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the chinese national table tennis team won five championships for the first time at the paris olympics, which is a cause for celebration. the chinese table tennis olympic champions are currently interacting with local citizens in hong kong and macau, presenting a peaceful scene. however, two recent events related to the chinese table tennis team have made fans worried about the future of the chinese table tennis team.

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after the paris olympics, the chinese national table tennis team sent young players to participate in the two lowest-level feeder tournaments of the world table tennis federation (wtt) adult group, but the results were not ideal.

at the wtt feeder tournament olomouc, the chinese national table tennis team won 2 championships and 5 runner-ups, with xiang peng winning the men's singles championship and xiang peng and his partner yuan licen winning the men's doubles championship.

at the wtt feeder tournament muscat, the chinese national table tennis team won 3 championships and 4 runner-ups, with xue fei winning the men's singles championship, xue fei and his partner wang xiaotong winning the mixed doubles championship, and qin yuxuan/fan shuhan winning the women's doubles championship.

the two tournaments have exactly the same roster of 10 men and 8 women. the 10 men are: xiang peng, xu haidong, chen yuanyu, wen ruibo, huang youzheng, xue fei, xu yingbin, zeng beixun, yuan licen, hu dongshen; the 8 women are: zong geman, zhu sibing, yang yiyun, han feier, xu yi, qin yuxuan, fan shuhan, wang xiaotong. the new generation of elite players born before 2008 are all present.

in the two events, chinese table tennis players won 5 championships in total, including men's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. however, the women's singles championship was lost for two consecutive weeks, and both times they lost to japanese players. the japanese players won the championship by defeating four chinese players in a row. the japanese women's team sent 6 players to the olomouc station and only 3 players to participate in the women's singles competition in the muscat station, which is less than the 8 players of the chinese table tennis team.

wtt feeder tournament olomouc station: hashimoto honoka defeated wang xiaotong 3-0 in the round of 16, qin yuxuan 3-0 in the quarter-finals, han feier 3-0 in the semi-finals and yang yiyun 3-1 in the final.

wtt feeder tournament muscat: yokoi sakura defeated wang xiaotong 3-1 in the round of 16, defeated fan shuhan 3-2 in the quarter-finals, defeated qin yuxuan 3-1 in the semi-finals, and defeated yang yiyun 3-0 in the final.

in the women's singles semi-finals in olomouc, three players were choppers, and two of them made it to the finals, which only exposed the fact that the young players of china's table tennis team were not good at "dealing with choppers". however, in muscat, china's table tennis team lost again to yokoi sakura, who was only 20 years old and ranked only 78th in the world, and this problem became quite serious. china's second-tier players were completely at a disadvantage against japan's second-tier players.

as one fan said: in the past, the national table tennis team could win the championship by sending provincial team players abroad, but now it is difficult for them to win the championship even by sending the national second team.

the chinese women's singles team is facing such an embarrassing situation. the five "golden flowers" of the chinese table tennis team - sun yingsha, chen meng, wang manyu, wang yidi, and chen xingtong (who has fewer opportunities to participate in the competition) are firmly in the top ten in the world, and their strength is unique; however, the strength of other domestic players is far from theirs. in this respect, there is indeed a gap.

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on august 30, the chinese national table tennis team announced the list of participants for the 2024 asian table tennis championships.

the inclusion of wang chuqin, liang jingkun, and even lin shidong in the men's singles list was expected, but xiang peng and xu yingbin are still participating in the wtt feeder tournament and both were eliminated in the quarterfinals in muscat. the inclusion of sun yingsha, wang manyu, and wang yidi in the women's singles list was expected, and the 20-year-old left-handed player kuai man was understandable, but the inclusion of 23-year-old shi xunyao, ranked 48th in the world, was somewhat unexpected.

what is the difference in strength between fan zhendong, ma long, lin gaoyuan, xiang peng and xu yingbin?

what is the difference in strength between chen meng, chen xingtong, kuaiman and shi xunyao?

in the past, the national table tennis team has always been "the younger generation pushes the older generation forward", and young players have actively "seized power". what is it like now? when the old athletes are getting older and have no intention of fighting again, young players will have the opportunity to be promoted. it is really a "sorrow" for the national table tennis team to have to wait for the old players to give up their positions.

during the tokyo olympic cycle, the chinese table tennis team was considered to be in the most critical period. on the women's team, hirano miu defeated ding ning, zhu yuling, and chen meng in a row, winning the women's singles championship at the wuxi asian championships; ito mima defeated all the main players of the chinese table tennis team except chen meng.

as for the men's team, ma long was out of action for nearly a year due to injury; zhang benzhihe emerged and defeated all the main players of the national table tennis team except xu xin. facing the sudden emergence of foreign association opponents, the national table tennis team can always think of a way to deal with them through targeted research and the formulation of reasonable tactics.

but the current crisis of the national table tennis team is more difficult to deal with than the tokyo olympic cycle, because its root lies in the "internal": they are not afraid of strong opponents, but they are afraid of being weak. for the time being, the men's singles have wang chuqin, fan zhendong (i believe he will eventually play in another olympic games), liang jingkun, and the women's singles have sun yingsha, wang manyu, and wang yidi. it is not a problem to survive the los angeles olympic cycle, but what about the next four years?

everything goes up and down! china's national table tennis team is at its peak, and every step forward may be a "downhill road". how to stabilize at a high level? we need to find more promising young players as soon as possible. where will the next fan zhendong and sun yingsha be?