It's early August, and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have come to the middle stage. As of August 6, Beijing time, the Chinese Olympic delegation has won a total of 21 gold medals, 18 silver medals and 14 bronze medals, and has achieved good results. Among the athletes of the Chinese delegation, some people have made major breakthroughs and are full of spirit; And some people have not been able to realize their ideals and ambitions, with some regrets. In addition to the gymnastics team that regretted losing the gold medal of the men's team, Wang Chuqin of the table tennis team was also very depressed.
As the top seed in the world of table tennis men's singles, Wang Chuqin lost to Sweden's Moregaard in the previous men's singles round of 32 and stopped in the round of 32. Wang Chuqin's exit can be called the biggest upset in the table tennis event of this Olympic Games. Even Moregaard himself had a hard time believing he had beaten his world-ranked No. 1 opponent. Wang Chuqin's failure may have a lot to do with the destruction of the racket, but it is not the root cause.
The most fundamental thing is that the mentality has not been adjusted well. Some people say that Wang Chuqin's strength is still not good, this is definitely not enough, no matter how bad he is, he will not be the strength to stop at the top 32. In the final analysis, it's a matter of mentality, not playing as well as you should. In any case, his stop in the round of 32 still allowed himself to be questioned from all sides. Yesterday, Sweden's Moregaard, who defeated Wang Chuqin and eventually won the silver medal, said that he played better in the final than against Wang Chuqin, which is a bit heart-wrenching Wang Chuqin.
Today, Wang Chuqin is criticized again. Former table tennis national player and world champion Zhang Jike talked about national table tennis during the live broadcast. Zhang Jike said: "The Sweden (Moregaard) family reached the final, and the people were not seeds (then the people on the side suggested that Moregaard was the No. 19 seed). Who is ranked No. 1 in the world (referring to Wang Chuqin), the first is 32, right? In and out of the words, Zhang Jike couldn't look down on Wang Chuqin's achievements this time.
It is no wonder that the 24-year-old Wang Chuqin won the Olympic mixed doubles gold medal with Sun Yingsha this year. Looking at the three major competitions, Wang Chuqin has not won a championship yet. Relative to his ranking as world No. 1 in men's singles, this is very unacceptable. And Zhang Jike was already full of honor at the age of 24, no wonder Zhang Jike, who has always been arrogant, would say such heart-wrenching words that made Wang Chuqin so heartbroken.
Wang Chuqin has to summarize and reflect on it next, if he is still in this tepid state, he may soon be surpassed and replaced by rising stars. You can lose, but you can't be beaten like that. Look at how Fan Zhendong plays, the brave wins when they meet in a narrow way, if you don't make adjustments, if you lose to Moregaard this time, who will you lose to next time? I hope Wang Chuqin can get out of the slump!