On May 14, Beijing time, the Chinese Table Tennis Association officially announced the list of participants for the Paris Olympics. Since the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced the detailed Olympic points selection rules more than a year ago, there are not many surprises on the list. It is worth noting that Liang Jingkun of the men's line and Wang Yidi of the women's line were listed as P card players of the men's team and women's team of the Chinese team. Do the two have a chance to be ordered to compete and win the Olympic gold medal like Wang Manyu in the last session? At present, if there are no major accidents in the six Olympic core forces of national table tennis, it is difficult for such an opportunity to appear. According to the overall performance of the two in the Paris cycle, if there is no big leap in their form and strength in the post-Paris period, it will be very difficult to participate in the next Olympic Games.
P card, the worst is Zhu Yuling, the luckiest Wang Manyu
The P card system began in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and so far there have been 10 P card players in national table tennis, among which the saddest fate is Zhu Yuling, and the best fate is Wang Manyu.
Zhu Yuling won the women's singles runner-up at the World Table Tennis Championships in 2017 and the women's singles champion of the individual World Cup, and the world ranking once came to No. 1. Zhu Yuling used to be the key training object of the Chinese team in the Tokyo Olympic cycle, but three reasons led to her finally disappearing from the national table tennis line - 1. The rise of the opponent (Japanese women's table tennis represented by Misei Ito); 2. The national table tennis has been determined to continue to reuse veterans Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen for a long time in the Tokyo cycle; 3. Zhu Yuling's own character flaws led to losing major games.
It is not easy for the Chinese team to cultivate a main force, and Wang Yidi, a god of foreign war decline, can still get an Olympic P card, which is enough to see the good intentions of the coaching staff. In the women's singles final of the Swedish Open in early October 2018, Zhu Yuling lost 0-4 to Misei Ito, and more importantly, Li Falcon's on-the-spot guidance no longer played any role at that time. If after the Rio Olympics, the national table tennis decisively gave up Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen early in early 2017, and it is likely that Zhu Yuling, Chen Meng, and Sun Yingsha will go to the Tokyo Olympics.
In the first battle in Tokyo, it was the Xinwen combination that accidentally lost the mixed doubles first, and the national table tennis used the P card for the first time in history, replacing Liu Shiwen with Wang Manyu, and Wang Manyu became the Olympic champion.
Liang Jingkun and Wang Yidi have little chance of playing in the Olympics
This time, the mixed doubles will be played first, followed by the singles, and the men's and women's team gold medals will be determined. The men's online mixed doubles is played by Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, which is basically not a big problem. Men's singles Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, and veteran Ma Long only play in the group, unless these three have unexpectedly big injuries and can't play, otherwise Liang Jingkun can only feel the atmosphere with the team this time.
Wang Yidi's situation is also very similar, this time the Olympic women's singles are still Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng, and Wang Manyu, who is also very strong, only has team competition tasks, and it is basically difficult for Wang Yidi to get the opportunity to play.
Liang Jingkun is 27 years old, and he will be 31 years old at the next Los Angeles Olympics. Whether he can grow into an absolute main force after four years also depends on the situation of many parties. If Ma Long still wants to continue to fight on the front line, then the national table tennis men's line in the next Olympics will at least have Wang Chuqin and Ma Long, and Fan Zhendong will not play at that time? Will Lin Shidong rush up? What is more critical is whether Liang Jingkun can grow up on his own, whether the stability of foreign wars can be improved, and whether he can show his strength in the international arena.
Wang Yidi, now 27 years old, faces even more competition at the next Olympics. Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu are younger than her, and the follow-up new forces of the national table tennis women's line are also thriving. If Wang Yidi wants to become the core and main force of the Chinese team in the next Olympic Games, he must undergo a reborn transformation in the next four years.
List of P card personnel of Chinese table tennis in previous Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Olympics: Chen Xi, Li Xiaoxia
London 2012: Liu Shiwen, Xu Xin
Rio 2016: Fan Zhendong, Zhu Yuling
Tokyo 2021: Wang Chuqin, Wang Manyu
Paris 2024: Liang Jingkun, Wang Yidi