In China, table tennis is known as the national sport, with a good mass base, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, countless outstanding players emerged, going forward to defend the honor of the national ball. However, in the context of abundant talent, there are many outstanding players who are destined to fail to make it to the Olympic singles hall.
Tragic hero one: Wang Manyu
Wang Manyu, born in Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province in 1999, won the women's team championship of the 54th World Table Tennis Championships on May 6, 2018. In August 2018, she won the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games table tennis women's team championship and women's singles championship. In 2019, she won the women's doubles championship and the third place in women's singles at the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest. In August 2021, she won the women's table tennis team championship at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In November 2021, she won the women's singles championship and women's doubles championship at the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships. In April 2023, she won the women's singles championship of the 2023 WTT Championships in Macao, and in September, she won the women's table tennis team championship of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Wang Manyu debuted at the peak, once became the first Chinese women's singles person, delicate technology, advanced playing style, tenacious style, but two Olympic Games missed the women's singles list, Tokyo Olympics P card, Paris Olympics team, unfortunately lost the opportunity to win the women's singles king, can not compare with the predecessors.
Tragic hero two: Liu Shiwen
Liu Shiwen, born in Fushun City, Liaoning Province in 1991, is a three-time singles champion of the 2009 Guangzhou Women's Table Tennis World Cup, the 2012 Huangshi Women's Table Tennis World Cup and the 2013 Kobe Women's Table Tennis World Cup. In October 2014, she won the women's singles table tennis championship at the Incheon Asian Games. In 2015, she won the Women's Singles World Cup for the fourth time. In 2016, she won the women's team championship of the 53rd World Table Tennis Championships and the women's singles championship of the Asian Cup, and in September, she won the mixed doubles championship at the National Table Tennis Championships. In December, he was inducted into the ITTF Hall of Fame. 2019 World Table Tennis Championships Women's Singles Champion and Mixed Doubles Champion. In 2019, she won the women's singles championship of the Women's Table Tennis World Cup and became the first "five-time champion" in the history of the Women's Table Tennis World Cup. On July 26, 2021, Liu Shiwen partnered Xu Xin to win the mixed doubles runner-up at the Tokyo Olympics.
Liu Shiwen debuted at the age of 18, snatched the World Cup women's singles championship from the hands of two senior sisters, the failure of the 2010 Moscow World Championships had a huge impact on her career, although she later won the women's singles championship of the World Championships through her own efforts, but the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics made her miss her best state, and lost to Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha in the singles competition of the Tokyo Olympics, and was destined to fail to achieve the great cause of the Grand Slam with Li Xiaoxia and Ding Ning of the same era.
Tragic hero three: Zhu Yuling
Zhu Yuling, born on January 10, 1995 in Mianyang, Sichuan, 2010 World Youth Championships women's singles champion, women's doubles champion, in May 2014, won the 52nd World Table Tennis Championships women's team championship, on October 4, 2014, in the Incheon Asian Games table tennis women's singles final, Zhu Yuling won the runner-up On June 4, 2017, in the women's singles final of the World Table Tennis Championships, Zhu Yuling won the runner-up. On September 17, 2017, she won the 30th Asian Cup Women's Singles Championship in 2017. On October 30, 2017, she won the women's singles championship of the 21st Women's Table Tennis World Cup in 2017.
Zhu Yuling became famous as a teenager and once became the world No. 1 in women's singles, and was a transitional player between the two generations of players Ding Ning, Li Xiaoxia and Chen Mengsun Yingsha, but her problem of being easy to drop the chain in the tournament was criticized, so the singles list that has been missing major competitions has been retired, and she retired after the national team was gradually marginalized.