On October 13, it was reported that in the just-concluded Asian Table Tennis Championships, the Chinese women's table tennis suffered the worst record since the establishment of the event in 1972, and the women's singles, women's doubles, and women's team all missed the championship, creating a shameful record of 0 championships for the first time in 52 years! Of course, there are reasons such as Chen Meng, Wang Manyu not participating in the competition, and Sun Yingsha's physical fatigue, but it also exposes the lack of follow-up of the national table tennis women's team.
Chinese women's table tennis suffered a heavy schedule after the Paris Olympics, Olympic women's singles champion Chen Meng has not returned to the team since the end of the Olympics, Sun Yingsha although the strength is unique, but has been tired of fighting, unable to continue, and Wang Manyu was forced to withdraw due to family matters before the start of the match, Sun Yingsha led the team to lose 1-3 to Japan in the women's team final.
Since 2007, this is the first time that Chinese women's table tennis has lost the women's team championship at the Asian Championships.
After Sun Yingsha voluntarily withdrew from the individual competition due to physical reasons, the Chinese women's team, which lacked the backbone, performed sluggishly. Shi Xunyao lost to Hong Kong's Du Kaiqian in the 1/16 final, Wang Yidi lost 0-3 to the champion and North Korea's Kim Qinying in the 1/8 final, and Ku Man lost to Shin Yubin in the 1/8 final, only Chen Xingtong reached the top 8, but lost to Japan's Miwa Zhang in the 1/4 final.
Such a result also completely exposed the lack of follow-up of women's table tennis, and there were big problems in the construction of women's table tennis echelon. Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu showed their heads at the 2017 Open and the 2016 Table Tennis Super League. Two Olympic cycles have passed, and no new star has come close so far.
At the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu will be 28 and 29 years old respectively. Even if you are in good physical condition, you can still fight, but what next?
In women's doubles, Chen Xingtong/Kuo Man, a temporary pair, who had no official competition partner experience, passed all the way to the quarterfinals against the world's No. 2 Shen Yubin/Tian Zhixi and advanced to the quarterfinals.
In the semi-finals on the 13th, the pair lost 10-12, 9-11, 11-13 to world No. 7 Satsuki Oto/Sakura Yokoi, and the Japan pair won three titles and one runner-up in this year's WTT Challenger, and finally defeated teammates Mimi Haramoto and Miyu Kihara to win the title.
The Asian Championships was founded in 1972, and the Chinese women's table tennis has at least one gold medal in each session, and only two times have missed the women's singles and women's team championships. In 1974, the Chinese women's team won the women's doubles gold medal, which was the worst record. In 2005, the Chinese team lost two gold medals in the team and singles, but won the women's doubles championship and runner-up.
Women's table tennis head coach Ma Lin led the team to refresh a new low in Chinese women's table tennis at this Asian Championships, does he have to pay for the 52-year women's table tennis record of 0 championships?
Ironically, in a previous interview with CCTV, Ma Lin once said that she would start from "0", "At the beginning of the new cycle, we must prepare from more strict management." Starting with our Olympic champions, to our young players, I feel like we're all on the same page, we're starting from scratch. No one knows what will happen in the new cycle, our young players also have a chance, and I hope that our Olympic champions can better maintain their overall ability, but they are ahead before, and the new cycle hopes that they will be better able to face the competition in the team. ”
In this regard, netizens said, "This prosperous world is as Ma Lin wishes"
": It all starts with a man who can cook......"
"Congratulations for creating a new all-time low, the only card is still won by Sasha's overdraft"
"The head coach of the women's team didn't say that everything started from scratch, now it really starts with "0"
": It is recommended to strictly investigate, the echelon construction can't keep up, and try to catch the main teammates"
"Come back and summarize what the reasons are, it's not a matter of athlete level"
"Please hold the head coach of the women's team accountable!! Please arrange the schedule of the event reasonably, and please cherish the athletes! ”