The initial appearance of the National Table Tennis Asian Games lineup
2022-04-06 11:34:57Source: Xinhuanet
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 5. The ITTF announced the 14th World Ranking in 2022 on the 5th. Combined with the “Table Tennis Projects Participating in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games Selection Method (Draft for Comment)” previously announced by the China Table Tennis Association, China The lineup framework for the table tennis team to participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games has initially emerged.
Compared with the previous world rankings, the top 10 athletes in men’s and women’s singles have not changed. Among the national table tennis players, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long ranked the top two in the men’s singles, Liang Jingkun was fourth, Xu Xin was eighth, and Lin Gaoyuan was tenth. In women’s singles, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu occupy the top three, and Wang Yidi is fifth.
According to the “Table Tennis Projects to Participate in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games Selection Method (Draft for Comment)” announced by the China Table Tennis Association on March 7, on the premise that the physical fitness test results meet the standards, the standards for participating in the Hangzhou Asian Games table tennis competition group project include: : The Chinese team players who won the men’s and women’s singles champions at the World Table Tennis Major League (WTT) Grand Slam Singapore Station; according to the world rankings announced by the ITTF during the 14th week of 2022, the highest singles rankings are 3 Chinese men and 3 men each. Team athlete; born after January 1, 1999, according to the world ranking announced by the ITTF during the 14th week of 2022 as the standard, the men and women with the highest singles ranking will be a Chinese team athlete.
Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng, who won the WTT Grand Slam Singapore singles championship, and Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, who ranked the top three in the singles world ranking, were born after January 1, 1999 and are ranked in the world. The highest Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha meet the corresponding standards. Therefore, the Chinese team athletes qualified for the Asian Games are Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu.
The selection method also stated that if there are less than 5 male and female athletes selected according to the above three conditions, the national team’s male and female coaching team will conduct collective research and discussion, based on the results of participating in international and domestic competitions before the 2021 and 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. In order to facilitate the completion of the Hangzhou Asian Games participation task, the preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, and the construction of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic team, according to the recent competition results and points rankings, candidates with outstanding performance in international competitions, strong psychological quality and pressure resistance are nominated. Those who meet the physical fitness test standards will be included in the suggested list of group projects for the Hangzhou Asian Games. The selection work leading group conducts a comprehensive evaluation of the proposed list of team projects for the Hangzhou Asian Games, and finally confirms the list of team projects.
Those who directly qualify for the Asian Games singles are the Chinese athletes who won the men’s and women’s singles champions at the WTT Grand Slam Singapore Station, and the world rankings announced by the ITTF during the 14th week of 2022 as the standard, and one for each man and woman with the highest singles ranking is China. If the team athletes are the same as the WTT Grand Slam Singapore station candidates, they will be extended to the Chinese team athletes ranked second in singles. According to this, the national table tennis players who have qualified for singles are Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha.
In terms of doubles, the selection method stipulates that according to the confirmed team and singles competition list, combined with the technical and tactical characteristics and expertise of the relevant athletes and comprehensively considering the physical condition, the coaching staff will nominate a list of doubles pairing suggestions. The selection work leading group conducts a comprehensive evaluation of the proposed list of team projects for the Hangzhou Asian Games, and finally confirms the list of entries for the doubles event.