Original title: Liu Guoliang looks forward to relying on strength to draw any lottery at the World Table Tennis Championships
On the 23rd, the World Table Tennis Championships will kick off in Houston, USA. Liu Guoliang, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency on the 22nd that after the start of the game, the progress of the game will be “very intense and very fast.”
Regarding the results of the draw, Liu Guoliang said: “The drawing is only part of the game. No matter what the draw is, everyone needs to rely on their strength to play.”
He analyzed that the men’s singles project itself is the most challenging. As a result of the draw, four Chinese men’s table tennis players were in the upper half and one was in the lower half. On the whole, they got together a little bit and were more challenging. But he said: “This is part of the game. Regardless of the result of the draw, we have to trust our players.”
Liu Guoliang said that the Chinese team has made a lot of preparations in terms of epidemic prevention, as far as possible to protect the safety of the players. He said that through the past few days of training, the state of the national table tennis players and the time difference have been adjusted to the same level. After the event, coaches and athletes will be quarantined in compliance with national epidemic prevention regulations after returning to their country.
Liu Guoliang said that this time the Chinese men’s and women’s table tennis teams are all new lineups, and none of the top 10 list players have won the World Table Tennis Championships. Therefore, no matter who wins the championship, they are the new champions. This is a challenge for all players, and it is also this time. One of the highlights of table tennis.
He said that if the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics were held as scheduled last year, by the middle of this year, Guoping will have a year to change between the old and the new. But now, the replacement process between the old and the new has been compressed, which has added some challenges to Guoping. But in any case, the replacement of old and new is imperative, which is also the normal operation of the team.
Liu Guoliang said that the next goal of the Chinese team is the 2024 Paris Olympics. This World Table Tennis Championship is the “first drill” for the National Table Tennis Team to build a lineup in Paris.
(Xu Jianmei)
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