On July 13, Ishikawa Kasumi, the world champion of table tennis, got a great news, that is, she has been officially appointed as the captain of Japanese women's table tennis, and will soon lead Miei Ito and Miyu Hirano to attack the Tokyo Olympic Games together! Prior to this, Ishikawa was appointed as the vice captain of the entire Japanese Olympic team and became one of the athletes sworn in at the opening ceremony. It is really popular!
As for Miki It?, although her technical level is higher now, her popularity is obviously not as good as Ishikawa's, so she has been unsuccessful in the above three positions: she is really not an opponent!
Speaking of Ishikawa Kasumi, you must be familiar with it. As a first-class master of foreign associations who have been fighting table tennis for more than ten years, Ishikawa's reputation has already spread all over the world.
In terms of achievements, Ishikawa Kasumi was the runner-up of the Olympic team, the mixed doubles champion and team runner-up of the World Table Tennis Championships, and the runner-up of the World Cup singles and team. As far as personality is concerned, Ishikawa Kasumi has always been a friendly ambassador of table tennis. Last year, he donated masks to Japanese athletes, which won unanimous praise from fans and friends in China and Japan, and was worthy of the words "beauty and kindness".
Compared with Ishikawa Kasumi, Mikei Ito has a very rapid rise in recent years. Not only ranked second in the world, but also defeated almost all the active table tennis world champions such as Ding Ning, Liu, Zhu Yuling, Sun Yingsha, Chen Xingtong and Wu Yang. This record is indeed much better than Ishikawa's.
But obviously, athletes with record alone are not enough to be captain and vice captain. In recent years, there have been many controversies about Mikei Ito, and words such as arrogance have also become her labels. No matter whether these comments are true or not, it will definitely affect her reputation, and naturally it is difficult to compete with Ishikawa.
For his new identity, Ishikawa Kasumi also feels a great responsibility, thinking that he should strive to be a good captain when the team is hard-before that, Fukuhara Ai and others have stood in Ishikawa Kasumi's current position and led her to fight hard at the Olympic Games; Now Ishikawa Kasumi himself has become the responsibility of the team, with a long way to go!
At the Tokyo Olympic Games, he will appear as an athlete in singles and team 2, and mobilize with Liu Yunyun to compete for medals. So can she get into the top three as she wishes? Then we will wait and see!