After Xu Xin arrived in Wenzhou, the three veterans who did not qualify for the World Table Tennis Championships, Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, have all returned to the national team to participate in the training. It is imperative to alternate between the old and the new in the national table tennis, and the 3 meritorious veterans do not want to retire, they need to go out of a new road!
When the national table tennis team just announced the houston world table tennis championships roster, it surprised the fans, because Ma Long, Xu Xin, and Liu Shiwen were actually absent collectively, and the momentum of the big blood change was too fierce. Although the explanations given by the three people are all active applications for rest, clear-eyed people can see that they do not occupy the position of the competition, they are taking the initiative to make way for the brothers and sisters, in order to let more young people accept the test of the competition.
The Paris Olympic Games cycle is only 3 years, the current replacement of women's table tennis is relatively perfect, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, has been able to support women's table tennis. In addition to Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin and others are still difficult to reassure people, they must get more competition opportunities and accelerate growth.
After the National Games and the Table Tennis Super, as many as 10 men's and women's teams withdrew from the national team, their ages are younger than Ma Long, Xu Xin, Liu Shiwen, the reason for retiring from the team, on the one hand, is that they failed to play the main layer, and then left no possibility of improvement, and can only continue to be sparring partners; on the other hand, they also give up positions for young people.
Ma Long, Xu Xin, and Liu Shiwen currently have no plans to retire, because the strength is still in the main ranks, especially Ma Long, who is still at the peak of men's table tennis, and Fan Zhendong can compete with him, so he is not willing to retire. But as the captain of the national table tennis team, Ma Long also has a good overall view, knowing that Liu Guoliang and the coaching staff must cultivate new talents and prepare for the Paris Olympic Games, so when it is time to give way, they must also let go!
Neither retiring nor preventing the growth of the younger generation, Ma Long, Xu Xin, and Liu Shiwen must explore a new way to stay in the national team, such as not qualifying for the World Table Tennis Championships, but still returning to the team for training to help young people grow up and make new contributions. In the next 3 years of the competition, the probability of veterans not participating is estimated to be high, but they can participate in WTT, finals and other events, and they can still shine!