The Team World Table Tennis Championships, which were originally scheduled to be held in Chengdu in April this year, have now been postponed!
After close consultation with the Chinese Table Tennis Association and the relevant departments of Chengdu, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) decided to postpone the 2022 Chengdu World Table Tennis Team Championships, which was scheduled to be held in April this year, to September 30 to October 9, 2022.
The postponement of the World Table Tennis Championships has pros and cons.
Why?
For young athletes, there will be more time to prepare, but for veterans, with the postponement, the status will inevitably decline, and it may be more difficult to compete!
Everyone remembers the Busan World Table Tennis Championships scheduled for March 2020.
At that time, the Chinese women's table tennis team was determined to participate in the lineup: Ding Ning, Liu Shiwen, Chen Meng, Zhu Yuling and Sun Yingsha, while the young general Wang Manyu was not selected.
However, due to the impact of the epidemic, the Busan World Table Tennis Championships were repeatedly postponed, and finally had to cancel the competition.
For the veteran Ding Ning, it was expected to find his state as soon as possible through the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, which was more conducive to preparing for the Tokyo Olympic Games, but due to the postponement of the World Table Tennis Championships, coupled with the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games, in the end, Ding Ning chose to retire!
Now the postponement of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships is a mix of joys and worries for the national table tennis players.
For women's table tennis, a new pattern of three absolute main forces has been formed, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu have become the new absolute main force of Chinese women's table tennis, while Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong are hopeful to enter the lineup of the five main forces.
Now for Sun Yingsha, the postponement of the World Table Tennis Championships is not a bad thing, because Sun Yingsha has been in a free range state for a long time, which has led to Sun Yingsha's delay in making a breakthrough in the competition.
Now that Qiu Yike has become Sun Yingsha's new head coach and the postponement of the World Table Tennis Championships, for Sun Yingsha, there will be more time for Qiu Yike to run into, hoping to find his peak state as soon as possible under the leadership of Qiu Yike.
And veteran Liu Shiwen, the current position in the team is slightly awkward. After losing the Tokyo Olympics, Liu Shiwen did not choose to retire, but chose to persevere.
In recent times, Liu Shiwen's state is still very good, in the WTT Macau Competition, Liu Shiwen also defeated young players such as Wang Yidi and Sun Yingsha to break into the women's singles final.
If the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships can be held as scheduled, Liu Shiwen, as the oldest player in the team, has a great chance of winning a place.
But now the postponement of the World Table Tennis Championships is not very friendly for Liu Shiwen, after all, the longer it drags on, the veteran's physical function and state will continue to decline.
Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, like Liu Shiwen, can a veteran like Liu Shiwen still qualify for the competition?
Let's wait and see!