Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, July 19 (Reporter Zhang Han) The 19th is the first day of the opening of the Tokyo Gymnasium, the main venue of the Tokyo Olympics table tennis competition. The Chinese table tennis team who flew into the Olympic Village two days ago got a training period of 1 hour and 50 minutes in the main gym. However, this is also their only opportunity to adapt to the field training.
At the age of 20, she won an Olympic ticket in the star-studded Chinese team, and she also took on the two important tasks of women’s singles and women’s team. After getting admission, she was the first to walk into the arena. Asked her why, the little girl raised her voice and gave two brisk words: “Positive!”
In this training, she got the opportunity to “exclusively” the No. 2 table for half an hour, almost all of which was used to practice serve and receive serve against teammate Wang Manyu.
On stage 1 next to them are Chen Meng and Liu Shiwen. After the women’s team practiced for more than half an hour, the male players successively entered the gym to “grab” the table. However, Liu Guoliang, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, who came as a team leader and often couldn’t help but become a coach when watching training, came up with a good idea. He called Qin Zhijian, the head coach of the men’s team, and after some “diplomatic” operations, the Portuguese team next to the table readily agreed to the proposal of “combining the table.”
As a result, the Chinese team appeared in three of the four tables in the field. Fan Zhendong invited Freitas and Malone to practice Apollonia. “It’s been a long time since I played an international competition. Everyone cherishes this rare opportunity.” Liu Guoliang said.
Xu Xin and Wang Chuqin practiced singles for a while, and when Liu Shiwen returned to the main hall, Liang Jingkun joined Wang Chuqin as the men’s doubles team for the mixed doubles Olympic team. Training alone was not enough. After a while, Liu Shiwen’s coach, Ma Lin, ran out to find a scoreboard and let the two pairs of doubles play a key score match.
“The main goal of taking the scoreboard is to make the athletes feel more realistic.” Ma Lin said, “Because the competition will start in two days, and the training time in the main stadium is not long, so this is the only time to adapt to the field training as much as possible. They find a feeling closer to the game.”
Behind the Chinese team is the training time of the Japanese team’s main stadium. Liu Guoliang and his players “feel the atmosphere of the game immediately”, and Xu Xin even said that “I’m already ready, and I hope to start the game as soon as possible.” Ma Lin feels that Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin are experienced old “Olympics”, and walking at their own pace is the best preparation.
As for life in the Olympic Village, Liu Guoliang told everyone that “Sun Yingsha arrived late at night, the first question is whether there is food to eat” as a joke. “We always keep the alarm bells ringing to let everyone reduce unnecessary social interactions and unnecessary outings, especially eating and physical training. Try not to go when there are too many people, and you can practice in the room.”
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