On May 14, 2024, Beijing time, the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced the national table tennis Olympic lineup, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng qualified for the women's singles, Wang Manyu was overtaken by Chen Meng at the last moment and missed the Olympic women's singles, but participated in the Paris Olympics as the third person in the team, and the Tokyo Olympic champion trident played together again.
The head coach of the women's team, Ma Lin, explained the reason why Wang Manyu did not make it to the women's singles, which is simply that according to the selection rules, she failed to make it into the top two in the Olympic selection points. However, Ma Lin also praised Wang Manyu, bluntly saying that Wang Manyu showed the spirit of tenacious struggle and personal strength to win glory for the country throughout the preparation process, and was the best candidate to be the third person in the group.
In the past three years, Wang Manyu's results have been really good, and she has changed the head coach and suffered injuries, which is not easy. It can be said that Wang Manyu encountered a lot of difficulties, but she gritted her teeth and persevered, overcame many difficulties, and won a good opportunity for herself. It's a pity that the rules of the Olympic selection changed in the middle of the selection, and Wang Manyu lost the foreign battle in the final match of the selection, causing her previous efforts to be in vain, and finally missed the Olympic women's singles qualification.
Teacher Zhang Xuefeng, an expert in the field of education, issued an article to publicly support Wang Manyu. The original words are: Wang Manyu is my fellow countryman and the pride of Qiqihar! Every key point in a key game, without our fellow countrymen to turn the tide, there would have been no hegemon, this is my favorite female table tennis player, not only because I am a fellow countryman, but I can really stand up at the critical moment! It doesn't matter if you can play singles or not, sooner or later I will ask you to be the spokesperson of our company.
Subsequently, Zhang Xuefeng deleted the content on the public platform, but made it clear that when Wang Manyu finished participating in the Olympic Games, no matter what the results of the women's team were, the company would reward her with 1 million yuan alone.
As Zhang Xuefeng said, Wang Manyu has shown his strength at critical moments many times, and as the main force of national table tennis, he is certainly worthy of the Olympic quota. However, Zhang Xuefeng spoke out at this time and was questioned about taking advantage of marketing and consumption of national table tennis. Some fans said that no matter whether Zhang Xuefeng is kind or deliberate, everyone knows the huge fan base and popularity of the national ball, and his last sentence asked Wang Manyu to be the spokesperson and directly rushed to the first place in the hot search, I don't know Zhang Xuefeng's will definitely search for it, right? So, the fan base was arguing wildly.
In any case, I hope Wang Manyu can adjust her mentality and play in the Olympics in the best condition, it is a pity to miss the Olympic women's singles, but it is a special honor to be able to participate in the Olympic Games. The national table tennis is full of talents, the competition in the team is very fierce, but in the end, only 6 people can stand on the Olympic stage, and Wang Manyu belongs to one of them, this is success, she is still young, I believe that as long as she persists, she will usher in a real opportunity for herself, Ma Long is the best example!