Recently, the Chinese Table Tennis Association released the national team squad for the Paris Olympics, and as expected, Wang Manyu failed to grab the women's singles ticket. Although the dust has settled on the list, the controversy has intensified! Because Wang Manyu lost the singles opportunity, a large number of fans wrote a 10,000-word long article and went straight to the General Administration of Sports of China, pointing out that Liu Guoliang's selection method was unreasonable!
On this Olympic list, we can see that Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong will compete in the men's singles, while the Iron Triangle Ma Long will join the men's team battle sequence. As for Liang Jingkun, he was lucky to have a P card. On the women's table tennis side, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng won the right to play in the women's singles, Wang Manyu will participate in the competition of the women's team, and Wang Yidi also broke out of the encirclement and got the P card. The focus naturally fell on Wang Manyu, and many fans shouted injustice about it!
We have to feel a little sorry for Wang Manyu. In the past Saudi Arabia Table Tennis Harvest Tournament, Wang Manyu unfortunately fell into a defeat and was defeated by India's number one female player Batra. Because of this loss, Wang Manyu had to accept a deduction of 3,000 points.
Really, the situation seemed to be good at the beginning, but who would have thought that suddenly the situation would change color and be reversed by the opponent. At the critical moment, Wang Manyu was originally ahead, and even the victory was close at hand, but as a result, he was accidentally reversed. In the end, she was eliminated with a score of 1-3 and lost the qualification for the Olympic women's singles.
The root of the joint complaint from the fan group is that they think that the selection criteria deployed by Liu Guoliang are very problematic! Throughout the Paris Olympic cycle, Wang Manyu won 8 world singles championships, while Chen Meng only won 2 titles. Compared with Wang Manyu's excellent record, Chen Meng is obviously at a disadvantage, how can she surpass Wang Manyu in one fell swoop to get the right to participate in the Olympic women's singles?
Not to mention anything else, in terms of losing foreign wars, Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha also missed during the Olympic cycle, but they were not deducted points, which is completely unequal treatment for Wang Manyu. Fans not only suggested that the selection system of the Japan Table Tennis Association must be reshaped, but also used the standards of the Japan Table Tennis Association as a reference to point out the differences.
What is the truth, to be honest, the fans are justified, and Liu Guoliang is not bent on going his own way, he really wants to blame, he can only say that Wang Manyu lost the game that should not have been lost. After the Macau World Cup, Wang Manyu's points were originally 1,555 points ahead of Chen Meng. As long as Wang Manyu remains undefeated, even if Chen Meng finally wins the championship, Wang Manyu can still beat Chen Meng by a slight margin and qualify for the Olympic women's singles.
As for the selection mechanism, the model of the Japan Table Tennis Association is not necessarily suitable for the Chinese table tennis team. Now that the matter has come to this, no amount of dissatisfaction can only accept the reality. As loyal fans, let us silently cheer for the national table tennis players and look forward to them winning more glory at the Paris Olympics! Rush forward!