National table tennis can flourish for a long time, and healthy competition and echelon construction are the two magic weapons. If the controversial World Table Tennis Championships list is the product of healthy competition, then the just-concluded National Youth Championships shows the strong echelon strength of national table tennis, and the next generation of leaders has also taken shape.
The National Youth Championships featured five events, namely men's and women's teams, men's and women's singles, and mixed doubles. As a result, Jiangsu women's team's Kuo Man and Zhejiang men's team's Xiang Peng became the biggest winners, they not only won the men's and women's singles championships, but also won the mixed doubles gold medal, and also led their respective teams to win the men's team championship and the women's team runner-up.
Probably veteran fans know Kuman and Xiang Peng. Ku man is a left-handed horizontal board, the playing style is very agile, and many fans are optimistic that he can become Ding Ning's successor in the future. Xiang Peng was favored by the Grand Slam Zhang Jike, believing that he was very promising and would become a big instrument in the future, and specially gave him a few pieces of rubber for his own use. Sure enough, Xiang Peng did not live up to Zhang Jike's expectations.
It is worth mentioning that Lin Shidong, the "little fat" lin shidong, who is more familiar to fans, lost to Xiang Peng in the men's singles final and ranked second. It seems that this tiger-headed young man will have to continue to work hard if he wants to catch up with the pace of his idol. In addition, due to the overall strength of the Hainan team is still insufficient, Lin Shidong led the team to only win the 5th place of the men's team.