Since the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced the lineup for the Paris Olympics, in the past few days, Wang Manyu's defeat and Chen Meng's shortlisting have become a hot topic among fans!
Many fans can't figure out that in the entire Paris Olympic cycle, Wang Manyu obviously won eight singles championships, while Chen Meng only won two singles championships.
However, Wang Manyu was defeated in the singles of the Paris Olympics, while Chen Meng was successfully shortlisted, which is also the main reason for the controversy among fans!
For a while, various conspiracy theories also came into being, Ma Lin was deliberately suppressing Wang Manyu, and Wang Manyu suffered serious injustice in the team!
Is this really the case?
On May 15 last year, the Chinese Table Tennis Association released the selection rules for singles for the Paris Olympics, according to the rules, the selection cycle is from May 7, 2023 to May 7, 2024, and later extended to May 14, with a selection cycle of one year.
During this selection cycle, the World Table Tennis Championships, Asian Games, Asian Championships, World Cup, WTT Grand Slam, WTT Championships, WTT Finals, as well as the team competitions of the Asian Championships, Asian Games and World Table Tennis Championships are included in the selection scope.
So, let's take a look at what championships Wang Manyu won in this selection cycle.
In this selection cycle, Wang Manyu won the women's singles championship at the Asian Championships and the women's singles championship at the Singapore Grand Slam! Some fans may say that Wang Manyu also won the women's singles championship of the Taiyuan Regular Challenge!
But I'm sorry, the Taiyuan Regular Challenge is a low-level event with no bonus points!
And Chen Meng only won one women's singles championship in the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam in this selection cycle!
On the surface, Wang Manyu's three championships must be more than Chen Meng's one championship, but in fact, in terms of reward points, Wang Manyu did not surpass Chen Meng too much!
Because in addition, in last year's World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, Wang Manyu missed the semi-finals, while Chen Meng won the runner-up, Chen Meng's runner-up has 2,000 bonus points! It is enough to tie the bonus points of Wang Manyu's Asian Championships women's singles championship!
There are still many fans who have been worried about Wang Manyu's inability to play in the Asian Championships and the World Table Tennis Championships team knockout round.
But in fact, no one else can be blamed for this!
Just imagine, if Wang Manyu can reach the semifinals or even the final at the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, can Wang Manyu's world ranking drop to fifth at the Pyeongchang Asian Championships?
To be continued