On May 14, the Chinese Table Tennis Association officially announced the list of national table tennis participants in the Paris Olympics, and Wang Manyu in the women's single event was replaced by Chen Meng, causing strong dissatisfaction from the outside world.
Source: General Administration of Sport of China
Many netizens complained about Wang Manyu, and threw Chen Meng a few streets away in terms of performance, and his strength is much stronger, is it because Chen Meng has only had a singles championship in a few years that he has denied another player?
And Mr. Zhang Xuefeng, as a public figure, can't stand the people who once won glory for the country, and now they are being treated unfairly.
Some netizens listed that in the Paris Olympics cycle, Wang Manyu and Chen Meng fought 11 times, and they were in an absolute lead with 9 wins and 2 losses.
Especially in this year's Singapore Grand Slam and Incheon Championships, Wang Manyu defeated Chen Meng twice, but in the end, Chen Meng qualified for singles (for reference only).
After reading the comments of countless netizens, the main contradiction is not on Chen Meng, but on the selection rules "only integral theory".
According to the relevant provisions of the Chinese Table Tennis Association's "Selection Measures for Table Tennis Events 2024 Paris Olympic Games", according to the bonus points of players in the 2023.5.8-2024.5.14 international competition, plus the world ranking points, the two female players with the highest sum represent China in women's singles.
Source: Beijing Daily
Before the start of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, Wang Manyu was ranked higher than Chen Meng in the world rankings, second only to Sun Yingsha.
Source: WTT
However, Chen Meng achieved a shocking comeback in this match, first beating three Japanese players in three consecutive cities, and then defeating teammate Sun Yingsha in the final to win the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam.
The women's singles No. 2 seed Wang Manyu lost to India's Batra, ranked 39th in the world, and fell in front of the round of 16.
According to the latest rules, female players who lose to foreign associations in Saudi Arabia Grand Slams will be deducted 3,000 bonus points.
Although Wang Manyu and Chen Meng's women's doubles won 3:0 against the South Korean team and made up for the score, Chen Meng's women's singles championship added a real score.
It can only be said that it is a pity that Wang Manyu missed the front hoof in this game, otherwise he would really have a chance to compete with Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha.
can't put too much pressure on the players, after all, there are so many top athletes in national table tennis, who can remain undefeated all the time? Even the "fat man who doesn't know how to play" has had times when he was in bad shape.
The reason why this selection is "only the theory of points" is because in the selection of previous years, points are only the foundation, and more important is the achievements and comprehensive quality in the past two years.
Nowadays, the practice of judging which players will win glory for the country by only looking at the points of the World Championship has some limitations, and it cannot fully represent the comprehensive strength of the players.
If the selection is still carried out according to the requirements of previous years, even if Wang Manyu really loses the election, I believe there will not be such a big opposition on the Internet.
After all, Wang Manyu's performance in the past few years has been too good, and various championships have been soft in recent years.
It's a disappointment to not make the Olympic singles list, but sports aren't all about competition! You can win 99 times, but being eliminated at the crucial one is a defeat.
What's more, Chen Meng has reached the top of the women's singles world No. 1 throne in 2018, a few years earlier than the "big devil" Sun Yingsha, but there are a few champions in recent years, which does not mean that Chen Meng is not good.
So why are netizens only controversial about the second place, and not mentioning the first place Sun Yingsha?
For no other reason, since Sun Yingsha was promoted to the national first team in 2017, she has never said on her resume that there has been a vacancy in any year.
If the speed fluctuations of other team members are relatively large like rallies, Sun Yingsha is like a straight line F1 car, not giving others the opportunity to overtake in corners.
Based on the women's singles world ranking points and international competition bonus points announced by the International Table Tennis Federation on May 14, Sun Yingsha ranked the top two in the team's Olympic standings with 30,050 points (women's singles world ranking points 9,200 points + international competition bonus points of 20,850 points) and Chen Meng with 17,960 points (women's singles world ranking points of 6,410 points + international competition bonus points of 11,550 points).
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Whoever represents China at the Paris Olympics, we should support the coaching staff's decision and give confidence to the athletes, and don't let public opinion affect the athletes' form.
They are all very good athletes, and I believe that the national table tennis coaching staff will not joke about national honors.
Information sources:
Beijing Daily reported on April 13, 2024 on "The Chinese Table Tennis Association Optimizes the Olympic Selection Method for the Women's Team".
WTT World Table Tennis Federation 2024.5.7 official Weibo
People's Daily Online 2021.4.30 reported on ""Winning Tokyo": The National Table Tennis Selection Method Announced the Chinese Swimming Qualifying Tournament".
Guangzhou Daily's official Weibo on May 14, 2024