With Paris 2024 just two months away, the most important sporting event of the year, it is every athlete's lifelong dream to participate in the number one international event, which takes place every four years. As one of the representatives of the national sport, Fan Zhendong has already participated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, when he won the men's singles runner-up, and the industry originally regarded him as the favorite to win the 2024 Paris Olympics, but the recent sluggish performance has caused the outside world to worry.
Just a few days ago, when the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced the list of participants for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Fan Zhendong came up with two stunned words "last dance", friends with a certain English foundation know that this meaning extends to "the last time", then this may also mean that Fan Zhendong retired with Ma Long after participating in the Paris Olympics (Ma Long hinted that he was about to say goodbye to the national team last year), this news undoubtedly shocked the majority of fans!
After all, Fan Zhendong, who was born in January 1997, is only 27 years old this year, which is the golden age of athletes, even if he insists on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, he will only be 31 years old at that time, and this year's 36-year-old Ma Long will participate in the Olympics for the fourth time, it is indeed a pity that Fan Zhendong retired so early.
Of course, Fan Zhendong's "last dance" may not be the last time he intends to participate in the Olympic Games, and it may also have a desperate taste, after all, his current age is the peak of an athlete, if he can't win the men's singles championship in this Olympics, I'm afraid that the hope will be smaller after 4 years, and it is difficult to say whether he can get the men's singles quota at that time. Therefore, Fan Zhendong is likely to bet all his bets on this Olympics, and if he doesn't succeed, he will become a beneficiary.
It should be pointed out that Fan Zhendong's mentality of breaking the kettle may not necessarily have a positive impact on him, and it may make him psychologically overburdened, resulting in abnormal performance on the spot.
Judging from Fan Zhendong's recent performance, he is easily disturbed by the outside world and then affects his mood and game performance, and the recent "concert", "ID card" and "watching the ball" incident have seriously affected his results, and Wang Chuqin has won many championships in a row, if it is not for Ma Long's advanced age, Fan Zhendong's second singles place may not be guaranteed, so Fan Zhendong may encounter Waterloo in advance in this Paris Olympics, I hope the result is not so.