The Paris Olympics is about to open, even if France, as the host of the Olympic Games, has some unsatisfactory points in terms of pre-competition preparations and meticulous arrangements in all aspects, but for the Chinese sports delegation, it is very well prepared for all aspects of work before the start of each Olympic Games, and for those athletes who are very promising to be on the podium or even the championship in the Olympic Games, they can often make some very warm specific arrangements. to help them achieve better results at the Olympic Games. However, for the Chinese delegation to the entire Paris Olympics, there are two people who have attracted the attention of fans very much, and they are the two main players of the Chinese table tennis team. One of them is Sun Yingsha, the current core force of the women's team. The other is a veteran of the men's team, Ma Long, who is about to make his fourth Olympic Grand Slam appearance. We can even say that these two people have occupied key positions in many sports media before the Paris Olympics have started, and they have become the protagonists of it, and they have also become a hot topic of discussion among fans.
From Sun Yingsha's point of view, even if the development and popularity of table tennis in the world are far from the three major balls of football, basketball, and volleyball. However, because table tennis is the national sport of the mainland, the audience base is very large, and the Chinese table tennis team can always create excellent results in the Olympic Games, allowing us to witness the glory of Chinese sports and bring us more glory. Therefore, the core players in the national table tennis team often become the main objects of attention in the world sports world. Sun Yingsha is expected to compete for gold medals in all three events because she is competing in women's singles, mixed doubles, and team competitions this time, so the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee is predicting the most watched athlete representatives in this competition, and she is also the only Chinese athlete on this list. It can be seen that Sun Yingsha's success has become more and more global, and her fan base has made her the best among the leaders of the Chinese delegation.
As one of the representative figures of the current national table tennis and Chinese women's table tennis, the 23-year-old Sun Yingsha is indeed worthy of the expectations of the media, fans and the Olympic Organizing Committee. We can take a look at her past results, no matter how you look at it, people can't help but praise it. Since her debut at the age of 16, she has already won double titles in singles and doubles, and quickly occupied a spot in the top 10 of the world rankings in less than a year. After the baptism of the 2019 World Cup team competition, the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, including the 2023 Durban World Table Tennis Championships and the Busan World Table Tennis Championships and the Macau World Cup held at the beginning of 2024, Sun Yingsha has won glory for the national table tennis team with her outstanding performance again and again, and also locked the singles championship of the World Cup and the World Table Tennis Championships. Therefore, the organizers can list her as the most anticipated athlete, which is also due to Sun Yingsha's strength, and it is also a side proof of her popularity. She will also work with Chen Meng and Wang Manyu to create more brilliance for the national table tennis women's team.
Another highly anticipated veteran, Ma Long, although he has lost the opportunity to participate in the Olympic singles this time, is willing to move from the position of the first main force to the position of the third main force, and takes the initiative to cooperate with his teammates to complete all the championship tasks of the national table tennis men's team. and helped the young Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin to stand on the singles stage step by step. But because Ma Long has participated in three Olympic Games in 2012, 2016 and 2021, he has won gold medals in each Olympic Games, and has also become the first men's singles player in history to win the Olympic singles championship. He also inherited a kind of Chinese sports spirit, and the Chinese delegation also put him in the middle to participate in the group photo at the Zhuang Xing, which is enough to prove that the entire representative team recognized his spirit and strength.
In addition, according to the relevant official arrangements, Ma Long is about to become the flag bearer of the opening ceremony of the Chinese sports delegation at the Paris Olympics in France, which undoubtedly proves his value and charm. Whether it is Ma Long or Sun Yingsha, as representatives of the national table tennis men's and women's teams, they have become the key figures in the entire delegation at the Paris Olympics, and they are also the two most anticipated and concerned balls. With one more gold medal, Ma Long will become a superstar who has participated in four Olympic Games and has six Olympic gold medals, making a new history. And if Sun Yingsha can win the championship in singles, she will also achieve a Grand Slam. They deserve our expectation and support. Let's keep an eye on them and see if these two players bring us more excitement.