reasonable for him to serve as the third singles.
In addition to the three main forces in men's singles, Liang Jingkun is the No. 4 person in terms of world ranking and competition results. Some time ago, Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong had a lot of highlight performances, but unfortunately the state came out too late, and it was too late to catch up with Liang Jingkun.
If the "division of labor" between the four male players is clearly layered, then the competition between the four female players is much more brutal.
In the past three years, the Chinese women's table tennis team has won the women's singles semi-finals many times, with Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi also firmly occupying the top four positions in the world.
After the Tokyo Olympics, Wang Manyu was the first to break out, and she was invincible at the Shaanxi National Games and the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston. The second to break out was Sun Yingsha, who climbed to her best form and never let the world No. 1 fall away, so her inclusion in the singles list is the least suspenseful.
Later, Wang Yidi once came to the second place in the world, Wang Manyu also rebounded strongly, and the competition for the Olympic women's singles quota entered a white-hot state.
At the last moment, last Olympic women's singles gold medalist Chen Meng finally found her best form, and she defeated three Japanese women and Sun Yingsha to win the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam women's singles title.
Before the Olympic list was announced, Chen Meng successfully completed the overtake.
In mixed doubles, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha have been in a state of "seeking defeat alone" for the past three years, and they deserve to represent the national table tennis.
Overall, the list of "main + P card" of national table tennis is composed of these people, which is basically in line with outside expectations. Only the second choice of the women's singles is controversial or discussed, but from the perspective of the overall situation of national table tennis, whether Chen Meng or Wang Manyu plays in the singles, it is enough to reassure.
How much gold can they get?
The goal of national table tennis is, of course, to win 5 golds, because there are a total of 5 gold medals in the Olympic table tennis events.
From the perspective of strength, the probability of national table tennis winning 5 gold medals is very high, but there are some factors that may cause accidents, and we must also be vigilant.
What distinguishes the Olympics from other events is not only its unique importance, but also the preciousness of its participation places. In the World Table Tennis Championships, WTT Grand Slam and other events, it is not uncommon for national table tennis players to win the top four in singles, but it is impossible to happen in the Olympic Games, because in the Olympic singles event, we can only send two people to participate.
A small number of entrants means a low margin for error, and if one of the two goes out early, the pressure on the remaining one is unimaginable.
In women's singles, there are very few people who can cause us problems, and although Hina Hayata, the "strongest foreign enemy", has some victories against Chinese players, her chances of winning against Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng are still very low.
The men's singles face a bigger challenge, but it's hard to guess who will cause us problems. In the past few years, players such as Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Zhang Yuzhen, Lin Yunru, Hugo Calderano, Francesca and other players have had brief outbursts, and the Lebrun brothers are also playing at home this time, which cannot be ignored.
In the last Olympic Games, the national table tennis did not win the mixed doubles gold medal. In this Olympic Games, the national table tennis sent Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha to compete. Although there is only one pair, although the last Olympics unexpectedly missed, the national table tennis won this mixed doubles gold medal, which should still be very stable.
The team event is also very stable, because even if a player loses in the team event, there is still a chance to recover. If anyone can pose a threat to the Chinese team in the team competition, it should be the Japanese men's and women's teams.
To summarize simply, the two team events, both in terms of strength and rules, are the most stable.
In women's singles, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng are enough to sweep all opponents, and they are also very stable.
In mixed doubles, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha are super strong, but only one pair participated, and there was no room for error.
In men's singles, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong are of course the two strongest players, but the impact and uncertainty they face should be the most among the five individual events.
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