Today, the 14th National Games Table Tennis Team Team Competition ushered in the last two decisive battles. In the end, the Sichuan men's team defeated the Zhejiang team, and the Sichuan women's team defeated the host Shaanxi team. Both won the championship and created Sichuan. The new history of the National Games of table tennis.
The road to advancement is not easy
There is no such thing as the Sichuan Provincial People’s Association table tennis competition at the National Games. Who is better than anyone, as long as we wear the Sichuan team's jersey, we will definitely strive for the championship." In the first individual competition, Huang Yingjun took the lead in winning a singles gold medal for the Sichuan team, which also greatly encouraged the players. Morale.
After the start of the team competition, the Sichuan women’s team lost to the Hubei team in the first game. Faced with an unfavorable situation, the players were not discouraged. They won in the next three games and passed the second place in the group. . Especially in the last match of the group match against Locomotive Sports Association , the two teams drew 2 in the first four sets. Yang Mohua of the 70+ group withstood the pressure and finally scored a precious point.
The Sichuan men’s team also sought "victory" in the group stage. The second game was unexpectedly lost to the Henan team, which also forced the team to start a life-and-death battle with the Shanghai team. Zhong Rui was behind. With 7 goals in a row, they defeated Shen Lichen, the third singles player of the same age group, and then Li Bin and Huang Yingjun won two hard matches. Sichuan team struggled to win the Shanghai team 3-2, relying on a small point advantage to get the group's first qualifying.
In the first round of the knockout round, the Sichuan team faced strong opponents on both sides. The Sichuan women's team fought hard in 5 sets and defeated the top seed Beijing team 3:2, while the men's team defeated the third runner-up Jiangsu team of the previous National Games 3:1. , Both entered the semi-finals, breaking records. In the semi-finals, the Sichuan women's team and the Zhejiang team played inextricably, Wang Wanning gritted her teeth at the critical moment.Help the Sichuan team defeat their opponents 3:1 to advance to the finals. The Sichuan men’s team met with the Guangdong team, the champion of the last National Games. Sichuan team lost to Guangdong team 2:3 in the previous qualifiers. The two teams met again. Sichuan team Li Bin, Zou Xiaozhong and Huang Yingjun defeated their opponents. , Defeated the opponent 3:0 to advance to the final.
won the historic team double championship
After a series of hard fights, it also greatly stimulated the players’ desire to win. In the final, the Sichuan women’s team defeated the host Shaanxi team 3:1, while the men’s team defeated the host Shaanxi team with 3:1. Defeated the Zhejiang team 3:0 and both reached the highest podium. Four years ago, the Sichuan women's team was eliminated in the qualifiers, and the Sichuan men's team only finished seventh. This year's National Games can be said to be a big step forward, creating a new history, and the results of both championships also wrote a strong stroke in the history of Sichuan table tennis.
Sichuan team's head coach and men's team head coach, Olympic champion Chen Longcan said: "We still encountered great difficulties in the group match this time. We had three matches against Shanghai. It is the perseverance of our Sichuan people through everyone’s hard work, one point and one point, to turn defeat into victory when we are behind. It is the perseverance of our Sichuanese that we have our final champion. Before this competition, we had a closed training camp for 15 days in Zitong. It should be said that the effect is very good." Sichuan women's team coach and Asian champion Chen Pingxi said: "This game still encountered a lot of difficulties, and the group stage was also stumbling. After 8 in 4, we beat Beijing and won, the morale of our team. It came up. In addition, our team was very united, and the leadership mobilized all of our energy."
For the success of the Sichuan table tennis team in the National Games mass group, Sichuan Province Gao Yaxiang, chairman of the Table Tennis Association, said after the game: "This success is also the result of the provincial Sports Bureau's vigorous efforts to organize mass sports activities. It is a microcosm of the prosperous development of Sichuan mass table tennis; this success is the contribution made by everyone in the team. It is the result of the team and the glory of the group; it is due to the care and love of all walks of life in our Sichuan table tennis industry.
Chengdu Daily·Jinguan News reporter Chen Hao Video Chen Hao Photographed by Song Hexiao, editor of the Provincial Table Tennis Association, proofreading Lin Hongdou
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