Liu Shiwen withdrew due to injury. Why is Wang Manyu ordered in the face of danger
and Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha are both Ito Mima nemesis
August 1, the Tokyo Olympic Table Tennis Team Competition kicked off. Liu Shiwen, the main player of the national table tennis team, finally missed the chance to play in the Olympic team arena, with young player Wang Manyu coming on as a substitute.
substitute
National table tennis team started P card participants for the first time
According to the original plan, Liu Shiwen played in the mixed doubles and women's team events in this Tokyo Olympics. Previously, in the mixed doubles final, Liu Shiwen played with Xu Xin and , fighting hard for 7 games, and was finally reversed by the Japanese combination Mizutani Jun /Ito Mima and missed the Olympic mixed doubles championship. After regretfully winning a silver medal, Liu Shiwen shed tears on the Olympic stadium.
It is reported that after 2008 Beijing Olympics began to implement the ITTF P card (valid certificate held by substitutes if athletes are injured accidentally and cannot continue to participate) rules, the national table tennis team launched the P card for the first time. Now, due to a relapse of injury, Liu Shiwen finally missed the chance to play in the Olympic team again, with 22-year-old young player Wang Manyu coming on as a substitute.
Wang Manyu's characteristic is that the right-hand horizontal plate reverses the glue on both sides of the arc ball combined with fast attack style, and is good at backhand twisting and tearing straight lines. She was the women's singles champion of the World Youth Championship in 2014. In early 2018, she qualified to participate in the World Cup team team competition that year, and changed from a World Youth Championship to a world champion. He defeated Ito Mima twice in the Hong Kong and China Opens to win the championship. In 2018, Wang Manyu won his first singles gold medal in the National Championship.
strong
once defeated Chen Meng in the Olympic simulation competition
entered 2020. With the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, there was plenty of time for Wang Manyu to compete. In the Olympic simulation competition in Hainan, Wang Manyu defeated Chen Meng, ending the 9-game losing streak against Chen Meng after at the Asian Games, but lost to Sun Yingsha in the final. After the game, Wang Manyu concluded: "I am worried about gains and losses, and I am quite confused. What I show in the game is that I can't get it at the most critical moment."
In 2021, the list of Tokyo Olympics was released, and Wang Manyu participated in the Olympics as a team P card player. This result is obviously a bit disappointed for Wang Manyu, who dreams of becoming the first choice to participate in the Olympics. But Wang Manyu quickly adjusted her mentality. She said: "Be prepared for the Tokyo Olympics and always be ready to show her best self when the team needs me." Faced with the pressure, Wang Manyu prepared for the game with the mood of always preparing for the game. "This is the first time I have really invested and participated in Olympic preparations and did what I should do. This is a very valuable experience."
lineup features
are both the nemesis that Ito Mima is most afraid of
. After the adjustment, the national table tennis team lineup is younger. Chen Meng is 27 years old, Wang Manyu is 22 years old, and Sun Yingsha is 21 years old. Judging from their battle records, there are also common characteristics: they are all the nemesis that Ito Mima is most afraid of. Previously, Wang Manyu and Ito Mima had fought 10 times, and Wang Manyu won 8 and lost 2, with an absolute advantage. Ito Mima once gave Wang Manyu a high praise: "Wang Manyu player is very aggressive. The serve she gave me makes it difficult for me to fight back, and I still need to work hard."
In the first women's table tennis team game held on the afternoon of the 1st, Wang Manyu made the third appearance and easily defeated Austrian team's Liu Yuan 3-0. And with two teammates, he easily defeated his opponent Austria with a total score of 3-0, successfully completing his first appearance in the Tokyo Olympics. In the past three Olympic Games, the Chinese table tennis team achieved three consecutive championships in the women's team, and the goal of this Tokyo Olympics is naturally to successfully defend the title. We all look forward to Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu being able to perform well in the team competition.
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Source: Beijing Youth Daily
