After the Chinese table tennis team has finished all the competitions, it is currently assembling at the Wenzhou Olympic Sports Center.
Although the tournament is gone, a piece of news about national table tennis still attracts the attention of the majority of fans.
The news is: after Liu Guoliang's suggestion, the Chinese table tennis coaching team decided that Ma Lin would be the head coach of Sun Yingsha.
Regardless of whether this matter is true or not, we can still see from this seemingly simple news that Chinese table tennis will change greatly after the Houston World Table Tennis Championships.
The first is that Liu Shiwen may retire.
At the Tokyo Olympics, Liu Shiwen only won the silver medal in the mixed doubles competition. Although she won the mixed doubles gold medal and the bronze medal in singles at the National Games, the speculation about when she will retire has never stopped.
When answering reporters' questions at the National Games, Liu Shiwen asked "Will 'Xinwen Simulcast' be broadcast forever?" The answer to this question is very crisp, and she directly rejects the possibilities of this good wish.
In the next Table Tennis Super League, Liu Shiwen voluntarily withdrew for the first time in her career.
Although none of this has anything to do with her imminent retirement, once Marlene takes over Sun Yingsha, then the first few things may be a sign of her retirement.
This reason is very simple - if Ma Lin continues to supervise Liu Shiwen and Chen Meng, then it means that Liu Shiwen has the determination to continue to fight. Because Liu Shiwen is a key Olympic athlete, her mentor-apprentice relationship with Marlene is through "two-way selection". And with Ma Lin's limited energy, he may be in charge of Liu Shiwen, Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha at the same time, the three top players of the national team.
This is rarely precedented for Chinese table tennis teams!
So there is only one possibility - Liu Shiwen will announce her retirement after the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, because on the one hand, she has completed all the plans for the Tokyo Olympic Games cycle, and the goals of the World Table Tennis Championships and the World Cup have been achieved. On the other hand, her former teammates have all retired, all gone to get married and have children, or have a belonging, so she can't stay too long.
That is to say: if Liu Shiwen does not retire, Sun Yingsha cannot come to Marlene's name. Only when Liu Shiwen gave up her position, could Sun Yingsha learn from Marlene to become a reality!
The second is that Ma Lin is about to take over li falcon and become the head coach of Chinese women's table tennis.
The question of Li Falcon's successor has been debated for a long time among the people and netizens. Although Mu Li Falcon's name still appears in the list of the national training team, from the current indications, this is just a choice that the national table tennis has to make in order to complete the goals of the World Table Tennis Championships.
The reason for this question is also very simple -
First, the change of team will be a big taboo, which is very unfavorable for the preparation of national table tennis and the competition of the Houston World Table Tennis Championships.
Second, Li Falcon is about to reach retirement age in 2023, and the Paris Olympics are 2024, so the national table tennis must solve the problem of head coach after this year's Houston World Table Tennis Championships. Only in this way can the national table tennis systematically plan the Paris Olympic Games.
Third, Xiaobian once said in his previous article that the position of the head coach of Chinese women's table tennis, Deng Yaping, Kong Linghui and other well-known people refused to come, then the table tennis association can only be selected from within. The selection of candidates is nothing more than Ma Lin and Liu Guozheng, and it is clear that Ma Lin has been coaching the women's team since 2019, which he has an advantage over Liu Guozheng.
It can be said that the current Chinese women's table tennis can be described as a hair and a whole body - if Sun Yingsha is really in charge of Ma Lin, then behind this master-apprentice relationship is actually hidden in the very big action of the national table tennis. It's just that the current Houston World Table Tennis Championships is an overriding important task, and when the World Table Tennis Championships are over, then many news may be officially announced.
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