After in-depth discussion and careful consideration, the mainland women's table tennis team awarded Sun Yingsha the honorary title of the new captain! At the new round of important personnel appointments of the national team, Liu Guoliang, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, solemnly announced the news to everyone present.
The atmosphere instantly became solemn, but then there was enthusiastic applause and cheers from the fans. The decision did come as a surprise to many, especially those who loved Sun Yingsha: they knew she was talented enough for the position, but due to her young age, there was speculation that the successor might be Chen Meng.
Wang Manyu was also surprised, she thought that the experienced Chen Meng would become the new captain, but she didn't expect the final result to be Sun Yingsha, a young and promising post-90s star. Deep down, she felt a heartfelt joy for her friends.
Sun Yingsha has been full of interest in table tennis since she was a child, and began to study on her own at the age of seven, until she was successfully selected for the national team at the age of seventeen, during which she paid countless efforts and sweat. Despite her career lows, with her perseverance, she finally stood at the top of the world again.
Sun Yingsha was born in an ordinary family in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. She has a cheerful personality since she was a child, and has endless enthusiasm and yearning for all kinds of sports.
On her seventh birthday, Sun Yingsha received her first table tennis racket – a precious gift from her parents. This gift made her ecstatic and immediately plunged into the dream journey of table tennis.
Sun Yingsha has a soft spot for the sport, and every day after school, she rushes to the community room and sweats on the smooth concrete floor.
At the beginning, as a beginner, Sun Yingsha's skills were still a little immature, and she often couldn't find an opponent, so she had to swing her racket against the wall alone and listen to the pleasant sound of the racket colliding with the ping pong ball.
However, her love for table tennis has never diminished.
After the age of ten, Sun Yingsha entered a local table tennis training institution and began to receive professional and systematic training. Her talent soon attracted the attention of her coach, Ms. Zhang Chunxin, who gave her special attention and careful training.
Under the careful cultivation of Coach Zhang's exquisite skills, Sun Yingsha's table tennis skills have flourished, and her excellent understanding and excellent execution have shown otherworldly qualities. At just 12 years old, she successfully won the singles crown in the city's junior table tennis championships, which made Coach Zhang, a unique and proud student, excited.
Since then, Sun Yingsha has stepped into the broad stage of professional athletes. As a precocious and talented player, she quickly entered the national table tennis team at the age of seventeen and became a new leader in Chinese women's table tennis.
After entering the national team, Sun Yingsha has won many good results in many important international competitions, laying the core position of a new generation of Chinese women's table tennis.
In the recently concluded Hangzhou Asian Games table tennis field, although the Chinese team suffered a regrettable setback in the women's doubles event and failed to win a medal in the quarterfinals, but from the overall results, the Chinese team is undoubtedly still the biggest winner of this event.
As in the past, the Chinese table tennis team got off to a strong start, and both the men's and women's team events achieved two consecutive championships with a winning record, laying a solid foundation for the next individual competitions.
Special mention should be made of the Chinese women's table tennis team, a top team composed of three outstanding players, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, who swept the Japanese team with an overwhelming 3:0 total score in the final and won the women's team championship again.
Immediately afterwards, in the competition of the individual competition, the strength of the Chinese team broke out in an all-round way, especially Sun Yingsha, who played a triumphant song all the way. On September 29, the Asian Games table tennis women's singles final was staged in advance, attracting the warm attention of fans around the world.
This time, Sun Yingsha will once again fight with Japanese football king Hina Hayata, two long-lost rivals in the international arena, bringing a classic duel to the audience.
At the beginning of the game, the atmosphere on the field instantly became tense and intense. The two contestants competed for each other, went all out, and the scene was wonderful. However, it wasn't long before Sun Yingsha took the initiative, her attacks were so precise that her opponents often struggled to find flaws, and she led 11-6 in the first game.
However, Sun Yingsha, who had experienced a hundred battles, did not disarm and surrender because of this. Faced with such a grim situation, she calmly used her excellent psychological qualities to quickly adjust her form and devote her full energy to every touch point of the counterattack. In the fourth game, a fierce counterattack was launched and the overall score was successfully equalized.
In the final tiebreaker, Sun Yingsha played a particularly focused attitude, as if the whole person was completely integrated into the atmosphere of the game. Her ball path was varied, forcing her opponent Hina Hayada into a corner. In the end, the deciding game ended with a score of 11:8, with a total score of 4:1, and Sun Yingsha successfully defended the Asian Games women's singles championship! It was also the third Asian Games women's singles gold medal in her career.
After winning the championship, Sun Yingsha was excited, burst into tears, and praised her opponent for being a great player.
Sun Yingsha was appointed as the new captain of the national women's table tennis team, a decision that was unexpected by everyone, but it was reasonable. Because of Sun Yingsha's excellent performance on the field in recent years, she has undoubtedly become a veritable leader.
In fact, as early as the end of last year, Sun Yingsha won the World Cup women's singles championship in one fell swoop with her indisputable extraordinary strength. Since entering 2023, she has repeatedly performed miraculous achievements in many major international competitions, setting new achievements one after another, and firmly ranking first in the women's singles world rankings.
At the just-concluded Hangzhou Asian Games, Sun Yingsha is undoubtedly the most dazzling star. Not only did she defend her title in the Women's Singles, but she also showed her leadership and sense of responsibility at key moments.
For example, in the women's team final, in the match between China and Japan, Sun Yingsha was the one who shouldered the heavy responsibility in the first game. She quickly defeated Japan's Hina Hayada with a score of 11:6 to win the opportunity for the Chinese team.
Although she relaxed a little in the next two innings, at the last critical moment, Sun Yingsha withstood huge psychological pressure, stuck to the last base, and helped the Chinese team get off to a good start.
A series of wonderful performances have made the national team full of endless expectations and trust for this post-90s star. Chinese table tennis has always been full of talents, and now this banner has been taken over by the younger generation of Sun Yingsha, and we have reason to believe that she will be able to create more brilliance for the national team at a higher level.
Even if Chen Meng does not continue to serve as the captain, there is no doubt that she will play an irreplaceable role in the new journey! Through the teamwork between her and Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, we have reason to believe that the "iron triangle" combination of Chinese women's table tennis is undoubtedly a solid backing for the combat effectiveness of the whole team.
Chen Meng, the former team leader who led the team to win the team gold medal at the Rio Olympics, has accumulated rich competition experience and excellent leadership skills, so that she can still take on the responsibility of command at critical moments and contribute all her strength to the team's final victory.
What's more worth mentioning is that Chen Meng's strength in the field of individual singles is still at the top level in the world. Her accurate grasp of the situation on the field and the clever use of tactics and strategies will undoubtedly become an important guarantee for the Chinese team to compete for the gold medal in the Paris Olympics.
All in all, Chen Meng will work with Sun Yingsha and other new generation stars to build a dynamic combination of old and new, work together to write a more brilliant chapter for the honor of the motherland.