Beijing time on June 29, the current time is coming to the end of June. There is only one month left until the official start of the Paris Olympics. At present, some foreign players in the world table tennis arena are still seizing the training opportunity of WTT commercial events and continuing to polish their state with competition training. The national table tennis side entered the training period in Chengdu after the Chongqing Championship, although like the next WTT Star Challenge Bangkok Station (July 2-July 7), the national table tennis side also sent major players such as Lin Gaoyuan and Chen Xingtong to participate, but people like Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long and others obviously have more important things to face. In this final sprint, Liu Guoliang made a wise decision, which is really exciting!
Recently, according to relevant media reports, the main force of national table tennis who opened the Olympic preparation mode at the Chengdu training base has reaped "unexpected joy" in addition to the busy preparation and training: some veteran national table tennis players who have dominated the table tennis world, including players who have faded out of the first-line sequence, have returned to the court stage and returned to the first team for sparring tasks, shining just to offer their own strength. In the past, there were table tennis legends such as Wang Nan, Zhang Yining, and Deng Yaping who came to visit the class, and then there were Grand Slam players Li Xiaoxia, Ding Ning, Liu Shiwen, Wang Liqin, Xu Xin, Liu Guozheng, Chen Mengen's teacher Qiao Yunping and other table tennis celebrities followed, it can be seen that the table tennis coaching staff who returned to China has really made a lot of efforts, and Liu Guoliang also understands that the most important thing is to boost morale in the upcoming war, so the measures that can directly play this role are nothing more than "recalling" the past table tennis legends, so that they can lead by example to vividly show the inheritance spirit of national table tennis. This is the best way to infect you.
In terms of the men's team, the "help" of Wang Liqin, Xu Xin and others is very crucial to the help of Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong. Today's Wang Chuqin can be said to be in a hot state, but "senior brother" Xu Xin also wants to give this young junior some key experience, the python who has experienced a lot of ups and downs has gradually moved away from the first-line arena, but his heart is still with the national table tennis at all times, Wang Chuqin's rapid growth will certainly make Xu Xin happy, but the same young player has some potential problems due to his young age, and Xu Xin can also give corresponding guidance. Fan Zhendong's side was also favored by "Wang Dali". Wang Liqin has made an important contribution to Fan Zhendong's logistics support at the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships, helping Fan Zhendong successfully win the singles championship.
In terms of the women's team, Chen Meng's provincial team mentor Qiao Yunping and senior sister Li Xiaoxia both came to visit the class, which directly helped Chen Meng's encouragement. Chen Meng, who won the Olympic singles title last week, qualified for the Olympic singles again in Paris, and will face a new challenge next. was able to defeat teammate Wang Manyu at the last moment to get the Olympic singles quota, which also shows that Chen Meng's previous technical transformation was successful. Being able to bravely break her own style of play when the Olympics are approaching shows that Chen Meng has broken the kettle this time, which can be said to be the most daring and determined attempt of her career so far. The encouragement and blessing of the teacher and the experience of the Olympic competition of the senior sister will also help Chen Meng a lot. Sun Yingsha's side has also received assistance from people such as Li Xiaoxia , Ding Ning and others, Sasha, the young "big devil" of table tennis, has shown her unrivaled sharp edge to the outside world through two cycles, and I believe she will go further and further on the follow-up table tennis road.
The national table tennis training camp in Chengdu is more like a brainstorming exchange conference, and the young players need to make enough difficult preparations, so that they can play at the level they should in the next Olympic trials, come on national table tennis!