On May 14, Beijing time, the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced all the participants in the Paris Olympics on social platforms, and the women's team was controversial, among which Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, and Sun Yingsha appeared in the women's team competition together, and the singles qualification was led by Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng. We also look forward to the national table tennis women's team to achieve good results on the stage of the Paris Olympic Games.
Compared with the squad of the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, when Liu Shiwen was a member of the women's team and Wang Manyu was a P card player, the mixed doubles combination of Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin at that time lost to Misei Ito and Mizutani Hayabusa, Wang Manyu was temporarily activated in the women's team competition, and finally stood on the top podium to help the team stand on the highest podium. Since then, Wang Manyu has also started his own road to winning the championship, Wang Manyu has won 8 championships, while Chen Meng has only won two commercial championships, but he can squeeze out Wang Manyu to play in singles, which has caused controversy among outside fans.
Wang Manyu's fans also listed Chen Meng's Paris Olympic cycle, with a total of two commercial singles titles, 4 losses to foreign associations, 3 consecutive losses to Romania and one loss to Japan's Hina Hayata, but the coaching staff has 4 singles selection rules. Wang Manyu has twice as many singles championships as Chen Meng, winning 8 championships in the entire Paris Olympic cycle, including the 3 major tournaments with the highest gold content and the intercontinental singles championship, but this time he did not qualify for the singles of the Paris Games.
As the head coach of national table tennis, Ma Lin actually gave an explanation for why this situation occurred. After the national table tennis announced the singles lineup for the Paris Olympics, why did Wang Manyu miss the singles and could only play the team? Ma Lin said that Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng's Olympic points are currently the highest ranked, and these two people have undoubtedly qualified for singles. Wang Manyu showed tenacity throughout the preparation process, and his individual ability was also very good, so he participated in the team battle.
As for why Wang Manyu was not allowed to play alone? In fact, the reason is very simple, Ma Lin believes that it is not said that Chen Meng's overall strength is stronger than Wang Manyu, this time in the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam event, Wang Manyu lost to the Indian player and went out early, which is also an important reason for missing the Olympic Games. In fact, the most important thing to show is that the ability to resist pressure is not strong, and he has worked hard in front of him, and he has always been ahead of Chen Meng, especially in the first 3 major competitions in 2024, he only lost to Sun Yingsha for one championship and two runners-up, but he did not bear the pressure at the last critical moment to cause the consequences.
Chen Meng is currently 30 years old and may not have a high ceiling as Wang Manyu, but his performance is more stable. In other words, Chen Meng may not be able to help the national table tennis win the championship, but he will not be out of the tournament in one round, which may be the biggest reason why Chen Meng was selected. As for the fans, they can only accept it silently, and now Wang Manyu still has the qualifications of the women's team, and I hope she can play well.
Xuefeng, a well-known education blogger, also stated on social platforms that Wang Manyu, as his hometown, is the pride of Qiqihar, and every time there is no Wang Manyu to turn the tide in a key game, there will be no overlord. Zhang Xuefeng also claimed to invite Wang Manyu as the company's spokesperson, and it can be seen that most fans in the outside world highly recognize Wang Manyu, and it is very regrettable that he was defeated this time. What do friends think about this? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area to discuss.