The table tennis competition at the Paris Olympics is about to kick off, and the national table tennis is undoubtedly the most promising team to win medals or even win the championship, and Japan players are also the focus of attention, they are also strong in all five events, but uneven, each athlete's chances of winning a medal are also different, let's take a closer look.
Women's team: strong strength, stable results, high probability to enter the finals.
In recent years, the main theme of the competition in the world women's table tennis is the competition between China and Japan, and at present, Hina Hayata, the three main forces of the Japan women's team, ranks fifth in the world, Miwa Zhang is seventh in the world, and Miyu Hirano is thirteenth in the world, and all three have won women's singles medals in the world competition, and their comprehensive strength is undoubtedly second only to the existence of the Chinese team.
At the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan in February this year, the Japan women's team even almost defeated the national table tennis championship, but Wang Yidi, who had a poor performance in the foreign war of the Chinese team at that time, had been selected as the three main Olympic lists, and now replaced by Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, it is more difficult for the Japan team to hit the gold medal, but the possibility of winning the silver medal is still very large.
Women's Singles: Hina Hayada has hopes of winning a medal, but Miu Hirano has a high ceiling and a low ceiling is difficult to predict.
Japan women's team is strong, women's singles is naturally not behind, among which Hina Hayada won the national table tennis world champion Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, Liu Shiwen, but this Olympics is unlucky, and Sun Yingsha, who has lost 15 times in a row and has never won, was divided in the upper half of the women's singles, and it is difficult to advance to the final, but even if she loses, there is great hope to hit the bronze medal in this event.
As for another Japan women's singles main player Miu Hirano, she is not as stable as Hina Hayata, but her ceiling is very high, she has won the World Cup and Asian Championships, and won Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, Zhu Yuling, Ding Ning and other national table tennis mainstays, but the lower limit is also very low, often upset losses, so it is difficult to predict what kind of results can be achieved in the end.
Mixed Doubles: Normal performance can reach the final, but there is also suspense.
Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayada is the runner-up of the two-time World Table Tennis Championships, second only to Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha in terms of results and rankings, and according to the principle of drawing lots, he was able to avoid the national table tennis before the finals, and if he played normally, he should be able to advance to the finals and at least get the silver medal, but he has also had the experience of losing in an upset in the past year, and there is suspense in the first round against North Korean players, and there is suspense about whether he can advance to the top three.
Men's team: Tomokazu Zhang is the key, and it is doubtful whether he can drive the two teammates.
The current pattern of the Japan men's team is "one strong and two weak", only Tomokazu Zhang can play in foreign wars, Hayasuke Togami and Shinozuka Daito are not stable, if you do not use the substitute Matsushima Terukor, you may not win the top opponent in the 3/4 zone, Chinese Taipei, if you advance to the semifinals, you may meet Germany or Sweden in the semifinals, win at least the silver medal, and lose also have the opportunity to hit the bronze medal.
Men's Singles: Facing a severe test, there may be no results.
Japan's men's singles medal hopes are mainly pinned on the shoulders of Tomokazu Zhangmoto, but he was unlucky and was placed in the 4/4 zone with the main force of national table tennis Fan Zhendong, which means that at most one person can advance to the semi-finals and impact the medals. As for Hayasuke Togami's lackluster performance in foreign wars, he can only take one step at a time.
To sum up, Hina Hayada has a great hope of winning three medals in this Olympic Games, Tomokazu Zhang has this possibility, but the probability is relatively small, Miu Hirano has difficulty in the women's singles to enter the top three, but it may be with Miwa Zhangmoto and Hina Hayada to win the silver medal in the women's team, Hayasuke Togami is mainly with Shinozuka Daiden to assist Tomokazu Zhang and impact the men's team medals, and it is difficult for the men's singles to get on the top position.
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