Original title: Durban World Table Tennis Championships won 5 trophies, Asian Games won 6 golds, and the first mixed team World Cup won all 9 matches (citation).
The championship was won from beginning to end, and Sun Yingsha carried the banner of women's table tennis (theme).
Beijing Youth Daily reporter Zhou Xueshuai.
Time flies, 2023 is about to pass in a blink of an eye, as the gold medal division of Chinese sports, the achievements of the Chinese table tennis team affect the hearts of the Chinese people. Looking back on this year, despite the continuous emergence of new stars in the world table tennis arena and the pressure of the team surrounded by "wolves", the dominance of national table tennis is still unshakable.
The new coaching staff of the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban completed the "high school entrance examination".
For national table tennis, the most important event in the first half of the year is the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban in May. This is also the first world competition that the Chinese table tennis team has participated in since the establishment of the new coaching staff headed by Li Falcon, and it is also a "high school examination" before the Paris Olympics. In the 9-day event, the national table tennis players showed unparalleled strength and tenacious fighting spirit, and finally won all 5 championship trophies, which can be called the biggest winner deservedly.
While consolidating the throne of the world table tennis arena, the national table tennis not only let fans re-acquaint themselves with the main players, but also let people see the strength of the new coaching staff. Head coach Li Ying said: "From the perspective of results, the team has completed this task and has also played a good role in training for the Paris Olympics. Through this event, the whole team has made great progress, more mature in the run-in, and the atmosphere in the team is getting better and better. If the team still has a long way to go by Olympic standards, the whole team should still maintain a high level of competition. ”
The PyeongChang Asian Championships ended with 7 titles.
The biennial Asian Table Tennis Championships was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea in September, this event is related to the Olympic Games, the national table tennis "five tigers" Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan, women's table tennis team Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong on the same page, they once again defended the glory of the national ball with their actions, and finally ended with 7 championships, and also laid the foundation for the subsequent Asian Games.
This year's Asian Games national table tennis won 6 gold medals in 7 events, and the only gold medal lost was in the women's doubles event. Sun Yingsha won three gold medals in the women's team, women's singles and mixed doubles, and Wang Chuqin became the first "quadruple champion" in the history of Asian Games table tennis to combine the men's team, men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles championships.
At the first mixed team World Cup held in December, the national table tennis won the championship with 9 wins, once again showing an absolute overall advantage, and also made the opponent look at the ball and sigh.
The men's team shines brightly.
Ma Long's strength should not be underestimated.
It is gratifying that in the new Olympic cycle, the national table tennis men's team has shown a pattern of double stars shining and veterans being strong. In the latest world rankings, Fan Zhendong leads with 6544 points, which can fully carry the banner of Chinese men's table tennis. Wang Chuqin performed strongly this year and achieved excellent results many times. In this period full of opportunities and challenges, he will definitely shoulder the heavy responsibility of Chinese table tennis and complement Fan Zhendong. As a well-deserved Dinghai Shenpin of national table tennis, the veteran Ma Long still maintains a good competitive state, which is really the luck of national table tennis.
Women's table tennis is in full bloom.
Sun Yingsha occupies the top spot.
Chinese women's table tennis has entered the era of "five golden flowers". As one of the leading figures, Sun Yingsha firmly occupies the top spot in the women's singles, showing a standout situation. WTT wrote an article praising Sun Yingsha as "the only existence", which is appropriate. won 7 championships in one year, with an annual winning rate of 93%, and was the first in the world in the fault type, the 23-year-old Sun Yingsha perfectly took over the responsibility of carrying the flag in women's table tennis. In addition, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, Wang Manyu and Chen Xingtong are also promoting each other to ensure that the gold medal in the competition will not be left behind.
A new Olympic cycle.
Be wary of the "youth storm" in the table tennis world
As a banner of Chinese sports, national table tennis carries the expectations of countless Chinese people. In the middle of 2023, they undoubtedly handed over a satisfactory answer, leaving too many classic scenes, and also making the popularity of table tennis continue to heat up. However, it cannot be ignored that after entering the Paris Olympic cycle, the world table tennis world has blown a "youth storm", and the national table tennis needs to attach great importance to this and have targeted strategies.
Coordinator Wang Yong.
*: Beijing Youth Daily.