As we all know, although the selection methods of the Olympic squad of various countries and regions, especially the Olympic squad for table tennis, are different, the ITTF still sends invitations to individual associations, hoping that the players they expect can participate in the Olympic Games. For example, Wang Manyu of national table tennis, Miwa Zhang of Japanese women's table tennis and Francesca of German men's table tennis are all in their eyes and should be the main candidates for singles in the Olympic Games. However, it is obvious that the various associations are not completely bought by the ITTF, and they are also choosing different selection methods according to the specific situation of their own associations, and they also have their own set of employment rules. As a result, we saw that although Francesca is now the world's top two players in the German men's table tennis, and has won many key victories in a row in front of the main opponents of the foreign association, and even Ma Long has become his defeater, but the German men's table tennis still insists on putting him in the position of the P card, and he has not even been able to get a position of the three main forces.
The veteran 43-year-old Boll will continue to be the No. 3 main player of the German team, while Qiu Dang and Ocharov will still secure the two spots of the German team after their own ups and downs, and will play together in the singles competition at the Olympic Games. Coincidentally, although the Japanese teenager Zhang Benmei has made significant progress in the world women's table tennis recently, including in various individual events, and has stood on the podium from time to time, and has the experience of winning the singles championship, Miu Hirano, who has been relatively average recently, still relied on the outstanding performance in the competition in the Japanese table tennis team in the previous stage, locked a singles place early, and will compete in the women's singles competition of the Paris Olympics with Hina Hayata. Miwa Haramoto has yet to replace Hirano in the singles competition at the Paris Olympics.
The unresolved dispute between Chen Meng and Wang Manyu among the national table tennis players for the second singles has still not seen any new changes. Obviously, Chen Meng's participation in the women's singles competition of the Paris Olympics and the formation of double insurance with Chen Sun Yingsha will also become a high probability event, and the possibility of changes and adjustments can be said to be minimal. Like the plot of Liu Shiwen when she was in the year of playing, her results were relatively good, and she still missed the Olympic singles, the national table tennis once again made a decision on employment according to its own overall competition needs. Even if there are always different voices among the fans, it can't stop the determination of the coaching staff and the Table Tennis Association to complete the task of participating in the Paris Olympics according to the established thinking.
In fact, for today's world table tennis project, the masters of various associations, especially the masters of some of the world's strongest teams, have indeed increased, and the personnel who can be ranked at the top of the world rankings are often a little crowded. Some are based on their recent form, others are more focused on past results, others are more likely to compete with major rivals in other associations, and of course others are based on the results of the team's selection and consistency in the World Series. In fact, for various associations, sometimes it is true that you can't just look at their achievements at a certain stage, but also make a comprehensive evaluation of the players, and the only need is that the focus of each association is different, and the results will be very different. There is no absolute right or wrong here, and the final decision of wisdom may really be answered by the results of the Olympics.
In short, it is clear that Francesca, the German men's table tennis player, has more outstanding results in the recent World Championships and ranks higher, but he still can't fight Bol and Ocharov, in fact, this is the same as Wang Manyu can only be a third person and cannot win in front of Chen Meng in the competition. Through Francesca's defeat, we look back at Chen Meng's Olympic shortlist, and it is really the same as Bol and Ocharov, and his stability and past Olympic results have become one of the main reasons for his victory. Isn't it?