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The ongoing Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships team competition, Guangdong player Fan Zhendong and Guangdong team player Lin Gaoyuan were included in the men's group list, occupying two of the five places. In addition, although female athlete Liu Shiwen did not participate in the competition, she also played an important role in helping prepare for the training of World Table Tennis Championships teammates, demonstrating the strong strength of Guangdong table tennis.
Li Zhaomin, former head coach of the Guangdong Men's Table Tennis Team and now director of the Guangdong Table Tennis Management Center, accepted an exclusive interview with Yangcheng Evening News All-Media reporter, and talked about topics such as the expectations of Lin Gaoyuan for this World Table Tennis Championships, Liu Shiwen's recent updates, and the cultivation of Guangdong Table Tennis Reserve talents.
hope Lin Gaoyuan plays a role in key games
In the national table tennis team selection competition in Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, Lin Gaoyuan won a place in the men's team through fierce competition. In Li Zhaomin's view, Lin Gaoyuan has always been an excellent athlete and has made a lot of contributions to the Chinese table tennis team in recent years. At of the National Games last year, Lin Gaoyuan performed very well and also got key points.
But he also missed the front. For example, in the men's singles final of the WTT Championship match at the end of July this year, Lin Gaoyuan led 3-0 with a big score and held 6 match points, and was reversed by Japanese star Zhang Benzhi and . Many fans regretted this and thought he had a bad mentality. However, Li Zhaomin disagreed with this. "Lin Gaoyuan works very hard and is very self-disciplined. He just said that in the last one or two games, the outside world may think that his mentality has been "powered out", or that he has not performed well."
Li Zhaomin felt sorry for him: "We communicated and summarized with him, and never mentioned psychological problems. He just talked about how to use the skills and tactics of each ball, how to observe some points of the opponent, and how to make himself stronger. If his mentality is really problematic, how can he play to this level now?"
Li Zhaomin's confidence in Lin Gaoyuan begins with his understanding of him. "He himself felt very uncomfortable after losing the ball, and it took a long time to recover. At this time, we must try our best to protect him." Facts have proved that Li Zhaomin's judgment was accurate. In recent games, Lin Gaoyuan's performance is remarkable, and Li Zhaomin was also very happy: "This shows that he has definitely made steady progress in his mentality or other aspects recently."
Regarding this World Table Tennis Championships team competition, Li Zhaomin believes that Lin Gaoyuan's position may be fourth or fifth. "I hope he can use it in key games. Of course, it depends on the coach's arrangement and comprehensive opponent's strength and other factors."
Li Zhaomin hopes that through this game, Lin Gaoyuan can become more mature and confident, and also hopes that he can lay a solid foundation for the next National Games. Li Zhaomin also expressed his earnest expectations for Lin Gaoyuan's performance in the future Paris Olympic cycle: "We reached a consensus with him, and we must try our best to do our best no matter what."
In addition to his expectations for Lin Gaoyuan, the favorite player, for Guangdong player Zhou Qihao , who has relatively little experience in the competition and is in the national team, Li Zhaomin also set a goal for him to fully qualify for the Paris Olympics. "You can't always be a sparring role. You must fight for what you can."
Liu Shiwen changed her role, Zong Geman The future is promising
Liu Shiwen, who has been the main force of the national table tennis women's team in the past few Olympic cycles, joined the Guangdong Provincial Team at the age of 11, participated in the World Table Tennis Championships team five times, and ranked first in the women's singles world for the first time when she was only 19 years old. In the 2019 Women's Table Tennis World Cup final, Liu Shiwen defeated Zhu Yuling and became the first "five champion" in the history of the Women's Table Tennis World Cup.
However, Liu Shiwen's role has changed in this World Table Tennis Championships. She was not included in the national table tennis list. Instead, she helped prepare for the training of her teammates who were in the World Table Tennis Championships and taught them their practical experience as an experienced person.This has led many people to speculate whether Liu Shiwen plans to retire and develop in the direction of coaching?
In response to this, Li Zhaomin said that she was not clear about Liu Shiwen's plans and plans. "She did not reveal too many ideas for the time being, nor did she say she retired, but she would not participate in general domestic competitions for the time being. She may have a break for a while and then make decisions based on the needs of the national team and personal wishes."
Liu Shiwen's role transformation has caused no Guangdong players to participate in this World Table Tennis Championships. In response to this, Li Zhaomin, who had just been promoted from the head coach of the Guangdong Men's Table Tennis Team to the director of the Guangdong Table Tennis Management Center, admitted that there was some pressure, which means that the Guangdong Table Tennis Team needs to speed up the training of talents. He mentioned the 16-year-old young player Zong Geman who was selected for the National Second Team last year.
At the just-concluded 2022 Asian Youth Table Tennis Championship , Zong Geman and his teammates won the team championship. "Zong Geman plays very smartly, has good strength on both sides, has fast playing speed, and has good landing changes." Li Zhaomin commented. At the same time, he believes that Zong Geman is already the main force of the national second team at the age of 16. If she can play in the past two years and occupy a certain position, she will definitely have the strength to become a world champion.
Increase the training of reserve talents
Guangdong Province table tennis history has emerged many excellent world champions, such as Rong Guotuan , Liang Lizhen , Jiang Jialiang , Ma Lin , Liu Guozheng , etc., as well as Liu Shiwen, Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan and others who are still active in the table tennis world. At the National Games last year, the Guangdong men's table tennis team won the national championship again after 24 years. At that time, Li Zhaomin was also the head coach of the Guangdong men's team, leading Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan, Zhou Qihao, Zhang Chao and other players all the way through the hurdles. In the final, he defeated the Beijing men's team led by Ma Long 3-1 and successfully reached the highest podium.
"For so many years, we have always had the strength to compete for the top three in China, but we are indeed a bit lacking in the position of the third position, so we always dragged it down. The third number in the final last year was Lin Gaoyuan, and he performed very well in the final." Li Zhaomin believes that the whole team is relatively united, and being able to win the team championship under such a difficult situation is indeed good in all aspects.
Guangdong table tennis has always been at the national leading level, but it will never lie in the results book. In the view of Kuang Weibing, full-time party branch secretary of the Table Tennis Management Center of Ersha Sports Training Center in Guangdong Province, Guangdong table tennis needs to be prepared for danger in times of peace and need to constantly discover new reserve talents. At the Tokyo Olympics and last year's National Games, Guangdong Province had Fan Zhendong and Liu Shiwen assisted. "At this stage, although there are some young reserve forces, there is still a certain gap between high-level talents, and we also have a sense of crisis." Kuang Weibing said.
Kuang Weibing mentioned that it is necessary to summarize and analyze some current problems while inheriting the fine traditions. "How to focus on the development of the team in the new cycle of Paris, especially the construction of the reserve force echelon of young players, is the current key direction."
is prepared for danger in times of peace, which is an important reason why Guangdong table tennis has been at the forefront of the country for many years. In order to further select talents, the 16th Guangdong Sports Games Table Tennis Championship just ended in early August this year. The Guangdong Table Tennis Management Center immediately organized a provincial training camp in Foshan . "In order to strengthen the development of youth table tennis in Guangdong Province, we plan to hold large-scale training camps every year, try to discover as many talents as possible from different age groups, and cultivate new strength for table tennis in Guangdong Province." Li Zhaomin said.
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Editor | Chai Zhi
