The table tennis women's singles final of the 2024 Paris Olympics has ended, and the national table tennis won the championship and runner-up strongly.
Chen Meng lost several games in the first game, and quickly reversed, including the final. At the post-match press conference, Chen Meng said, "At the moment of hugging, I told her 'come on'. I think four years is a long time for athletes, but anything can happen as long as you work hard and don't give up. I believe that the future of Sasha will be even better.
Chen Meng said that he has only won Sun Yingsha twice in the past two years, once at the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam in May this year, and the final was also a 4-2 victory over Sun Yingsha, and once in the Macau Championship last year, when she kept a clean sheet against Sun Yingsha, who was in hot form.
In fact, Chen Meng's state is relatively stable this year, losing the Busan team competition and losing Hayada once, and other competitions are very stable, especially in May and June, the state has been further improved, after winning Sun Yingsha at that time, it is already close to the peak, it can be said that in the past three years, Chen Meng is in the best state in these months, just in time for the Olympics, or can he adjust to the best when the Olympics come.
If the Olympic Games were held last year, Sun Yingsha's probability of winning the championship can be said to be more than 95%, last year was Sun Yingsha's best state, and last year's Chen Meng's state had ups and downs, and she didn't win a championship, so it is difficult for athletes to maintain their best condition for a long time.
If it weren't for the national table tennis later revising the Olympic singles competition rules, this seat would be Wang Manyu, and perhaps Chen Meng would be destined to be the women's singles champion.
Sun Yingsha said that although there are still regrets, she will continue to come again. There is no big problem with the technical performance of the whole game, or I am a little anxious in my mentality, Sister Meng's performance today is really good, she has been very firm, has been running through her skills and tactics, and the whole person is attacking.
In fact, both of us played very well today, and we were biting (the score) at one point, but I think it was more important that I was 9-7 in the fifth game, in fact, I had opened up the situation a little, or I had some mental anxiety, I think this was the most critical point of the whole game.
In the past three years, there have been some breakthroughs, and some may not have broken through. God is fair, maybe I can do better, God may not want me to complete my dream in such a short time. Maybe let me accumulate and boil it again.
Before the final, there was already an entry that Sun Yingsha may achieve the fastest Grand Slam in 433 days - if Sun Yingsha wins the championship, she will surpass Zhang Jike's 445 days in 433 days, setting a new record for the fastest time to complete a Grand Slam in table tennis; She will also be the first "post-00" player to win a Grand Slam in national table tennis. This pressure is not just today, but has long been on the shoulders of the 23-year-old.
Asked if winning the Olympic silver medal again can end, Sun Yingsha said frankly: "I can accept it, but I actually have regrets, and I have fought to this point." It's been 7 years, isn't it a ten-year appointment? I'm going to try to do it again in Los Angeles, I don't know if I'll be able to play in Los Angeles (laughs), but I'll play the team competition and work together with my teammates to win the championship.
Because of the tasks undertaken by the entire Olympic Games, including the body, there is actually some fatigue now.
According to Coach Daisuke Ishida, due to inflammation of the muscles near Hayata's left wrist, he continued to recover with an ultrasound therapy device for about 7 hours after the end of the semifinals on the 2nd. Coach Ishida also put the same bandage on his right arm as Hayada to limit his hand movement and develop tactics. She said with red eyes: "I thought it was 100% impossible (to win a medal)." Unbelievable, miraculous. ”
Japanese media report: Hayata, who was injured and won bronze, cried: "More valuable than a gold medal", this is Japan's second consecutive podium in this event after Misei Ito won the bronze medal at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics.
After the game, she crouched beside the glittering court of glory and sweat, covering her face with her hands, unable to find a way to suppress her tears. Hina Hayada said, "A bronze medal won in this situation is more valuable than a gold medal.
Hina Hayata's "peers", who were also born in 2000, include Miu Hirano and Misei Ito. Ito competed at the Rio 2016 Olympics and Miu Hirano won the 2017 Asian Championships, and Hayada is a big gap compared to the front.
When Ito and Hirano competed at the Tokyo Olympics, Hayada was a substitute. Ito won medals in Rio and Tokyo, and Miu Hirano in Tokyo. Despite taking a little more time than the two, the third arrow of the "Golden Generation" stood on the podium of the Paris Olympics as Japan's top athlete.