Recently, the national table tennis announced the participation list of the World Table Tennis Championships, in addition to the main players of the Tokyo Olympic Games, three young players were added: Zhou Qihao, Chen Xingtong and Wang Yidi. All three are 24 years old, and their joining has given the participating teams more vitality.
With the addition of three 24-year-old athletes, the intention of the national table tennis is actually obvious. On the one hand, the strength of the three is good enough, Zhou Qihao is a singles champion directly to the World Table Tennis Championships, this quota must be available, he has also beaten Ma Long, Fan Zhendong these masters, the strength is not bad. On the other hand, the age of the three is exactly the age group player that the national table tennis currently lacks, in the men's table tennis side, Ma Long is already a veteran in his 30s, and the younger generation has experienced the experience of the competition only 24-year-old Fan Zhendong, while Zhou Qihao is 24 years old, and his joining can add new strength to the national table tennis.
The same is true for women's table tennis, Liu Shiwen is already 30 years old, Chen Meng is also 27 years old, Sun Yingsha, who is competing in the Tokyo Olympic Games, is 21 years old, and Wang Manyu is 22 years old, and there is also a vacancy in the middle. Wang Yidi and Chen Xing joined with two 24-year-old athletes, which is a good supplement to the first-line lineup. This is also the tradition of the national table tennis team, even if the young players are excellent, they must come step by step, and it is impossible to play the World Series at once. Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu's appearance at the Tokyo Olympics is already some exception, and athletes of this age will not play too many as the main force before.
Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong are also first-class athletes in China, and they both played well early, but unfortunately they could not adjust their status before the Tokyo Olympic Games, and finally missed the Olympic Games. Many netizens said that the generation after Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen is the generation of Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong, and the two can take over Ding and Liu, and share the pressure of Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu in the case of the withdrawal of the older generation of athletes.