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Just now, the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced the lineup of the Chinese team at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships. The two Olympic champions Ma Long and Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen offered to take a break. The 2021 World Table Tennis Championships will be held in Houston, USA from November 23 to 29. The Chinese table tennis team will challenge the championship with a new generation lineup, which also makes this journey of defending the title full of suspense.
According to the “Chinese Table Tennis Association 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships Qualification Selection Measures” and the relevant regulations of the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships 2021 World Table Tennis Championships competition rules, comprehensive consideration of athletes’ domestic and foreign competition results, foreign records, stress resistance and concurrent events Matching and other factors, the Chinese Table Tennis Association has determined the list of World Table Tennis Championships as follows:
Men’s singles: Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, Zhou Qihao
Men’s Doubles: Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan/Liang Jingkun
Women’s singles: Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong, Wang Yidi
Women’s Doubles: Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu, Chen Meng/Qian Tianyi
Mixed Doubles: Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu
Regarding the absence of Ma Long and Xu Xin, the men’s team coach Qin Zhijian said: “In this World Table Tennis Championships, both Ma Long and Xu Xin took the initiative not to participate due to their own adjustments and other reasons. As the absolute main players in the team, although they still have strong Competitiveness, especially Ma Long won two gold medals in the men’s singles and men’s team at the Olympic Games. However, based on the actual situation of the veteran players, the team and I both understand and agree to the two men’s requests not to participate.” At present, the new men’s team The old alternation has not been fully formed. During the three years of preparing for the Paris Olympics, Qin Zhijian said frankly that the men’s singles team in the new cycle faces great challenges in the men’s singles arena, and the pressure to defend the title has suddenly increased. The team has also done a good job of paying tuition for young athletes “None of the five men who signed up for singles has been involved in the men’s singles champions of the World Table Tennis Championships. They stand on the same starting line and hope that they will seize every precious opportunity. In the new cycle, the team will also accelerate the development of the Mesozoic and the new generation of players. Growing up will allow everyone to take on more important tasks in the competition.”
The national table tennis women’s team successfully completed the transition from new to old at this year’s Tokyo Olympics, looking forward to the Paris Olympics. The head coach of the women’s team Li Sun pointed out that the final goal of the Houston World Table Tennis Championships is the Paris Olympics: “In the face of the Paris Olympics, we hope to form a new and young competitive group on this basis. Now there are five people who have signed up. , Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, and Wang Manyu participated in the Tokyo Olympics. Chen Xingtong and Wang Yidi were chosen because they ranked high in the international and domestic competitions of the previous cycle, and they also played in the recent National Games and Table Tennis Super League. It shows that young players have the courage to compete and compete for the first place. We hope that the women’s team will form a new competitive situation with this.”
Speaking of Liu Shiwen’s initiative not to participate in the World Table Tennis Championships, Li Sun expressed his respect, “In fact, Liu Shiwen also showed good competitive form during the Tokyo Olympic cycle and the just-concluded National Games. Although she failed to participate this year due to personal reasons, I still hope that she can continue to maintain her state and make new contributions to the development of the team and even table tennis in the new cycle.”
(Xinmin Evening News reporter Tao Xingying)
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