On September 29, the German team, a fierce rival in national table tennis, has officially announced the list of 10 people to participate in the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships, of which 2 world champions Pol and Ocharov are on the list, while The Chinese famous Players Han Ying and Shan Xiaona are also among them, but another Chinese teenager Qiu Dang (the son of Qiu Jianxin, the mentor of Ishikawa Jiachun, Zhang Benzhihe and others) has not been selected.
Although there is still more than a month to go before the opening of the World Table Tennis Championships, the German team has clearly begun to plan ahead. However, after so many years, their core lineup still has not changed, and its internal lack of connection has been very obvious, and there will be no successor in the future, and it is difficult to pose a threat to the national table tennis.
Old fans know that since the decline of Swedish men's table tennis, the German team has been the leader of the European table tennis world, the strength is very strong, has repeatedly broken through the national table tennis defense line, won many major competitions including olympic silver medals, world table tennis silver medals, World Cup gold medals, etc., so their dynamics will also attract the attention of many parties including Liu Guoliang and the Chinese Table Tennis Association.
However, in recent years, the replacement speed of the old and new within the German table tennis team has been very slow, with Bol (40 years old), Ochalov (33 years old), Han Ying (38 years old), Shan Xiaona (38 years old) led by the four veterans have always occupied the core main position, which also makes their competition selection almost no suspense, that is, with these 4 people as the core, and then with other young players.
According to the WTT World Table Tennis Federation, the 10 athletes of the German team participating in the World Table Tennis Championships this year are:
Men: Tim Bohr, Dimitri Ocharov, Patrick Francesca, Ruben Philus, Benedict Duda.
Women: Han Ying, Shan Xiaona, Patricia Solja, Nina Mitlum, Sabine Winter.
It can be said that this list is almost indistinguishable from the previous predictions of many fans, and although Qiu Dang's defeat is a bit of a pity, considering that he was shortlisted the year before, it was a bit of a fluke, so its strength is indeed on the verge of being on the edge of being on the line, and it is not surprising that it is not the turn this time.
In general, the German women's table tennis is not a big threat to the Chinese team, but the men's table tennis is different, Pol, Ochalov, Francesca have defeated our world champion main force, Philus is one of the few outstanding men in today's table tennis players, "things are scarce and expensive", at the beginning of this year also cut over the 3 masters of China, Japan and South Korea, Lin Yunru, Mizutani Falcon, Zhang Yuzhen, with a more alternative combat effectiveness.
However, today is not more than in the past, in the case of the aging of the main lineup, the German men's table tennis may be able to suppress Japan, South Korea and other table tennis powerhouses, but it is indeed difficult to break through the Great Wall of national table tennis again - but never underestimate the ambitions of veterans, just as Liu Guoliang regards Pol as our main opponent in every competition.
After all, Waldner's legend has not ended for long, and it is time to sail the Ship of Ten Thousand Years carefully.