On May 14, Beijing time, the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced the results of the Paris Olympic selection, after announcing two places for men's singles on the 7th, which were won by Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong, and they were also automatically shortlisted for the team qualification.
Two places for women's singles were announced today, the first selection result is Sun Yingsha, the second is Chen Meng, who successfully qualified for the women's singles at the Paris Olympics and was also shortlisted for the team qualification, and Wang Manyu was shortlisted for the team.
What is controversial is that there are two P cards on the list, namely Liang Jingkun and Wang Yidi, which has caused controversy to some extent, Liang Jingkun has recently lost consecutive foreign wars, and Wang Yidi has lost to Japan's main force in a row, even if she wins Ito Misei, it is useless, because she was not shortlisted for the Japanese Olympic team.
The Chinese Table Tennis Association should be selected according to the Olympic selection points, Liang Jingkun and Wang Yidi are ranked fourth, Lin Shidong's voice is higher, young and more impactful, although Wang Yidi is fourth, but he has lost to the main Japanese team in a row, in case he comes on as a substitute.
Since the introduction of the team competition in the Olympic Games, there have been P card seats, national table tennis from the 2008 Beijing Olympics to the Tokyo Olympics, all the P card places are given to the young players about 20 years old, the Beijing Olympics were given to 20-year-old Ma Long and Li Xiaoxia, the largest is the Tokyo Olympics when Wang Manyu was 22 years old, and then look at the Rio Olympics Fan Zhendong and Zhu Yuling, are young players.
A seat in the group is decided by the national table tennis, given to Ma Long and Wang Manyu is indisputable, and the P card seems to be of little importance, but it is also necessary to consider that if you want to play, you can't afford to lose.
Coupled with the mixed doubles list announced earlier, Sun Yingsha is also three, and Wang Chuqin are both carrying the banner and need to compete in three competitions, which has never been done in the history of national table tennis, and the mixed doubles itself was a new addition to the last Tokyo Olympics.
I believe that Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha are both rushing to participate in the Paris Olympics with three golds, and they are fully equipped with this strength, and Wang Chuqin successfully won the triple crown in the just-concluded Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, of course, the opponents are also very strong.
The mixed doubles team has opponents from Japan, South Korea, etc., and the team has a very high chance of winning the championship, and the probability of winning the singles is lower than that of the mixed doubles and the team, not only the opponents of the foreign association, but also teammates.
In this Olympic cycle, Sun Yingsha's performance is very eye-catching, especially since last year, she has won more championships than the other four main players of national table tennis combined, although she lost the Singapore Grand Slam and Saudi Arabia Grand Slam championships this year, she still won the Incheon Championships and the Macau World Cup.
In women's singles, in fact, Sun Yingsha has long been able to determine a seat, because the selection points are far ahead, and the suspense lies in Chen Meng and Wang Manyu, since the selection rules were announced in May last year, Chen Meng entered the final of the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, and has been ahead of Wang Manyu. This year, Wang Manyu's state has rebounded, reaching the finals of three consecutive high-level events, surpassing Chen Meng in points, but unfortunately the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam was unexpectedly out, and after losing that game, he has basically withdrawn from the competition, Chen Meng seized the opportunity, not only won all the foreign wars, but also successfully won the championship.
Wang Manyu fell short in the end, it is indeed a pity, if the national table tennis does not revise the rules and does not use the Saudi Grand Slam as a selection assessment, then it is Wang Manyu who is selected for the singles, and sometimes the rules will change a person's fate.