Today, Xinhua News Agency announced the list of China's top ten athletes in 2024, among which the table tennis team, Ma Long, as the first six-time Olympic champion in Chinese history, deservedly became one of the top ten athletes this year.
As a 36-year-old veteran, Ma Long played the second singles team in the Olympics this year, and with his outstanding performance, he cooperated with Wang Chuqin quite tacitly in the doubles, won a game, and did not lose a point; Previously, Ma Long passed all the way to the finals in this year's Macau World Cup, and finally fell behind 0:3 and won the World Cup in a reversal!
He also received the Career Award for Outstanding Athletes at the Paris Olympics
Ma Long is the only god in table tennis who has won a double Grand Slam, and the award of this top ten athlete is well deserved!
But this selection also caused dissatisfaction among a small number of Fan Zhendong fans, saying why not Fan Zhendong? Fan Zhendong guards the whole region in the Olympics, and the team has a single, is it more suitable for this top ten athlete to give Fan Zhendong?
In fact, Fan Zhendong's results this year are also good, the Busan World Table Tennis Championships team carried two points in a single order, and the Olympic defense was in the whole region and won the super slam. But on the whole, except for these two years, his results this year are not his best time, many WTT games are not in good shape, the World Cup is also lost to Francesca, the Olympic team did not lose points, everyone is doing their part, so this is also the reason for the loss!
I think this year's top ten table tennis athletes for Ma Long is the most undoubted, creating the history of 6 Chinese Olympic champions, the only one in the sports world, he has fought with his love to the present, and has become a spiritual pillar in the national team table tennis, which can only be said to be well deserved!