With the retirement of four Olympic champions, namely Malone, Xu Xin, Ding Ning and Liu, Guo Ping experienced a drastic transition from old to new. After the baptism of the World Table Tennis Championships and the World Cup, the young players finally formed a brand-new competitive pattern-the men's team Fan Zhendong succeeded Malone, and the women's team Chen Meng, Manyu Wang and Sun Yingsha fought fiercely!
The old era is not completely over, and a new confrontation has begun: the Paris Olympic cycle has just begun. Are you ready?
As we all know, since the 20 15 Suzhou World Table Tennis Championships, the national table tennis men's team has basically formed Malone's dominant position, and the gap between others and him is getting bigger and bigger. Even Fan Zhendong was almost completely suppressed by this senior. The Olympic Games, the World Table Tennis Championships, the World Cup and the National Games were all lost, not to mention Xu Xin, Wang, Liang Jingkun and Wang.
However, after the Olympic Games, Malone officially gave up participating in the World Table Tennis Championships, and then he did not sign up for the WTT World Cup finals. Xu Xin also withdrew from the team competition, which brought new challenges and opportunities to the young players in table tennis. However, after the World Table Tennis Championships and the World Cup finals, it was found that Fan Zhendong was still qualified to replace Malone.
At the World Table Tennis Championships held in Houston, China sent five people to participate in the men's singles event. As a result, Zhou was out in the second round, losing to German star Bohr, while Wang, Lin and Liang Jingkun lost to Fan Zhendong, and finally watched as they won the final championship gold medal.
In the World Cup final, Lin lost 3-0 to Hugo of Brazil in America, and Liang Jingkun was violently attacked by Aruna, a fierce warrior from Africa and Nigeria, and suffered heavy losses. As for Wang's words, although there are no foreign athletes, he was defeated by Fan Zhendong in the semi-final, which shows that he is still a rookie and still lacks compared with Fan Zhendong.
Now, whether it is a civil war or a foreign war, Fan Zhendong has become a veritable "first brother" figure in the team-the World Table Tennis Championships. He won three consecutive world championships and advanced to the final, then swept the European star of hope Moregold 4-0; In the final of the World Cup, he defeated Wang again, and then defeated Japan's old enemy Zhang Benzhihe in the final battle, once again defending the honor of table tennis.
Obviously, Fan Zhendong has now taken over the banner of the men's team from Malone and officially become a new generation leader. However, Liang Jingkun, Lin and Wang are still not very stable, especially the foreign wars of the top two are still not very reassuring. As for Zhou and others, they didn't seize the opportunity to stir up this year, and the road to career development in the next few years will be even more difficult!
But the next table tennis will definitely make other young players outside Fan Zhendong stronger. We can't put all the pressure on Xiao Pang alone. At present, Lin is obviously left behind, while Liang Jingkun and Wang are fighting for the second position in the team. Zhou, Liu Dingshuo and others may still have a chance, and then it depends on the performance of teenagers such as Lin Shidong.
As for another question that everyone is very concerned about-will veteran Malone return to the king? As long as he hasn't announced his retirement, suspense will still exist, and the dragon fat man war may be staged again. Wonderful is worth looking forward to!
Compared with the men's team, the pattern of the women's table tennis team is more complicated. After the rise of Ito Meicheng 20 18, Ding Ning, Liu and Zhu Yuling faced severe challenges. As a result, only Liu reached the peak of his career in the 20 19 World Table Tennis Championships and the World Cup, while the other two teammates completely entered the recession. Ding Ning even announced his retirement this year.
However, Liu's glory lasted only a few months, and then she lost the women's singles event at the Tokyo Olympic Games, and then the mixed doubles lost, and the women's team withdrew, so the new "troika" composed of, and was formally formed. However, in the case of unanimous victory, the competition between them is becoming increasingly fierce, leading to mutual containment.
Before and after the Olympic Games, Manyu Wang fell behind two teammates and failed to participate in the women's singles event in Tokyo. In the end, Chen Meng won the championship and Sun Yingsha won the silver medal. However, after the Olympic Games, Manyu Wang showed her great strength in the National Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, pushing Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha to the first place. At this time, she became the most powerful person in the team, while Chen Meng retired to the third place, and Sun Yingsha was still the second.
However, after the World Cup finals started, Manyu Wang lost 3-0 to Du, a Shanghai player from China in the first round. Not only could it not be compared with Hehe, but it even became the worst player among all women table tennis players, which surprised fans and friends: This really saved the day!
Just as Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Manyu Wang were at loggerheads, the other two table tennis masters, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong, began to gradually consolidate their position in the top five of the team. However, although Chen Xingtong has won the World Championship before, she has obviously fallen behind recently. Although Wang Yidi has not been famous for a long time, he already has the level to challenge the core main force.
In the WTT World Cup final, Wang Yidi defeated Chen Meng 4-3, advanced to the final and competed with Sun Yingsha for the championship. As a result, she lost 2-4 in six sets, and lost to Yang Ge again after the semi-final of the women's singles in the World Table Tennis Championships, and missed the championship.
Obviously, although Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong have the strength to challenge Chen Meng, Manyu Wang and Sun Yingsha, they cannot maintain a stable state. There is a very small but still obvious gap between them and the top three main players, but it is this little gap that makes the two sides have completely different positions in table tennis: masters make mistakes and make mistakes!
No way, this is the China table tennis team: competition will always exist, and it has always been so fierce! So who can be the biggest winner of the Paris Olympic cycle? Suspense still exists, let's wait and see: Come on!