Wang Chuqin's progress in the Paris Olympic cycle is visible to the naked eye, and he will even replace Fan Zhendong as the most consistent player in China's men's table tennis performance in 2024, firmly occupying the No. 1 position in the world, and the Olympic selection points are also far ahead. Wang Chuqin has become the number one player in Chinese men's table tennis, and at the same time, the mixed doubles between him and Sun Yingsha has become more and more stable. At the Paris Olympics, Wang Chuqin will hit three championships. Behind his rise, Coach Xiao Zhan has made great contributions.
Xiao Zhan was a national table tennis player when he was an athlete, and after serving as a coach, he trained Zhang Jike, an Olympic champion and Grand Slam champion. Xiao Zhan is also the all-round coach of national table tennis. During the Tokyo Olympic cycle, he obeyed the team's arrangement, from men's table tennis to women's table tennis, and implemented the improvement of women's table tennis tactical masculinity.
Xiao Zhan became Wang Manyu's head coach and helped Wang Manyu improve his technique. We have seen the change of Wang Manyu, who replaced the injured Liu Shiwen in the team competition at the Tokyo Olympics, successfully completed the task and helped the national table tennis win the championship. And Wang Manyu won the World Table Tennis Championships and the National Games, and during that time she was in a hot state, defeating Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha in a row.
At that stage, Wang Manyu was at his peak. However, then the national table tennis entered a period of adjustment, and Xiao Zhan was assigned by the national table tennis to become the leader of the mixed doubles group, and was no longer the head coach of Wang Manyu. At the Tokyo Olympics, the national table tennis mixed doubles pair Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen failed to win the championship, so in the Paris Olympic cycle, the national table tennis paid more attention to the mixed doubles.
Xiao Zhan is responsible for helping the national table tennis team win the gold medal in the mixed doubles event in Paris, and he is firmly the main duo of Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha. learned the lessons of the Tokyo Olympic cycle and did not engage in those so-called gimmicks, at that time, the national table tennis inexplicably dismantled the combination of Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, let Xu Xin pair with other female players, and finally returned to Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen pairing, wasting the run-in time in vain, and at the same time making the pair of players have some self-doubt.
Xiao Zhan didn't do this set, he didn't toss around, he was paired with the Shatou combination, and he repeatedly polished these two players. Xiao Zhan also deliberately hammered Wang Chuqin's individual combat ability, he was the famous marshal who cultivated Zhang Jike, and he was also the famous marshal who transformed Wang Manyu. Under Xiao Zhan's guidance, Wang Chuqin became more fierce and determined.
In 2024, Wang Chuqin continues to win the men's singles championship and surpass Fan Zhendong to become the world's No. 1. Wang Chuqin's rise and transformation obviously need to thank Xiao Zhan for his guidance.