Recently, the Korean table tennis team announced the list of participants in the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships. The Houston World Table Tennis Championships took place from November 23 to 29.
The specific list is as follows:
Men's Singles: Lee Sang-so, Ahn Jae-hyun, Lim Jong-hoon, Jang Woo-jin, Hwang Min-ho
Women's Singles: Xu Xiaoyuan, Shen Yubin, Li Shiwen, Cui Xiaozhu, Tian Zhixi
Men's Doubles: Jang Woo-jin / Lin Jong-hoon, Ahn Jae-hyun / Cho Dae-sung
Women's Doubles: Tian Zhixi / Shin Yubin, Choi Hyo Joo / Lee Shi-wen
Mixed doubles: Zhang Yuzhen / Tian Zhixi, Zhao Dacheng / Shen Yubin
From September 28 to October 5, the 2021 Asian Championships will be held. The Asian Championships were held in Qatar. The South Korean table tennis team also announced the list of participants in the Asian Championships. The specific list is as follows:
There are many similarities between the two lists. The women's singles and women's doubles personnel list is exactly the same, the men's singles participated in the Asian Championships Zhao Chengmin did not participate in the World Table Tennis Championships, replaced by Huang Minhe. The men's doubles duo An Jae-hyun / Cho Seung-min, who participated in the Asian Championships, was replaced by Ahn Jae-hyun / Cho Dae-sung at the World Table Tennis Championships, and the mixed doubles duo an Jae-hyun / Shin Yu-bin was replaced by Cho Dae-sung / Shin Yu-bin.
Zhang Yuzhen, Tian Zhixi and Shen Yubin were reused in two competitions, all three times. In the South Korea World Table Tennis Championships Trials, Shin Yubin won seven games and ranked first. And she only lost 3 sets in 7 matches, showing great strength.
Shen Yubin is only 17 years old this year. In the Olympic selection competition of Han Ping-Pong, Shen Yubin, who was less than 17 years old at the time, achieved a record of 9 wins and 1 loss in two rounds of competitions, ranking first in the female soldiers, and was selected into the Olympic list entirely by virtue of his record. In the selection competition of the World Table Tennis Championships, Shen Yubin won the quota in seven games. She told everyone with practical actions that she was not short-lived. For the World Table Tennis Championships, Shen Yubin has a goal, she wants to get a medal. I hope that the national table tennis players can pay attention to this opponent.
Players Lee Sang-so, Jang Woo-jin, Tian Ji-hee, Choi Hyo-joo, Shin Yu-bin, including P card players Ahn Jae-hyun and Lee Shi-win, were selected for the Asian Championships and world table tennis tournaments, but the big-eyed Jung Young-sik was not selected.
Why wasn't Jung Young-sik selected for both events?
According to the Yonhap News Agency, Jung Young-sik announced that he will temporarily withdraw from the national team and will not participate in this year's Asian Championships and World Table Tennis Championships, leaving the opportunity to the younger generations and returning next year. The Korean Table Tennis Association asked Cho Seung-min to replace Jung Young-sik at the Asian Championships, and Hwang Min-ho to replace Jung Young-sik in the World Table Tennis Championships.
After Jung Young-sik withdrew from the Asian Championships and the World Table Tennis Championships, Lee Sang-so followed suit to abandon the men's doubles and the mixed doubles paired with Tian Jixi. Both the Asian Championships and the World Table Tennis Championships Lee Sang-so only played in singles competitions, possibly to make way for young people. Lee Sang-so is 31 years old and will slowly make room for young people.
Jung Young-sik is also 29 years old, and he has reached the age when it is time to give opportunities to young people. He has not played well in recent years, and it is estimated that the Korean table tennis team also has this idea.
Jung Young-sik's non-participation in the Asian Championships and the World Table Tennis Championships has a lot to do with his performance at the Olympic Games. Jung Young-sik originally qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games with the status of a recommended player, but he did not perform well in the Tokyo Olympics, which put him under a lot of pressure. Jung Young-sik said in a letter to the Korean Table Tennis Association: "For the development of Korean table tennis, I decided to quit this time. Through physical and technical improvement, we will continue to fight for the country from next year.
At the Tokyo Olympics, the Korean women's team lost to the German women's team and missed the final four, and the Korean men's team lost to the Japanese boy band in the bronze medal battle, and only won the fourth place, missing the medal. Jung Young-sik lost 0-4 to Fan Zhendong in the men's singles quarterfinals, and no one in South Korea advanced to the final four. Tian Zhixi lost 4-0 to Ito In the women's singles quarterfinals, and no One in South Korea's women's table tennis advanced to the semifinals. In the mixed doubles quarterfinals, Lee Sang-so/ Tian Zhixi lost 2-4 to Lin Yunru/Zheng Yijing, also missing the final four.
In the five individual events of table tennis, the Korean table tennis team only won one fourth place, and the other four did not qualify for the final four. Han Ping-Pong has missed medals in two consecutive Olympic Games, and only these two Olympic Games have missed medals. They have gradually been surpassed by Japanese table tennis and German table tennis, and the gap is getting bigger and bigger. Han Ping-Pong is estimated to think hard about the pain, focus on cultivating young players, and make a long-term layout.
Zheng Rongzhi posted a picture on the social platform and posted: "Rio members, I have always been very grateful. Xu Xiaoyuan also followed the article: "The kind and smiling Rongzhi has worked hard at the Olympic Games! Our gathering continues. ”
The beautiful chipper Xu Xiaoyuan is older, 34 years old this year. Her competitive form was more general, and she did not make it to the Olympic list. She was included in the rosters for the Asian Championships and the World Table Tennis Championships, but only competed in women's singles. It is estimated that she will also slowly retreat to the second line and make way for young people, otherwise it is really difficult for Han Ping-Pong to grow. Han Ping-Pong should be the world of young people such as Shen Yubin.
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